What does the Bible say about blacks marrying whites?
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The Bible does not forbid marriage between people of different ethnic backgrounds, but calls Christians to marry in faithfulness to the Lord and to honor one another as fellow image-bearers. Galatians 3:28 teaches that believers are one in Christ, while Acts 10:34 declares that God shows no partiality. Scripture’s central concern for marriage is spiritual unity: 1 Corinthians 7:39 says a Christian is free to marry, “only in the Lord,” and 2 Corinthians 6:14 warns against binding oneself unequally with unbelief. Racial prejudice has no place among Christ’s people, who are redeemed by the same blood and called to love across every human distinction.
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- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39
A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 15:39
All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.
- Hebrews 9:22
According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
- Acts 10:34
Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn't show favoritism;
- 2 Corinthians 6:14
Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what communion has light with darkness?
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