The creation of marriage is described in Genesis 2:23-24:
“Then the man said, ‘At last there is another man like me, his bones come from my bones, and his flesh from my flesh’. Because she was taken out of a man, I will give her ‘ I will say ‘woman’. Therefore, a man leaves his parents and joins his wife. Thus two people become one. God created man and woman to complement each other. In marriage God “fulfills” this truth “It is not good for man to be alone.” (Genesis 2:18).
The word “helper” is used to describe Eve in Genesis 2:20 which means “to surround, protect, or give aid” etc. Eve was created as Adam’s “half” to support him and stand as his helper. A man and a woman become “one flesh” when they marry. This unity manifests fully in physical sexual intimacy. The New Testament adds a warning about this unity. “Those two people are not two but one. God made these two one. Therefore no one should separate them.” (Matthew 19:6).
There are many letters written by the Apostle Paul in which he mentions marriage and how believers should be employed in marriage. One reference to this is 1 Corinthians chapter 7 and the other reference is Ephesians 5:22-23. When studied together, these two references provide the biblical principles that form the framework for a God-pleasing marriage relationship.
The context of Ephesians especially in these verses gives much more depth to a successful biblical marriage. “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. As Jesus Christ is the head of the church, husbands are the heads of wives. The church is the body of Christ, so Christ is the guardian of the body” (Ephesians 5:22-23). “Husbands, love your wives as Christ also loved the church. Christ gave his life for the church” (Ephesians 5:25). “And husbands also ought to love their wives in the same way. Love your wives as you love your own body. He who loves his wife loves himself. And no one hates his own body. Each one nourishes and feeds his own body. And Christ for the church do the same” (Ephesians 5:28-29). “The Scriptures say,
When a believing husband and wife act on God’s principles, the result is a biblical marriage. A biblical marriage is one in which both husband and wife are balanced with Christ as their head. The biblical concept of marriage is the union of two separate people which reflects Christ’s picture of the unity of his church.