The vows are the heart of the wedding ceremony and are generally repeated in short phrases after the officiant. You will sometimes see them referred to as "Repeated Vows". If some of these vows feel too long to repeat after the officiant, they can be edited, or the Bride and Groom can read them directly. Bride and Groom can say the same vows to one another, or they can each state a different one. Note: Any of these vows can be modified to make them more (or less) religious in nature.

Contemporary

1.        Today, I give myself to you, and ask for your tomorrows. I choose you above all others to share my life with me. I promise to love and respect you, to honor and tenderly care for you, in sorrow and in joy, in hardship and in ease. I give you all of my love and trust, and ask that you accept me through all the changes of our lives.

2.        _______ I promise to always cherish your emotions, and accept your feelings. To romance your heart, and entice your soul. To honor your independent self, and never take you for granted. To make you feel wonderful and always love you as you are. I also promise to speak from my heart, and let you see the depth of my soul. To be honest and open with you, and not hide my feelings. To not lose myself, and stay true to my nature. For the both of us I promise to take the path less traveled, to fill our lives with laughter and to never stop dreaming.

3.        Secure in the knowledge that you will be my constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my one true love, on this special day, I give to you in the presence (of God) and these witnesses my promise to stay by your side as your wife in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, as well as through the good times and the bad.  I promise to love you without reservation, comfort you in times of distress, encourage you to achieve all of your goals, laugh with you and cry with you, grow with you in mind and spirit, always be open and honest with you, and cherish you for as long as we both shall live.

4.        I, ____________, take you, ____________, as my friend and love, beside me and apart from me, in laughter and in tears, in conflict and tranquility, asking that you be no other than yourself, loving what I know of you, trusting what I do not know yet, in all the ways that life may find us.

5.        I, ____________, take you, ____________ to be no other than yourself, in all the ways life may find us, standing by your side through times of difficulty and rejoicing with you in times of joy as long as we both shall live.

6.        You, ______, are the love of my life, my reason for living. I love you with all of my heart and know that as long as you are next to me I will be willing to give my life to you. I, _____, take your hand in marriage and hold you to be, from this day on, an integral part of me, promising to look upon you forever with dedication, understanding, and unconditional love.

7.        I, ______ take you, _______ to be my husband (wife). I want to grow old alongside you; I want to share the blessings of children and family with you. Today, before these honored guests and beloved family members, I vow to love you and honor you for as long as we both shall live. I vow to respect you, listen to you, and grow with you through good times and bad times.

8.        _____, I take you to be my lawfully wed wife (husband). Before these witnesses, I vow to love you and care for you for as long as we both shall live. I take you, with your faults and your strengths, as I offer myself to you with my faults and my strengths. I will help you when you need help. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life.

9.        I promise to love, respect and honor you, sharing your plans and interests, ideals and emotions, through all the trials and tribulations of life, as well as the joyous times, caring for you in lifelong commitment. I promise to be your confidante, always ready to share your hopes, dreams and secrets.

10.        With all my heart I take you to be my wife (husband). I will love you through the good and the bad, through the joy and the sorrow. I will try to understand, and trust in you completely. I will make you a part of me and in turn, become a part of you. Together we will face all of life's experiences and share one another's dreams and goals. We will be equal partners in an open, honest relationship throughout the years.

11.        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 upon which you lean, the rock upon which you rest, the companion of your life. I will make my home in your heart from this day forward.

12.        I come to this place today as a man (woman) standing alone. I will walk from it by your side. Today, I cross the threshold of my new life into an everlasting union with you. I commit myself as your husband (wife).

13.        _______ I choose you to be my partner in love and in life. I promise to nurture you-body mind and spirit. I will laugh and cry with you. I will always stand by you. I will love and respect you. I will comfort and support you--nurturing your spirit for the rest of my life.

14.        From this moment, I, _________ take you, _________ as my best friend for life. I pledge to honor, encourage, and support you through our walk together. When our way becomes difficult, I promise to stand by you and uplift you, so that through our union we can accomplish more than we could alone. I promise to work at our love and always make you a priority in my life. With every beat of my heart, I will love you.

15.        On this special day, in the presence of (God), our relatives, and our friends as witnesses, I give to you my sacred vow that as your husband/wife, I will always be with you and support you in times of sickness and in times of health in times of joy and in times of sorrow. I promise to love you completely to console and comfort you during difficult times to encourage you to achieve your full potential to laugh with you and to grieve with you to share with you life's simplest but most enduring pleasures to be truthful and honest with you and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live.

