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NASB | 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¶ Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¶ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor those who participate in homosexuality, |
Bible Question: Dear Tamara, my question is if a person marries a woman who has a child, but was not properly married before having the child. What will be the situation of both couples who married as believers |
Bible Answer: Dear kwame adu, Note for john forgive me John, this deserves an answer... According to what you are saying she was not married at all when she had a child? You are both believers who repented of past sins? Am I understanding this correctly? You are free to be married! Is it not so my dear brother in Christ! We have been dialoguing and studying back and forth about what would happen if you were married before, got divorced and then married... Yours is not the case! Happy life for you! Be blessed my brother! Enjoy being head of your family and raising her child as you would your own! Here is for you; 1)Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her (have a sacrificial love for your wife and put her every need first). 2)so that He (Christ) might sanctify her (your wife), having cleansed her by the washing of the word (teach your wife the Bible, study with her). 3)That He (Christ) might present to Himself the church in all her glory , having no spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that she would be blameless (you are preparing your wife for Christ by leading her, taking care of her, teaching her how to walk with you and God). 4)So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; (what ever you would do to ensure your own well being; feed her, clothe her, house her, send her to the doctor and the dentist; take care of her). 5)for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes it and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, (you cannot neglect your wife, she is one flesh as part of you, you have to take care of her with the same type of care Christ gives the church, in order to do this you will have to study Christ Himself and how He handled Himself in the Bible). 6)because we are members of His body (you are belivers together, each one of you needs the gifts of the other as husband and wife as part of the body of Christ). 7)For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh (you must not involve your parents, or her parents in your private marriage affairs of every day living decisions, do not go running to mom for advice on your marriage or your dad, go running to the Bible and the elders of your church when necessary for wise counsel, you are one person with her, not with your parents). 8)This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church (marriage is the closest relationship that a human can have after their relationship with God, you are one with Christ, second, you are one with your wife, treat the relationship as what it is, not a love relationship first and foremost, but as a covenant between God, you, and your wife in that order - all of God's covenants must be ratified and no covenant is ratified (made valid) until one is dead, all of God's covenants were ratified in blood by the death of the mortal participants -that is why Jesus had to die to bring in a new covenant and why He had to do it by blood - that is also why you will see that the Bible says a wife is bound to her husband until he is dead - the marriage covenant with God is not ratified until death and the shedding of blood (everyone's blood does sink to the ground at death) occurs, then the covenant with God has been validated, this is why it so very serious to break the covenant before death, it has not been ratified, made valid). 9)Nevertheless, each individual among you is to love his wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband (you are told again to love your wife). See Ephesians 5:21 as well - you are co-heirs of Christ, equal in inheritance of the things of God and you should give way to one another in all things. See Ephesians 5:22-24 you wife only has three things to be doing compared to your 9, the whole responsibility of how the marriage turns out rest on you, don't complain about your wife, get on your knees and go above your own authority over her and seek God's authority over yourself, get yourself in line with God first before bringing her in line to you and to God. Trust me, it will work, headship is a God concept, adhere to it and God will honor that and He will work on you and then, your wife for you and through you. Notice God tells your wife to respect you three times in different ways, and He tells you to love her in 9 different ways - God knows what He is doing; your wife needs love, you need respect. Of course you are to love and respect one another, but notice God's guidelines that He has in mind for you; it fits His plan for you to be one person who will worship Him together and it fits your personal needs as man and woman. God is wise, trust His counsel from this word of Ephesians. God's Day To You, Tamara |