What does the Bible say about whites marrying blacks?
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The Bible does not forbid marriage between people of different ethnic backgrounds, but calls believers to honor God by marrying in faith and love. Galatians 3:28 and Colossians 3:11 teach that in Christ ethnic distinctions do not determine a person’s standing before God. Acts 17:26 affirms that all peoples share a common origin under God’s providence. In Numbers 12:1, the Lord rebuked Miriam and Aaron after they spoke against Moses because of his Cushite wife, warning against racial contempt. Christians should judge rightly, not by outward appearance, as John 7:24 says. The chief biblical concern for marriage is spiritual unity in Christ, reflected in 2 Corinthians 6:14, not racial difference.
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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.
- Numbers 12:1
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
- Acts 17:26
He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
- Colossians 3:11
where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
- John 7:24
Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
- 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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