Religious I Do #1

Groom, do you take this woman, whose right hand you now hold, to be your wedded wife, and do you promise before God and these witnesses that you will be to her a true and devoted husband, true to her in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, in prosperity and in adversity, and that forsaking all others you will keep yourself to her, and her only until God shall separate you by death? (I do) Bride, do you take this man, whose right hand you now hold, to be your wedded husband, and do you promise before God and these witnesses that you will be to him a true and devoted wife, true to him in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, in prosperity and in adversity, and that forsaking all others you will keep yourself to him, and him only until God shall separate you by death? (I do)

Religious I Do #2

Groom have you in the quiet hours of your companionship considered what is your Christian duty as a husband? Groom -- I have. Bride, have you in the quiet hours of your companionship considered what is your Christian duty as a wife? Bride -- I have. Minister -- Groom and Bride, you stand before us as the children of God, redeemed through Jesus Christ. Is it your purpose to establish a home that is truly Christ-centered, where the Word of God is read and obeyed; a home that is welded together by prayer in which the Holy Spirit is your constant guide? Bride & Groom -- It is. Minister to groom -- And now, in token that your hearts are joined together in love, will you please join your right hands. Groom, this woman whom you hold by the hand is to be your wife. She has given you one of the most sacred things under heaven: a woman's life and a woman's love. You may bring her great joy or cause her deep sorrow. It is not what you bring her in a material way that will make true happiness--riches without love are nothing. The gift without the giver is bare. The practice of those virtues as husband that you have shown as her lover will keep her heart won to your heart. Do you vow here, as you have promised Bride that you will be true and loyal, patient in sickness, comforting in sorrow, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her so long as you both shall live? Groom -- I do. Minister to bride -- Bride, this man whom you hold by the right hand is to be your husband. On your life, your love and devotion he will lean for strength and inspiration. He is going to look to you for encouragement, for cheerfulness and confidence. No matter what the world may say or think, people may forget him, lose confidence in him, and turn their backs upon him, but you must not. May your life and your love be the inspiration that will constantly lead him to greater dependence upon our Lord Jesus Christ. Do you vow here, as you have promised Groom that you will be loyal in adversity, ministering to him in affliction, comforting him in sorrow, and forsaking all others, keeping yourself only unto him so long as you both shall live? Bride -- I do.

Religious I Do # 3

If you are ready to assume the obligations and duties before God, as I have defined them, you will unite your hands and pledge your love and your lives to each other. Minister -- Do you, Groom, standing in the presence of God and these witnesses, solemnly pledge your faith to Bride. Do you promise to live with her according to God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony; do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor, and keep her, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her, and through God's grace to promise to be to her a faithful and devoted husband as long as you both shall live? Groom -- I do. Minister -- Do you, Bride, standing in the presence of God and these witnesses, solemnly pledge your faith to Groom. Do you promise to live with him according to God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony; do you promise to love him, comfort him, honor, and keep him, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto him, and through God's grace to promise to be to him a faithful and devoted wife as long as you both shall live? Bride -- I do.

Religious I Do #4

Groom, will you have Bride to be your wedded wife, to live together af-ter God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony; will you love her, comfort her, honor, and keep her, in sick-ness and in health, and forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her, so long as you both shall live? Groom -- I will. Bride, will you have Groom to be your wedded husband to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony; will you submit to him, serve him, love, honor, and keep him, in sickness and in health, and, forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto him, so long as you both shall live? Bride -- I will.

Religious I Do # 5

Wilt ye have this Woman to be thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt ye love her, comfort her, honor, and keep her, in sickness and in health; and forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live? The Man shall answer: I will. Wilt ye have this man to be thy wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt ye obey him, and serve him, love, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live? The Woman shall answer: I will.

Religious I Do # 6

Groom, do you now leave your father and mother to establish your own home with Bride as her husband, to receive her as your wife, to make a home where she will be loved and cared for as long as God grants her life? If so, answer, “I do.” Bride, do you now leave your father and mother to establish your own home with Groom as his wife, to receive him as your husband, to make a home where he will be loved and cared for as long as God grants him life? If so, answer, “I do.”

Religious I Do # 7

Will you please face each other and join hands? Groom, will you take this woman, whose hands you hold, choosing her alone to be your wedded wife? Will you live with her in the state of true matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, through good times and bad, in sickness and in health, honor her at all times, and be faithful to her? Bride, will you take this man, whose hands you hold, choosing him alone to be your wedded husband? Will you live with him in the state of true matrimony? Will you love him, comfort him, through good times and bad, in sickness and in health, honor him at all times, and be faithful to him? As you take these preliminary vows, Groom and Bride, I would have you remember: To love is to come together from the pathways of our past and then move forward...Hand in hand, along the uncharted roads of our future, ready to risk, to dream, and to dare.... And always believe that all things are possible with faith and love in God, and in each other.

Religious I Do # 8

Groom, will you take Bride, for your lawful wife according to laws of God? Bride, will you take Groom, for your lawful husband according to the laws of God?

Religious I Do # 9

Groom, you are to love Bride as Christ loved the Church. You are to be the head of your wife. You are to respect and comfort her. Will you take Bride for your wife? Groom -- I will. Bride, your duty as a Christian wife is to submit to Groom. You are to be his helpmate. You are to obey, serve, and honor him. Will you this day take Groom as your husband? Bride -- I will.