It is necessary, therefore, for a bishop to be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful at teaching;

forbidding to marry, [commanding] to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.

if a man is unimpeachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or [who are] insubordinate.

Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

But if the unbelieving [spouse] separates, let [him or her] separate; the brother or the sister has not been bound in such cases; but God has called us to peace.

A wife has been bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband also dies, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Lord.

My sister, my spouse, you have ravished my heart; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

How beautiful are your breasts, my sister, my spouse! How much more beautiful are your breasts than wine, and the smell of your garments than all spices!

My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Let my kinsman come down into his garden, and eat the fruit of his choice berries. I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices; I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; yes, brethren, drink abundantly.

I sleep, but my heart is awake: the voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, [saying], Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

And while He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.

But He answered and said to him that told Him, "Who is My mother? And who are My brothers?"

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."

Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Jude?

Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?" And they were offended at Him.

Matthew and Thomas; James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot;

After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and there they remained not many days.

These were continuing with one mind in prayer and petition, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the brother of the Lord.

Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ."

Now when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother having been laid up, and burning with fever.

And the mother-in-law of Simon was lying down burning with fever, and immediately they spoke to Him about her.

And he led him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone).