Quotes About Relationships

Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.

In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.

If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.

For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the saints with them.

Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

Or donít you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.

Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lordís mercy is trustworthy.

Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;