Bible verses about "marriage" | Wycliffe

²⁰ And Adam clepide bi her names alle lyuynge thingis, and alle volatils, and alle vnresonable beestis of erthe. Forsothe to Adam was not foundun an helpere lijk hym. ²¹ Therfore the Lord God sente sleep in to Adam, and whanne he slepte, God took oon of hise ribbis, and fillide fleisch for it. ²² And the Lord God bildide the rib which he hadde take fro Adam in to a womman, and brouyte hir to Adam. ²³ And Adam seide, This is now a boon of my boonys, and fleisch of my fleisch; this schal be clepid virago, `for she is takun of man. ²⁴ Wherfor a man schal forsake fadir and modir, and schal cleue to his wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

² And he dide that, that was good bifor the Lord, in alle the daies of Joiada, the preest. ³ Sotheli and Joas took twei wyues, of whyche he gendride sones and douytris.

¹⁴ Housis and richessis ben youun of fadir and modir; but a prudent wijf is youun propirli of the Lord.

¹³ And eftsoone ye diden this thing; ye hiliden with teeris the auter of the Lord, with wepyng and mourenyng; so that Y biholde no more to sacrifice, nether resseyue ony thing plesaunt of youre hond. ¹⁴ And ye seiden, For what cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe thee and the wijf of thi `puberte, that is, tyme of mariage, which thou dispisidist, and this is thi felowe, and wijf of thi couenaunt. ¹⁵ Whether oon made not, and residue of spirit is his? and what sekith oon, no but the seed of God? Therfore kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle thou dispise the wijf of thi yongthe; ¹⁶ whanne thou hatist hir, leue thou hir, seith the Lord God of Israel. Forsothe wickidnesse schal kyuere the closyng of hym, seith the Lord of oostis; kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle ye dispise.

² And myche puple suede him, and he heelide hem there. ³ And Farisees camen to him, temptynge him, and seiden, Whether it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf, for ony cause? ⁴ Which answeride, and seide to hem, Han ye not red, for he that made men at the bigynnyng, made hem male and female? ⁵ And he seide, For this thing a man schal leeue fadir and modir, and he schal draw to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. ⁶ And so thei ben not now tweyne, but o fleisch. Therfor a man departe not that thing that God hath ioyned. ⁷ Thei seien to hym, What thanne comaundide Moises, to yyue a libel of forsakyng, and to leeue of? ⁸ And he seide to hem, For Moises, for the hardnesse of youre herte, suffride you leeue youre wyues; but fro the bigynnyng it was not so. ⁹ And Y seie to you, that who euer leeueth his wijf, but for fornycacioun, and weddith another, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the forsakun wijf, doith letcherie.

⁸ and schal drawe to hys wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o flesch. And so now thei ben not tweyne, but o flesch. ⁹ Therfor that thing that God ioynede togidere, no man departe. ¹⁰ And eftsoone in the hous hise disciplis axiden hym of the same thing. ¹¹ And he seide to hem, Who euer leeuith his wijf, and weddith another, he doith auowtri on hir. ¹² And if the wijf leeue hir housebonde, and be weddid to another man, sche doith letcherie.

³⁹ The womman is boundun to the lawe, as longe tyme as hir hosebonde lyueth; and if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, be sche weddid to whom sche wole, oneli in the Lord.

¹⁴ Nyle ye bere the yok with vnfeithful men. For what parting of riytwisnes with wickidnesse? or what felouschipe of liyt to derknessis?

⁹ It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous with oute roof, than with a womman ful of chydyng, and in a comyn hous.

²⁵ Men, loue ye youre wyues, as Crist louyde the chirche, and yaf hym silf for it, to make it holi; ²⁶ and clenside it with the waisching of watir, in the word of lijf, ²⁷ to yyue the chirche gloriouse to hym silf, that it hadde no wem, ne ryueling, or ony siche thing, but that it be hooli and vndefoulid. ²⁸ So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf; ²⁹ for no man hatide euere his owne fleisch, but nurischith and fostrith it, as Crist doith the chirche. ³⁰ And we ben membris of his bodi, of his fleisch, and of his boonys. ³¹ For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. ³² This sacrament is greet; yhe, Y seie in Crist, and in the chirche. ³³ Netheles ye alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde.

²⁴ Wherfor a man schal forsake fadir and modir, and schal cleue to his wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

²² He that fyndith a good womman, fyndith a good thing; and of the Lord he schal drawe vp myrthe. He that puttith a wey a good womman, puttith awei a good thing; but he that holdith auowtresse, is a fool and vnwijs.

⁴ Charite is pacient, it is benygne; charite enuyeth not, it doith not wickidli, it is not blowun, ⁵ it is not coueytouse, it sekith not tho thingis that ben hise owne, it is not stirid to wraththe, it thenkith not yuel, ⁶ it ioyeth not on wickidnesse, but it ioieth togidere to treuthe; ⁷ it suffrith alle thingis, it bileueth alle thingis, it hopith alle thingis, it susteyneth alle thingis.

²² Wymmen, be thei suget to her hosebondis, ²³ as to the Lord, for the man is heed of the wymman, as Crist is heed of the chirche; he is sauyour of his bodi. ²⁴ But as the chirche is suget to Crist, so wymmen to her hosebondis in alle thingis. ²⁵ Men, loue ye youre wyues, as Crist louyde the chirche, and yaf hym silf for it, to make it holi; ²⁶ and clenside it with the waisching of watir, in the word of lijf, ²⁷ to yyue the chirche gloriouse to hym silf, that it hadde no wem, ne ryueling, or ony siche thing, but that it be hooli and vndefoulid. ²⁸ So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf; ²⁹ for no man hatide euere his owne fleisch, but nurischith and fostrith it, as Crist doith the chirche. ³⁰ And we ben membris of his bodi, of his fleisch, and of his boonys. ³¹ For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. ³² This sacrament is greet; yhe, Y seie in Crist, and in the chirche. ³³ Netheles ye alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde.

