Single vs Marriage vs Divorce
1 Corinthians 7
1 ¶ Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 ¶ And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.
12 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.
13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14 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.
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?
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Why get married?
- Avoid fornication
- Benevolent
- Fidelity, faithful, obedience to spouse
- Be open and honest with your feelings
- Cannot contain your passion
- Not good to be alone
- Eve (woman) taken from Adam
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Is marriage for everyone?
- God gifts – to marry or not marry
- Can you abstain from fornication
- Which gift has God given you
- Can you leave your parents and cleave
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How to find the right(eous) one?
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- Man looks for a wife
- Complement vs compliment
- Virtue, virtuous
- Honorable
- Work ethic
- Fear God, keep His commandments
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Why stay married?
- God’s command
- The unbelieving spouse, children are sanctified by the spouse
- Turn away from God in Bible discussed as Israel’s unfaithfulness in their devotion, obedience to God
- Virtuous woman is a crown to her husband
- Husband obtains favor from God
- Children’s inheritance depends on it
- Husband loves wife as Christ loves the church
- Wife submits to husband as unto the Lord
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Why leave marriage?
- Peace
- Violence
- Hardness of your heart = not God’s desire
- Better than fighting
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Stay unmarried after divorce?
- Reconcile to husband
- Abomination to Lord to divorce, remarry, divorce, and go back to 1st spouse
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Genesis 2:18
18 ¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:24
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Psalms 128:3
3 Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Proverbs 12:4
4 ¶ A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 18:22
22 ¶ [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Proverbs 19:14
14 ¶ House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
Proverbs 31:11
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
1 Kings 3:17
17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
1 Kings 17:9
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Work out issues
Proverbs 21:9
9 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:19
19 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 25:24
24 ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Abstinence
Acts 15:20
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.
Acts 15:29
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
3 For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Thessalonians 5:22
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
1 Timothy 4:3
3 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
1 Peter 2:11
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Genesis 2:23
23 And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Deuteronomy 24:5
5 ¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: [but] he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Proverbs 5:18
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Mark 10:7
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
1 Corinthians 7:11
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.
Ephesians 5:25
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Peter 3:7
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Right(eous) One
Proverbs 5:15
15 ¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs 12:4
4 ¶ A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 19:14
14 ¶ House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
Proverbs 31:10
10 ¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30 Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Genesis 24:67
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s [death].
Ecclesiastes 9:9
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.