Sample Wedding Vows. a collection from different sources
Male
I, _____, take you, ______, to be my wedded wife. With
deepest joy I receive you into my life that together we may
be one. As is Christ to His body, the church, so I will be
to you a loving and faithful husband. Always will I perform
my headship over you even as Christ does over me, knowing
that His Lordship is one of the holiest desires for my
life. I promise you my deepest love, my fullest devotion,
my tenderest care. I promise I will live first unto God
rather than others or even you. I promise that I will lead
our lives into a life of faith and hope in Christ Jesus.
Ever honoring God ' s guidance by His spirit through the
Word, And so throughout life, no matter what may lie ahead
of us, I pledge to you my life as a loving and faithful
husband.
Female
I, _____, take you, ______, to be my wedded husband. With
deepest joy I come into my new life with you. As you have
pledged to me your life and love, so I too happily give you
my life, and in confidence submit myself to your headship
as to the Lord. As is the church in her relationship to
Christ, so I will be to you. _____, I will live first unto
our God and then unto you, loving you, obeying you, caring
for you and ever seeking to please you. God has prepared me
for you and so I will ever strengthen, help, comfort, and
encourage you. Therefore, throughout life, no matter what
may be ahead of us, I pledge to you my life as an obedient
and faithful wife.
Sample Two
Male
I love you, _____, and I know that God has ordained this
love. Because of this I desire to be your husband. Together
we will be vessels for His service in accordance with His
plan, so that in all areas of our life Christ will have the
pre-eminence. Through the pressures of the present and the
uncertainties of the future, I promise to be faithful to
you. I promise to love, guide, and protect you as Christ
does His Church, and as long as we both are alive.
According to Ephesians 5 and with His enabling power, I
promise to endeavor to show to you the same kind of love as
Christ showed the Church when He died for her, and to love
you as a part of myself because in His sight we shall be
one.
Female
I love you, ____ and I know that you love me. Because of
this I desire to be your wife. For _ years I have prayed
that God would lead me to His choice and I am confident
that His will is being fulfilled tonight. Through the
pressures of the present and the uncertainties of the
future I promise to be faithful to you. I will love, serve,
and obey you as long as we both are alive. Christ told us
that the wife must submit herself unto her own husband as
unto the Lord. For as Christ is Head of His Church so is
the husband head of his wife. _____, I submit myself to
you.
Sample Three
Male
I _____, take you ______, to be my wedded wife. To have and
to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for
richer, for poorer, in sickness or in health, to love and
to cherish ' till death do us part. And hereto I pledge you
my faithfulness.
Female
I, _____, take you ______, to be my wedded husband. To have
and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love
and to cherish, ' till death do us part. And hereto I
pledge you my faithfulness.
Sample Four
Male
_____, we read in Genesis, "Therefore shall a man leave his
father and mother and cleave unto his wife," and in
Proverbs "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing." He
has ordained that the husband be the head of the wife. He
instructs me, as the one who will be your husband, to love
you as Christ loves the Church. It is my desire and delight
to follow this scriptural teaching. With all my heart, I
make this pledge to you.
Female
______, the Lord instructs me as the one who will be your
wife to submit to you as unto Him. Our Father created woman
to be man ' s helper. It is my desire and delight to follow
this scriptural teaching. With all my heart I make this
pledge to you.
Sample Five
Male
______, I love you. Today is a very special day. Long ago
you were just a dream and a prayer. This day like a dream
come true the Lord Himself has answered that prayer. For
today, ______, you as my joy become my crown. I thank Jesus
for the honor of going through time with you. Thank you for
being what you are to me. With our future as bright as the
promises of God, I will care for you, honor and protect
you. I lay down my life for you, _____, my friend and my
love. Today I give to you me.
Female
______, I love you and I know you love me. I am confident
that God has chosen you to be my husband. It is my prayer
and desire that you will find in me the helpmeet God
designed especially for you, and in confidence I will
submit myself unto your headship as unto our Lord.
Therefore, _____, I pledge to you my life as an obedient,
faithful and loving wife. Whither thou goest I will go,
whither thou lodgest I will lodge, Thy people shall be my
people, And thy God my God.
Sample Six
Male
______, I love you and I know that this love is from God.
Because of this, I want to be your husband so that we might
serve Christ together. Through all of the uncertainties and
trials of the present and future, I promise to be faithful
to you and love you. I promise to guide and protect you as
Christ does his church, as long as we both shall live. God
' s Word gives us the perfect example of this love in
Christ ' s death for the Church. I shall try always, with
God ' s help, to show you this same kind of love, for I
know that in His sight we will both be one.
Female
______, I love you. I prayed that God would lead me to his
choice. I praise Him that tonight His will is being
fulfilled. Through the pressures of the present and
uncertainties of the future I promise my faithfulness, to
follow you through all of life ' s experiences as you
follow God, that together we may grow in the likeness of
Christ and our home be a praise to Him.
Sample Seven
Male
______, 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 free gift that I have not earned. In recognition of
these things, ____ I purpose to love you with His love, to
provide for your needs through His enablement, and to lead
you as He leads me, as long as He give us life together,
regardless of the circumstances. 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."
