Lyrics
How beautiful the Bridegroom is,
The Pearl of Great Price, Perfect Holiness.
How beautiful and pure is He!
Before Him are splendor and majesty!
How Beautiful
How Beautiful
How Beautiful is the Glory of Christ
How beautiful the Love of the Lamb
To seek us and find us and restore us to Him
How beautiful His precious blood,
That washed us completely and made us His own!
How Beautiful
How Beautiful
How Beautiful is the Love of Christ
And this is love, that He gave
Of His own life when we had strayed
That He may clothe us with robes unstained
That we may be His Bride…
Jesus has made us white.
How beautiful, The Bride of Christ!
For whom He comes leaping over mountains and heights
How beautiful in light she stands
Adorned for her Husband, who says “Here I am!”
How Beautiful
How Beautiful
How Beautiful is the Bride of Christ!
How beautiful, the two made one!
What God has united shall not be undone.
How beautiful — profound mystery!
That we should partake of Christ’s love for His sheep.
How Beautiful
How Beautiful
How Beautiful is this Union in Christ!
Song History & Meaning
Composer / Hymnodist: Original lyrics by Twila Paris
This song invites us to lift our eyes and gaze upon the matchless beauty of Jesus Christ. As our Bridegroom and the Pearl of Great Price, He left the glory of heaven to seek, find, and restore our wandering hearts through His precious blood. Standing in the light of His perfect holiness and redeeming love, our worries begin to fade. May your worship today be a quiet, joyful response to the One whose splendor fills all of creation.
📖 Related Scripture Passages:
- Hebrews 1:3: “His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”
- Revelation 21:2: “I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
- Matthew 13:45-46: “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls, and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.”