CHRISTIAN GENERALLY (Led by Minister) 

MINISTER: Do you, GROOM, take BRIDE  to be your wife? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only to her forevermore?

GROOM: I do.

MINISTER: Do you, BRIDE, take GROOM  to be your husband? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only to him forevermore?

BRIDE: I do.

 

CHRISTIAN GENERALLY (Self) 

GROOM: I GROOM, take you, BRIDE, 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.

BRIDE: I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM, 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. GROOM, 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. 

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