Bible verses about marriage
What does the Bible say about marriage?
God designed marriage as a lifelong covenant of love, patience and faithfulness, and Scripture shows what it looks like to love a spouse well.
Genesis 2:24
“Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
“Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.”
Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,”
Colossians 3:19
“Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.”
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