One of the most romantic and emotional moments for couples during a wedding ceremony is the one when they have to take the wedding vows. There is a lot of value attached to wedding vows as they impart meaning and let the partners express their deepest love for one another. As a dedicated partner, you must be craving to write your own wedding vows however, not everyone is indeed able to write some really good verses. But the matter of fact is that wedding vows are not meant to show literary skills. Rather, they must come right from the bottom of your heart. Your feelings matter whether they are just a few lines or a page length.

Short and Simple Wedding Vows

Simple Wedding Vow Example #1:

(Groom) I, (Name), take you (Name) to be my wife, before God who brought us together; to love and cherish you to lead you and share all of life’s experiences with you by following God through them. That through His grace, (Name), we might grow together into the likeness of God, for all the days to come.

(Bride) And with this ring, I, (Name), take you, (Name) to be my husband, before God who brought us together; to love you, cherish you, to submit myself unto you in all things. I promise to follow you through all of life’s experiences, to be with you in all adversities. That through His grace we might grow together into the likeness of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Simple Wedding Vow Example #2:

(Name), I love you my dear. I want to be your (husband/wife) so that we might serve God together. Through all of the uncertainties and trials of life, I promise to be faithful to you and love you, so that together we may grow in the likeness of God and that our home may be a praise to Him.

I’m proud to be getting married to you, my love. I promise, with all my abilities, to wipe away all your tears, to bring smile to your face during your sorrows and be with you, for rest of my life, as your friend and husband. I’ll cherish our friendship, today, tomorrow and forever. What may come, I’ll always be there. I’ve given you my hand to hold and I give you all my life to keep.

Simple Wedding Vow Example #3:

From this day forward, (Name), I promise you these things: I will laugh with you in times of joy, and comfort you in times of sorrow. I will share in your dreams, and support you as you strive to achieve your goals. I will listen to you with compassion and understanding, and speak to you with encouragement. I will help you when you need it, and step aside when you don’t. I will remain faithful to you for always. You are my best friend, and I will love and respect you always.

Long Wedding Vow Example:

As I open another chapter in the book of my life, I ask you to be my companion, my best friend, to travel the journey of life, with me. With you, my love, I commit here and now, to share all my pleasures and my pains. I promise you, lady, to stand by you, in every situation of life, best or worst, in adversities or in riches and in sickness or health. Long ago, you were just a possibility and a prayer. Today, my dearest, I thank Almighty, to give me the wonderful opportunity to begin a new journey of my life, with you. With all the limitless love in my heart, I ask you, my love to make me a part of your life. Thank you for what you have been to me, a true friend and a true lover. With the future unseen, the past buried, with the possibility of all uncertainties and troubles, I promise to protect you, honor you, love you and respect you. I commit to you, for the rest of my life, to be yours, at every step. May the faith and power of love, bond us eternally. May we be like one single soul, residing in two bodies. I give you my love, myself, my existence, my body, my soul….

Officiant Reading Example

We are gathered here today in the presence of family and friends to share with Bride and Groom the most important moment in their lives.

We gather to celebrate the love of two cute couples without whose love and commitment we would not be here today. One of the popular sayings about marriage is that it a sharing of life in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual and the obligation reciprocal.

Bride and Groom, you are now expected to bring the best individual within you, with a unification of yourself, to create a life together, to share all burden together, with smiles and love. You must, and I’m sure you will work hard to be the best person to one another.

By this ceremony, you will become legally wedded husband and wife. However, marriage is an integration of two souls and hence you both have to ensure that the coming compromises and choices of life, are made out of promises for love, care and concern for one another.

Life, at sometimes, will be full of obstacles and difficulties. And some times, it may appear to be a roller coaster ride. In either of the cases, in all successes and failures, you both have to remain united, stand for each other.

Remember, a life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. Here, you promise to cross the boundaries of initial love and excitement. To listen, understand and grow with each other.

Love is meant to intensify your joy and being together you have to ensure that you equally divide all the burdens. If you have truly loved each other, you must promise here and now, to believe in each other. Remain friends with each other and make a life that makes you feel happy.

Will you Groom have this woman to be your wedded wife, to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, and forsaking all others, for so long as you both shall live? (I Will)

Will you, Bride take Groom to be your wedded husband, to love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, and forsaking all others, so long as you both shall live? (I Will)

Take hands and repeat after me: I, Groom , take you, Bride , to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, to love and to cherish, from this day forward.

I, Bride , take you, Groom to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer of for poorer, to love and to cherish, from this day forward.

Rings please… Place the ring on the bride’s finger and say: With this ring, I thee wed. Place the ring on the groom’s finger and say: With this ring, I thee wed.

In as much as Bride and Groom have consented together in wedlock and have witnessed the same before this company, and pledged their vows to each other, by the authority vested in me by the State of (Your State Name), I now pronounce you husband and wife.

(Kiss)