Casamento

18 Then* Yahweh God said, "it is not good that the man* is alone. I will make for him a helper as his counterpart."*

21 And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man.* While* he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh where it had been.*22 And Yahweh God fashioned the rib which he had taken from the man* into a woman and brought her to the man.*23 And the man* said,

"She is now* bone from my bones

and flesh from my flesh;

she* shall be called ‘Woman,’

for she was taken* from man."

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh. 25 And the man* and his wife, both of them, were naked, and they were not ashamed.

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.

22 And Yahweh God fashioned the rib which he had taken from the man* into a woman and brought her to the man.*23 And the man* said,

"She is now* bone from my bones

and flesh from my flesh;

she* shall be called ‘Woman,’

for she was taken* from man."

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.

26 And God said, "Let us make humankind in* our image and according to* our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of heaven,* and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every moving thing that moves upon the earth." 27 So* God created humankind in* his image, in* the likeness 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 rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven,* and over every animal that moves upon the earth."

Cain and Abel

1 Now Adam knew* Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain. And she said, "I have given birth to a man with the help of Yahweh."

25 Then* Adam knew* his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. And she called his name Seth, for she said "God has appointed to me another child in the place of Abel, because Cain killed him."

6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

4 And he answered and* said, "Have you not read that the one who created them* from the beginning made them male and female 5 and said, ‘On account of this a man will leave his* father and his* mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?*6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

5 and said, ‘On account of this a man will leave his* father and his* mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?*6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

The Sermon on the Mount: Divorce

31 "And it was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’*32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

The Sermon on the Mount: Adultery and Lust

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

4 So they said, "Moses permitted a man* to write a certificate of divorce and to send her* away." 5 But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart. 6 But from the beginning of creation ‘he made them male and female.*7 Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife,*8 and the two will become one flesh,’* so that they are no longer two but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

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

4 Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

4 Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

4 Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Husbands and Wives

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her; 26 in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing her* with the washing of water by the word;

Husbands and Wives

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her; 26 in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing her* with the washing of water by the word; 27 in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she may be holy and blameless.

Husbands and Wives

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her; 26 in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing her* with the washing of water by the word; 27 in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she may be holy and blameless. 28 Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body.

28 Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.

28 Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body.

22 —wives to their own husbands as to the Lord, 23 because the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (he himself being the Savior of the body). 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives should be subject* to their husbands in everything.

22 —wives to their own husbands as to the Lord, 23 because the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (he himself being the Savior of the body).

22 —wives to their own husbands as to the Lord, 23 because the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (he himself being the Savior of the body). 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives should be subject* to their husbands in everything.

Husbands and Wives

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her; 26 in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing her* with the washing of water by the word; 27 in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she may be holy and blameless. 28 Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."*32 (This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.) 33 Only you also, each one of you, must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect* her husband.

31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."*

33 Only you also, each one of you, must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect* her husband.

33 Only you also, each one of you, must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect* her husband.

3 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),

Mutual Responsibilities in Christian Relationships

18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

14 And to all these things add love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God, 17 and everything whatever* you do in word or in deed, giving thanks for all things in the name of the Lord Jesus to God the Father through him.

14 And to all these things add love, which is the bond of perfection.

Put Off the Old Behavior

5 Therefore put to death what is earthly in you*: sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustful passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry,

7 Husbands, in the same way live with your wives knowledgeably*, as with the weaker female vessel, showing them honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

7 Husbands, in the same way live with your wives knowledgeably*, as with the weaker female vessel, showing them honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

14 "You shall not commit adultery.

17 "You shall not covet the house of your neighbor; you will not covet the wife of your neighbor 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 sexual immorality, let each man have* his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.

3 The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife does.

3 The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife does. 5 Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then you should be together* again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control.

3 The husband must fulfill his obligation to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife does. 5 Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then you should be together* again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control.

8 Now I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain as I am. 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

10 To the married I command—not I, but the Lord—a wife must not separate from her husband. 11 But if indeed she does separate, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother, since otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

32 But I want you to be free from care. The unmarried person cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. 33 But the one who is married cares for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, 34 and he is divided. And the unmarried woman or the virgin cares for the things of the Lord, in order that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

39 A wife is bound for as long a time as her husband lives. But if her husband dies*, she is free to marry whomever she wishes, only in the Lord.

Concerning Christian Marriage

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

18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the one who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God with your body.

