• Ephesians 5:22
    Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
     
  • Ephesians 5:25
    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
     
  • Ephesians 5:28-29
    So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
     
  • Matthew 19:6
    So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
     
  • 1 Corinthians 7:3-4
    Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
     
  • 1 John 2:16
    For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.
     


Related Scriptures

  • Genesis 2:24
    Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
     
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Resources

Christian Marriage (Part Two)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Marriage failure stems from deep spiritual causes, primarily the breakdown of faithfulness to God's teaching on the permanency of marriage. Unfaithfulness, hypocrisy, and violence are key sins that profane the marriage covenant. Unfaithfulness manifests as treachery, where one spouse deceives or breaks vows, dishonoring the …


The Perfect Marriage

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Marriage failure in the United States has been a growing concern over the past several decades, marked by various societal shifts. The erosion of family values began with influences like the sexual freedom movement of the early 1960s, characterized by premarital cohabitation, adultery, and the spread of venereal diseases. The …


Christian Marriage (Part One)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Marriage failure is often rooted in a variety of societal and personal influences that undermine the sanctity and stability of the marital bond. Premarital cohabitation, widely practiced as a means to test compatibility, is associated with an increased risk of divorce, lower marriage quality, poorer communication, and higher …


Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part Eleven)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Our concept of marriage must be positive and more mature, modeled after Christ's attentiveness toward the Church, as opposed to the world's distorted concept.


Christian Dating: Advice for Today

Article by Staff

How are the young people in the church of God supposed to approach the dating situation today? Here is advice on dating, sex and enjoying one's youth.


Divorce and Remarriage

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

Any given doctrine must be built layer by layer, combining and comparing scriptures rather than allowing a single scripture to determine the doctrine. When we understand that porneia includes all the hideous perverted sexual sins that go beyond ordinary adultery- including bestiality, pedophilia, homosexuality, incest, and every …


Leadership and Covenants (Part Six)

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

Despite having served mankind well for millennia, marriage is crumbling under a three-pronged attack. Marriage is vital to understanding God's purpose.


Standing With God (Part One)

CGG Weekly by Charles Whitaker

Sociologists often point to the decline of the twin institutions of marriage and the family as the fount of most American cultural ills.



For more resources, please see the library topic for Marriage Failure, Causes of