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This page contains New Testament wedding readings from Corinthians, and Ephesians.
1 Corinthians 12:31-13:8a
But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
Why This New Testament Scripture Makes a Good Wedding Reading: This is an incredibly popular New Testament wedding reading, used amongst many denominations. It's even used by non-Christians as a poetic, beautiful, and apt description of love.
Yet what you may not realize is that Saint Paul is not talking about romantic love. Rather, he's asking his community to be more loving, and more Christ-like. For Christians, it's an excellent reminder that your love for one another should be like God's love.
Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
Why This New Testament Scripture Makes a Good Wedding Reading:This passage contains one of the most essential parts of the New Testament: the doctrine that salvation comes only from faith in Christ and God's Grace. Sometimes a wedding day is all about Me Me Me – that's where the idea of the bridezilla comes from. This verse re-centers the ceremony and ritual on God's love and salvation.
Ephesians 4:25- 5:2
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Why This New Testament Scripture Makes a Good Wedding Reading: Some of the Bible's most beautiful wedding readings aren't about weddings at all – they're about the community at large. In this case, it's specifically about the Ephesians, a recently converted group of Pagans. Yet this Bible passage echoes the most popular secular marriage advice, "Never go to bed angry." It sounds so simple, but it really means being willing to compromise and resolve your differences, something so profound in the long-term success of a marriage. But this Bible verse doesn't stop there. It continues to give advice on morality, and most importantly, about forgiveness.
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Old Testament Wedding Readings
Most Popular Wedding Readings from the Bible
This page contains New Testament wedding readings from Corinthians, and Ephesians.
1 Corinthians 12:31-13:8a
But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
Why This New Testament Scripture Makes a Good Wedding Reading: This is an incredibly popular New Testament wedding reading, used amongst many denominations. It's even used by non-Christians as a poetic, beautiful, and apt description of love.
Yet what you may not realize is that Saint Paul is not talking about romantic love. Rather, he's asking his community to be more loving, and more Christ-like. For Christians, it's an excellent reminder that your love for one another should be like God's love.
Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
Why This New Testament Scripture Makes a Good Wedding Reading:This passage contains one of the most essential parts of the New Testament: the doctrine that salvation comes only from faith in Christ and God's Grace. Sometimes a wedding day is all about Me Me Me – that's where the idea of the bridezilla comes from. This verse re-centers the ceremony and ritual on God's love and salvation.
Ephesians 4:25- 5:2
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Why This New Testament Scripture Makes a Good Wedding Reading: Some of the Bible's most beautiful wedding readings aren't about weddings at all – they're about the community at large. In this case, it's specifically about the Ephesians, a recently converted group of Pagans. Yet this Bible passage echoes the most popular secular marriage advice, "Never go to bed angry." It sounds so simple, but it really means being willing to compromise and resolve your differences, something so profound in the long-term success of a marriage. But this Bible verse doesn't stop there. It continues to give advice on morality, and most importantly, about forgiveness.
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