Jeremiah 16:2-4
2“You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. 3For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bore them and the fathers who fathered them in this land: 4 aThey shall die of deadly diseases. bThey shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. cThey shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. dThey shall perish by the sword and by famine, eand their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.Matthew 24:19
19And falas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days!Luke 21:23
23 gAlas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and hwrath against this people.Luke 23:28-29
28But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For behold, ithe days are coming when they will say, j‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’1 Corinthians 7:1
Principles for Marriage
1Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: k“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”1 Corinthians 7:8
8To the unmarried and the widows I say that lit is good for them to remain single mas, I am.1 Corinthians 7:28
28But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a betrothed woman ▼▼Greek virgin; also verse 34
marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will have worldly troubles, and I would spare you that. 1 Corinthians 7:35-38
35I say this for your own benefit, onot to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.36If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, ▼
▼Greek virgin; also verses 37, 38
if his ▼▼Or her
passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry—it is no sin. 37But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well. 38So then he who marries his betrothed rdoes well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better. 1 Peter 4:17
17For it is time for judgment sto begin at the household of God; and tif it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who udo not obey the gospel of God?
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