Marriage

A Serious Proposition

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. ^{Proverbs 18:22 ESV}

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. ^{Genesis 2:24 ESV}

Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already “one” in marriage. No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh.” This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband. ^{Ephesians 5:25-33 (MSG)}

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. ^{1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (ESV)}

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Editor: Stephen Smith. Publication date: Apr 10, 2020. Publisher: OpenBible.info.

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Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson

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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.