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Hosea 2:19-20
I will commit myself to you forever; I will commit myself to you in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and tender compassion.I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the LORD.”
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Ephesians 5:26-27
to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
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Isaiah 54:5
For your husband is the one who made you– the LORD who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called“ God of the entire earth.”
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Ezekiel 44:22
They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest’s widow.
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Leviticus 21:13-15
He must take a wife who is a virgin.He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife.He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”
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Colossians 1:28
We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.
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John 3:29
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.
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1 Corinthians 4 15
For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
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Psalms 45:10-11
Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him!
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2 Corinthians 4 14
We do so because we know that the one who raised up Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence.
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Genesis 24:2-5
Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had,“ Put your hand under my thighso that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”The servant asked him,“ What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
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Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 4:17-19
They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!
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Isaiah 62:4-5
You will no longer be called,“ Abandoned,” and your land will no longer be called“ Desolate.” Indeed, you will be called“ My Delight is in Her,” and your land“ Married.” For the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him.As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
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Romans 7:4
So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.
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Genesis 24:58-67
So they called Rebekah and asked her,“ Do you want to go with this man?” She replied,“ I want to go.”So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham’s servant and his men.They blessed Rebekah with these words:“ Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies.”Then Rebekah and her female servants mounted the camels and rode away with the man. So Abraham’s servant took Rebekah and left.Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.He went out to relax in the field in the early evening. Then he looked up and saw that there were camels approaching.Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her cameland asked Abraham’s servant,“ Who is that man walking in the field toward us?”“ That is my master,” the servant replied. So she took her veil and covered herself.The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
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Galatians 4:11
I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.
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1 Thessalonians 2 11
As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,
