What does the Bible say about marriage?
From Genesis to Revelation, marriage is treated as one of God's most serious gifts — a covenant, not a contract. Scripture frames it as two becoming one, mutual self-giving, and a living picture of Christ's love for the church. The Bible neither romanticizes marriage nor reduces it to function; it asks for sacrificial love, faithful presence, and patient kindness.
What God has joined together, let no man separate.
Bible verses about marriage
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;"
"Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
"What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."
"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah."
"Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them."
"Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge."
Frequently asked
What does the Bible say about a husband's role?
Ephesians 5:25 calls husbands to love their wives 'as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it' — sacrificially, not coercively.
What does the Bible say about divorce?
Jesus addresses divorce in Matthew 19 and Mark 10, treating it as a concession to hardness of heart, not God's design. Paul gives further guidance in 1 Corinthians 7.
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