purpose of marriage - Biblical ideas Flashcards
Quote from Genesis 2:18? What does this suggest the purpose of marriage is?
‘It is not good that a man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.’
companionship
Quote from Genesis 1:28? What does this suggest about the purpose of marriage?
‘Be fruitful and multiply’
sex
Quote from Leviticus 18:19? What does this suggest about the purpose of marriage?
‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness when she is in her menstrual uncleanness.’
sex = not always purpose of marriage
Quote from Genesis 2:24? What does this suggest about the purpose of marriage?
‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.’
sex
Quote from Ephesians 5:32? What does this suggest about the purpose of marriage?
‘…the two will become one flesh”…and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.’
to reflect Christ and his Church