1689 25.2

25.2. Of Marriage

Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of Husband and Wife, for the increase of Man-kind, with a legitimate issue, and for preventing of uncleanness.

Proof texts

• Genesis 2:18 — [18] Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
• Genesis 1:28 — [28] And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
• 1 Corinthians 7:2, 9 — [2] But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. [9] But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Genesis 2:18 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. 3 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
3. WCF 24.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
4. BC 9.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WCF 24.1 · BC 9.1 · BC 9.2 · SD 25.1 · SD 25.2 · SD 25.3 · SD 25.4