16.        ________ as beloved and my and friend, I will cherish your uniqueness; comfortand challenge you through life's sorrow and joy; share my intuition and insightwith you and above all do everything within my power to encourage youto become the person you are yet to be.

17.        You are my best friend and I love you. Today I give myself to you in marriage.   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.

18.        Today, I commit myself to you as your partner in marriage. I will strive to be sensitive to your needs, to be open and understanding with you, and to share my thoughts, feelings, and experiences with you. I will try always to bring out the qualities of forgiveness, compassion, and integrity in myself and in you. I will cherish your uniqueness, sharing in your life's joys and remain steadfast and comforting through life's sorrows.

19.        I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give. I will respect you as your own person and realize that your interests, desires and needs are no less important than my own. I will share my time and myattention and bring joy, strength and imagination to our relationship. I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams. I pledge to grow along with you, to be willing to face changes in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting. I promise to love you in good times and bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how, completely and forever.

20.        I take you as my partner, my friend and my love. My hopes and dreams will now be intermingled with yours. I will seek to balance my needs with those of our family. I will openly draw from our combined experience and feelings in our search for truth and meaning. I will strive for harmony through compromise and understanding. I will be forgiving, but not complacent. From this day forward, I take shared responsibility for our marriage, family, community and myself, regardless of our successes or failures. I promise to be faithful and true to you in mind, body, and spirit; to cherish you and respect you; and to be a source of comfort and encouragement,free and bound by our love, as long as we shall live.


21.        (Appropriate for an older couple)

I offer you the autumn of my life, brisk and vibrant. I promise to be a companion worthy of your precious friendship. I pledge to you compassion in good times and bad, encouragement in sickness and health. It is my intent that our life together include our large circle of friends and loving families. While we cherish the memories of our individual pasts, we will create new experiences and memories in our new life together."

Traditional

1.         I, ________, take you ______, for my wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.

2.        I _______, take you _______, to be my wife/husband. To share the good times and hard times side by side as husband and wife. I humbly give you my hand and my heart as a sanctuary of warmth and peace, and pledge my faith and love to you.

3.         I _____________, take you, ________________ to be my wife- To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, in joy and sorrow and I promise my love to you.

4.        In the name of God, I, ______ take you, ______ to be my wife/husband, 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, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.

5.        _________, in this assembly of friends and family, I take you today as my wife. I do this in the certainty of my soul, and knowing that you are my true life partner, I will love you, honor you, and cherish you for the rest of my life.

6.        I, _________, take you, ________to be my wife/husband. I promise to stand beside you and with you always, in times of celebration and in times of anger, in sickness and in health, I will live with you and love you, as long as we both shall live.


Traditional vows from various religions

Lutheran
________ take you, _______, to be my (husband/wife),and these things I promise you: I will be faithful to you and honest with you; I will respect, trust, help and care for you; I will share my life with you; I will forgive you as we have been forgiven; and I will try with you better to understand ourselves, the world, and God; through the best and the worst of what is to come as long as we live.

OR
_________, our miracle lies in the path we have chosen together. I enter into this marriage with you knowing that the true magic of love is not to avoid changes, but to navigate them successfully.Let us commit until death parts us.

Catholic ________ take you, _______ to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.

Baptist I, ________, take thee ______, to be my wife/husband, and before God and these witnesses I promise to be a faithful and true wife/husband."

Zion Marriage Vows
I, _____, take thee, _____, to be my wedded husband/wife. 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 us part. According to God's holy ordinance, and thereto I pledge thee my faith. I promise you ____________, that I will be your loving and loyal husband (wife) from now on. I will share with you all of life's joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, until death parts us.

Methodist I, ________, take thee ______, to be my wife/husband, 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 us part, and thereto I pledge thee my faith.

OR
I, _____, ask you, _____, to be my husband/wife as my friend and my love. On this day I affirm the relationship we have enjoyed, looking to the future to deepen and strengthen it. I will be yours in plenty and in want, in sickness and in health, in failure and in triumph. Together we will dream, will stumble but restore each other, we will share all things, serving each other and our fellow humanity. I will cherish and respect you, comfort and encourage you, be open with you, and stay with you as long as we shall Live, freed and bound by our love.

Presbyterian I, ________, take thee ______, to be my wedded wife/husband, and I do promise and covenant, before God and these witnesses, to be thy loving and faithful wife/husband; in plenty and in want, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.

Episcopal In the name of God, I, _________ take you,_______, to be my husband/wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow.

Jewish/Christian Interfaith Vows I,_______________, take you,_______, to be my wedded wife/husband; and I promise and covenant, 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."