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To: Lurking in Kansas

I know you're ribbing me, but still:

" Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman. But opposing fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband... He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord; But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife."

Only if one's motivation is to be able to focus his entire life on the LORD does Paul permit remaining single; elsewise, he commands marriage.


179 posted on 01/23/2007 9:14:58 AM PST by dangus (Pope calls Islam violent; Millions of Moslems demonstrate)
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To: dangus

He also forbids "unequal yoking". So what should a single person do, marry someone unsuitable just for the sake of marriage, or remain unmarried?

There are plenty of unmaried people who would like to marry but can't find a Godly spouse to share their lives with. That doesn't make them sinners!


184 posted on 01/23/2007 9:25:51 AM PST by JenB
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