Traditional:

"Do you, __________, take __________ to be your wife/husband? Do you promise to love, honor, cherish and protect her/him, forsaking all others and holding only unto her/him?" ("I do.")

(Repeat) "I ___________, take thee ___________, to be my wife/husband. To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, and I promise my love to you."

(Rings) With this ring, I thee wed; all my love, I do thee give."

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Contemporary:

"_______, do you come here freely and without reservation? ("I do.")

(Repeat) "I ___________, take you ___________, to be my wife/husband, to share the good times and hard times side by side as husband and wife. I humbly give you my hand and my heart as a sanctuary of warmth and peace, and pledge my faith and love to you."

(Rings) "Just as this circle is without end, my love for you is eternal. Just as it is made of incorruptible substance, my commitment to you will never fail. With this ring, I thee wed."

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Festive Alternative:

(Repeat) "Before our friends and those so special to us here, on this wonderful day of gladness and good fortune, I ___________ take you ____________ as my wife/husband, in friendship and in love, in strength and weakness, to share the good times and misfortune, in achievement and failure, to celebrate life with you forevermore.”

(Ring) With this ring, I thee wed."