I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband,(A) to Christ, so that I might present you(B) as a pure virgin to him.

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19 I will betroth(A) you to me forever;
    I will betroth you in[a] righteousness and justice,(B)
    in[b] love and compassion.(C)
20 I will betroth you in[c] faithfulness,
    and you will acknowledge(D) the Lord.(E)

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  1. Hosea 2:19 Or with
  2. Hosea 2:19 Or with
  3. Hosea 2:20 Or with

26 to make her holy,(A) cleansing[a] her by the washing(B) with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself(C) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.(D)

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  1. Ephesians 5:26 Or having cleansed

For your Maker(A) is your husband(B)
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One(C) of Israel is your Redeemer;(D)
    he is called the God of all the earth.(E)

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22 They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.(A)

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13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.(A) 14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people, 15 so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”

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28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing(A) and teaching everyone with all wisdom,(B) so that we may present everyone fully mature(C) in Christ.

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29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom.(A) The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.(B)

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God can testify(A) how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

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17 Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.(A) 18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.(B) 19 My dear children,(C) for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,(D)

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14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead(A) will also raise us with Jesus(B) and present us with you to himself.(C)

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15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(A) through the gospel.(B)

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So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law(A) through the body of Christ,(B) that you might belong to another,(C) to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

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No longer will they call you Deserted,(A)
    or name your land Desolate.(B)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](C)
    and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(D) in you,
    and your land will be married.(E)
As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom(F) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice(G) over you.

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  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

10 Listen, daughter,(A) and pay careful attention:(B)
    Forget your people(C) and your father’s house.
11 Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;(D)
    honor(E) him, for he is your lord.(F)

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58 So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?”

“I will go,”(A) she said.

59 So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way,(B) along with her nurse(C) and Abraham’s servant and his men. 60 And they blessed(D) Rebekah and said to her,

“Our sister, may you increase
    to thousands upon thousands;(E)
may your offspring possess
    the cities of their enemies.”(F)

61 Then Rebekah and her attendants(G) got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

62 Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi,(H) for he was living in the Negev.(I) 63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate,[a](J) and as he looked up,(K) he saw camels approaching. 64 Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel(L) 65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”

“He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil(M) and covered herself.

66 Then the servant told Isaac all he had done. 67 Isaac brought her into the tent(N) of his mother Sarah,(O) and he married Rebekah.(P) So she became his wife, and he loved her;(Q) and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.(R)

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  1. Genesis 24:63 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

He said to the senior servant(A) in his household, the one in charge of all that he had,(B) “Put your hand under my thigh.(C) I want you to swear(D) by the Lord, the God of heaven(E) and the God of earth,(F) that you will not get a wife for my son(G) from the daughters of the Canaanites,(H) among whom I am living,(I) but will go to my country and my own relatives(J) and get a wife for my son Isaac.(K)

The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?(L) Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?(M)

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11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.(A)

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11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,(A)

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