13 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food, but God will abolish both of them*. Now the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God both raised up the Lord and will 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 sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor passive homosexual partners, nor dominant homosexual partners, 10 nor thieves, nor greedy persons, not drunkards, not abusive persons, not swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

4 Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, it does not boast, it does not become conceited, 5 it does not behave dishonorably, it is not selfish*, it does not become angry, it does not keep a record of wrongs, 6 it does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth, 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

13 Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he?* Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I give thanks* that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 lest anyone should say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Beyond that I do not know if I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with clever speech*, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.

Immoral Behavior and Church Discipline

1 It is reported everywhere that there is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind which does not even exist among the Gentiles, so that someone has the wife of his father. 2 And you are inflated with pride, and should you not rather have mourned, so that the one who has done this deed would be removed from your midst?

22 He who finds a wife* finds good,

and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.

22 He who finds a wife* finds good,

and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.

22 He who finds a wife* finds good,

and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.

14 A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,

but from Yahweh comes a woman* who is prudent.

18 May your fountain be blessed,

and rejoice in the wife* of your youth.

19 She is a deer of love and a doe of grace;

may her breasts satisfy you always;*

by her love may you be intoxicated continually.

3 For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey,

and smoother than oil is her mouth.*

4 But her end is bitter as the wormwood,

sharp as a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death;

her steps take hold of Sheol.*

6 She does not observe* the path of life;

her ways wander, and she does not know it.

Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom

7 Now, O children, listen to me;

do not depart from the sayings of my mouth.

8 Keep your paths far from her,

and do not go near to the door of her house,

9 lest you give your honor to the others,

and your years to the merciless,

3 For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey,

and smoother than oil is her mouth.*

4 But her end is bitter as the wormwood,

sharp as a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death;

her steps take hold of Sheol.*

6 She does not observe* the path of life;

her ways wander, and she does not know it.

8 Keep your paths far from her,

and do not go near to the door of her house,

9 lest you give your honor to the 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 you groan at your end,

when your flesh and body are consumed,

12 and say "How I hated discipline,

and I despised reproof!"

13 and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers,

and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!

14 I was almost at utter* ruin*

in the midst of the assembly and congregation."

19 She is a deer of love and a doe of grace;

may her breasts satisfy you always;*

by her love may you be intoxicated continually.

20 Why should you be intoxicated, my child, by a strange woman,

and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

29 Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor,

any who touches her shall not go unpunished.

32 He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense,*

he destroys himself* who does it.

32 He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense,*

he destroys himself* who does it.

33 A wound and dishonor he will find,

and his disgrace will not be wiped out.

34 For jealousy is the fury of a husband,

and he will not show restraint on the day of revenge.

35 He will not accept any compensation,*

and he will not be willing, though the bribe is large.

4 A woman of strength* is the crown of her master,*

but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.

9 The mind* of a person will plan his ways,

and Yahweh will direct his steps.

9 Better to dwell on the corner of a roof

than to share a house with a woman* of contention.

An Excellent Woman#Prov 31:10–31 is an acrostic poem

10 A woman* of excellence,* who will find?

For her worth is far more than precious jewels.

15 Did not one God make them?* But a remnant of the spirit is his.* And what does the one God desire? An offspring of God.* You must be attentive to* your spirit, and you must not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. 16 "For I hate divorce,"* says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and he who covers his clothing with violence," says Yahweh of hosts. "You must be attentive to* your spirit and you must not be unfaithful."

Do Not Become Unevenly Yoked with Unbelievers

14 Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in lustful passion, just as also the Gentiles who do not know God;

15 See to it that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue good toward* one another and toward all people.

10 sexually immoral people, homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and whatever* else is opposed to sound teaching,

2 Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,

12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

6 If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful* children, not accused of dissipation* or rebellious.

5 "When* a man takes a new wife he shall not go out with the army, and he shall not be obligated with anything;* he shall be free from obligation, to stay at home* for one year, and he shall bring joy to his wife that he took.

1 "When* a man takes a wife and he marries her and then* she does not please him,* because he found something objectionable* and writes her a letter of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her away from his house,

13 "If a man takes a woman and he has sex with her,* but he then dislikes her,*14 and he accuses her falsely,* and he defames her,* and he says ‘This woman I took and I lay with her and I discovered that she was not a virgin,’*15 then in defense the father of the young woman shall take, along with her mother, and together they must bring out the evidence of the virginity of the young woman to display it to the elders of the city at the city gate.*16 And then the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as wife, but he now dislikes* her, 17 and now look he has accused her falsely,* saying, "I did not find your daughter a virgin,"* but here is evidence of the virginity of my daughter’; and they shall spread the cloth out before* the elders of the city.

