[a]Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

[b]Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with those things that ye have, for [c]he hath said,

(A)I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee:

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:4 He commendeth chaste matrimony in all sorts of men, and threateneth utter destruction from God, against whoremongers and adulterers.
  2. Hebrews 13:5 Covetousness is condemned, against which is set a contented mind with that which the Lord hath given.
  3. Hebrews 13:5 Even the Lord himself.

Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B) Keep your lives free from the love of money(C) and be content with what you have,(D) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](E)

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?”[b](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
  2. Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7