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Key Bible Verses about Marriage
Important passages about marriage, each shown in full in your chosen Bible version with its setting and meaning.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh. The two become one flesh
After the creation of the woman, the narrator explains why a man leaves his parents and is joined to his wife. Jesus quotes this verse when asked about divorce (Matthew…
4Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love is patient, love is kind
Written to a divided church proud of its spiritual gifts. Paul describes the love that must shape all their relationships; it is often read at weddings.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her, Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church
Part of Paul's teaching on households (5:21-33), which begins with "submit to one another" (5:21). Husbands are to love sacrificially, as Christ gave himself for the church.
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