Marriage
doctrineGod's design for the covenant union of husband and wife — a picture of Christ and the church.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
Follow the flow
Marriage connects to different paths in Scripture:
Marriage arises from Love, and leads to Spiritual Growth and Discipleship.
Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”1 Corinthians 13:4 →
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”Ephesians 5:31 →
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”Genesis 2:24 →
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”Matthew 28:19 →
“Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:”Colossians 1:28 →
Relationships
Anchor Scriptures 18 verses
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”
Read in context →“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
Read in context →“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.”
Read in context →“So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Read in context →“Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.”
Read in context →“My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.”
Read in context →“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.”
Read in context →“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
Read in context →“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
Read in context →“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”
Read in context →“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
Read in context →“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
Read in context →“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
Read in context →“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
Read in context →“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.”
Read in context →“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”
Read in context →“And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”
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