Traditional Wedding Vows

OFFICIANT: Do you, (Groom's name), take (Bride's name), to be your wife, to love, honor, and cherish from this day forth?

GROOM: Yes

OFFICIANT: Do you, (Bride's name), take (Groom's name), to be your husband, to love, honor, and cherish from this day forth?

BRIDE: Yes

GROOM: With this ring, I thee wed, as a symbol of a love that has neither beginning nor end. I vow a love as pure as the gold within this simple band and a trust and a faithfulness forever.

BRIDE: With this ring, I thee wed, as a symbol of strength, enduring love and trust. I vow to encircle you with my love and my honor for as long as we both shall live.

GROOM: On this day that we have chosen together, and in this place of friendship and happiness, I, (Grooms name), do pledge my love to (Bride's name). Whom I will honor and cherish from this day forward in times of want and times of plenty, as long as we both shall live.

BRIDE: I, (Bride's name), on this day that we have chosen, stand beside you, (Groom's name), and do pledge my love, my trust, and understanding. This promise I give for as long as we both shall live.

OFFICIANT: Do you, (Groom's name), take (Bride's name), who you have promised to love, honor, and cherish, to be your lawfully wedded wife?

GROOM: I do.

OFFICIANT: Do you, (Bride's name), take (Groom's name), whom you have promised to love, trust, and understand, as your lawfully wedded husband?

BRIDE: I do.

GROOM: I take your hand in mine at this most wonderful moment and promise that the love I have felt for you, since I first laid my eyes upon you, will never grow cold. You have brought a light into my life that I shall always cherish. I am proud to stand beside you this day and forever. I wish only to please you and to spend the rest of my days building a life with you. I wish to hold you in my arms and in my heart, my every thought goes with you and I vow to always love and adore you as we go through life as man and wife.

BRIDE: I give you my hand in willing love, eager to complete this vow and be your wife. I promise the love I hold for you will burn brighter each day. As I have loved you from our first embrace, I shall continue to love you through the years. I give you my heart to hold and to protect and I vow my love, my trust, and my adoration. Your face is always before me, my day is not complete unless I hear the sound of your voice. It is my wish to always be beside you and to love and support you all the days of my life.

GROOM: It is you that I love and whose hand I now hold, and promise this day to marry. It is you whom I will love forever, and will protect. I will enjoy your laughter and wipe away your tears, and we two shall be as one. I pledge to be at your side when prosperity makes us secure, and when ill winds chill our hopes. I love you because you are you, and that will never change.

BRIDE: You are here beside me, and that is what makes me most happy. I give you my hand gladly and do not ever want to let go. I love the smile that is always on your face, and the strong sound of your voice. I am here for you in whatever life brings, and will be there beside you forever. I do promise to love you and to always be your companion and friend. Stay with me just as you are, and together we will always be.

GROOM: On this day that we are wed, I do vow to love you as long as there are seasons and as long as the moon rises in the night sky. I promise to cherish and to honor you, and to hold you more dear than my own life. From this day forward, I will be your honored husband.

BRIDE: I join you to celebrate this day, and do rejoice to be your wife, your partner, and to listen to your jokes, to cheer your success, to share your failures, and to share all that you feel. I will love you as long as the tides reach the shore and as long as the sun sets in the west. You are my life, and from this time forward I will be your most adoring wife.

OFFICIANT: Family and friends,

We have gathered here near the close of the day in order to celebrate the love that (Groom's name) has for (Bride's name) and (Bride's name) has for (Groom's name). You can see it in their faces and you can tell that (Groom's name) life wouldn't be complete without (Bride's name) as his wife and (Bride's name) life wouldn't be complete without (Groom's name) as her husband. So they have opened their hearts to one another and in a few moments, they will share their vows of marriage before God and with us as witnesses. They will be reverently joined forever and their joy today will touch us and move us.

(Groom's name) and (Bride's name) have requested the scripture reading be taken from the first letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Corinth. In the thirteenth chapter beginning with the fourth verse, Paul describes love -

"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

Does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things endures all things.

Love never fails."

And in verse 13 - "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."

So you will find, your love for each other will be stronger than your conflicts, because love endures all things. It will be bigger than the challenges that you will face in your life together, because love never fails.

OFFICIANT: (Bride's name), do you take (Groom's name) to be your husband, to love him, to cherish him, and to continually bestow upon him your heart's deepest devotion for as long as you both shall live?

BRIDE: I do

OFFICIANT: (Groom's name), do you take (Bride's name) to be your wife, to love her, to cherish her, and to continually bestow upon her your heart's deepest devotion for as long as you both shall live?

GROOM: I do

OFFICIANT: We are gathered here for a simple ceremony. We will celebrate the wedding of (Bride's name) and (Groom's name), and we will celebrate the symbolism of the rings. Some say the ring is a sign of ownership, I prefer to believe it is a symbol of a union that has no beginning and no end. I believe it is symbolic of beauty and value, and of something so precious, it may not be removed or replace. The rings however, may not be joined by themselves. For this union to be accomplished, the rings must be placed upon your fingers with a vow of love.

(Groom's name), repeat after me, "(Bride's name), with this ring, I thee wed, as a symbol of my never ending love and devotion. I promise to honor and to cherish you, and to be your devoted husband for a long as we both shall live."

GROOM: (Bride's name), with this ring, I thee wed, as a symbol of my never ending love and devotion. I promise to honor and to cherish you, and to be your devoted husband for a long as we both shall live.

OFFICIANT: (Bride's name), repeat after me, "(Groom's name), with this ring, I thee wed, as a symbol of my never ending love and devotion. I promise to honor and to cherish you, and to be your devoted wife for as long as we both shall live."

BRIDE: (Groom's name), with this ring, I thee wed, as a symbol of my never ending love and devotion. I promise to honor and to cherish you, and to be your devoted wife for as long as we both shall live."

OFFICIANT: (Groom's name) and (Bride's name), with these rings, you have taken a vow to love and cherish each other for the rest of your mortal lives. In the presence of God and these witnesses, this day, I pronounce you husband and wife, legally and lawfully married for as long as you both shall live.