Readings

Below are some Bible passages commonly used during the wedding service.

In choosing a reading it may be helpful to ask yourselves the following questions:

• Which of the readings make most sense to us?
• Are there words or phrases in some of the readings we particularly like?
• Which of the readings reflects best what we hope for in marriage?
• Which do we find most difficult to understand?

If you would like to view these readings in full, you can do so online using Biblegateway.com.

Genesis 1:26-28,31
How God created men and women and instituted marriage

Genesis 2:18-24
Our human need for companionship

Matthew 7:21,24-37
Choosing the proper foundation

Matthew 19:3-6
Marriage is for life

Mark 10:6-12
Marriage is for life

John 2:1 -11
Jesus attends the wedding at Cana

John 15:9-12
Jesus loves us and we should love one another

Romans 12:1,2,9-13
We should love God and show that love to others

1 Corinthians 13
Paul's great hymn of love

Ephesians 3:14-21
Paul prays that we may know the love of God at the very foundation of our lives

Ephesians 5:21-33
Paul compares the marriage bond to the bond between Jesus and the church

Colossians 3:12-17
Paul talks about love, forgiveness and peace as the foundation of all relationships

1 John 4:7-12
God is love. Because of God's love for us we too should love one another.

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