Unequally Yoked Relationships with Unbelievers
The concept of being unequally yoked with unbelievers is explored through biblical references in 2 Corinthians, emphasizing the importance of aligning with those who share similar beliefs and values. The analogy of not mixing different kinds is extended to relationships, urging believers to be separate and holy, connected to Christ rather than the world.
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UNEQUALLY YOKED? with unbelievers
Do not be UNEQUALLY YOKED with unbelievers 2 Corinthians 6:14
UNEQUALLY YOKED? What does that even mean? Sounds like King James talk. Does this mean we should be equally yoked with unbelievers ? Does it mean we have nothing to do with people of this world?
2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
You shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, lest the yield of the seed which you have sown and the fruit of your vineyard be defiled. v. 9 Similar Laws with a singular purpose You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. v. 10 You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen mixed together. v. 11 Deuteronomy 22 (see Leviticus 19:19)
The charge: be separate/holy Believers are invited to be yoked to Christ. Matt 11:28-30 Believers whose affections are tied to this world are thus unequally yoked to unbelievers. cp. Matt 6:24 These believers are called to be reconciled to God. 2 Cor 5:20
