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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| 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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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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| 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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| 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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