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2 Cor. 11:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused youi to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virginl to Christ.

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Hos. 2:19‑20• ¹⁹Yea, I will betroth thee to Myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness; and in mercies,
²⁰{i}and{/i} I will betroth thee to Myself in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah. (Hos. 2:19‑20)

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Lev. 21:13• ¹³And he shall take a wife in her virginity. (Lev. 21:13)

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jealous.

Gal. 4:11,17‑19• ¹¹I am afraid of you, lest somehow I have laboured in vain as to you.
¹⁷They are zealous about you, not rightly; but wish to shut you out, that ye may be zealous about them.
¹⁸But [it is] right to be zealous in a right thing always, and not only when I am present with you.
¹⁹My children, with whom I again travail, until Christ shall have been formed in you, (Gal. 4:11,17‑19)

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Phil. 1:8• ⁸For God is my witness, how I long after you all in [the] bowels of Jesus Christ. (Phil. 1:8)

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1 Thess. 2:11• ¹¹just as ye know how each one of you as a father his own children, we [were] exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying (1 Thess. 2:11)

I have.

Gen. 24:2‑5,58‑67• ²And Abraham said to his servant, the eldest in his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,
³and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell;
⁴but thou shalt go to my land and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
⁵And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I, then, bring thy son again anywise to the land from which thou camest?
⁵⁸And they called Rebekah and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
⁵⁹And they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.
⁶⁰And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, become thou thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them!
⁶¹And Rebecca arose, and her maids, and they rode upon the camels and followed the man; and the servant took Rebekah and went away.
⁶²And Isaac had just come from Beer-la-hai-roi; for he was dwelling in the south country.
⁶³And Isaac had gone out to meditate in the field, toward the beginning of evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and, behold, camels were coming.
⁶⁴And Rebekah lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac, and she lighted off the camel.
⁶⁵And she said to the servant, Who [is] the man that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, That is my master; and she took the veil and covered herself.
⁶⁶And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
⁶⁷And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. (Gen. 24:2‑5,58‑67)

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Psa. 45:10‑11• ¹⁰Hear, Ο daughter, and see, and incline thine ear,{HR}And forget thy people and thy father's house.
¹¹And the king greatly desireth thy beauty;{HR}For he [is] thy lord; and bow down thyself to him. (Psa. 45:10‑11)

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Isa. 54:5• ⁵For thy Maker [is] thy husband: Jehovah of hosts [is] His name, and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called. (Isa. 54:5)

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Isa. 62:4‑5• ⁴Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken, neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
⁵For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, shall thy sons marry thee; and with the joy of the bridegroom over the bride shall thy God rejoice over thee. (Isa. 62:4‑5)

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Hos. 2:19‑20• ¹⁹Yea, I will betroth thee to Myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness; and in mercies,
²⁰{i}and{/i} I will betroth thee to Myself in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah. (Hos. 2:19‑20)

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John 3:29• ²⁹He that hath the bride is [the] bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom that standeth and heareth him rejoiceth with joy because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled. (John 3:29)

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Rom. 7:4• ⁴So that, my brethren, ye also have been made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye should belong to another, him that was raised out of [the] dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. (Rom. 7:4)

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1 Cor. 4:15• ¹⁵for if ye should have ten thousand child-guides in Christ, yet not many fathers, for in Christ Jesus, through the gospel, I begot you. (1 Cor. 4:15)

I may.

Eph. 5:27• ²⁷that he might himself present to himself the assembly glorious, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it should be holy and blameless. (Eph. 5:27)

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Col. 1:28• ²⁸whom we preach, admonishing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ, (Col. 1:28)

a chaste.

Lev. 21:13‑15• ¹³And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
¹⁴A widow or a divorced woman or one dishonoured, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.
¹⁵And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I Jehovah sanctify him. (Lev. 21:13‑15)

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Ezek. 44:22• ²²Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. (Ezek. 44:22)

• We are now espoused to one husband even Christ, and are called to judge not conduct only but unsuitable thoughts and feelings. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 11:1-15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy which is of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

W. Kelly Translation

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For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present a chaste virgin to Christ.