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1 | interaciall marriage | 2 Cor 6:14 | somsmallfabshop | 153503 | ||
what verse states that it is okay, or not okay to marry interacially? | ||||||
2 | interaciall marriage | 2 Cor 6:14 | terrib | 153504 | ||
Greetings Somsmallfabshop, Welcome to the forum! The Bible does not forbid interracial marriages. It does, however, forbid a Christian from marrying an unbeliever: "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" (2 Cor. 6:14). In Numbers 12:1-8 is an account of Moses marrying an Ethiopian woman. "And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman" (Num. 12:1). Other Bible verses translate this as "Cush." Cush is the ancient location of Ethiopia. Miriam and Aaron were upset with Moses because he married a Cushite woman. Cush has also been considered to be the northern part of Egypt. Either way, it is very possible that Cushite woman was of a different race. God defended Moses for marrying this woman. If race were an issue, this would have been a great place to set the matter straight. Also, people of different races were not mentioned as being among those forbidden by God for Jews to marry, see Exodus 34:11. (CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS and RESEARCH MINISTRY www.carm.org) terrib |
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3 | interaciall marriage | 2 Cor 6:14 | ngkh | 153508 | ||
Dear Terrib, What do you think about the following verses 1Cor7:12-14 12To 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. 13And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14For 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. I would have thought that marrying an unbeliever is ok. |
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4 | interaciall marriage | 2 Cor 6:14 | terrib | 153510 | ||
Hi Ngkh, The subject of the verse you cited has to do with those that are already married and one of them becomes a believer. The topic starts with verse 1 Cor 7:10 and runs through verse 16. "1Co 7:10 And unto the married" is the clue for the subject. Upon becoming a Christian while one is married binds the contract made before God even stronger, for now the believer is even more aware of their covenant with God. The couple are still 'one flesh' in the eyes of the Lord, thus the spouse of the believer is santified by the belief of the other. "Thus Christians are called commonly saints; such they are by profession, separated to be a peculiar people of God, and as such distinguished from the world; and therefore the children born to Christians, though married to unbelievers, are not to be reckoned as part of the world, but of the church, a holy, not a common and unclean seed. “Continue therefore to live even with unbelieving relatives; for, if you are holy, the relation is so, the state is so, you may make a holy use even of an unbelieving relative, in conjugal duties, and your seed will be holy too.” What a comfort is this, where both relatives are believers!" (Matthew Henry) terrib |
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