16 Bible Verses for a Wedding, and Where in the Day Each One Belongs

Christian Pure Team

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Zusammenfassung

  • The readings are arranged by where they belong in the day: the service, the vows, the blessing, the speeches and afterward.
  • 1 Corinthians 13 was written to a divided church whose members were taking one another to court (1 Corinthians 6:1-7).
  • Numbers 6:24-26 is the blessing to pronounce at the end — said over the couple rather than about them.
  • Psalm 128:3 is a blessing about the long middle, and worth checking first whether children are a tender subject for this couple.
  • Jesus’ first sign in John’s Gospel happened at a wedding that ran out of wine (John 2:1-11).

Most wedding readings come from a small set of passages about love, marriage and blessing, and each suits a different part of the day. The sixteen below are arranged in the order the day runs: readings for the service, verses for the vows, blessings, lines for the speeches, and two for the couple afterward. Each has a note on where it fits and what it says in context. For the reading at the service 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 “Love is patient,…

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Die Bibelzitate stammen aus der „New International Version“.

The virtues Colossians 3:14 covers are listed at Colossians 3:12-13.

The setting of 1 Corinthians 13 is the divided congregation of 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 and 11:17-22.

The wedding at Cana and the sign that follows are at John 2:1-11.

Passages for the engagement itself are gathered separately at 16 Bible Verses to Read Together While You Are Engaged.

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