Verses
10 references
- Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- 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.
- If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
- 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.
- But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
- A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.