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18 Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; *I will make him a helper fit for* him."

21 So the Lord God caused a *deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made* into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

"This at last is *bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called Woman,

because she was *taken out of Man."*

24 *Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

24 *Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

24 *Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made* into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,

"This at last is *bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called Woman,

because she was *taken out of Man."*

24 *Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

26 Then God said, *"Let us make man* in our image, *after our likeness. And *let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

27 So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

*male and female he created them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, *"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Cain and Abel

1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have gotten* a man with the help of the Lord."

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has appointed* for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."

6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. *What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

4 He answered, *"Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,5 and said, *‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and *the two shall become one flesh’?6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. *What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

5 and said, *‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and *the two shall become one flesh’?6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. *What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

Divorce

31 *"It was also said, *‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’32 *But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and *whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Lust

27 *"You have heard that it was said, *‘You shall not commit adultery.’28 But I say to you that *everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

4 They said, *"Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away." 5 And Jesus said to them, "Because of your *hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.6 But *from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them *male and female.’7 *‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,*8 and *the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.9 *What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

12 and *if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

4 *Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge *the sexually immoral and adulterous.

4 *Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge *the sexually immoral and adulterous.

4 *Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge *the sexually immoral and adulterous.

25 *Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and *gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by *the washing of water *with the word,

25 *Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and *gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by *the washing of water *with the word, 27 so *that he might present the church to himself in splendor, *without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.*

25 *Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and *gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by *the washing of water *with the word, 27 so *that he might present the church to himself in splendor, *without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.*28 In the same way *husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because *we are members of his body.

28 In the same way *husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

28 In the same way *husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because *we are members of his body.

Wives and Husbands

22 *Wives, *submit to your own husbands, *as to the Lord. 23 For *the husband is the head of the wife even as *Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is *himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit *in everything to their husbands.

Wives and Husbands

22 *Wives, *submit to your own husbands, *as to the Lord. 23 For *the husband is the head of the wife even as *Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is *himself its Savior.

Wives and Husbands

22 *Wives, *submit to your own husbands, *as to the Lord. 23 For *the husband is the head of the wife even as *Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is *himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit *in everything to their husbands.

25 *Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and *gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by *the washing of water *with the word, 27 so *that he might present the church to himself in splendor, *without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.*28 In the same way *husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because *we are members of his body. 31 *"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and *the two shall become one flesh." 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, *let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she *respects her husband.

31 *"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and *the two shall become one flesh."

33 However, *let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she *respects her husband.

33 However, *let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she *respects her husband.

3 But *sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness *must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Rules for Christian Households

18 *Wives, submit to your husbands, as *is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and *do not be harsh with them.

14 And above all these put on *love, which *binds everything together in *perfect harmony. 15 And let *the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called *in one body. And *be thankful. 16 Let *the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, *singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, *with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And *whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, *giving thanks to God the Father through him.

14 And above all these put on *love, which *binds everything together in *perfect harmony.

5 *Put to death therefore *what is earthly in you:**sexual immorality, impurity, *passion, evil desire, and covetousness, *which is idolatry.

7 Likewise, *husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker *vessel, since they are heirs with you* of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

7 Likewise, *husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker *vessel, since they are heirs with you* of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

14 *"You shall not commit adultery.

17 *"You shall not covet *your neighbor’s house; *you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s."

2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

3 *The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

3 *The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 *Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, *so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

3 *The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 *Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, *so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that *it is good for them to remain single, *as I am. 9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, *they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

10 To the married *I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): *the wife should not separate from her husband 11 (but if she does, *she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and *the husband should not divorce his wife.

14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. *Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

32 I want you to be *free from anxieties. *The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.

39 *A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only *in the Lord.

Principles for Marriage

1 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: *"It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." 2 But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

18 *Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin* a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person *sins against his own body. 19 Or *do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? *You are not your own, 20 *for you were bought with a price. *So glorify God in your body.

13 *"Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"—and God will destroy both one *and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but *for the Lord, and *the Lord for the body. 14 And *God raised the Lord and *will also raise us up *by his power.

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous* will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: *neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,*10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

4 *Love is patient and *kind; love *does not envy or boast; it *is not arrogant 5 or rude. It *does not insist on its own way; it *is not irritable or resentful;*6 it *does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but *rejoices with the truth. 7 *Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, *endures all things.

13 *Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you *baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except *Crispus and *Gaius, 15 so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (I did baptize also *the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and *not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church

1 It is actually reported that there is *sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, *for a man has his father’s wife. 2 And *you are arrogant! Ought you *not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

22 He who finds *a wife finds *a good thing

and *obtains favor *from the Lord.

22 He who finds *a wife finds *a good thing

and *obtains favor *from the Lord.

22 He who finds *a wife finds *a good thing

and *obtains favor *from the Lord.

14 *House and wealth are inherited from fathers,

but a prudent wife is *from the Lord.

18 Let your *fountain be blessed,

and *rejoice in *the wife of your youth,

19 a lovely *deer, a graceful doe.

Let her breasts *fill you at all times with delight;

be intoxicated* always in her love.

3 For the lips of *a forbidden* woman drip honey,

and her speech* is *smoother than oil,

4 but in the end she is *bitter as *wormwood,

*sharp as *a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet *go down to death;

her steps follow the path to* Sheol;

6 she *does not ponder the path of life;

her ways wander, and she does not know it.

