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MARRYING “ONLY IN THE LORD.”
God’s instructions to widows in are plain and straight forward.
First, marriage is for life.
Spouses are bound to one another in marriage until one of them dies.
If that happens the widow is free to to marry “whom she wishes” with one (clarifying) stipulation; that he be “in the Lord.”
(Or a follower in Christ).
God’s instructions to widows in are plain and straight forward.
First, marriage is for life.
Spouses are bound to one another in marriage until one of them dies.
If that happens the widow is free to to marry “whom she wishes” with one (clarifying) stipulation; that he be “in the Lord.”
(Or a follower in Christ).
There are some who would understand the “only in the Lord” as simply meaning as marrying as a follower who is seeking to do God’s will in everything.
But this takes the phrase out of the context of the phase that is before this concerning who can be married.
1 Corinthians
There are some who would understand the “only in the Lord” as simply meaning as marrying as a follower who is seeking to do God’s will in everything.
But this takes the phrase out of the context of the phase that is before this concerning who can be married.
So marry whoever you want, but they must be in the Lord.
The Greek does not just say “in the Lord” but the Greek is μόνον ἐν κυρίῳ.
The word μόνον means “alone or only” so “only” in the Lord.
This clarifies the “in the Lord” and connects it to the previous statement of marrying whoever she wishes, as long as he is in the Lord.
Though this particular command is directly addressing christian widows in regards to marrying again, it also applies to anyone who gets married.
It would be illogical and inconsistent for the command to marry “only in the Lord” to apply only to widows.
A widow is maritally in the same position (single) that she was before she got married which is the same place the woman who has never been married is in (single).
When interpreting this passage using the greater context of scripture you find that it falls right in line with Old and New Testament principles and passages.
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Blayney, B., Scott, T., & Torrey, R. A. with Canne, J., Browne.
(n.d.).
The Treasury of Scripture knowledge (Vol.
2, p. 120).
London: Samuel Bagster and Sons.
Quickly, is sometimes misunderstood to be an example of Christians marrying non-Christians.
But examining it closer shows that it is addressing a specific situation for those already married.
This passages is speaking to wives who are already married who were likely already married when they became followers of Christ.
If one holds the position that this could be speaking to some who where already Christians and married a non-Christian it can only be based on speculation.
There is no way of substantiating that claim.
1 Peter 3
Regardless, the command is specifically to wives so it cannot apply to the unmarried to speak to whether or not they cannot marry someone who is not a follower of Christ.
In other words to say that this passage shows that a followers of Christ can marry an unbeliever would be reading into the text.
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