1 Corinthians 7:36

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

May Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices, and wept.

for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.

Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.

But remember me when it is well with you. Please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!” No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”

Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time.

Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!

until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.’ ”

Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”

“Behold, I know your thoughts, the plans with which you would wrong me.

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked against the honorable.

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.

Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.”

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.