Female
On this special day, _____, I am reminded of the verse
James l:17 which says, "Every good thing bestowed and every
perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of
Lights with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow."
With a gift such as you, I know that many new
responsibilities face me. In I Corinthians, it explains "It
is required of a steward to be found trustworthy." I cannot
do this on my own strength, _______, but by God ' s grace
and power working within me I desire to be trustworthy as
your wife by following your leading submissively, even as
unto Christ, loving and serving you in all circumstances as
long as He give me life on this earth.
Sample Eight
Male
______, I give you this ring, wear it with love and joy. I
choose you to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day
forward for better or for worse, for richer for poorer, in
sickness and in health, to love and to cherish as long as
we both shall live.
Female
______, I give you this ring, wear it with love and joy. I
choose you to be my husband: to have and to hold, from this
day forward. For better, for worse, for richer for poorer;
in sickness and in health; to have and to cherish, as long
as we both shall live. And hereto, I pledge you my
faithfulness to show to you the same kind of love as Christ
showed the Church when He died for her, and to love you as
a part of myself because in His sight we shall be one.
Sample Nine
Male
I, ______, take you _____ to be my wife, before God who
brought us together; to love and cherish you even as Christ
loved the Church and gave Himself for it, to lead you and
share all of life ' s experiences with you by following God
through them. That through His grace, ____, we might grow
together into the likeness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and
Lord.
Female
And with this ring, I, ____, take you, _____. to be my
husband, before God who brought us together, to love you,
cherish you, to submit myself unto you in all things, and
to follow you through all of life ' s experiences as you
follow God. That through His grace we might grow together
into the likeness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Sample Ten
Male
I, ______, take you ______, to be my wedded wife, to have
and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love
and to cherish, till death do us part, or the Lord comes
for His own, and hereto I pledge you my faithfulness.
(The Minister will quietly suggest they loose hands; then
The Woman with her right hand will take the right hand of
the Man and repeat).
Female
I, _____, take you ______, to be my wedded husband, to have
and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love
land to cherish, till death do us part, or the Lord comes
for His own, and hereto I pledge you my faithfulness.
Sample Eleven
Male
I ______, in faith, honesty and love, take you, ______, to
be my wedded wife, to share with you God ' s plan for our
lives together united in Christ. And with God ' s help, to
strengthen and guide me I will be a strong spiritual leader
for us in our life, for better, for worse, in sickness and
in health, in joys and in sorrows, until death do we part.
I give you all that I have myself and my love. (All these
things I pledge to thee) In the Name of our Lord Jesus
Christ. With this ring I seal my vow of love to you,
______and pray I may fulfill God ' s place in our home, in
the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Sample Twelve
Male
I love you, ______, and I thank the Lord for the love that
has bound our hearts and lives together in spiritual
fellowship of marriage. I will love, honor and cherish you
always. As we enter upon the privileges and joys of life '
s most holy relationship, and begin together the great
adventure of building a Christian home, I will look to
Christ as Head of our home as I have looked to Him as Head
of the Church. I will love you in sickness as in health, in
poverty as in wealth, in sorrow as in joy, and will be true
to you by God ' s grace, trusting in Him, so long as we
both shall live.
Female
I love you, ______, and I thank the Lord for the love that
has bound our hearts and lives together in spiritual
fellowship of marriage. I will love, honor, cherish and
obey you always. As we enter upon the privileges and joys
of life ' s most holy relationship and begin together the
great adventure of building a Christian home, I will look
to you as head of our home as I have looked to Christ as
Head of the Church. I will love you in sickness as in
health, in poverty as in wealth, in sorrow as in joy, and
will be true to you by God ' s grace, trusting in Him, so
long as we both shall live.
Sample Thirteen
(sample of personally written vows)
Male
______, as we stand before both God and man making public
our commitment to one another, I wish to make it known that
I recognize God ' s authority over my life which is
exercised from His loving heart . He has chosen me to be
one of His own, and has since been my life. I recognize
also that He has blessed me, and entrusted to me your life
as an unearned gift. In recognition of these things, I,
_____, take you, _____, to be my wife. I purpose to love
you with His love, to provide for your needs through His
enablement, and to lead you as He leads me, as long as He
gives me life, regardless of circumstances. ______, I look
forward to establishing a home where Christ is glorified.
Toward that end I promise to allow God to use you in my
life as He sees best in building me into His person. I
thank Him for your love and friendship.
Female
I ______, take you, ______, to be my husband. With the
greatest joy I come into my new life with you. Today I am
reminded of James l:17 which says "Every good thing
bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down
from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation
or shifting shadow." Besides the gift of salvation, you are
the most precious gift God has given me. I know that along
with the new joys God has given me, I face new
responsibilities that I cannot fulfill in my own strength.
But by God ' s grace and power working within me, I desire
to be trustworthy as your wife, to serve and love you in
all circumstances, to obey you, to allow God to use you to
build His qualities in me, as long as God give us life on
this earth. I praise God continually for you, ______, and
for your love and friendship.
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