Scripture is fairly clear that "marriage" is important.............
[h=1]1 Corinthians
7[/h]
1 .) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 .) Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 .) Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 .) The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5 .) Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 .) But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7 .) For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 .) I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
9 .) But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 .) And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 .) But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
12 .) But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
13 .) And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14 .) For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
15 .) But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
16 .) For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
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Colossians 3:18-19[/h]Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
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Hebrews 13:4-7[/h]Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
