Faithfulness in Marriage

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

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

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

You ask, 'Why?' It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.

But you say, 'Why does he not?' Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.

So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.

But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. It flashes like fire, the very flame of the Lord.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.