Some cultures tink dat da ony way fo be happy is you gotta get married. But, not erybody who stay married, stay happy. Jus cuz you single, dat no mean you not happy. Da Bible tell dat being single an being married both stay gifs.

1. How come is good fo be single?

Da Bible tell: “Good ting fo . . . marry . . . but mo betta . . . no get married.” (Read um 1 Fo Da Corint Peopo 7:32, 33, 38.) How is “mo betta” fo be single? Single Christians no moa one odda half fo take kea of. So dey get moa free time. Fo exampo, some can do moa fo Jehovah like go anodda place fo preach. Mos importan, dey get moa time fo come close to Jehovah.

2. How come is good fo be married?

Jalike being single, being married get good tings about um. Da Bible tell: “Two mo betta den one.” (Da Teacha 4:9) Dass even moa true fo da guys who wen try do wat da Bible tell inside dea marriage. Couples who make dea marriage legal make one promise fo love, respeck, an take kea each odda. An cuz of dat, mos times dey feel moa solid den da couples who ony live togedda. An dat goin make dea keiki feel moa safe.

3. How Jehovah look at marriage?

Wen Jehovah wen make da firs marriage, he wen tell: “Da guys go way from dea faddah-muddah guys, an come tight wit dea wife.” (Da Start 2:24) Jehovah like one husban an wife fo love an stick to each odda dea whole life. Da ony time Jehovah tell az ok fo divorce is if one of dem fool aroun. If dat happen, Jehovah give da one dat neva fool aroun da right fo choose if dey like get divorce. a (Matthew 19:9) Jehovah no let Christians have moa den one odda half at da same time.​—1 Fo Timoty 3:2.

 DIG MOA DEEP

5. Be akamai wen you choose yoa odda half

Picking who you goin marry is one of da mos importan choices you eva goin make. Read um Matthew 19:4-6, 9, an den talk story about dis question:

• How come no good fo get married too fas?

Da Bible can help you know wat kine person fo marry. Da numba one ting, look fo somebody who love Jehovah. b Read um 1 Fo Da Corint Peopo 7:39 an 2 Fo Da Corint Peopo 6:14. Den talk story about dese questions:

• How come we should ony marry anodda Christian?

• How you tink Jehovah would feel if you marry somebody who no love Him?

 6. See marriage like how Jehovah see um

Long time ago, guys in Israel wen divorce dea wifes fo any kine selfish reasons. Read um Malakai 2:13, 14, 16, an den talk story about dis question:

• How come Jehovah hate one wrong kine divorce?

Play um da VIDEO, an den talk story about da question afta.

• If you married to somebody who no trus God, wat you can do fo make yoa marriage good?

7. Lissen to Jehovah wen come to marriage

 WAT WE WEN TALK ABOUT

Being single an getting married is both gifs from Jehovah. Both can make you happy if you do um da way Jehovah tell.

Wat You Wen Learn

• How one single person can use dea gif in one good way?

• How come da Bible tell fo ony marry one odda Christian?

• Wen da Bible tell is ok fo divorce?