30 Bible Verses about Marriage, Purpose Of

He answered and said to them: Have you not read that the Creator, at the beginning, created them male and female,

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.

But neither is the woman without the man, nor the: man without the woman, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, so also is the man by the woman; but all things are of God.

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh. So, then, they are no longer two, but one flesh.

But, to avoid lewd practices, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband.

For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

For the woman that has a husband, is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives: but if her husband die, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

The wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband die, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; for if not, then are your children unclean; but now they are holy.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven.

And Jesus answered and said to them: The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. But those who shall be accounted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not; and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not: and those who use this world, as not abusing it; for the outward show of this world passes away.

But if they can not be continent, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn.

Know you not that he that is joined to a harlot, is one body? For the two, says the scripture, shall be one flesh.

Let the husband render to the wife that which is due, and likewise, also, the wife to the husband. The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband; likewise, also, the husband has not power over his own body, but the wife. Debar not one another, unless by agreement for a time, that you may have leisure for prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

Husbands, love your wives, as the Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself; for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Christ the church:

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord: for the husband is the head of the wife, as the Christ also is the head of the church; and he is the savior of the body. But as the church is subject to the Christ, so, also, let the wives be subject to their own husbands in every thing.

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it is becoming in the Lord.

That they may teach the young women to be sober-minded, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, fond of home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not reviled.

Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they may, without the word, be won by the conduct of their wives, by observing your blameless and reverential conduct. Let not your adorning be that which is outward, which consists in plaiting the hair, and wearing gold, and putting on apparel:read more.
but let it be the hidden man of the heart, adorned with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great price. For, in former times, the holy women also, who trusted in God, thus adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: and you are her children, if you do good, and fear no dismay.

for I could wish that all men were even as I am myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this way, another in that. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It would be good for them, if they remain as I myself.

His disciples said to him: If the relation of man and wife be such, it is not good to marry. But he said to them: All can not accept this saying; only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs that were born such from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs that have been made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs that have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him accept it that is able to accept it.

But if any man thinks he would treat his virgin daughter amiss, should she pass the bloom of life, and it is necessary that it should be so, let him do as he pleases, he does not sin; let them (the suitor and the daughter) marry. But he that stands firm in his purpose, having no necessity to give his daughter in marriage, but has liberty with respect to his own will, and has thus decided in his own heart, that he will keep his daughter a virgin, does well. So then, even he that gives her in marriage, does well; but he that gives her not in marriage, does better.

But the younger widows reject: for when they become wanton against the Christ, they desire to marry, incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their former obligation. At the same time, also, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which are not proper.read more.
I will, therefore, that the younger widows marry, bear children, man age the house, and thus give no occasion to the adversaries to speak reproachfully.