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15 Bible Verses About Marriage

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  • Genesis 2:24, the one-flesh verse, is quoted by Jesus in Matthew 19:5 and by Paul in Ephesians 5:31.
  • Asked whether a man may divorce his wife “for any and every reason,” Jesus answered from Genesis and named an exception for sexual immorality (Matthew 19:9); Mark 10:11-12 gives none.
  • Ephesians 5:22-24 tells wives to submit to their husbands as to the Lord, 5:25 tells husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church, and 5:33 sets the husband’s love and the wife’s respect in one sentence.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:4 gives authority over the body in both directions, the wife’s to her husband and the husband’s to his wife.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:39 lets a widow remarry whom she chooses, on the condition that “he must belong to the Lord.”

The Bible traces marriage to creation: a man leaves his father and mother, is united to his wife, and the two become one flesh (Genesis 2:24). Asked about divorce, Jesus builds his answer on that verse (Matthew 19:6). The New Testament letters give husbands and wives duties toward each other (Ephesians 5:22-33, 1 Peter 3:1-7, 1 Corinthians 7:3-4). Hebrews 13:4 and Proverbs 5:18-19 call for faithfulness, and Malachi 2:16 and 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 speak against divorce. Marriage at creation, and…

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Bibliography (Click to show)

Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

The King James Version is quoted for the wording of Malachi 2:16, “he hateth putting away.” biblegateway.com

Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. The Danvers Statement. cbmw.org

Christians for Biblical Equality. Men, Women and Biblical Equality. cbeinternational.org

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