For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
2 Corinthians 11:2 - English Standard Version 2016 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I am zealous for you with a godly eagerness and a divine jealousy, for I have betrothed you to one Husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. [Hos. 2:19, 20.] American Standard Version (1901) For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. Common English Bible I’m deeply concerned about you with the same concern that God has. As your father, I promised you in marriage to one husband. I promised to present you as an innocent virgin to Christ himself. Catholic Public Domain Version For I am jealous toward you, with the jealousy of God. And I have espoused you to one husband, offering you as a chaste virgin to Christ. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. |
For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.
For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as firstfruits for God and the Lamb,