Marriage doesn't __________, it __________.
Marriage is a __________, not a ___________.
You ask, "Why?" It is because the LORD is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been faithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant. Malachi 2:14
And the pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, "is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?" He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from. the beginning made them male and female, and said, "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate." Matthew 19:3-6 ESV
Staying forms __________
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish it's work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4
Staying __________ the gospel
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25 (Memory Verse)