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NASB | 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? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 6:14 ¶ Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? |
Bible Question:
Does the bible say God is against interacial marriage? |
Bible Answer: Hi.. I agree with the others who clearly stated that G-d tells us who believe in Yeshua (Jesus) that we should not marry others who are not equally committed to Him. However, I don't see that in your question. There are two examples I think are powerful in scripture regarding your question and a side note. Example 1: Please read Numbers 12. Miriam and Aaron found fault with Moses because he had married Zipporah, an Ethiopian woman. Probably there was some skin tone variety there... and Miriam and Aaron were treating Moses with some arrogance about who he had chosen to marry. Read the chapter and see how angry G-d got about their pride.. what He did, and how He answered Moses' prayer for Miriam. The chapter is very sobering about how G-d felt about Miriam and Aaron's faultfinding about who Moses married and attempting to put him down (and elevate themselves) in their own eyes. Exampel 2: While there were certain people that the Jewish people were told not to intermarry with, I believe that commandment was specific to the Jewish people because G-d wanted the Jewish people to remain a distinct people and not be assimilated into the nations (which did not yet believe in Him.) The main point, I think, of the commandment is the same main point as in the verse in Corinthians: G-d wants harmony and equal trust and committment to Him in a marriage if both people are considering getting married. Whether people are of the same ethnicity or not is not the issue in most cases. For example, Rahab was a member of one of those prohibited peoples (as was Ruth and Orpah). Later, Rahab and Ruth because they chose to put their trust in the Living G-d-- married into the Jewish people and became a blessing. Side note: Some Jewish believers (because of knowledge that many in the Jewish community will not accept their children as Jewish unless the mother is Jewish) may choose only to marry only another Jewish believer.. and that choice is valid, for conscience's sake and to have children which will continue to demonstrate their unending love for and connection with the Jewish people. (See Romans 14). However, the traditional Jewish community does not normally accept Jewish believers as still being Jewish anyway.. so who a Jewish believer marries is between that person and the L-rd, as long as the person is a committed believer in Yeshua. |