So? What do you have to say about this? Does this concern the Bond between a believer and unbeliever too or do you think that shouldnt be?
2 Corinthians 6:14 do this concern marriage
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Hi @EternalSoul, the admonishment in 2 Cor 6:14 has to do with who we should & shouldn't choose to date, who we should/shouldn't choose to be engaged to, who we should/shouldn't go into business with, etc., but it does not concern those who are ~already~ married.
See 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 about that situation (a believer married to an unbeliever, that is).
~Deut
See 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 about that situation (a believer married to an unbeliever, that is).
2 Corinthians 6
14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
15 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?
16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
“I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
~Deut
NO, and one of the most misused out of context set of scriptures............the context is working together....PAUL covers marriage in 1st Corinthians 7
A situation where people are already married and one is Christian and the other is not, is easily caused by one being saved after marriage. That is what the verse telling us not to divorce a non-believer is about. 1 Corinthians 7:12-14 (12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.) [From the New International Version (NIV) bible]
I believe it is advising followers of Jesus not to marry unbelievers.. Now as has already been stated above if you become a believer after already being married the situation is totally different..
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common?
Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
2 Cor 6
This is an interesting verse. Paul seems to be saying we should withdraw from being too close to
non-believers especially in their association with idols and temples.
Would you tell Jesus not to be joked with Beliar? or could you put in the same place light and darkness? or can you yoke together a bull with an ant?, No way.
The real problem is yoking together a lazy person with a very active one or a spendthrift with a shortarmed pincher.
The principle applies in every situation of unmatched yoking.
The real problem is yoking together a lazy person with a very active one or a spendthrift with a shortarmed pincher.
The principle applies in every situation of unmatched yoking.
The most misapplied word when it comes to bible study.................and most answers in this thread fit the bill.......!!!!
CONTEXT
CONTEXT
Let's just disregard the context........why not.......it does not matter hey.......
WE THEN AS WORKERS TOGETHER <----You all just rip this part out of your bibles.......
The context was about a believer (christian) marrying a non believer ( non-christian). It's a big mistake as well as marrying someone expecting them to change. marry the person you want, not the person you want them to be. Skip the convoluted nonsence please.
There's no reason why this cannot apply to marriage, or any other partnership which would have a spiritual impact. However, if one is contracting services, that is not really a partnership.
Except for the fact that the context is set by the phrase....WE THEN AS WORKERS TOGETHER.......it has nothing to do with marriage.......but rather is directed at ecumenical works......
1st Corinthians 7 covers marriage......
I thought the purpose of dating was looking for a mate. (spouse) I don't consider 2 casual friends going somewhere together a date. Maybe it's my mid 20th century culture but, the word date and dating has always had romantic overtones.
Don't know abut that bro, but I do know that the context is working together for the cause of Christ......it has nothing to do with marriage or dating.......
We then as workers together is the opening salvo in the context of what is being debated
Hi Speculator, Biblically, it has to do with a very specific kind of unmatched yoking, yes
As for things like matching a spendthrift with a shortarmed pincher, I'm not sure that such a yoking is always considered to be a bad thing (where something like marriage is concerned), like an unequal spiritual yoking always is. In fact, the wisdom saying, "opposites attract", is generally understood as something which should end up being a positive for both parties in that kind of unequal yoking.
~Deut
p.s. - I just noticed that you are still pretty new around here, so I should also say, welcome to CChat
Understood. But are not Christian couples also workers together in the Kingdom of God?
Hi dcontroversal, it seems to me that, "We then as workers together .. with Him" covers a LOT of territory (especially when taken in the context of Paul's other Epistles, and the rest of the OT/NT, as well). While the immediate context does not specifically include marriage, I believe the general context does.
Do you perhaps believe that Christian marriage, and the raising of children within a Christian marriage, is somehow NOT an example of us, "working together for the cause of Christ .. with God"
Thanks!
~Deut
1 Corinthians 7
39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.
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I think this commentary gets at the basic meaning of 2 Cor 6:14 pretty well.
~Deut
Paul taught that it is not right to join together in common spiritual enterprise with those who are not of the same nature (unbelievers). It is impossible under such an arrangement for things to be done to God’s glory.
Christians are not to be bound together with non-Christians in any spiritual enterprise or relationship that would be detrimental to the Christian’s testimony within the body of Christ ... however ... This command does not mean that believers should end all associations with unbelievers; that would defy the purpose for which God saved believers and left them on earth (cf. Matt. 28:19, 20; 1 Cor. 9:19–23). ~Commentary on 2 Corinthians, MacArthur, J., Jr.
~Deut
The unmatched bond is not between real believer and real unbeliever for that bondage is very unlikely chosen by a true Christian.
The bondage to is a true Christian and a false christian who obviously is not a believer.
The bondage to is a true Christian and a false christian who obviously is not a believer.
We cannot alleviate the context or add to it.......the context is a working together for the cause of Christ....not a marriage...PAUL covers marriage between a believer and unbeliever in chapter 7 1st Corinthians......