Be Not Unequally Yoked Together
“Be Not Unequally Yoked Together.”—While we believe that there should be no marriages between the believer and unbeliever, or between those of different beliefs, as set forth in the first article in this issue, yet where such are married, we would not even intimate that they should separate. The same apostle who gives us the instruction at the head of this note also says to the Christian wife or husband not to seek to separate from the unbelieving companion. If he or she wishes to depart because of their unbelief, we should not seek to compel them to remain. “God hath called us to peace. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?” But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk.” See I Cor. 7:12–17, 27. God is able to change the heart. Labor and pray for the salvation of the unbeliever, not for a change in your position.