STATEMENTS OF INTENT
(Please note that you can merge more than one wording, or edited any to your liking. You also may choose different wordings for each of you.)
1.
________, will you embrace/take ________ as your wife/husband? As your companion and best friend for life, will you treat her/him with love and devotion, honor and respect? Will you stand by her/him in the triumphs and tragedies of life, as a faithful and caring husband/wife?
Answer: I will
________, do you receive/embrace/take ________, to be your wife/husband? Do you promise to love, adore, and encourage her/him; share the good times and achievements as well as the hard times and disappointments; keep her/him in sickness and in sorrow and to be loyal to her forevermore?
Answer: I do
3.
________, will you take this woman/man/person/friend whose hands you now hold, choosing her/him alone to be your wife/husband/partner? Will you love her/him, comfort her/him and show kindness, understanding and respect throughout your lives?
Answer: I will
4.
________, will you have/take/receive this woman/man to be your wedded wife/husband/partner to live together after God’s ordinance in the Holy Estate of matrimony? Will you love her/him, comfort and keep her/him, and forsaking all others remain true to her/him as long as you both shall live?
Answer: I will
________, do you give yourself totally to loving ________, striving to do whatever you can to help her/him feel content and secure, treating her/him with affection, understanding and admiration throughout your life together?
Answer: I do
6.
Officiant: Having freely and prayerfully chosen each other as partners for life, and in an expression of your total commitment to one another, I invite you to please join hands as you prepare to take your vows.
Couple faces each other holding hands.
________, do you take ________ to be your wedded wife/husband/partner, and in the presence of these witnesses do you vow that you will do everything in your power to strengthen this bond of love from this day forward with the best of all that you are? Will you stand by her/him in sickness or in health, in poverty or in wealth, and you will keep yourself to her/him alone as long as you both shall live?
Response: I do.
7.
Do you take ________ to be your lawfully wedded wife/husband/partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and health, to love, honor and respect, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself solely unto her/him for as long as you both shall live? If so answer “I do”.
Response: I do.
9.
Do you, __________, take ___________ to be your wife/husband/partner, knowing in your heart that he/she will be your constant friend, your faithful partner and one true love?
Answer: I do
________ and ________, are you ready to enter into this marriage believing the love you share and your faith in each other will endure all things?
Answer: We are
11.
________, do you receive/embrace/take ________, to be your wife/husband, do you promise love to her/him, respect her/him and care for her/him, under all conditions and circumstances of life to be a faithful husband/wife/partner to her/him for the rest of your lives together?
Answer: I do
You fell in love by chance, but you’re here today because you’re making a choice. You both are choosing each other. You’ve chosen to be with someone who enhances you, who makes you think, makes you smile, and makes every day brighter. Will you, ________ and ________, keep each other as the favorite person in your life — to laugh with each other, go on adventures with them, support one another through life’s tough moments, be proud of each other, grow old together, and find new reasons to love each other every day?
Answer: We will
14.
_______, will you have ______to be your wife/husband/partner, to live together in the covenant of faith, hope, and love according to the intention of God for your lives together in Jesus Christ? Will you stand by her/him faithfully and love, honor and cherish her/him as long as you both shall live?
Response: I will.
15.
Do you take ________ to be your wedded wife/husband/partner, to love her/him to protect her/him, to provide for her/him, to be unto her/him a loving husband/wife, and forsaking all others promise unto her/him your faithfulness.
Response: I do.
___________, is it your wish to let your pledge be known to all these witnesses gathered here today that you will take this woman/man, _______, to be your wife/husband in the divine sanctity of marriage. And will you honor, respect her/him and be true to her/him above all others?
Response: I will
_______, do you come before this gathering to proclaim your love and devotion for __________? Do you promise to affirm her/him, respect her/him, and care for her/him during times of joy and hardship? Do you commit yourself to share your feelings of happiness and sadness? Do you pledge to remain faithful to her/him?
Response: I do.
18.
_______, will you have ________ to be your wife/husband/partner, to live with her/him, respect her/him, and love her/him as God intends with the promise of faithfulness, tenderness, and helpfulness, as long as you both shall live?
Response: I will
19.
________, will you have this woman/man to be your wife/husband/partner, to live together in the covenant of marriage? Will you love her/him, in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others to be faithful to her/him as long as you both shall live?
Response: I will.
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