Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight. For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands, . . .

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife. Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. . . .

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

We love because He first loved us.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife, and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him: What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows? Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice. . . .

The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.

In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving. For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. . . .

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.

In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions. For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. . . .

but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. . . .

I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,