Isaiah 54:5
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5 For your Maker is your husband;
the Lord of hosts is his name;
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
the God of the whole earth he is called.(A)
Ephesians 5:25-27
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25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word, 27 so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.(A)
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Hosea 2:19-20
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19 And I will take you for my wife forever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.(A) 20 I will take you for my wife in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord.(B)
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Isaiah 48:17
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17 Thus says the Lord,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you how to succeed,
who leads you in the way you should go.(A)
2 Corinthians 11:2-3
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2 I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.(A) 3 But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure[a] devotion to Christ.(B)
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- 11.3 Other ancient authorities lack and pure
Romans 3:29-30
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29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of gentiles also? Yes, of gentiles also, 30 since God is one, and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.(A)
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Ezekiel 16:8
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8 I passed by you again and looked on you; you were at the age for love. I spread the edge of my cloak over you and covered your nakedness: I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.(A)
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John 3:29
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29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. For this reason my joy has been fulfilled.(A)
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Psalm 45:10-17
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10 Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;
forget your people and your father’s house,(A)
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him;(B)
12 Daughter Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,
the richest of the people(C) 13 with all kinds of wealth.
The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;[a](D)
14 in many-colored robes she is led to the king;
behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.(E)
15 With joy and gladness they are led along
as they enter the palace of the king.
16 In the place of ancestors you, O king,[b] shall have sons;
you will make them princes in all the earth.(F)
17 I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations;
therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.(G)
Ephesians 5:32
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32 This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
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Jeremiah 3:14
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14 Return, O faithless children,
says the Lord,
for I am your husband;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
and I will bring you to Zion.(A)
Revelation 11:15
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The Seventh Trumpet
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Messiah,[a]
and he will reign forever and ever.”(A)
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Luke 1:32
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32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.(A)
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