+ Concerning Marital Problems +

(Genesis 2:18) Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.'

(Genesis 2:24) Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.

(Joshua 24:15) Now if you are unwilling to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.

(Psalms 101:2) I will study the way that is blameless. When shall I attain it? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house.

(Proverbs 3:5-6) 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

(Proverbs 10:12) Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offences.

(Romans 13:10) Love does no wrong to a neighbour; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.

(Ephesians 4:31-32) 31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice: 32 And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

(Ephesians 5:21-33) 21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Saviour. 24 just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything to their own husbands. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself in splendour, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind – yes, so that she may be holy and without blemish. 28 In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the church. 33 Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.

(I Peter 1:22) Now that you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart.

(I Peter 3:1-11) 1 wives, in the same way, accept the authority of your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives' conduct, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair, and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing; 4 rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God's sight. 5 It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves by accepting the authority of their husbands. 6 thus Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters as long as you do what is good and never let fear alarm you. 7 husbands, in the same way, show consideration for your wives in your life together, paying honour to the woman as the weaker sex, since they too are also heirs to the gracious gift of life – so that nothing may hinder your prayers. 8 Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one of another, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not repay evil for evil, or abuse for abuse; but on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called – that you might inherit a blessing. 10 For "Those who desire life and desire to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit; 11 Let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.