Wedding Ceremony

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. — read the full passage →

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: — read the full passage →

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. — read the full passage →

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Let all your things be done with charity.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. — read the full passage →

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

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

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. — read the full passage →

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. — read the full passage →

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. — read the full passage →

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: — read the full passage →

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

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. — read the full passage →

And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. — read the full passage →

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. — read the full passage →

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: — read the full passage →

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →