What the bible says about marrying an unbeliever - Page 1

If you look at the Scriptures, we see that almost throughout the sacred history, God warns against mixing with people loyal to him, those who did not perform His will. Already at the dawn of peace there was the greatest catastrophe of the Flood, caused by the fact that the "sons of God saw the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord God said, not forever, My spirit shall strive with man these vessels; because they are the flesh "(Genesis 6, 2-3). The traditional interpretation says that the sons of God - the descendants of Seth, the faithful God, and the daughters of men - kainitki, and the mixing of these two families led to the death of the ancient world. Mindful of this terrible event, St. Abraham made his servant swear to God that he would not take Isaac, his wife of the daughters of Canaan (Gen. 24, 3). Similarly, one of the reasons for the rejection of Esau was the fact that he took his wife and Hittites. "And it was a burden to Isaac and Rebekah" (Gen. 26, 35), so that the latter said she was "life is not happy because of the daughters of Heth" (Genesis 27, 46). The law of God recorded in writing this rule: "Do not take of their daughters to their sons and daughters do not give in marriage, so that their daughters, whoring after their gods, and not entered in the whoredoms of thy sons after their gods" (Ex. 34, 16 ) AND "then kindled against you the wrath of the Lord, and destroy thee" (Deuteronomy 7, 4). And, indeed, the threat is caught up with those who violate the covenant of the Lord. Starting from the terrible defeat at Baal-peor, when only a spear of Phinehas stopped the attack damage due to the deaths of 24,000 people (Numbers 25), and in continuation of the board of judges, when Samson died because filistimlyanki Dalida (Judges 16) and to the terrible fall of the wisest of King Solomon, whose heart wives (3 Sam. 11, 3) continue the struggle for the fulfillment of this commandment. And God immediately punished those who disobeyed his command. And this commandment in no way was connected with the idea of ​​purity of blood. Rahab the harlot, Zipporah - the wife of Moses, Ruth, Moabite, renounced their false gods, and entered into God's people. Especially important this commandment was for Ss. Ezra and Nehemiah, who struggled with a mix of elected people and the heathen (1 Ezra. 9-10; Neem.13, 23-29). The Word of God calls intermarriage "a great evil, a sin before God" (Nehemiah 13, 27), "lawlessness, exceeding the head, and guilt that has grown up to the heavens" (Ezra 1. 9, 6). Breakthrough. Malachi proclaims: "Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem, for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and married the daughter of a strange god. He who does so will destroy the Lord of the tents of Jacob vigil on the guard and the corresponding and bringing a sacrifice to the Lord of hosts "(Malachi 2, 11-12). Do not pursuant to this curse of God from the children of criminals, and criminals are atheists, and often die?

When it was the New Testament, and the law of Moses was surpassed by the grace of the gospel, yet it is the commandment of the Lord remained in force. Apostolic Council in Jerusalem, commanded the Gentile converts to abstain from sexual immorality (Acts 15, 29), by which the commentators imply the validity of marriage bans and the Old Testament for Christians. Further, the Apostle Paul, allowing his wife to go a second time married, adds, "only in the Lord" (1 Cor. 7, 39). For Christians, has always been apparent inability to marry with infidels,
 
For example,in His Word the Lord warns the faithful not bind their lives to unbelievers
2Corinthians 6:14-18 "Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? What communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God, as God said ... "



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1 Peter 3:1-2  ¹ In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, ² as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior

1 Corinthians 7:12-14  But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. ¹³ And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. 

1 Corinthians 7:12-14 does not give permission to marry someone outside the body of Christ.



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Didn't say it does....but the point is, if they're already married to them......then what? You don't divorce them, the passage shows what to do if that's the case.  

Wow I just happened to catch this post from the right side of the page.......Good thing I believe in something else.

If they're already married to them - which means it is another topic/subject and that scripture you post does not work in this thread.



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P.S I should have said correctly what I meant to say to marry an unbeliever

It won't work in this thread, or you just won't answer it?

That scripture clearly talking about if you are in such circumstances already and how to deal or resolve this problem.

Example; their was a story I know, a wife became believer but the husband didn't, at first they were both unbeliever when they got married.

So that sciptures clearly guided that women what she need to do based on the Bible with her unbelieving husband.




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My original introduction of the first post on this thread should have being more clear. "Sorry"
God warns against mixing with people that are NOT loyal to him, those who did not perform His will.

Thanks, just curious.  And I do agree with you, on not marrying an unbeliever. 

That's just sad, LOL.






Poor fools.


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