7 And *now, O sons, listen to me,

and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

8 Keep your way far from her,

and do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest you give your honor to others

and your years to the merciless,

3 For the lips of *a forbidden* woman drip honey,

and her speech* is *smoother than oil,

4 but in the end she is *bitter as *wormwood,

*sharp as *a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet *go down to death;

her steps follow the path to* Sheol;

6 she *does not ponder the path of life;

her ways wander, and she does not know it.

8 Keep your way far from her,

and do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest you give your honor to others

and your years to the merciless,

10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,

and your *labors go to the house of a foreigner,

11 and at the end of your life you *groan,

when your flesh and body are consumed,

12 and you say, *"How I hated discipline,

and my heart *despised reproof!

13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers

or incline my ear to my instructors.

14 *I am at the brink of utter ruin

in the assembled congregation."

19 a lovely *deer, a graceful doe.

Let her breasts *fill you at all times with delight;

be intoxicated* always in her love.

20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with *a forbidden woman

and embrace the bosom of *an adulteress?*

29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;

none who touches her *will go unpunished.

32 He who commits adultery lacks sense;

he who does it destroys himself.

32 He who commits adultery lacks sense;

he who does it destroys himself.

33 He will get wounds and dishonor,

and his disgrace will not be wiped away.

34 For *jealousy makes a man furious,

and he will not spare when *he takes revenge.

35 He will accept no compensation;

he will refuse though you multiply gifts.

4 *An excellent wife is *the crown of her husband,

but she who *brings shame is like *rottenness in his bones.

9 *The heart of man plans his way,

but *the Lord establishes his steps.

9 It is *better to live in a corner of the housetop

than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

The Woman Who Fears the Lord

10 **An excellent wife who can find?

She is far more precious than *jewels.

15 *Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?* And what was the one God* seeking?**Godly offspring. So guard yourselves* in your spirit, and let none of you be *faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 "For *the man who does not love his wife but divorces her,* says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers* his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and *do not be faithless."

The Temple of the Living God

14 *Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For *what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or *what fellowship has light with darkness?

3 For this is the will of God, *your sanctification:**that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control his own *body* in holiness and *honor, 5 not in *the passion of lust *like the Gentiles *who do not know God;

15 See that *no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always *seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers,* liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to *sound* doctrine,

2 Therefore *an overseer* must be above reproach, *the husband of one wife,**sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, *hospitable, *able to teach,

12 Let deacons each be *the husband of one wife, *managing their children and their own households well.

6 *if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,* and his children are believers* and not open to the charge of *debauchery or insubordination.

Miscellaneous Laws

5 *"When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be liable for any other public duty. He shall be free at home one year *to be happy with his wife* whom he has taken.

Laws Concerning Divorce

1 "When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and *he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house,

Laws Concerning Sexual Immorality

13 "If any man takes a wife and *goes in to her and then hates her 14 and accuses her of misconduct and brings a bad name upon her, saying, ‘I took this woman, and when I came near her, I did not find in her evidence of virginity,’ 15 then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of her virginity to the elders of the city in the gate. 16 And the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to marry, and he hates her; 17 and behold, he has accused her of misconduct, saying, "I did not find in your daughter evidence of virginity." And yet this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they shall spread the cloak before the elders of the city.

8 *You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.

20 *And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor’s wife and so make yourself unclean with her.

Punishments for Sexual Immorality

10 "If a *man commits adultery with the wife of* his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 13 *If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

7 *They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman *divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.*14 A widow, *or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin* of his own people,

6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,

as *a seal upon your arm,

for *love is strong as death,

*jealousy* is fierce as the grave.*

Its flashes are flashes of fire,

the very *flame of the Lord.

7 Many waters cannot quench love,

neither can floods drown it.

If a man offered for love

all the wealth of his *house,

he* would be utterly despised.

Final Advice

Others

7 Many waters cannot quench love,

neither can floods drown it.

If a man offered for love

all the wealth of his *house,

he* would be utterly despised.

Final Advice

Others

7 *You are altogether beautiful, my love;

there is no *flaw in you.

5 Your *two breasts are like two *fawns,

twins of a gazelle,

that *graze among the lilies.

9 You have captivated my heart, my *sister, my bride;

you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,

with one *jewel of your necklace.

6 His *left hand is under my head,

and his right hand *embraces me!

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your *love is better than wine;

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your *vain* life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your *portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your *vain* life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your *portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! 11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, *but how can one keep warm alone? 12 And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

14 *Return, O faithless children,

declares the Lord;

*for I am your master;

I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,

and I will bring you to Zion.

Hosea’s Wife and Children

2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, *"Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have *children of whoredom, for *the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord."

2 "Plead with your mother, plead—

for *she is not my wife,

and I am not her husband—

that she put away *her whoring from her face,

and her adultery from between her breasts;

36 Thus says the Lord God, Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your whorings with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, *and because of the blood of your children that you gave to them, 37 therefore, behold, *I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and *all those you hated. *I will gather them against you from every side *and will uncover your nakedness to them, that *they may see all your nakedness.

17 But the Lord*afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 So Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

Sarai and Hagar

1 *Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was *Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, "Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children* by her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram *had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.

10 The Lord said, "I will surely return to you *about this time next year, and *Sarah your wife shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him. 11 Now *Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. 12 *So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, *"After I am worn out, and *my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?"