AnchoredGod’s design for marriage
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”
“And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
What love looks like
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.”
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
“And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
Unity and humility
“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”
“With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”
“Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Forgiveness and kindness
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”
“And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.”
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
Husbands and wives
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.”
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.”
Faith together
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Read them together, not just alone
A verse means more when you talk about it. Try reading one of these together each evening and asking each other one question: "What does this ask of me in our marriage this week?" Anchored is built around exactly that rhythm, with one Scripture and one question a day, answered privately and unlocked together, in the King James Version or the World English Bible.
