{"id":9077,"date":"2024-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=9077"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:19:56","slug":"friendship-in-marriage-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/friendship-in-marriage-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"\u53cb\u60c5\u306f\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u6559\u306e\u7d50\u5a5a\u306e\u4e00\u90e8\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304b\uff1f\u306f\u3044\u3001\u8056\u66f8\u306f\u914d\u5076\u8005\u3092\u53cb\u4eba\u3068\u547c\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. Scripture calls a husband or wife both friend and companion. In the Song of Songs a woman says of the man she loves, &quot;this is my friend,&quot; and Malachi calls a wife &quot;your companion.&quot; Catholic teaching goes further and calls married love the &quot;greatest form of friendship,&quot; a phrase it takes from Thomas Aquinas. The woman in the Song comes to the end of her praise of the man she loves and sums him up in two words: beloved\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. The Song of Songs calls a husband &quot;my friend,&quot; Malachi calls a wife &quot;your companion,&quot; and Catholic teaching calls married love the greatest friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-9077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-relationships"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7957,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/should-we-be-friends-first-before-dating\/","url_meta":{"origin":9077,"position":0},"title":"Should We Be Friends First Before Dating? 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