Traditional: I, ______________, take thee ________________, to be my wedded 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 us do part (according to God’s holy ordinance;) and thereto I plight thee my troth.
Traditional modified: 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; (as God is my witness), I give you my solemn (sacred) promise/vow.
Traditional modified alternate: I, ____________, take you ____________, to be my wedded wife/husband; and I promise (before God and these witnesses) to be your loving and faithful husband; in plenty and in want; in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live.
Contemporary alternate 1: 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 from this day forward.
Contemporary alternate 2: _________________, today I take you to be my wife/husband. (I am confident that it was God’s will that brought us together.) I promise to love, honor and cherish you. It is my desire to be able to provide for your physical needs (as Christ has provided for our spiritual needs). Being one will always make me share myself completely with you. Now, ___________, as we turn to the future together, whether it means prosperous or difficult times, we will continue our life journey together.
Contemporary alternate 3: I love you, _______________, and because of that love I take you to be my wife/husband. I will be open with you and honest with you in order that, through the bad and the good times, our relationship might grow. I don’t know what the future will hold, but I promise you, _________________, I will provide the right atmosphere for you so that you may develop into all you were meant to be as a person.
Contemporary alternate 4: __________________, I love you. I believe that God has brought us together and will give me the ability to love you with an unselfish and growing love. I promise to love you consistently and to be a source of encouragement and support. I promise to be faithful to you in good and bad times, and I trust you to care for me as your wife/husband.
Contemporary Alternate 5: I, _______________, take you ______________, to be my husband/wife, my partner in life, and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow and forever. I will trust you and honor you. I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully, through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. I will always be there, come what may. As I have given my hand to you to hold, so I give my life to you to keep.
Contemporary alternate 6: I, _________, take you, ___________, to be my wife/husband. 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 to better understand ourselves, the world and God; through the best and the worst of what is to come as long as we both shall live.
Contemporary #7: I promise to give you the best of myself, And to ask of you no more than you can give. I promise to respect you as your own person, And to realize that your interests, desires and needs Are no less important than my own. I promise to share with you my time and my attention, And to 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 promise 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 time and bad, With all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how To love you completely and forever.
Contemporary #8: I, __________, take you, ___________, to be my husband/wife, to have and to hold from this day forward. I will cherish our friendship, will laugh with you and cry with you, trust and honor you, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, for as long as we both shall live.
Contemporary for couple with children from previous marriage: __________, as we become one on this, our wedding day, We become part of each other. Your feelings become my feelings, Your sorrows become my sorrows, Your joys become my joys, Your worries become my worries, And your children become my children. I promise to be A true and faithful husband and father, Always there to comfort you Rejoice with you And endure all the complexities of life That we will care together as a family In the years to come. My love for you and the children Is pure and unshakable And I hereby commit myself To all of you From this day forth and forevermore.
(Groom to Bride) My Promise to you: I promise to give you the best of myself, And to ask of you no more than you can give. I promise to respect you as your own person, And to realize that your interests, desires and needs Are no less important than my own. I promise to share with you my time and my attention, And to 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 promise 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 time and bad, With all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how To love you completely and forever. It has been a difficult road, filled with Speed Bumps and Challenges to overcome, But I would not change a thing, because it made our love strong and True. I would not have wanted any other woman in this world, Because none would be as strong, beautiful and intelligent as you. You are the love of my life and the woman of my dreams, And most importantly you are my Wonder Woman. So today, till the day I die, I pledge my heart to you.