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Sermons on Marriage: Wisdom for Husbands and Wives

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Marriage is one of the best gifts and one of the hardest jobs. Whether you are engaged, newly married or celebrating decades together, pastors have something to offer.

These sermons cover love, communication, forgiveness and staying committed, drawn from churches that teach the Bible plainly and kindly. If your marriage is in serious trouble or unsafe, please also talk with a pastor or licensed counselor.

Sermons on marriage to start with

Chosen for how closely they stay on marriage, then for length and how recent they are. Every sermon is the church's own recording.

  1. Submission to Christ and God's Order in Marriage

    Dan Sexton, Calvary Chapel Ellicott City (Columbia, MD) · November 6, 2026 · 26 min

    Pastor Dan Sexton teaches from 1 Corinthians 11 that Christians should submit to Christ's lordship and to God's ordained order in marriage, with husbands leading sacrificially and wives submitting. He explains that the head cov...

  2. 1 Peter 3:1-7 Living Hope – Hopeful Wives

    Palmetto Hills Presbyterian Church (Simpsonville, SC) · October 25, 2026 · 32 min

    Wives are called to submit to their own husbands in the Lord as an act of faith in Christ, which is possible because of the gospel and Christ's lordship. Submission is not sin-enabling or abusive, and it is lived out through a...

  3. 1 Peter 3:1-12 - Pastor Dennis (Marriage)

    Steamtown Church (Scranton, PA) · November 2, 2026 · 47 min

    The sermon teaches from 1 Peter 3 that marriage should reflect Christ's sacrificial love, with wives called to a gentle, godly submission and husbands called to considerate, honoring leadership. The speaker clarifies that submi...

  4. Godly Marriage

    Church of Christ Northwest Arkansas (Elm Springs, AR) · October 25, 2026 · 29 min

    The sermon teaches that marriage is a good, permanent covenant designed by God, and that singleness is an equally valid gift. Using Ephesians 5, it calls wives to willing submission and husbands to sacrificial, Christlike love...

  5. 2026 09 06 Sun Am Marriage In The Mirror Of God S Word Lesson 1 When Sin Enters A Marriage Rick Walker

    Meadows Church of Christ (Beaumont, TX) · September 6, 2026 · 30 min

    The sermon examines Adam and Eve as the first marriage, showing that a perfect environment cannot guarantee a perfect marriage when God's word is ignored. It teaches that marriage meets a human need for companionship and unity...

  6. 9/13/2026 Isaac's Arranged Marriage

    Angier Primitive Baptist Church (Angier, NC) · October 23, 2026 · 40 min

    The speaker uses Abraham's servant's mission in Genesis 24 to teach that God's people should marry within the faith, not outside it. He emphasizes prayer, faith in God's guidance, and patient waiting, noting that God answers pr...

  7. Marriage is a Commitment Malachi 2.13 -16 (10/11/26 am DT) (mp3)Download

    Lilac Road Church of Christ (Leitchfield, KY) · October 11, 2026 · 34 min

    The speaker opens with an invitation to respond to the gospel, emphasizing belief, repentance, confession, baptism, and obedience as necessary for salvation through Christ's victory. He then teaches that marriage is a lifelong...

  8. Actions to Affair-Proof Your Marriage

    Jeff O'Rear, Judson Road Church of Christ (Longview, TX) · October 12, 2025 · 27 min

    The speaker urges married couples to take proactive steps to protect their marriages from adultery, since no one is immune to temptation. He presents four actions: being faithful to marriage vows, being wise with time, communic...

What does the Bible say about marriage?

Scripture opens with a wedding and closes with one. Most marriage sermons draw on the passages below.

  • Genesis 2:24Two become one

    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (ASV)

  • Ephesians 5:21–25Mutual love and respect

    subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to the... (ASV)

  • Ecclesiastes 4:9–12Two are better than one

    Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm [alone]? And if a man prevail against him th... (ASV)

  • 1 Corinthians 13:4–7What love looks like

    Love suffereth long, [and] is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endur... (ASV)

  • Colossians 3:12–14Kindness and forgiveness

    Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye: and above all these things [put on] love, which is the bond of perfect... (ASV)

  • Proverbs 18:22He who finds a wife

    Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah. (ASV)

What pastors are saying

“Understand that a spouse, whether husband or wife, is not a servant, a possession, nor a competitor in the marriage. A spouse is a God-given companion with whom life is to be shared.”
“Puppet love does whatever the wife wants. Sacrificial love does what is best for his wife. Big difference.”
“A husband must love his wife as his own body, recognizing that caring for her is akin to how Christ nurtures and cherishes the Church.”
“Biblical submission in marriage is not a call for you to sin. If your husband is calling you to sin, you can't very well do that unto the Lord.”
“A man cannot honor God while dishonoring the wife God commands him to honor. You can't honor God while dishonoring his daughter.”

More sermons on marriage

  1. Made in God's Image as Wise StewardsHarbor Calvary Chapel · November 8, 2026
  2. Righteousness That Exceeds the PhariseesCrane Avenue Church of Christ · November 8, 2026
  3. 1 Proverbial Financial Wisdom 2Oceanview Church of Christ · November 7, 2026
  4. Christ-Centered Family Roles in Colossians 3Calvary Baptist · November 7, 2026
  5. Biblical Wifehood Love Submission and the Heart AcronymOrlando Bible Church · November 7, 2026
  6. Deception and Unity in the Early ChurchCalvary Bible Alliance Church · November 7, 2026
  7. October72018 ThePandemicofLonelinessHammond Christian Reformed Church · November 7, 2026
  8. Pastor Turner The Armour BearersOpen Door Baptist Church · November 7, 2026
  9. God Acts When We Are ObedientLiving Savior Church · November 7, 2026
  10. 20 9 30 Psalm 1 1 3 Wed Pm Pastor WilletteCharity Baptist Church · November 7, 2026

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Sermons and quotes are from churches' own recordings and appear under their names. Opinions are theirs. Bible text: American Standard Version (public domain).