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VERSES ABOUT VICES AND ADDICTIONS
Addiction and bad habits can be so destructive. Think about it, addiction is clinging to something—a behavior, a substance, an activity, even a person—that's actually harming you. So many of us struggle with these things, feeling trapped by a vice or an addiction. Sometimes, we feel like it's because of our past.
But here's the truth: in God, we're free. Christ set us free from all of that and forgave our sins. If you keep dwelling on the past, those chains can really hold you back. Sometimes, these struggles can even stem from negative spiritual influences, finding a foothold and coming to light when we unknowingly open a door, giving the enemy a legal right to step in.
You have the power to let go of what's binding you. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any areas of bondage you need to address. Receive God's forgiveness and His healing. He's there for you.
I pray that we all find freedom from anything that's hurting us and holding us back. Just like it says in John 8:36, "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.
‘When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.
And if someone overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken.
Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love #– #but the greatest of these is love.
Marriage is to be honoured by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter towards them.
A husband should fulfil his marital duty to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.
those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they didn’t own anything,
and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.
I want you to be without concerns. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord #– #how he may please the Lord.
But the married man is concerned about the things of the world #– #how he may please his wife #– #
and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the things of the world #– #how she may please her husband.
I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.
If any man thinks he is acting improperly towards the virgin he is engaged to, if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage, and he feels he should marry #– #he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.
But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will ) and has decided in his heart to keep her as his fiancée, will do well.
So, then, he who marries his fiancée does well, but he who does not marry will do better.
A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants #– #only in the Lord.
A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. ,
Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.
Above all, put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
And let the peace of Christ, to which you were also called in one body, rule your hearts. And be thankful.
Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.
But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.
since we are members of his body.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. ,
This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.
To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.
For know and recognise this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head #– #Christ.
Wives, submit , to your husbands as to the Lord,
because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Saviour of the body.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.
He did this to present the church to himself in splendour, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and blameless.
In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.
since we are members of his body.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. ,
This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.
To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Saviour of the body.
Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.
But because sexual immorality is so common, , each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman should have sexual relations with her own husband.
The one who pursues righteousness and faithful love will find life, righteousness, and honour.
Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Tie them round your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.
Don’t accuse anyone without cause, when he has done you no harm.
Don’t envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
for the devious are detestable to the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.
The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous;
He mocks those who mock but gives grace to the humble.
The wise will inherit honour, but he holds up fools to dishonour.
Then you will find favour and high regard with God and people.
In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by the way their wives live
For the one who wants to love life and to see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit,
and let him turn away from evil and do what is good. Let him seek peace and pursue it,
because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do what is evil.
Who then will harm you if you are devoted to what is good?
But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear them ,or be intimidated, ,
but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defence to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.
Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh , but made alive by the Spirit,
in which he also went and made proclamation to the spirits in prison
when they observe your pure, reverent lives.
who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being prepared. In it a few #– #that is, eight people , #– #were saved through water.
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a good conscience towards God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.
Don’t let your beauty consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and wearing gold jewellery or fine clothes,
but rather what is inside the heart , #– #the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
For in the past, the holy women who put their hope in God also adorned themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands,
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do what is good and do not fear any intimidation.
Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner, showing them honour as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice , for our sins.
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. ,
Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.’
Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.
They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on.
If I speak human or angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,
is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs.
Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
‘You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery. ,
But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death; jealousy is as unrelenting as Sheol. Love’s flames are fiery flames – an almighty flame!
A huge torrent cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all his wealth for love, it would be utterly scorned.
So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.
God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.’
Who can find a wife of noble character? , She is far more precious than jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will not lack anything good.
She rewards him with good, not evil, all the days of her life.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
But that is not how you came to know Christ,
assuming you heard about him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus,
to take off , your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires,
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
and to put on , the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.
Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbour, , because we are members of one another.
Be angry and do not sin. , Don’t let the sun go down on your anger,
and don’t give the devil an opportunity.
Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.
No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.
making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
But because sexual immorality is so common, , each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman should have sexual relations with her own husband.
Let each of you remain in the situation in which he was called.
Were you called while a slave? Don’t let it concern you. But if you can become free, by all means take the opportunity.
For he who is called by the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called as a free man is Christ’s slave.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of people.
Brothers and sisters, each person is to remain with God in the situation in which he was called.
Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I do give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is faithful.
Because of the present distress, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
However, if you do get married, you have not sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,
A husband should fulfil his marital duty to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.
those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they didn’t own anything,
and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.
I want you to be without concerns. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord #– #how he may please the Lord.
But the married man is concerned about the things of the world #– #how he may please his wife #– #
and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the things of the world #– #how she may please her husband.
I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.
If any man thinks he is acting improperly towards the virgin he is engaged to, if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage, and he feels he should marry #– #he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.
But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will ) and has decided in his heart to keep her as his fiancée, will do well.
So, then, he who marries his fiancée does well, but he who does not marry will do better.
A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants #– #only in the Lord.
A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does.
But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Do not deprive one another #– #except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
make my joy complete by thinking the same way, having the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
For I have no one else like-minded who will genuinely care about your interests;
all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
But you know his proven character, because he has served with me in the gospel ministry like a son with a father.
Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I see how things go with me.
I am confident in the Lord that I myself will also come soon.
But I considered it necessary to send you Epaphroditus #– #my brother, co-worker, and fellow soldier, as well as your messenger and minister to my need #– #
since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was ill.
Indeed, he was so ill that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.
For this reason, I am very eager to send him so that you may rejoice again when you see him and I may be less anxious.
Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with great joy and hold people like him in honour,
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.
because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your ministry to me.
Everyone should look not to his own interests, but rather to the interests of others.
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honouring one another.
For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.
Therefore, I want younger women to marry, have children, manage their households, and give the adversary no opportunity to accuse us.
A husband should fulfil his marital duty to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.
those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they didn’t own anything,
and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.
I want you to be without concerns. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord #– #how he may please the Lord.
But the married man is concerned about the things of the world #– #how he may please his wife #– #
and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the things of the world #– #how she may please her husband.
I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.
If any man thinks he is acting improperly towards the virgin he is engaged to, if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage, and he feels he should marry #– #he can do what he wants. He is not sinning; they can get married.
But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will ) and has decided in his heart to keep her as his fiancée, will do well.
So, then, he who marries his fiancée does well, but he who does not marry will do better.
A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants #– #only in the Lord.
A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does.
But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Do not deprive one another #– #except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
‘Haven’t you read,’ he replied, ‘that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female, ,
and he also said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh”? ,
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.’
To the married I give this command #– #not I, but the Lord #– #a wife is not to leave her husband.
But if she does leave, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband #– #and a husband is not to divorce his wife.
‘It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce. ,
But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
But if anyone does not provide for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things.
You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride. You have captured my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.