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Christian Minister: Marriage of Leviticus 21:7–15

A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. / You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart. / If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

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Christian Minister: Marriage of Matthew 8:14

When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

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Christian Minister: Marriage of 1 Corinthians 9:5

Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

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Christian Minister: Marriage of 1 Timothy 3:2, 12

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, / A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.

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Christian Minister: Marriage of Titus 1:5–7

The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. / An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination. / As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

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