² For I am ^(A)jealous for you with godly jealousy. For ^(B)I have betrothed you to one husband, ^(C)that I may present you ^(D)as a chaste virgin to Christ.

²⁶ that He might ^[a]sanctify and cleanse her ^(A)with the washing of water ^(B)by the word, ^27 (C)that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, ^(D)not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

¹³ And he shall take a wife in her virginity. ¹⁴ A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot—these he shall not marry; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife. ¹⁵ Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people, for I the Lord sanctify him.’ ”

^29 (A)He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but ^(B)the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

²⁸ Him we preach, ^(A)warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, ^(B)that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

²² They shall not take as wife a ^(A)widow or a divorced woman, but take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or widows of priests.

⁸ For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.

⁴ Therefore, my brethren, you also have become ^(A)dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should ^(B)bear fruit to God.