What does the Bible say about unwed mothers?
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The Bible teaches that sexual intimacy belongs within marriage, yet God offers forgiveness, dignity, and faithful care to unmarried mothers through Christ. Hebrews 13:4 honors marriage, while Romans 8:1 assures those who are in Christ that there is no condemnation. Hebrews 10:26 warns against settled, unrepentant sin, but it does not cancel the gospel’s mercy for those who turn to Jesus in faith. The church should therefore receive mothers and children with truth, compassion, practical help, and prayer. Proverbs 1:8-9 and 22:6 encourage godly instruction, while 2 Timothy 1:5 shows the lasting influence of a faithful mother’s faith.
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- Romans 8:1 5 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- Hebrews 10:26 4 votes
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
- Hebrews 13:4 3 votes
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Proverbs 1:8-9 2 votes
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching; for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
- 2 Timothy 1:5 2 votes
having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, in you also.
- Proverbs 31:25 2 votes
Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.
- Proverbs 22:6 2 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 2 votes
Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
- Revelation 1:1 2 votes
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
- Deuteronomy 5:16 2 votes
“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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