25 Therefore a man loves his wife better than father or mother. (WEB)
1 Esdras 4:25
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1 Esdras 4:20–22
20 A man leaves his own father who brought him up, leaves his own country, and joins with his wife. (WEB) 21 With his wife he ends his days, with no thought for his father, mother, or country. (WEB) 22 By this also you must know that women have dominion over you. Don’t you labor an… (WEB)
Mark 10:6–8
6 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
1 Corinthians 7:32–34
32 I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. 33 But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. The unmarried…
4 Maccabees 2:10–12
10 For the law conquers even affection toward parents, not surrendering virtue on their account. (WEB) 11 It prevails over love for one’s wife, rebuking her when she breaks the law. (WEB) 12 It lords it over the love of parents toward their children, for they punish them for vice.… (WEB)
1 Corinthians 11:8–10
8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. 10 For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
Ephesians 5:32–33
32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
4 Maccabees 15:1–2
1 O reasoning of the sons, lord over the emotions, and religion more desirable to a mother than children! (WEB) 2 The mother, when two things were set before her, religion and the safety of her seven sons for a time, on the conditional promise of a tyrant, (WEB)
Ephesians 5:27–29
27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 Indeed, no one ever hated his…
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