Family & Marriage
The theme of family and marriage in the Bible: counsel on love, respect, faithfulness and shared life. Key chapters that shed light on marriage and family relationships.
Family and marriage occupy an important place in both the stories and the counsel of the Bible. The chapters below treat love and respect between spouses, relationships within the family and faithfulness from different angles. Each link takes you straight to the reading page.
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- Ephesians 5
A chapter calling to walk in love — living daily life in the light, with counsel on a marriage grounded in mutual respect.
- Colossians 3
A chapter on how faith shapes everyday life, calling readers to lay aside old anger and grudges and to put on a new life woven from compassion, forgiveness and thankfulness.
- 1 Corinthians 7
A chapter of Paul's counsel on marriage, singleness and commitment — the respect between spouses and remaining faithful to God in one's own circumstances.
- 1 Corinthians 13
The famous 'love chapter,' exalting love — patient, kind and enduring — above every other gift, and often read at weddings.
- Proverbs 31
The book's closing chapter, praising virtue made concrete in daily life through the portrait of a woman admired for her diligence, wisdom and care for those around her.