To Be Married means to love you wife as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her[1]
- It means to leave your father and mother and cleave to your wife[2]
- It means to continue to honor, respect and obey your parents in the Lord, while being one with your wife[3]
- It means to be the spiritual leader of your family[4] by developing spiritual knowledge[5]
- It means to please your wife[6] and not to insist on your own way[7]
- It means to be patient, kind, faithful, hopeful and rejoice in the truth of God’s Word[8]
- It means to not be envious, proud, arrogant, suspicious or quick-tempered[9]
- It means to never be bitter towards your wife[10]
- It means to be bound to your wife until death do ye part[11]
- It means to honor to your wife’s needs[12]
- It means to give up power over your own body[13]
- It means to become one flesh with your wife[14]
- It means to understand that finding your wife is good and so you obtain favor from God[15]
- It means to never cease to rejoice in the wife of your youth[16]
- It means to hate the very thought of divorce[17]
- It means that the bed must be undefiled since marriage is honorable[18]
- It means to be free from the temptation of fornication forevermore[19]
- It means to understand that divorce can never be an option since no man should put asunder what God has joined together[20]
To Be Married means to desire to have children[21] and seek a godly seed[22]
- It means to be the leader in the training and admonition of your children[23]
- It means to train up your children in the Way[24]
- It means to not withhold correction from your children[25]
- It means to never provoke your children to wrath lest they be discouraged[26]
- It means to train your children to honor and obey both the mother and father[27]
- It means to prioritize your wife over your children since you are one with your wife[28]
To Be Married means to show forth the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ by being a symbol of a loving Christ toward His chosen people[29]
[1] Eph 5:25-28
[2] Eph 5:31, Gen 2:24
[3] Eph 6:1-3, Col 3:20, Pr 23:22, 6:20
[4] Eph 5:23
[5] 1 Pet 3:7
[6] 1 Cor 7:33
[7] 1 Cor 13:5
[8] 1 Cor 13:4-8
[9] 1 Cor 13:4-8
[10] Col 3:19
[11] 1 Cor 7:39, Ro 7:1-3
[12] 1 Pet 3:7
[13] 1 Cor 7:4
[14] Gen 2:24, Mat 19:3-6, Mk 10:6-10, 1 Cor 6:16-17
[15] Pr 18:22
[16] Pr 5:15-23, Mal 2:14-15, Ecc 9:9
[17] Mal 2:14-16
[18] Heb 13:4
[19] 1 Cor 7:2
[20] Mat 19:6, Mk 10:9
[21] 1 Tim 5:14
[22] Mal 2:15
[23] Eph 6:4, Pr 13:24, 23:13-14
[24] Pr 22:6
[25] Pr 23:13-14, 13:24, 19:18
[26] Eph 6:4, Col 3:21
[27] Eph 6:1-3, Col 3:20, Pr 23:22, 6:20
[28] Eph 5:31, Gen 2:24
[29] Eph 5:25-28