If it is your desire to grow in your relationship with God and with your spouse, then these godly qualities must be desired according to 2 Peter 1:5-9. Once these qualities are applied to your marriage you can expect growth and success in your relationship. As we examine this portion of scripture, we will extract “7 Godly Qualities Every Couple Should Desire.”

2 Peter 1:5-9 (NIV) states,

 ⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. ⁸ For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

A husband and wife’s faith in God should be ...