⁴ `Wedding is in alle thingis onourable, and bed vnwemmed; for God schal deme fornicatouris and auouteris.

¹ But of thilke thingis that ye han write to me, it is good to a man to touche not a womman. ² But for fornycacioun eche man haue his owne wijf, and ech womman haue hir owne hosebonde. ³ The hosebonde yelde dette to the wijf, and also the wijf to the hosebonde. ⁴ The womman hath not power of hir bodi, but the hosebonde; and the hosebonde hath not power of his bodi, but the womman. ⁵ Nyle ye defraude eche to othere, but perauenture of consent to a tyme, that ye yyue tent to preier; and eft turne ye ayen to the same thing, lest Sathanas tempte you for youre vncontynence. ⁶ But Y seie this thing as yyuyng leeue, not bi comaundement. ⁷ For Y wole, that alle men be as my silf. But eche man hath his propre yifte of God; oon thus, and another thus. ⁸ But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y. ⁹ That if thei conteynen not hem silf, be thei weddid; for it is betere to be weddid, than to be brent. ¹⁰ But to hem that ben ioyned in matrymonye, Y comaunde, not Y, but the Lord, that the wijf departe not fro the hosebonde; ¹¹ and that if sche departith, that sche dwelle vnweddid, or be recounselid to hir hosebonde; and the hosebonde forsake not the wijf. ¹² But to othere Y seie, not the Lord. If ony brother hath an vnfeithful wijf, and sche consenteth to dwelle with hym, leeue he hir not. ¹³ And if ony womman hath an vnfeithful hosebonde, and this consentith to dwelle with hir, leeue sche not the hosebonde. ¹⁴ For the vnfeithful hosebonde is halewid bi the feithful womman, and the vnfeithful womman is halewid bi the feithful hosebonde. Ellis youre children weren vncleene, but now thei ben hooli. ¹⁵ That if the vnfeithful departith, departe he. For whi the brother or sistir is not suget to seruage in siche; for God hath clepid vs in pees. ¹⁶ And wherof wost thou, womman, if thou schalt make the man saaf; or wherof wost thou, man, if thou schalt make the womman saaf? ¹⁷ But as the Lord hath departid to ech, and as God hath clepid ech man, so go he, as Y teche in alle chirchis. ¹⁸ A man circumcidid is clepid, brynge he not to the prepucie. A man is clepid in prepucie, be he not circumcidid. ¹⁹ Circumcisioun is nouyt, and prepucie is nouyt, but the kepyng of the maundementis of God. ²⁰ Ech man in what clepyng he is clepid, in that dwelle he. ²¹ Thou seruaunt art clepid, be it no charge to thee; but if thou maist be fre, `the rather vse thou. ²² He that is a seruaunt, and is clepid in the Lord, is a freman of the Lord. Also he that is a freman, and is clepid, is the seruaunt of Crist. ²³ With prijs ye ben bouyt; nyle ye be maad seruauntis of men. ²⁴ Therfor ech man in what thing he is clepid a brothir, dwelle he in this anentis God. ²⁵ But of virgyns Y haue no comaundement of God; but Y yyue counseil, as he that hath mercy of the Lord, that Y be trewe. ²⁶ Therfor Y gesse, that this thing is good for the present nede; for it is good to a man to be so. ²⁷ Thou art boundun to a wijf, nyle thou seke vnbyndyng; thou art vnboundun fro a wijf, nyle thou seke a wijf. ²⁸ But if thou hast takun a wijf, thou hast not synned; and if a maidun is weddid, sche synnede not; nethelesse siche schulen haue tribulacioun of fleisch. ²⁹ But Y spare you. Therfor, britheren, Y seie this thing, The tyme is schort. Another is this, that thei that han wyues, be as thouy thei hadden noon; ³⁰ and thei that wepen, as thei wepten not; and thei that ioien, as thei ioieden not; and thei that bien, as thei hadden not; ³¹ and thei that vsen this world, as thei that vsen not. For whi the figure of this world passith. ³² But Y wole, that ye be without bisynesse, for he that is without wijf, is bisi what thingis ben of the Lord, hou he schal plese God. ³³ But he that is with a wijf, is bysy what thingis ben of the world, hou he schal plese the wijf, and he is departid. ³⁴ And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hosebonde. ³⁵ And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord. ³⁶ And if ony man gessith hym silf to be seyn foule on his virgyn, that sche is ful woxun, and so it bihoueth to be doon, do sche that that sche wole; sche synneth not, if sche be weddid. ³⁷ For he that ordeynede stabli in his herte, not hauynge nede, but hauynge power of his wille, and hath demed in his herte this thing, to kepe his virgyn, doith wel. ³⁸ Therfore he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrymonye, doith wel; and he that ioyneth not, doith betere. ³⁹ The womman is boundun to the lawe, as longe tyme as hir hosebonde lyueth; and if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, be sche weddid to whom sche wole, oneli in the Lord. ⁴⁰ But sche schal be more blessid, if sche dwellith thus, aftir my counsel; and Y wene, that Y haue the Spirit of God.