Husband

…and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.

A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.