Covenant Reformed News – March 2006, Volume X, Issue 23
This article examines 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 to address the pastoral question of whether divorce is more easily obtainable in mixed marriages between believers and unbelievers. The author considers various scenarios in which such unions occur and explores how Scripture guides Christians in these difficult situations regarding their unbelieving spouses and children.
Married to an Unbeliever (1) I Corinthians 7:12-16 speaks of a situation Christ did not address in His public ministry (10-11), a mixed marriage between a believer and an unbeliever. Is divorce more easily obtainable here? How is one to view his or her unbelieving spouse? How is one to view his or her children produced from this union? Some mixed marriages occur when a believer sinfully marries an unbeliever. The believer disobeyed God’s command to marry “only in the Lord” (39) and took upon...