My jealousy for you comes from God himself. I promised to give you to only one husband. That husband is Christ. I wanted to be able to give you to him as if you were a pure virgin.

我为你们起的愤恨，原是神那样的愤恨。因为我曾把你们许配一个丈夫，要把你们如同贞洁的童女，献给基督。

我以上帝嫉妒的爱来爱你们，因为我曾把你们许配给一个丈夫，要把你们如同贞洁的童女献给基督。

我以神嫉妒的爱来爱你们，因为我曾把你们许配给一个丈夫，要把你们如同贞洁的童女献给基督。

我要求你们忠贞不渝，正如上帝要求祂的子民忠贞不渝一样。因为我曾把你们当作贞洁的少女许配给一位丈夫——基督。

我以神的热爱爱你们，因为我把你们献给基督，好像把贞洁的童女许配给一个丈夫。

我以神的热心热爱你们，因为我已经把你们许配给一位丈夫，做为贞洁的童女献给基督。

我為你們起的憤恨，原是神那樣的憤恨。因為我曾把你們許配一個丈夫，要把你們如同貞潔的童女，獻給基督。

我以上帝嫉妒的愛來愛你們，因為我曾把你們許配給一個丈夫，要把你們如同貞潔的童女獻給基督。

我以神嫉妒的愛來愛你們，因為我曾把你們許配給一個丈夫，要把你們如同貞潔的童女獻給基督。

我要求你們忠貞不渝，正如上帝要求祂的子民忠貞不渝一樣。因為我曾把你們當作貞潔的少女許配給一位丈夫——基督。

我以神的熱愛愛你們，因為我把你們獻給基督，好像把貞潔的童女許配給一個丈夫。

我以上帝的妒愛妒愛你們，把你們許配了一位獨一的丈夫，好把你們做貞潔的童女獻與基督。

我以神的熱心熱愛你們，因為我已經把你們許配給一位丈夫，做為貞潔的童女獻給基督。

我以上帝之眷戀、眷戀於爾、蓋我已聘爾於一夫、如貞女焉、以獻於基督也、

我念上帝、熱中戀慕爾、我已聘爾、如貞女獻一夫、即基督、

我事天主以熱心、亦為爾如此熱心、蓋我已為一夫聘爾、將爾如貞潔童女、獻於基督、

蓋我為天主之故、熱中於爾、甚至有患得患失之情緒。吾既將爾許配良人、固願爾好自保持貞節、克配基督。

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.

For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride to one husband— Christ.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I have promised you in marriage to one husband— to present a pure virgin to Christ.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

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.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy, because I have promised you in marriage to one husband— to present a pure virgin to Christ.

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.

For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

I will make Israel my own. She will belong to me forever. I will do to her what is right and fair. I will love her tenderly.I will be faithful to her. And she will recognize me as the Lord.

He did it to make her holy. He made her clean by washing her with water and the word.He did it to bring her to himself as a brightly shining church. He wants a church that has no stain or wrinkle or any other flaw. He wants a church that is holy and without blame.

I made you. I am now your husband. My name is the Lord Who Rules Over All. I am the Holy One of Israel. I have set you free. I am the God of the whole earth.

They must not get married to widows or divorced women. They may only marry Israelite virgins or the widows of priests.

“‘ The woman the high priest gets married to must be a virgin.He must not marry a widow or a woman who is divorced. He must not marry a woman who is“ unclean” because she is a prostitute. He must only marry a virgin. She must come from his own people.If he doesn’t marry a virgin, he makes the children he has by her“ unclean.” I am the Lord. I make him holy.’ ”

Christ is the one we preach about. With all the wisdom we have, we warn and teach everyone. When we bring them to God, we want them to be like Christ. We want them to be grown up as people who belong to Christ.

The bride belongs to the groom. The friend who helps the groom waits and listens for him. He is full of joy when he hears the groom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

Suppose you had 10,000 believers in Christ watching over you. You still wouldn’t have many fathers. I became your father by serving Christ Jesus and telling you the good news.

Royal bride, listen and pay careful attention. Forget about your people and the home you came from.Let the king be charmed by your beauty. Honor him. He is now your master.

We know that God raised the Lord Jesus from the dead. And he will also raise us up with Jesus. And he will present both you and us to himself.

The best servant in his house was in charge of everything Abraham had. Abraham said to him,“ Put your hand under my thigh.The Lord is the God of heaven and the God of earth. I want you to make a promise to me in his name. I’m living among the people of Canaan. But I want you to promise me that you won’t get a wife for my son from their daughters.Instead, promise me that you will go to my country and to my own relatives. Get a wife for my son Isaac from there.”The servant asked Abraham,“ What if the woman doesn’t want to come back with me to this land? Then should I take your son back to the country you came from?”

God is my witness that I long for all of you. I love you with the love that Christ Jesus gives.

Those people are trying hard to win you over. But it is not for your good. They want to take you away from us. They want you to commit yourselves to them.It is fine to be committed to something, if the purpose is good. And you shouldn’t be committed only when I am with you. You should always be committed.My dear children, I am in pain for you like I was when we first met. I have pain like a woman giving birth. And my pain will continue until Christ makes you like himself.

People will not call you Deserted anymore. They will no longer name your land Empty. Instead, you will be called One the Lord Delights In. Your land will be named Married One. That’s because the Lord will take delight in you. And your land will be married.As a young man marries a young woman, so your Builder will marry you. As a groom is happy with his bride, so your God will be full of joy over you.”

My brothers and sisters, when Christ died you also died as far as the law is concerned. Then it became possible for you to belong to him. He was raised from the dead. Now our lives can be useful to God.

So they sent for her and asked,“ Will you go with this man?”“ Yes, I’ll go,” she said.So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way with Abraham’s servant and his men. They also sent Rebekah’s servant with her.And they gave Rebekah their blessing. They said to her,“ Dear sister, may your family grow by thousands and thousands. May they take over the cities of their enemies.”Then Rebekah and her female servants got ready. They got on their camels to go back with the man. So Abraham’s servant took Rebekah and left.By that time Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi. He was living in the Negev Desert.One evening he went out to the field. He wanted to spend some time thinking. When he looked up, he saw camels approaching.Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel.She asked the servant,“ Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”“ He’s my master,” the servant answered. So she covered her face with her veil.Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.Isaac brought Rebekah into the tent that had belonged to his mother Sarah. And he married Rebekah. She became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother died.

I am afraid for you. I am afraid that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.

You know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.