I apologize if this has been discussed here before, but I did a quick search and couldn'd find it if it was.Mt. 22:29-30
Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. 30 For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven. (NLT)
Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven. NKJV
“You are very wide of the mark,” replied Jesus to them, “for you are ignorant of both the scriptures and the power of God. For in the resurrection there is no such thing as marrying or being given in marriage—men live like the angels in Heaven. (Phillips)
Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. (NIV)
The above verses are usually quoted for the proposition that there is no marriage in heaven.
However, the verses don't really say that; they say there is no "marrying" in heaven.
But what if two Christians are already married when they die?
I kind of like to think that my relationship with my wife will continue in that vein in heaven (or to be more exact-- the new earth). God seems to value family. Will there not be family units in the new creation?
TK