Lesson 3809

 (Lesson 3809)(06-23-22) 2nd Corinthians 6:11-18

    “O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”

    Today’s lesson tells us that we, the children of God, are to ourselves apart from those who don’t believe.

    There are some who use today’s quote to contend that believers are not to marry unbelievers. That contention is refuted by Paul’s writing in 1st Corinthians 7:14, “For 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.” 

    The phrase, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers”, simply means that we are not to allow ourselves to be bound to the actions of the  unbelievers.~