But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am;
"Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready."
"For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband.
And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him.
For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
"They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
But it came to pass on the seventh day that they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband, that he may explain the riddle to us, or else we will burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us in order to take what is ours? Is that not so?"
Now she had wept on him the seven days while their feast lasted. And it happened on the seventh day that he told her, because she pressed him so much. Then she explained the riddle to the sons of her people.
"The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son,