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April 3, 2015 By Ryan Nelson   |   9 Comments

7 John Piper Quotes on Marriage

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After 40 years of marriage, John and Noël Piper wrote This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence, where they share many of the insights they’ve gained over decades of pursuing Christ together, and offer biblical insight into the purpose of marriage.

Using the Visual Copy tool in Logos 6, I’ve assembled some of the most frequently highlighted quotes from this book, as well as few quotes that stood out to me personally. These are some of the passages and sentiments that have resonated the most with people who read the book.

Here are 7 quotes on marriage from John and Noël Piper:

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“The beauty of the covenant-keeping love between Christ and his church shines brightest when nothing but Christ can sustain it.” —John and Noël Piper
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“Crass materialism sustains very few marriages. The vestiges of God’s vision for marriage remain. They may be distorted and nameless, but they still remain. God’s common grace grants many cut flowers to flourish for a lifetime.” —John and Noël Piper
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“Marriage is meant by God to put that gospel reality on display in the world. That is why we are married. That is why all married people are married, even when they don’t know and embrace this gospel.” —John and Noël Piper
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“Marriage is not mainly about being or staying in love. It’s mainly about telling the truth with our lives. It’s about portraying something true about Jesus Christ and the way he relates to his people. It is about showing in real life the glory of the gospel.” —John and Noël Piper
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“When the impossible day comes that Christ breaks his vow, ‘I am with you always, to the end of the age,’ then, on that day, a human being may break his marriage covenant.” —John and Noël Piper
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“The most foundational thing to see from the Bible about marriage is that it is God’s doing. And the ultimate thing to see from the Bible about marriage is that it is for God’s glory. Those are the two points I have to make. Most foundationally, marriage is the doing of God. And ultimately, marriage is the display of God.” —John and Noël Piper
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“The meaning of marriage is the display of the covenant-keeping love between Christ and his people.” —John and Noël Piper

For more biblical insight on marriage, get yourself a copy of This Momentary Marriage, and see what John and Noël Piper can share with you and your spouse about the divine purpose of your relationship to each other.

Get the Crossway John Piper Collection to get This Momentary Marriage and 38 other popular John Piper titles!

If you each snag a copy of the book, you and your spouse (or future spouse) can read together with a Faithlife Group. Create a reading plan, and share notes about what you’re reading, right inside the text!

Start a Faithlife Group with your spouse today, and pick out a few marriage resources to read together.

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Filed Under: Community of Faith Tagged With: divorce, gospel, john piper, marriage, monogamy, noel piper

Comments

  1. Ryan Thomas says

    April 4, 2015 at 6:21 pm

    Great quotes! However, the source of your first quote is Bonhoeffer (Letters and Papers from Prison), not Piper. Although Piper did cite this quote by Bonhoeffer in his book This Momentary Marriage. FYI.

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  2. Ryan Nelson says

    April 6, 2015 at 5:51 pm

    Thanks for catching that, Ryan. I’ll take that one out :)

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  3. Kelvin says

    April 10, 2015 at 12:40 pm

    Please consider putting a link so we can post images and quotes on Pinterest, so to spread the word out even further.

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  4. Kitch & Jane Kitchenman says

    September 27, 2016 at 5:16 am

    Married 59 years, 3 months: amazing a marriage for “3” speaks to the world without word being spoken what Jesus can do…a marriage for 3 will not fail! Not about us, about Jesus! to Go be the Glory, every breath & heartbeat together this side of heaven speaks about what Jesus can do…if allowed to do so…not about us but about Him!

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  5. Irma Ferguson says

    January 17, 2017 at 5:05 pm

    My question is aboutJohn Piper’s views on common law marriage. there is a couple I know who will not marry in church or by a justice of the peace bacause they say they made a marriage covenant to each other before God (before they were Christians) Now they use John Piper quotes to justify their refusal to marry before witnesses.

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  6. Sweety says

    September 10, 2018 at 4:06 am

    How is it that lists like this never seem to have the most perfect pop culture wedding quote of all time: I love you and I like you.

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  7. Lily says

    September 30, 2018 at 4:01 am

    Thanks for the great sharing. Very touching and inspiring.I loved your post!💕💕

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  8. Prem Raj Bantawa Rai says

    October 28, 2018 at 1:15 am

    Great Quotations…

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  9. Thanh Ngan Tran says

    October 7, 2019 at 12:06 am

    Marriage is one of the most important event for people, especially with women. There are many exciting quotes that are written about this day.
    Thanks for your writing!

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