Marriage Quotes by John Piper

Marriage is not absolutely for making children. But it is absolutely for making children followers of Jesus.

— John Piper

Don't marry so you can stop pursuing women. Marry so you can perfect the pursuit of ONE woman for a lifetime.

— John Piper

The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ.

— John Piper

Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.

— John Piper

You ought to marry someone who’s willing to go anywhere for God. If they’re not, they're out.

— John Piper

Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically. It is mainly about displaying the covenant keeping love between Christ and his Church

— John Piper

“Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home.”

— John Piper

“Nothing sobers a wandering philosophical imagination like the thought of having a wife and children to support.”

— John Piper

The wonder of marriage is woven into the wonder of the gospel of the cross of Christ, and the message of the…

— John Piper

Jesus' teaching in general [implies] that happy and fulfilling sexual relations in marriage depend on each partner aiming to give satisfaction to…

— John Piper

Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying…

— John Piper

I have tried to devote my life - with all my husband failures, father failures, pastor failures, friend failures, any other possible…

— John Piper

Not all single women want to be married. Not all boys like football. Not all homemakers like to cook. Not all messy…

— John Piper

“The reason there is so much misery in marriage is not that husbands and wives seek their own pleasure, but that they…

— John Piper

The highest meaning and the most ultimate purpose of marriage is to put the covenant relationship of Christ and his church on…

— John Piper

Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically; it is mainly about displaying the covenant-keepin g love between Christ and his church. Knowing…

— John Piper

Husbands and wives, recognize that in marriage you have become one flesh. If you live for your private pleasure at the expense…

— John Piper

James says, "You desire and do not have; so you kill" (Jas. 4:2). We kill marriages and we kill unborn babies because…

— John Piper

Very soon the shadow will give way to Reality. The partial will pass into the Perfect. The foretaste will lead to the…

— John Piper

Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness…

— John Piper

“How to Make a Cuckold out of God by Fasting And when God sees this, he responds. He acts. He rewards. What…

— John Piper

“Are you able—theologically, personally, and resource-wise—to be harmoniously, sweetly, and deeply in love with Jesus together in marriage?”

— John Piper

Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christlike, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home.

— John Piper

There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be…

— John Piper