What Bible Passage?

Question

says specifically that Christians should marry only fellow Christians? Or is this just a rule made up by certain Churchs?

Answer 1

2 Corinthians 6:14 is the verse usually quoted in this regard:
"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"

But there's also 1 Corinthians 7:14, which acknowledges that these marriages do happen -- sometimes because one spouse converts and the other does not, after they are already married: "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."

Answer 2

The Catholic Encyclopedia states Bible is Skeptic and Concocted
A. THE FORMATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CANON (A.D. 100-220)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03274a.htm
The idea of a complete and clear-cut canon of the New Testament existing from the beginning, that is from Apostolic times, has no foundation in history. The Canon of the New Testament, like that of the Old, is the result of a development, of a process at once stimulated by disputes with doubters, both within and without the Church, and retarded by certain obscurities and natural hesitations, and which did not reach its final term until the dogmatic definition of the Tridentine Council. ("Canon of the New Testament")
There is a lot of confusion about the earliest existing texts of the Bible. The oldest extant manuscript of the Bible is believed to be the Codex Vaticanus, (preserved in the Vatican Library), which is slightly older than the Codex Sinaiticus (preserved in the British Library), both of which were transcribed in the fourth century.
As for the story of Jesus, there were at least 50 gospels written in the first and second century CE. Four of them (Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John) were included in the official canon during the fourth century CE and are found today in every Bible. All of the original copies of the gospels were lost. What we have now are handwritten copies, which are an unknown number of replications removed from the originals.
Rudolf Bultmann, a prominent 20th-century professor of New Testament studies writes about the life of Jesus:
We can now know almost nothing concerning the life and personality of Jesus, since the early Christian sources show no interest in either, are moreover fragmentary and often legendary; and other sources about Jesus do not exist. (Bultmann 8)
Example of Confliction in Bible
II Samuel 8:4 (vs) II Samuel 8:9-10 II Kings 8:26
II Samuel 6:23 Genesis 6:3 John 5:37
John 5:31 I Chronicles 18:4 I Chronicles 18:9-10
II Chronicles 22:2 II Samuel 21:8 Genesis 9:29
John 14:9 John 8:14

Answer 3

"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?"
- 2 Cor 6:14-15

The image is that of two oxen "yoked" together with one piece of wood. The idea is that when two people are yoked together in marriage who are not of the same faith they pull each other in different directions, just like two oxen would pull each other in different directions.

You can bet that if your spouse is not a Christian it will be MUCH more difficult for you to live out the Christian life with your family. Will you be able to pray together? No. Will you be able to go to church as a family? No. Will the children be taught about Christ? No. At the very least it will be a struggle. It is just a difficulty and a needless hurdle - it will be an obstacle for you living your life in full service to God.

Answer 4

In the Bible 2 Corinthians 6:14 says:
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?" (KJV)

it is not saying that the unbelievers are evil. this verse is just saying that a christian believes in things that are very very different from a non-christian. even the perspective of LIFE is different.

God doesnt want us to end up quarelling about our beliefs. He also does not want us to be influenced by our non-christian wife/husband, such that we serve other gods.

King david married non-jewish wives and his wives used his money to build temples for worship of pagan gods.

His commandments are always meant to be good for us.

Answer 5

Don't forget that Jesus was Jewish at the time of his incarnation, and thus spoke to those of his own country and customs. Although he saw the goodness and possibility in people from elsewhere, the laws and customs to which he was speaking were historically Jewish, not Christian since he originated such.

There is a passage in Matthew 5 that states: "It was also said, 'Whenever a man divorces his wife, he must give her a decree of divorce.' What I say to you is: everyone who divorces his wife...forces her to commit adultery. The man who marries a divorced woman likewise commits adultery."

I am not an expert on historical customs of Jewish marriage, but from what I understand of the passage, and within the context which it is given, Jesus is trying to instruct his disciples on seeing beyond a textual interpretation of the law and into a deeper, spiritual context. For a man to simply 'decree' that he is divorced implies a simple 'breaking' of the covenant in which he entered with the woman. In other words, a covenant entered into easily and flippantly adulterates the very idea and sanctity of the covenant. So, rather than worry about divorce, Jesus is instructing his disciples and followers to worry more about what the covenant of marriage means BEFORE they enter into it, rather than after.

Most divorces occur because of a lack of that fundamental understanding of just what that covenant of marriage truly means. It is not meant to be a legal 'excuse' to have sex, a legal way to keep property, a social construct used to advance oneself, etc etc etc. To 'marry' someone is to enter into a deep, binding physical and spiritual covenant with that person, a bond reserved for those who truly do love one another and wish to take on such a responsibility.

So, those who worry about whether or not a Christian should marry a Christian (or anyone else) are worried about the wrong thing, and thus commit 'adultery' with the very idea of marriage, which is what Jesus is warning about.

Answer 6

2 Corinthians 6:14

Answer 7

1 Corinthians 7 talks about marriage between believers and non-believers, but nothing is commanded except remain in marriage and celebacy until marriage.

If you have a non-believer fiance that has remained celebate also, then by all means, marry. If either of you are not celebate, then this is adultry/fornication and a sin of the body.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%206:12-20;&version=31;

Answer 8

Christians should marry Christians or else how are they going to make their vows before God and seriously keep them. The couple must agree to live their marriage out the kingdom way to have life more abundantly and to please God.
This would be difficult to achieve with a un-believer. So the Biblical requirement is very practical and wise.

Answer 9

I believe this is the clearest statement on the matter.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Answer 10

In the Gospel, we can read this from Apostle Paul's epistle to the Corinthians,

1 corinthians 7:12-16

"But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, whether thou shalt save thy wife? "


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