Old Testament
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| Genesis 2:24 |
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Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
and they shall become one flesh.
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| see Genesis 29: 18, 20 |
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Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, "I will serve you seven years for Rachel
your younger daughter". So Jacob served seven years for Rachel,
and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her.
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| Exodus 20:14 |
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You shall not commit adultery.
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| Psalm 37:3, 5 |
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Trust in the Lord, and do good....
Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
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| Psalm 119:34-35 |
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Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
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The New Testament
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| Luke 10:27 |
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You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.
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| Matthew 13:44-46 |
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"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it."
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| Matthew 19:4-6 |
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"Have you not read that He who made them in the beginning 'made them male and female' and said 'For this reason a man shall leave his mother and father and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?' So then they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."
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| John 13:34 |
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"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another as I have loved you...."
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The Heavenly Doctrines
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| Conjugial Love 534 |
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Truly conjugial love with its delights comes only from the Lord and is given to those who live according to His commandments.
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| Arcana Coelestia 5051:2 |
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Heavenly conjugial love consists in one living, content in the Lord, together with one's partner whom one loves very tenderly, and with one's children. In the world this brings a person a deeper pleasure, and in the next life heavenly joy.
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| Conjugial Love 229 |
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For people who desire truly conjugial love, the Lord provides similar partners, and if they are not found on earth, He provides them in heaven.
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| Heaven and Hell 379 |
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The delight of true marriage love not only endures to old age in the world, but after death becomes the delight of heaven and is there filled with an interior delight that grows more and more perfect to eternity.
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| see Conjugial Love 444r |
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The conjugial union of one man with one wife is the precious jewel of human life and the repository of Christian religion.
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