What does the Bible say about christian dating?
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The Bible teaches that Christian dating should be pursued with holiness, wisdom, self-control, and a view toward faithful marriage in the Lord. Though modern dating is not directly addressed, 2 Corinthians 6:14-15 urges believers not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, while 2 Timothy 2:22 and 1 Corinthians 6:18 call Christians to flee sexual sin. Genesis 2:24 and Matthew 19:5 present marriage as a covenantal union of one man and one woman, and Hebrews 13:4 honors its purity. Love should reflect the patient, sacrificial character described in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, not selfish desire or harmful companionship (1 Corinthians 15:33). God also provides a way of escape in temptation (1 Corinthians 10:13).
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- 2 Corinthians 6:14-15
[14] Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what communion has light with darkness? [15] What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
- 2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
- Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- 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?
- 1 Corinthians 15:33
Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
- Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
[4] Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, [5] doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; [6] doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; [7] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- Matthew 19:5
and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'
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