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Hebrews 13:4

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Marriage deserves honour from everyone, and faithfulness in it is something God Himself cares about and guards.

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Hebrews 13:4 in context

1Let brotherly love continue. 2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

A letter to believers tempted to give up, showing Jesus as greater than everything before Him.

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Related verses

Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

The first thing in creation God called not good was being alone. Marriage begins as companionship.

Colossians 3:14
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Love is what ties every other virtue together.