Posts Tagged 'marriage'

As a result of last Sunday’s teaching time, I have had a few people ask me about the section of Ephesians that I re-wrote by exchanging/inserting the term “future spouse”.  It was a pretty effective way of making the Biblical text immediately applicable to a pre-marriage (and marriage) relationship.  So, here it is again:

Be completely humble and gentle with your future spouse; be patient, bearing with him/her in love.

Each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to and about your future spouse.

In your anger do not sin against your future spouse: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry with your future spouse, and do not give the devil a foothold.

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth toward your future spouse, but only what is helpful for building him/her up according to his/her needs.