8 You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife—it is your father’s nakedness.

20 And you must not have sex* with your fellow citizen’s* wife, becoming unclean with her.

10 " ‘As for* a man who commits adultery with a man’s wife, who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man who commits adultery and the woman who commits adultery shall surely be put to death.

13 " ‘As for* the man who lies with a male as lying with a woman, they have committed a detestable thing; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.

7 " ‘They shall not marry* a woman who is a prostitute and defiled, nor shall they marry* a woman divorced from her husband, because each priest* is holy for his God.

13 " ‘And he himself must take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow or* a divorced woman or* a defiled woman, a prostitute—these he must not take; he shall take only* a virgin from his people as wife.

The Nature of Genuine Romantic Love

6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,

as a seal upon your arm;

for love is strong as death;

passion is fierce as Sheol;

its flashes are flashes of fire;

it is a blazing flame.

7 Many waters cannot quench love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.*

If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,*

he would be utterly scorned.*

7 Many waters cannot quench love;

rivers cannot sweep it away.*

If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,*

he would be utterly scorned.*

7 You are completely beautiful, my beloved!

You are flawless!*

5 Your two breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle that feed among the lilies.

9 You have stolen (my) heart, my sister bride!

You have stolen my heart with one glance from your eyes,

with one ornament from your necklaces.

Double Refrain: Embrace and Adjuration

6 His left hand is under my head,

and his right hand embraces* me.

Maiden’s Soliloquy

2 May* you kiss me* passionately with your lips,*

for your love is better than wine.*

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which he gives you under the sun, because this is your lot in life and in the toil with which you toil under the sun.

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which he gives you under the sun, because this is your lot in life and in the toil with which you toil under the sun.

Friends and Family Can Help One Another in Life

9 Two are better than the one, for they enjoy a better reward for their toil. 10 For if one falls, his companion may help him up. But pity the one who falls and there is no one* to help him up. 11 Also if two lie together, they can keep each other warm.* But how can one person be warm? 12 Although an assailant may overpower one person, two may withstand him.* A threefold cord is not easily broken!*

14 "Return, apostate* children," declares* Yahweh. "For I am your master,* and I will take you one from a city and two from a clan,* and I will bring you to Zion.

2 At the beginning when Yahweh spoke* through Hosea,

Yahweh said to Hosea,

"Go, take for yourself a wife and children of whoredom,

because the land commits great whoredom

forsaking Yahweh."*

2 Plead with your mother, plead—

because she is not my wife,

and I am not her husband.

Let her put away her whoring from before her,*

and her adultery from between her breasts.

36 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because of the pouring out of your shame and because your nakedness was revealed in your whoring with your lovers, and on account of all of the idols of your detestable things, and according to the blood of your children whom you gave to them, 37 therefore, look! I am gathering all of your lovers whom you were pleased about,* and all of whom you loved in addition to all of whom you hated, and I will gather them against you from everywhere,* and I will uncover your nakedness to them, and they will see all of your nakedness.

17 Then* Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues on account of the matter of Sarai the wife of Abram. 18 Then Pharaoh called for 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, the wife of Abram, had borne him no children. And she had a female Egyptian servant, and her name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said to Abram, "Look, please, Yahweh has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my servant; perhaps I will have children by her."* And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. 3 Then* Sarai, the wife of Abram, took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband as his wife.

10 And he* said, "I will certainly return to you in the spring,* and look, Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the doorway of the tent, and which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age;* the way of women* had ceased to be for Sarah. 12 So* Sarah laughed to herself saying, "After I am worn out and my husband is old, shall this pleasure be to me?"

9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be for him, so whenever he went in to the wife of his brother he would waste it on the ground* so as not to give offspring to his brother. 10 And what he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh, so he killed him also.

24 David consoled Bathsheba his wife, and he went to her and slept with her. She bore a son, and he called* him Solomon, and Yahweh loved him.

21 But Abijah became strong, and he took to himself fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

29 " ‘This is the regulation of jealousy, when a woman has an affair under her husband and she is defiled, 30 or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he will present the woman before Yahweh,*and the priest will do to her all of this law.