The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.Īn excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones. Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. As for prophecies, they will pass away as for tongues, they will cease as for knowledge, it will pass away. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. It does not insist on its own way it is not irritable or resentful it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love is patient and kind love does not envy or boast it is not arrogant or rude. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”īeloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.įor I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 20 Encouraging Scriptures for MarriageĪbove all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.Īnd though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him-a threefold cord is not quickly broken. While having a listening ear and support system is key, first, we should turn to the One who created marriage in the first place. When times get tough, the best thing isn’t to run to your best friend or the internet to spill your frustrations. Marriage is a beautiful picture of how God loves the church.

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