Christian Wedding Vow Selections

Baptist:
Expression of Intent: “Will you, _____ Have _____ to be your wife/husband? Will you love her/him, comfort and keep her/him, and forsaking all other remain true to her/him as long as you both shall live?”(“I will”)

Repeat: “I _____ take you _____ to be my wife/husband, and before God and these witnesses I promise to be a faithful and true husband/wife.”
(Baptist Ceremony)

Read by Minister: ____, will you have ____ to be your wedded wife/husband,
to live together in the covenants of faith, hope, and love according to the intention of God for your lives?

Will you listen to her/his deepest thoughts, be tender hearted and kind, wise in your daily care of her/him, and stand faithfully at her side in sickness and in health? Choosing her/him above all others, will you undertake to care for her/his well being of mind and body and spirit, as long as you both shall live? (“I do”)

Book of Common Prayer
Expression of Intent: ______ Wilt thou have this Woman/Man to thy wedded wife/husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her/him, comfort her/him, honor, and keep her/him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, keep thee only unto her/him, so long as ye both shall live?
The Man/Woman shall answer, I will.

Repeat: “I _____ take thee _____ to my wedded Wife/Husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part. According to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth.

Catholic:
Expression of Intent: “_____, will you take _____ here present, for your lawful wife/husband according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Catholic Church?”(“I will”)

Repeat: “I, ______, take you _____, for my wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.”

Contemporary Christian: #1
Repeat: In the name of God, I, ____ take you ____, to be my beloved wife/husband, to have you and hold, to honor you, to treasure you, to be at your side in sorrow and in joy, to suffer with you and to be transformed, and to love and cherish you always. ~I promise you this from my heart, with my soul, for all the days of my life, and if God wills, beyond the bounds of time.

Contemporary Christian: #2
Expression of Intent: “_____, understanding as you do the heart and mind of God concerning marriage do you now promise before the Lord and those gathered here that you will take _____ to be your wife/husband, that you will live together with him/her always, and be faithful to her/him until the Lord separates you through death or his return?
I promise.

Repeat: ”, I _____, take you, _____ to be my wife/husband. I will speak the truth to you in Love. I will encourage you and strengthen you in your walk with God. I will not let the sun go down on my anger, instead I will be gracious, tenderhearted, and forgiving even as God has forgiven me. I will be peaceful, content and joyful in every situation we encounter knowing that God is at work.

Episcopal:
In the name of God, I, (name), take you, (name), to be my wife/husband,
to have and to hold from this day forward,
for better or worse, for richer or poorer,
in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish,
until we are parted by death.
This is my solemn vow.

Lutheran:
Expression of Intent: “_____, will thou have this woman/man to be thy wedded wife/husband to live together after God’s ordinance in the Holy Estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love her/him, comfort her/him, honor and keep her/him as long as ye both shall live?” (“I will”)

Repeat: “I,_____, take thee _____, to be my wife/husband, and pledge thee my troth, so long as ye both shall live?”

Methodist:
Expression of Intent: “_____, will you have this woman/man to be your wedded wife/husband, to live together in a holy marriage? Will you love her/him, comfort her/him, honor and keep her/him in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to her/him as long as you both shall live?

Repeat: “ I, _____, take thee _____, to be my wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better ~ for worse, for rich ~ for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, and thereto I pledge thee my faith.”

Presbyterian:
Expression of Intent: “_____, wilt thou have this woman/man to be thy wife/husband, and wilt thou pledge thy faith to her/him, in all love and honor, in all duty and service, in all faith and tenderness, to live with her/him, and cherish her/him, according to the ordinance of God, in the holy bond of marriage?” (“I will”)

Repeat: “I, _____ take thee, _____, to be my wedded wife/husband, and I do promise and covenant, before God and these witnesses, to be thy loving and faithful wife/husband; in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.”

Zion:
Expression of Intent: "_____ are you ready to enter into this marriage with _____ , believing the love you share and your faith in each other will endure all things?"
______"I am."

Vows "_____ do you take _____ to be your wedded wife/husband, to live together after God's ordinance in holy matrimony? Do you promise to love her/him, to honor and cherish her/him, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, and to be to her/his in all things a good and faithful husband/wife as long as you both shall live?"______ "I do

Repeat: "I, _____, take thee, _____, to be my wedded wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part. According to God's holy ordinance, and thereto I pledge thee my faith."