| Examples of vows to be exchanged in a "repeat after me" format: No. 1 I take you, ________ to be my wife/husband And I promise before these witnesses, To be your loving and faithful husband/wife. In work and in play In joy and in sorrow In sickness and in health To love and to cherish 'til death do us part. No. 2 And care for you always To treat you with kindness And speak to you with respect. I promise to support you In all that you do. From this day forward, You will not walk alone. My arms will be your shelter, My heart will be your home. No. 3 To be my wife/husband, To have and to hold, From this day forward, In sickness and in health, To love and to cherish, ‘til do death us part. No. 4 To be my life partner and husband/wife. I pledge to share my life openly with you, And to speak the truth to you in love. I promise to honor and care for you, To cherish and encourage Your own fulfillment as an individual For the rest of my life. This commitment is made in love, Kept in faith, Lived in hope, And renewed every day of our lives. No. 5 To be no other than yourself, Loving what I know of you, Trusting what I do not yet know. With respect for your integrity, And faith in your love for me, Through all our years, And in all that life may bring us, Through the best and the worst, I will love you faithfully. _____________ I love you. You are my best friend. Today, I commit myself to you. I promise to encourage and inspire you, to laugh with you, and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle. I promise to love you in good times and in bad, when life seems easy and when it seems hard. When our love is simple, and when it is an effort. I promise to cherish you, and to always hold you in highest regard. These things I give to you today, and all the days of our life to be my husband/wife I vow to devote myself to our happiness And endurance as a couple. I will always be honest with you, Kind, patient, and forgiving. I promise to be true to you, Through sorrow and success, In sickness and in health. And to be faithful and loyal to you. I will love, honor and cherish you All the days of my life. |
| These vows are not exchanged, but rather asked by the officiant and require a response: No. 1a Do you, ____________ take _______________ To be your husband/wife To live together after God’s ordinance In the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love him, Comfort him, Honor and keep him, In sickness and in health, For richer, for poorer For better, for worse In sadness and in joy, Continually bestow upon him/her your heart’s deepest devotion, Forsaking all others And keeping yourself only until him/her And cherish him/her as long as you both shall live? Do you promise to encourage and inspire her To laugh with her And to comfort her In times of sorrow and struggle Do you promise to love her in good times and bad When life seems easy and when it seems hard When your love is simple and when it is an effort Will you cherish her And hold her in highest regard Today and all the days of your life? Response ____ No. 3a Do you promise to encourage and inspire him To laugh with him And to comfort him In times of sorrow and struggle Do you promise to love him in good times and bad When life seems easy and when it seems hard When your love is simple and when it is an effort Will you cherish him And hold him in highest regard Today and all the days of your life? Response ____ |