Marrying An Unbeliever

Marrying an unbeliever. It is not uncommon to find a christian man or women married to an unbelieving spouse. Undoubtedly he cannot help himself regardless of the amount of self control he might try to exert. Marrying an unbeliever is a bad idea because he cannot be convicted of sin by the holy spirit. Bible verses about marrying an unbeliever.

However christians married to unbelievers are to specifically told to remain in marriage 1 cor 7 12 13. As an alternative perhaps some creative filmmaker would be willing to run around the country filming individuals who are living with the pain of being married to an unbeliever and create a montage of 40 or 50 short 5 minutes first hand accounts. If you are a believer and you are already married to someone who is an unbeliever god s word tells you to stay married to your spouse see 1 cor. To marry an unbeliever is to sin against god 1 corinthians 7 39.

Yes you understand that scripture forbids marrying an unbeliever and yes you know that most of the time the unbeliever doesn t eventually believe in christ or if he does it s out of a desire to preserve the relationship so that his faith fizzles after a few months or years. If on the other hand you are a single christian who is considering getting married to an unbeliever don t do it. 1 corinthians 7 1 40 esv 26 helpful votes helpful not helpful. God s word says do not be unequally yoked 2 cor.

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It can be very difficult for a believer and an unbeliever to live in peaceful harmony 2 corinthians 6 14 15. But your situation is unique. The order is not given on whether or not a christian can initially marry an unbeliever.

You know my story. While god was gracious to us and brought me to a saving knowledge of christ prior to our wedding date let me be clear. He can try to be religious but religion cannot root out sinful habits or break strongholds. My wife began dating me as an unbeliever.

Marriage is a sacred covenant that joins two people together in one flesh matthew 19 5. But as much as i love her and our marriage it was wrong for her to do so. One reason is the believer ignored the plain teaching of scripture that says believers must only marry in the lord 1 corinthians 7 39. 4 the old testament warns against marrying unbelievers.

When marrying a non christian you lose out on the blessing of having a spouse who calls you to submit your will to christ and instead have a spouse who has no interest in being called to submit their own will to christ.