Matthew 19:5
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and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
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The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Or don’t 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.”
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.