Bible verses about "the bride of christ" | ACV

⁸ Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love. And I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness. Yea, I swore to thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, says the lord LORD, and thou became mine.

¹⁶ And it shall be at that day, says LORD, that thou shall call me Ishi, and shall no more call me Baali. ¹⁷ For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name. ¹⁸ And in that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground. And I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely. ¹⁹ And I will betroth thee to me forever. Yea, I will betroth thee to me in righteousness, and in justice, and in loving kindness, and in mercies. ²⁰ I will even betroth thee to me in faithfulness, and thou shall know LORD. ²¹ And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, says LORD. I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth, ²² and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel. ²³ And I will sow her to me in the earth. And I will have mercy upon her who had not obtained mercy. And I will say to those who were not my people, Thou are my people, and they shall say, My God.

¹ Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom's gathering. ² And five of them were wise, and five were foolish, ³ foolish women, who, having taken their lamps, took no olive oil with them. ⁴ But the wise took olive oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering. ⁷ Then all those virgins were roused, and put their lamps in order. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out. ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there may not be enough for us and you. But go ye rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And the prepared entered in with him for the wedding festivities, and the door was shut. ¹¹ But afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹² But having answered, he said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. ¹³ Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes. ¹⁴ For, like a man going on a journey, he called his own bondmen, and delivered to them the things possessed by him. ¹⁵ And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his personal ability, and straightaway he journeyed. ¹⁶ And having departed, the man who received the five talents worked with them, and made five other talents. ¹⁷ And likewise also the man of the two gained two others. ¹⁸ But having departed, the man who received the one dug in the ground, and hid his lord's silver. ¹⁹ Now after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes, and takes up accounting with them. ²⁰ And having come, the man who received the five talents brought five other talents, saying, Lord, thou delivered five talents to me, lo, I have gained five other talents besides them. ²¹ And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²² And also having come, the man who received the two talents said, Lord, thou delivered two talents to me, lo, I have gained two other talents besides them. ²³ His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴ And the man who received the one talent also having come, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou are a hard man, reaping where thou did not sow, and gathering from where thou did not scatter. ²⁵ And after being afraid, having gone, I hid thy talent in the ground. Lo, thou have thine own. ²⁶ But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter. ²⁷ Thou ought therefore to have placed my silver with the bankers, and having come I would have received back my own with interest. ²⁸ Take ye therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. ²⁹ For to every man who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him. ³⁰ And cast ye the unprofitable bondman into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ³¹ But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. ³² And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from each other, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ And he will truly place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. ³⁴ Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in, ³⁶ naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and fed thee, or thirsting, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in, or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ And when did we see thee weak, or in prison, and came to thee? ⁴⁰ And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me. ⁴¹ Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents. ⁴² For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink, ⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye did not take me in, naked, and ye did not clothe me, weak, and in prison, and ye did not come to help me. ⁴⁴ Then they will also answer, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or weak, or in prison, and did not serve thee? ⁴⁵ Then he will answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these least, ye did it not to me. ⁴⁶ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

¹ Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom's gathering. ² And five of them were wise, and five were foolish, ³ foolish women, who, having taken their lamps, took no olive oil with them. ⁴ But the wise took olive oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering. ⁷ Then all those virgins were roused, and put their lamps in order. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out. ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there may not be enough for us and you. But go ye rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And the prepared entered in with him for the wedding festivities, and the door was shut. ¹¹ But afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹² But having answered, he said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. ¹³ Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes. ¹⁴ For, like a man going on a journey, he called his own bondmen, and delivered to them the things possessed by him. ¹⁵ And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his personal ability, and straightaway he journeyed. ¹⁶ And having departed, the man who received the five talents worked with them, and made five other talents. ¹⁷ And likewise also the man of the two gained two others. ¹⁸ But having departed, the man who received the one dug in the ground, and hid his lord's silver.

¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them. As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰ But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will they fast in those day.

²⁷ so that he might present it to himself, the glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and unblemished.

¹ O that ye tolerated a little of my foolishness, but tolerate me too. ² For I am jealous for you with a jealousy of God. For I betrothed you to one husband, a pure virgin to present to the Christ. ³ But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent enticed Eve by his craftiness, so your thoughts might be corrupted from the simplicity in the Christ. ⁴ For indeed if a man who comes, preaches another Jesus whom we did not preach, or ye receive another spirit that ye did not receive, or another good news that ye did not accept, ye well tolerated it.

⁵ For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee. And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This therefore my joy is fulfilled.

⁹ And there came one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls containing the seven last plagues, and he spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the woman, the bride of the Lamb. ¹⁰ And he carried me away in spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, holy Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, ¹¹ having the glory of God, the light of it similar to a most precious stone, like a jasper stone being crystal clear,

⁵ For thy maker is thy husband. LORD of hosts is his name. And the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer. He shall be called the God of the whole earth.

² For I am jealous for you with a jealousy of God. For I betrothed you to one husband, a pure virgin to present to the Christ.

²⁵ Husbands, love your own wives even as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

⁹ And there came one of the seven agents who had the seven bowls containing the seven last plagues, and he spoke with me, saying, Come, I will show thee the woman, the bride of the Lamb.

² And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

⁷ We should be glad and rejoice and give the glory to him, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has prepared herself. ⁸ And it was given her that she clothe herself in fine linen, bright and pure. For the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the sanctified. ⁹ And he says to me, Write, Blessed are those who have been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true sayings of God.

²⁵ Husbands, love your own wives even as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it, ²⁶ so that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the washing of water by the word, ²⁷ so that he might present it to himself, the glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and unblemished.