Family Verses

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

And unto the married I command, {yet} not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from {her} husband:

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to {her} husband: and let not the husband put away {his} wife.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save {thy} husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save {thy} wife? {how: Gr. what}

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please {his} wife.

There is difference {also} between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please {her} husband.

So then he that giveth {her} in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth {her} not in marriage doeth better.

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.