# Marriage: What Is It For | 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-at-the-cross-sunday-messages-2054/marriage-what-is-it-for-1-timothy-4-1-5 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-at-the-cross-sunday-messages-2054/marriage-what-is-it-for-1-timothy-4-1-5.md Podcast: [Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages](https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-at-the-cross-sunday-messages-2054) Published: 2026-04-13T14:53:11+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/catc-media1/episodes/Marriage-What-Is-It-For--1-Timothy-41-5-e3hr50e Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/10cf92420/podcast/play/118378958/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-13%2F68907be3-7466-481e-4b7c-4db4de8f3953.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/church-at-the-cross-sunday-messages-2054/episodes/marriage-what-is-it-for-1-timothy-4-1-5 Duration seconds: 2560 ## Resource Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Acts 20:29–30 NIV 2 Corinthians 11:4 NIV + Marriage is Proof of the Goodness of God. + Marriage is a Picture of the Gospel of God. Companionship Procreation Sanctification Proclamation Ephesians 5:22–32 Marriage is a Covenant not a Contract. Marriage is a Covenant of Grace not Works. Colossians 3:12–13 NIV ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/church-at-the-cross-sunday-messages-2054/episodes/marriage-what-is-it-for-1-timothy-4-1-5/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-at-the-cross-sunday-messages-2054/marriage-what-is-it-for-1-timothy-4-1-5.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.