Marriage & Family

Scripture's picture of marriage, parenting, and household — from Eden onward.

Gen 2:24

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

See also: Matthew 19:3-9, Hebrews 13:4

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Josh 24:15

15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

See also: 1 Kings 18:21, John 6:67-68

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Prov 22:6

6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

See also: Deuteronomy 6:7, Ephesians 6:4

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Eph 5:25

25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

See also: Ignatius to Polycarp 2:8, 1 Peter 3:7

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