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⁹Therefore, it is better for two to be together, than for one to be alone. For they have the advantage of their companionship.

¹⁴And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.

¹⁹And I will betroth you to me forever, and I will betroth you to me in justice and judgment, and in mercy and compassion. ²⁰And I will wed you to me in faith, and you will know that I am the Lord.

⁹Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.”

³Will two walk together, unless they have agreed to do so?

⁸And these two shall be one in flesh. And so, they are now, not two, but one flesh.

²²He who has found a good wife has found goodness, and he shall draw contentment from the Lord. He who expels a good wife expels goodness. But he who holds on to an adulteress is foolish and impious.

³All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.

¹²This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

¹If I were to speak in the language of men, or of Angels, yet not have charity, I would be like a clanging bell or a crashing cymbal. ²And if I have prophecy, and learn every mystery, and obtain all knowledge, and possess all faith, so that I could move mountains, yet not have charity, then I am nothing. ³And if I distribute all my goods in order to feed the poor, and if I hand over my body to be burned, yet not have charity, it offers me nothing. ⁴Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. ⁵Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. ⁶Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth.

¹⁴A house and its riches are given by parents. But a prudent wife is particularly from the Lord.

⁶Groom to Bride: Under the apple tree, I awakened you. There your mother was corrupted. There she who bore you was violated.

⁶And so, now they are not two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.”

⁷Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

¹⁰But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.

³And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your petition, which you prayed before me. I have sanctified this house, which you have built, so that I may place my name there forever, and so that my eyes and my heart will be there for all days.

⁴Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life.

⁵When a man has recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, nor shall any public office be enjoined upon him. Instead, he shall be free at home without guilt, so that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.