Martin Luther quotes on marriage arranged as may have been presented to a fictional couple named Hans and Maria.

2. Hans
&
Maria

3. Confirmation
• “Marriage is the God-appointed and
legitimate union of man and woman
in the hope of having children, or at
least for the purpose of avoiding
fornication and sin, and living to the
glory of God.” – Martin Luther

4. High School
• “God must be recognized as its
Founder, and on bended knees one
should call upon Him with humility and
in faith to grant a companion…the rest
can be taken care of by common sense,
by talking things over with the parents
and listening to their advice.”

5. Pre-Marital Counseling
• “A wife is indeed to live according to
the direction of her husband; what
he bids and commands is to be done.
But he is also to see to it that he
treats his wife with tenderness and
reason.”

6. • “You are not to use the authority you
possess to do just as you please. You are
her husband in order to help, support,
and protect her, not to destroy her.”
• “If wives are disobedient, self-willed, and
domineering, a man hates his own home
and feels as if he is going to war and
entering the enemies’ camp when he
steps into his house.”

7. Troubled Times
• “He who takes a wife is not entering a
life of ease but is creating trouble for
himself.”
• “It is impossible to keep peace between
man and woman in family life if they do
not condone and overlook each other’s
faults.”

8. First Child
• “This is truly an immense burden, full of
great cares and labors. But that is why God
created you; to be a husband or a wife and
to learn to bear these troubles. People who
do not like children are swine, dunces, and
blockheads, not worthy to be called men
and women, because they despise the
blessing of God, the Creator and Author of
marriage.”

9. Infidelity and Divorce
• “If the guilty person is humbled and
reformed, the innocent person
should let himself be reconciled and
should forgive him in Christian love.”