The Bible describes the union as "the two
will become one flesh. 1 Corinthians gives
the example of a believer having sexual
relations with a prostitute. The resulting
union joins Christ to a prostitute. Likewise,
the joining of a Christian and a non-Christian
joins Christ to an unbeliever. The New
Testament goes as far as to warn us not even
to eat with idolaters (1 Corinthians 5:11).
Paul tells us "...Bad company corrupts good
morals" (1 Corinthians 15:33).
The Bible is actually much more direct about
marrying unbelievers than has been indicated
to this point. The Old Testament specifically
forbids God's people from marrying "foreign
wives":
"Now therefore, make confession to the
LORD God of your fathers and do His will;
and separate yourselves from the peoples of
the land and from the foreign wives." (Ezra
10:11)
The Old Testament contains other verses that
prohibit marrying unbelievers, including
examples of those who broke the command
and were led astray by their wives (e.g.,
Solomon in his later years). In the New
Testament, Paul specifically says that a
woman may marry whomever she wishes,
but "only in the Lord," clearly referring to
those who are followers of the Lord Jesus
Christ. So, the New Testament makes it clear
that believers are only to marry fellow
believers.
Although dating of Christians and nonChristians is not specifically handled in the
Bible, it is clear that such an action is asking
for trouble. An unbeliever who practices
Christian-like morality is going to be
attractive to a Christian. However, the
chances that such a person will become a
Christian, allowing the Christian to marry
him/her is statistically remote. "Missionary
dating" often results in years of conflict and
usually ends in broken hearts.
There is a special case where a person
marries an unbeliever while himself/herself
are, likewise, an unbeliever, and only later to
become a believer. Such scenarios often
occurred in the early church as unbelievers
were converting in large numbers. Paul gives
specific instruction to believers who are
married to unbelievers—stay together! If the
unbeliever consents to living with the
believer, the believer is to behave in such a
way that the unbelieving spouse would want
to become a Christian. If the unbeliever
leaves the Christian, the Christian is no
longer bound to that spouse (1 Corinthians
7:15), but is free to divorce.
Some Christians question whether such a
spouse is free to remarry. However, the
concept of being bound to a marriage is
expressed in Romans 7:2-3, where Paul says
that the spouse is bound to the husband while
he is alive, but freed from that bond when the
husband dies. If the same concept applies to
the case where a non-Christian abandons a
Christian, one could conclude that being
freed from the marriage allows one to
remarry.
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