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4 sty 2022 · The reason God commanded against interracial marriage for the Jews was that foreign people were worshipers of false gods. The Israelites would be led astray if they intermarried with idol worshipers, pagans, or heathens.
13 sty 2022 · The only interracial marriage that is clearly outlawed in the Bible is marrying outside of the family of God. We are all one in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:28). Jesus is the foundation for a...
27 paź 2022 · Interracial marriage is not better than marriage between believers of shared ethnicity. But in a time when some who claim Christ’s name demean interracial marriage, we must defend it clearly. Efforts to segregate God’s people by nation or ethnicity run counter to God’s mission of salvation.
An important Bible verse about understanding interracial marriage is 2 Corinthians 6:14: "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers." That last word, "unbelievers" is of key importance. A Christian should not marry a non-Christian no matter how kind and good they are.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Some people insist that the Bible meant for the races to remain pure, therefore prohibiting any kind of interracial marriage. Usually two biblical texts are drawn upon to support that view. One is the fact that Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
7 lis 2022 · The misinterpretation of God’s prohibition of interfaith marriage as the prohibition of interracial marriage goes back to biblical times. In Nehemiah’s reform, he did not distinguish clearly between marrying foreign women and marrying pagan women.
