Biblical Marriage Wedding Vows

Build Your Own Wedding Vows by Adapting this Sample Ceremony


kingdom marriageBiblical Marriage Ceremony Opening

Officiant: “We are here today to witness the Wedding Covenant Ceremony between (Bride Full Name) and (Groom Full Name).”

Attendees: “Heavenly Father, we have all come here today to witness the joining together of these two believers in Jesus Christ to become one flesh in the covenant relationship of marriage. Father, these two stand before You believing with all of their hearts that God has ordained this marriage in service to Himself. We stand as witnesses in agreement Father that it is Your will for them to be joined together in marriage as man and wife. We commit them to You now and we thank You for bringing them into the covenant of marriage. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

Officiant to the Couple:

By taking part in this ceremony, you (Bride first name) and (Groom first name) are declaring publicly that as Christians, you believe that marriage is a holy covenant between God and you as a couple. You also believe that your marriage is a gift given to you to be used for His purposes and glory. You are acknowledging that the marriage of Christians is designed by God to mirror the spiritual marriage covenant that God made for Christ to betroth and marry His chosen people, the church.

As Deuteronomy 7:9 says that “God keeps his covenant and steadfast love for a thousand generations to those who love him and keep his commands,” so also are you agreeing to keep your marriage covenant by steadfastly loving one another, loving God and keeping His commands.

Defining the Covenant and the Reading of Vows

Officiant:

In the formation of a marriage covenant, vows are made. Vows are a binding obligation that you make with your mouth according to the Word of God. You will declare vows according to God’s design for marriage. As you read your vows, let it be known that “The Lord is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your marriage covenant.” (Malachi 2:14)

STATEMENT FROM THE COUPLE

(Bride’s Name) and (Groom’s Name) would like to first thank God for giving them a spouse with a genuine high regard for the sanctity of marriage, and the importance of intentionally claiming spiritual deliverance from the bondages of evil. They glorify God for giving them the power to keep to sexual purity until marriage. (Hebrews 13:4, Eph 5). God deserves all credit for giving (bride and groom) the same love for God and for one another, causing them to be in full accord and of one mind in the things of God and righteousness. Both acknowledge having been blessed by God with a spouse who daily seeks Your healing and renewal, Your wisdom, Your deliverance and Your direction. God has given both (bride and groom) power and authority in the Lord, and has taught them to come to yoke their heavy burdens to the Lord Jesus Christ and enter into His rest.

As part of this marriage covenant, (Bride’s first name) will receive a new last name, the surname of her husband (Groom’s first name), just as believers will receive a new name at the marriage supper of the Lamb in Heaven when Jesus Christ and His bride, the church, are united forever. By (bride’s first name) taking (groom’s first name) last name, this symbolizes that you become one flesh. Your memorial of this union is the exchange of rings. Wear your rings as a continual reminder of your commitment to each other in covenant relationship.


Groom’s Vows:

(Bride’s first name), the Most High God has been working all this time to prepare us for each other and to serve Him together. As we stand before both God and man, making public our commitment to one another, I wish to make it known that I recognize first of all God’s authority over my life which is exercised from His loving heart. He has chosen me to be one of his own, and He is now my life. I recognize also that He has blessed me and entrusted to me your life as a blessing and a good thing, to obtain favor from the Lord. In recognition of these things, (Bride’s first name), I purpose to lead you in righteousness, in right spiritual headship by the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit’s power and witness. My heart’s desire is Christ and so let the fruit of that yield God’s wisdom, instruction and comfort in our marriage all the rest of our days. As Psalm 34:3 expressed my heart when I asked you to marry me, so it expresses my heart now: “O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together.”

For the Glory of God the Father, through Jesus Christ, I make this covenant of marriage with you. The Lord has made it clear that I am made for you and you for me, to fulfill the purpose that God has created us both to accomplish. I covenant with you to lead and to guide our family as Christ does the Church, building you up in love, cleansing you with the washing with water through the Word, to present you radiant, without spot or blemish, before Jesus. In so doing I will war a good warfare against all attacks of the enemy, refraining from sin and being guided by the Truth to keep our path free from snares. I understand my duty to make intercession for you and our family as well as providing for you and for our family. I look forward to glorifying God our Savior with you. May we serve His majesty, and see His dominion and power, both now and in eternity. In Jesus’ name. Amen.


