A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

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

if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.

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

But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases.] But God has called us to peace.

A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

You have ravished my heart, My sister, [my] spouse; You have ravished my heart With one [look] of your eyes, With one link of your necklace.

How fair is your love, My sister, [my] spouse! How much better than wine is your love, And the scent of your perfumes Than all spices!

A garden enclosed [Is] my sister, [my] spouse, A spring shut up, A fountain sealed.

I have come to my garden, my sister, [my] spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. (TO HIS FRIENDS) Eat, O friends! Drink, yes, drink deeply, O beloved ones! THE SHULAMITE

I sleep, but my heart is awake; [It is] the voice of my beloved! He knocks, [saying,] "Open for me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one; For my head is covered with dew, 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 as sisters, with all purity.

While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him.

But He answered and said to the one who told Him, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?"

"For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven 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 Judas?

"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 they did not stay there many days.

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

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

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

Now when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.

But Simon's wife's mother lay sick with a fever, and they told Him about her at once.

And he brought 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).