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.

²⁰ Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

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.

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.

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.

¹⁸ Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

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;

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

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.

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

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.

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 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;

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.

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.

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.

⁴ In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to 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,

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.

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.

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,

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;

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.

³³ Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

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.

⁸ Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

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

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 husband

¹¹ (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.

¹² But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

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

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.

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.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

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.

⁷ They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

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.

³⁸ And you will be judged by me as women are judged who have been untrue to their husbands and have taken life; and I will let loose against you passion and bitter feeling.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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

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;

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;

⁶ And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

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.

⁶ But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of 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.

²⁰ Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

¹⁰ And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

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:

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.

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:

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

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.

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.

²⁹ And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

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;

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.

³ Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

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.

³⁵ Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

¹⁵ Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

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 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.

¹¹ And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

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.

¹³ A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

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

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.

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 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;

³ Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

⁴ Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

⁵ (For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

⁶ Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.

⁷ And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.

⁸ Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

⁹ Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.

¹⁰ And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

¹¹ Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

¹² Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.

¹³ For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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 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.

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.

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.]

¹² Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of 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;

²⁵ Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

²⁶ In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.

²⁷ And last of all the woman came to her end.

²⁸ When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

²⁹ But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

³⁰ For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

³¹ But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

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 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.

³ For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;

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.

¹⁷ You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

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.

⁷ They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

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

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?