It may not be wise to accept a waiver of dowry from in-laws. If Jesus Christ paid a bride-price for the Church, every young man should pay the dowry for his wife.
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it.” – Ephesians 5: 25
“For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. but God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5: 7-8
