Ideal Biblical Marriage

The increase in live-in relationships is also an indication that a lot of people are disillusioned with marriage. Many people have been deeply wounded by miserable relationships. Or they've seen friends in unsuccessful marriages and they don't want that to happen to them. And somehow they are convinced that the problem is with the institution of marriage itself rather than the relationships of the people involved.
The solution is not abandoning the institution of marriage, but returning to God’s intent of what marriage was meant to be.

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For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24