Bride’s Vows:

(Groom’s first name), I stand here today before God, before you and these witnesses to vow myself to be your wife. I wish to make it known that I too recognize first of all God’s authority over my life which is exercised from His loving heart. He has likewise chosen me to be one of his own, and He is my life. I recognize that He has chosen me to be your helper and encourager in all the things you are led by God to do. With these things as a foundation, I vow to do the following by God’s grace and power working within me. 

I promise to stand by your side throughout our lives as a virtuous woman in the Lord. I will be trustworthy as your wife by living in truth and honesty and by following your leading submissively as you are submitted unto Christ. In the strength of Jesus, I will strive to present myself, and our family with modest dignity. By ever seeking God’s wisdom, I will demonstrate noble character to bring gemlike value to your life so you can have full confidence in me. I vow to steer away from worldly ways and vanities but instead continue to render myself beautiful on the inside, in my heart and soul. I seek to carry the resplendency of the Lord which is His outward beautification of me as He has designed me. I also commit to approach you with a gentle, peaceful spirit, and when boldness in truth is required, to ask the Lord to arrange for your ear. (1 Peter 3:3-4). I will to love you, honor you, and show reverence to you as you are loving me and leading me in righteousness. I will to comfort you, encourage you, and do you only good as long as you live. (Proverbs 31:10-12) I will to be a faithful wife to you. And I vow to do you good and not evil all the days of your life, so that your heart can safely trust in me. 

As your helpmeet at home and in ministry, I desire to work diligently with my hands in service to our marriage and family as well as to pour out my love to those who are broken, hopeless, oppressed and weary. I will strive together with you to press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. My desire is for you as my husband to be respected because I keep for us a well ordered and joyful home. I pray to have a mouth that speaks in wisdom and that love will find expression in my words and acts of thoughtful kindness and gentle courtesy. I know that favor is deceitful and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the Lord, she will be praised. So I sing praise unto God’s name forever, that by His mercies, favor, strength and power, I may keep my vows. From this day forward, we shall be one. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Exchange of Rings (Officiant Reads to the Couple):

In view of the covenant of marriage, place the ring you have brought today on (name of bride/groom)’s finger. Wear it as a symbol of your covenant that you have entered into. As you place the ring, say: “You are my God-ordained spouse and my partner in the family and ministry He has given us, and I give you this ring as a symbol of this covenant with God.”



The Blessing of the Union (Officiant Reads):

I am now going to read the blessings that God purposes to come upon you according to the Word of God.

1 Peter 3:7 states that a man and his wife are to dwell together according to the knowledge of God. As you do so, as heirs together of the grace of life, your prayers will not be cut off but instead will be fruitful to bring forth God’s favor upon your lives.

Deuteronomy 28:1-14 states that as you diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God and do all that He commands, that all of these blessings will come on you and overtake you. You will be blessed in the city, blessed in the field, blessed in the fruit of your body, and blessed in the fruit of your ground. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. The Lord will cause your enemies that rise up against you to be defeated before your face. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways for you shall chase your enemies and they shall fall before you by the sword of the Word of God. The Lord shall command His blessing upon you and in your storehouse and in all that you undertake. He will bless you in the land that He gives you. He will establish you as a holy people unto Himself and He will walk among you and be your God. He will make you to have a surplus of prosperity and open to you His good treasury with the heavens giving rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand. The Lord shall make you the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath, as you are watchful to do the commandments of the Lord your God.

Heavenly Father, we thank You for bringing (Bride’s name) and (Groom’s name) into the covenant of marriage, joined together spiritually as one flesh, and we thank You for Your blessing upon their marriage as they are continual hearers and doers of the Word of God, in Jesus’ name, Amen.


Pronouncement as Married (Officiant Reads): 

As a representative of Almighty God who has joined you together spiritually, I now pronounce you one together in the name of Jesus Christ. You are now legally and spiritually husband and wife.



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