Here is a compilation of traditional and contemporary vows

• I take you ,______________, to be my wife/husband and I promise before God and all who are present here to be your loving and faithful husband/wife, as long as our lives shall last. I will serve you with tenderness and respect, and encourage you to develop God’s gifts in you.

• I, ________________, take you, _____________, to be my wife/husband; and I promise before God and these witnesses to be your loving and faithful husband/wife; in plenty and in want; in joy and in sorrow; in sickness and in health; as long as we both shall live.

• Before God and these witnesses, I, ________________, take you, _______________, to be my husband/wife, and I promise to love you, and to be faithful to you as long as we both shall live.

• Do you, _____________, take this woman/man, _______________, to be your wife/husband, according to God’s holy decree; do you promise to be to him/her a loving and loyal husband/wife, to cherish and keep her/him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all others, to be faithful only to him/her as long as you both shall live?

Answer: I do.

• _________________, will you have this woman/man to be your wife/husband to live together according to God’s decree in the holy estate of marriage? Will you love her/him, comfort her/him, honor and keep her/him, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, faithfully keep to her/him alone, so long as you both shall live?

Answer: I will

Join your right hands and repeat after me: 

I, _____________, take you, ______________, to be my wife/husband, according to God’s holy decree: to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do we part: and to that I pledge you my faithfulness.

• I give myself to you in marriage and vow to be your husband/wife all the days of our lives. I give you my hands and take your hands in mine as a symbol and pledge of our uniting in one flesh. I give you my love, the outpouring of my heart, as a symbol and pledge of our uniting in one spirit. I give you this ring from out of my worldly goods as a symbol and pledge of our uniting as one family. 

• I, ______________, take you, ______________, to be my wife/husband, knowing in my heart that you will be my constant friend, my faithful partner, and one true love. You are my best friend and I will love and respect you always.

• I come here today, ____________, to join my life to years before this company.
  In their presence I pledge to be true to you, to respect you,
  and to grow with you through the years.
  Time may pass, fortune may smile, trials may come;
  no matter what we may encounter together,
  I vow here that this love will be my only love.
  I will make my home in your heart from this day forward.

• Today, __________, I join my life to yours, not merely as your (husband/wife),
  but as your friend, your lover, and your confidant.
  Let me be the shoulder you lean on,
  the rock on which you rest,
  the companion of your life.
  With you I will walk my path from this day forward.

• ____________, with free and unconstrained soul, 
  I give you all I am and all I am to become.
  Take this ring, and with it my promise of faith, patience, and love, for the rest of my life.

• What have I to give you, _____________________? 
  The promise to take you as my only love from this day forward, to stand by your side, to listen when you speak,
  to comfort you when you cry, 
  and to join your laughter with my own.
  Take this ring, and be my (husband/wife)

• As freely, ____________, as God has given me life,
  I join my life with yours.
  Wherever you go, I will go;
  whatever you face, I will face.
  For good or ill, in happiness or sadness,
  come riches or poverty,
  I take you as my (husband/wife), and will give myself to no other.

• I used to be afraid of falling in love, of giving my heart away.
  How could I trust a (man/woman) to love me,
  to give to me all that I wanted to give to (him/her)?
  (Name), when I met you, I realized how much we could share together.
  You have renewed my life:
  Today I join that life with yours.

• I came to this place today as a (man/woman) standing along;
  I will walk from it by your side.
  Today I cross the threshold with you 
  and enter into a new and lasting lifetime commitment.
  ____________, I commit myself to you as your (husband/wife).

• Today, a day of music and celebration,
  I pledge to share my life with you.
  Whether the days that come are happy or sad,
  I will live them with you.
  ____________, I give myself to you as your (husband/wife).

• Where there has been cold,
  you have brought warmth;
  where my life was dark,
  you have brought light.
  _______________, I pledge before this assembled company
  to be your (husband/wife) from this day forward.
  Let us make of our two lives, one life,
  and let us always honor and respect each other.

• ________________, our miracle lies in the path we have chosen together.
  I enter this marriage with you knowing that the true magic of love is not to avoid changes, but to navigate them successfully.
  Let us commit to the miracle of making each day work - together.

• Whatever lies ahead, good or bad, we will face together.
  Distance may test us for a time, and time may try us.
  But if we look to each other first, we will always see a friend.
  ___________________, look to me for all the days to come;
  today I take my place as your (husband/wife).

• On this day, (month, day, year), I, _______________, join myself to you ________________, before this company.
  May our days be long, and may they be seasoned with love, understanding and respect.

The Vows Are Compliments of Kettle Creek Weddings

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