18 And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

21 And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:22 And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.25 And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

22 And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.24 For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.27 And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

1 And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.25 And Adam had connection with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name of Seth: for she said, God has given me another seed in place of Abel, whom Cain put to death.

6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:28 But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

4 And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.5 But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.6 But from the first, male and female made he them.7 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;8 And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.9 Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

12 And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.28 Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:29 For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;30 Because we are parts of his body.

28 Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

28 Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:29 For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;30 Because we are parts of his body.

22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.24 And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.24 And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.28 Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:29 For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;30 Because we are parts of his body.31 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.32 This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.33 But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

31 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

33 But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

33 But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

3 But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

18 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.19 Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.

14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.15 And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.16 Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.17 And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

5 Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

7 And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

7 And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

14 Do not be false to the married relation.

17 Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

2 But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

3 Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.4 The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

3 Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.4 The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.5 Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

3 Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.4 The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.5 Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.9 But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.10 But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband11 (Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

14 For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

32 But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:33 But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.34 And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

39 It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

1 Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.2 But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

18 Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;20 For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:14 And God who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead will do the same for us by his power.

9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;6 It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

13 Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?14 I give praise to God that not one of you had baptism from me, but Crispus and Gaius;15 So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.16 And I gave baptism to the house of Stephanas; but I am not certain that any others had baptism from me.17 For Christ sent me, not to give baptism, but to be a preacher of the good news: not with wise words, for fear that the cross of Christ might be made of no value.

1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

22 Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

22 Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

22 Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

14 House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

18 Let blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

3 For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;5 Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

3 For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;5 Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;11 And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;13 I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!14 I was in almost all evil in the company of the people.

19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.33 Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.34 For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.35 He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

4 A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

9 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

10 Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

15 ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.16 For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts.

14 Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

3 For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;4 So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;5 Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

15 Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

10 For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;12 Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.

6 Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

5 A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

1 If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

13 If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:15 Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:16 And let the girl's father say to the responsible men, I gave my daughter to this man for his wife, but he has no love for her;17 And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.

8 And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.20 And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

10 And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.13 And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.

7 They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.

13 And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.14 A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.

6 Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.7 Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

7 Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

7 You are all fair, my love; there is no mark on you.

5 Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth, which take their food among the lilies.9 You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!

6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.

2 Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

9 Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

9 Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.10 And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.11 So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?12 And two attacked by one would be safe, and three cords twisted together are not quickly broken.

14 Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;

2 The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord.

2 Take up the cause against your mother, take it up, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; let her put away her loose ways from her face, and her false ways from between her breasts;

36 This is what the Lord has said: Because your unclean behaviour was let loose and your body uncovered in your loose ways with your lovers and with your disgusting images, and for the blood of your children which you gave to them;37 For this cause I will get together all your lovers with whom you have taken your pleasure, and all those to whom you have given your love, with all those who were hated by you; I will even make them come together against you on every side, and I will have you uncovered before them so that they may see your shame.

17 And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.18 Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?

1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.2 And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.3 So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

10 And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.11 Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.12 And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

9 But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.10 And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

24 And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.

21 But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

29 This is the law for testing a wife who goes with another in place of her husband and becomes unclean;30 Or for a husband who, in a bitter spirit, has doubts in his heart about his wife; let him take her to the priest, who will put in force this law.

1 Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.

10 I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

36 And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

8 When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

18 Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.

27 They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.

10 Then Jesus got up, and seeing nobody but the woman, he said to her, Where are the men who said things against you? did no one give a decision against you?11 And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.]

29 And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

24 Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;30 For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

19 Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,20 Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.

2 For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.3 So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

20 But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.

21 And they had no regret for putting men to death, or for their use of secret arts, or for the evil desires of the flesh, or for taking the property of others.

2 For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.