Relationships and families quotes

Relationships and Families

• Genesis 2:22–25: “Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man… That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

• Matthew 19:4–6: “‘Haven’t you read,’ he replied, ‘that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female… So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.’”

• Exodus 20:14: “You shall not commit adultery.”

• 1 Corinthians 7:10–11: “…A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.”

Men and Women

• Colossians 3:18–19: “Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands… Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”

• Ephesians 5:25 & 28: “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her… In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies.”

• 1 Timothy 2:11–14: “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission… Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.”

Christian Understandings of Equality

• Genesis 1:27: “So God created mankind in his own image… male and female he created them.”

• John 13:34: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”

• Galatians 3:28: “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

• Luke 10:30–37: “…But a Samaritan… took pity on him, bandaged his wounds… and took care of him.”