Isaiah 54:5
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5 For your husband is your Maker;
the Lord of hosts is his name,
Your redeemer,[a] the Holy One of Israel,
called God of all the earth.
Isaiah 62:4
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4 No more shall you be called “Forsaken,”
nor your land called “Desolate,”
But you shall be called “My Delight is in her,”
and your land “Espoused.”
For the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be espoused.(A)
Isaiah 62:5
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5 For as a young man marries a virgin,
your Builder shall marry you;
And as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride
so shall your God rejoice in you.
Matthew 22:3
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3 [a]He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come.
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Matthew 25:1
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Chapter 25
The Parable of the Ten Virgins.[a] 1 “Then[b] the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
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- 25:1–13 Peculiar to Matthew.
- 25:1 Then: at the time of the parousia. Kingdom…will be like: see note on Mt 13:24–30.
John 3:29
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29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom; the best man,[a] who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made complete.(A)
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- 3:29 The best man: literally, “the friend of the groom,” the shoshben of Jewish tradition, who arranged the wedding. Competition between him and the groom would be unthinkable.
Ephesians 5:25-32
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25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her(A) 26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word,(B) 27 that he might present to himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.(C) 28 So [also] husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one hates his own flesh but rather nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body.(D)
31 “For this reason a man shall leave [his] father and [his] mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.”(E)
32 This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church.(F)
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