Marriage In The Bible Scriptures
There are many different types of marriage in the Bible, such as monogamous and polygamous. Each type has its own scriptural basis in God’s Word. Furthermore, Christians should not use their culture or personal preferences as justification for their choice of marital status. Rather, they should choose marriage based on what the Lord has revealed about this sacred institution in His Word.
John 2:1-11
2:1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come.”
Mathew 19:4-6(NKJV)
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Mathew 19:7-9(NKJV)
The Bible addresses the issue of marriage in numerous places, but Matthew 19:3-9 offers a particularly direct biblical statement on the subject. The passage begins with a question from some Pharisees to Jesus: “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?” (v. 3). Jesus responds by saying that God made them male and female in order for them to become one flesh through marriage (v. 6). He then goes on to explain that marriage has been designed by God as an indissoluble union between one man and one woman (v. 7). He concludes that even though they are permitted by their culture under certain circumstances, divorces are never allowed according to God’s plan (v. 10).
1Corinthians 7:10-11(ESV)
In 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, Paul writes:
“But to the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. And if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.”
In this passage of scripture Paul shows us how vital marriage is to our lives as Christians. He discusses how important it is for Christians to stay married when they have committed themselves in marriage vows before God and man. He also informs us of what will happen if they decide to leave their spouse or get remarried after being divorced from their first wife/husband (or vice versa).
Ephesians 5:22-33
Ephesians 5:22-33
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as Christ submits to God, so also wives should submit themselves to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy. He did this to present her before him in splendor, without spot or blemish or any such thing, but holy and blameless. In this same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it just like he does for himself because we are members of his body. The Scripture says that “if one member suffers all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26). And “if one member is honored then all members benefit from it” (1 Cor 12:25). So if one member suffers all suffer with him; if one member is honored then all members are honored too! We were all baptized into one body by means of baptism into Christ Jesus—whether we were Jews or Gentiles—and our old self was buried with him through baptism into death so that we might be partakers in new life now through participation in Christ’s resurrection from death back into life!
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12(NKJV)
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12(NKJV)
“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
God’s view of on marriage is essential to a happy, healthy and successful marriage.
God’s view of on marriage is essential to a happy, healthy and successful marriage.
It’s important for you to know God’s plan for marriage is not an accident. He didn’t leave things up to chance when it comes to your marital happiness. His Word gives us insight into how he wants us to live as a couple and what his expectations are in order for us to have the kind of relationship that glorifies him best.
We have covered some of the most important topics regarding marriage in the Bible in this article. We hope that you found it helpful, but if not we encourage you to do more research on your own as well!
Takeaways from this post:
Marriage is a sacred covenant between two people. God’s intention for marriage is to create unity, peace and love between two people who have become one flesh.
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