What does This mean? 1 Corinthians 7:14?

Thats why they put you in the front of the class.... you just love getting yourself in trouble!

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its so true.. how can one line make so many different answers?

More proof mankind will always have error to error is human :)

No, it does not.

First, the verse doesn't address whether divorce is good or bad---it instead talks about staying married to a non-Christian.

Second, you've taken the verse out of context. In the full context of this passage the unbelieving spouse has the right to walk away and have divorce. Starting in verse 12: "To the rest I say--I and not the Lord--that if any believer has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. And if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For an unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so; in such a case the brother or sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called you. Wife, for all you know,you might save your husband. Husband, for all you know, you might save your wife."

Because Paul would not leave the option for an unholy act, but he does leave the option for an unbeliever to divorce with the result that the "brother or sister is not bound"...Also, this passage is not the only teaching in the NT or the Bible as a whole.

it means that if you marry an unbeliever you should stick with it and not leave them on the basis of your faith in Jesus...because through the person who believes the others can be sanctified...not saved...but sanctified...also in the next verse it says if the unbeliever want to leave you...then let them leave...so i guess this does not verify divorce as an unholy act...it verifies that a believer in Jesus cannot divorce on the grounds of having faith in Jesus...but a non-believer can leave you...

13And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. 16How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

This refers to salvation. The unbelieving husband or wife is sanctified by the believing spouse. This doesn't mean the unbeliever is saved, but rather that he or she is sanctified, set apart, blessed simply because they're linked to a believer.

That passage is confusing. I have heard lots of people say that it refers to the day when we finally meet Jesus face to face, but after lots of recent study (no joke, this came up in church a couple months ago and hubs also did a study on it in youth group) I am pretty sure it is actually referring to the Bible. Back when Paul was alive, they didn't have the entire Bible. To compensate, the early church had the "sign gifts" - speaking in tongues, prophesies, and knowledge. They didn't have the full Bible - they "knew in part". But when that which is perfect came - when all the books of the Bible had been written- they no longer needed those sign gifts. "That which is in part" was done away. Now we have the Bible, and now we can see and understand much more clearly than they could because we have the Bible.

Unbeliever's benefit from the blessings that God gives to their believing mates. These blessings include a witness to the unsaved marriage partner of God's reality. By living godly lives we have a holy influence upon the members of our family. By us they are surrounded with holy influences.

Not necessarily. The Bible does not forbid all divorce, it is allowed for adultery and desertion, but does not require it.

This verse does mean that an unbelieving husband who will live with his wife has a measure of grace not afforded to others.

You need to read 1 Corinthians 7: verse 12 to verse 16 to get the full meaning not just one verse to justify your belief about divorce.

Divorce is always sin, but its not always sin for both parties.

Divorce is allowed in the Bible when a non Christian decides to leave or abandon the marriage or when one is unfaithful to the other.

If you partner is not faithful to you, then you are justified in divorcing them.

Pastor Art

OK, marriage was set up as a spiritual umbrella for protection for the husband and wife and children. When people "do their own thing" without consulting God, they often come out from under God's protection plan. I believe this scripture is written to previous Gentiles and they hadn't always known God (like most of the Jews) and some of them had marriages where one spouse had converted to Christ and the other hadn't and this book of 1st Corinthians is a letter from Apostle Paul answering questions they had written and asked him. God created marriage as a human relationship that reflects Christ and the Church and the Holy Spirit within that relationship.

We separate life into segments, but God sees everyone as His creation, but only those who come back to Him through the Lordship of Jesus Christ as His children, His family born-again into the Kingdom of God and coming OUT of the kingdom of this world which is under the lordship of satan; the prince of this world. Adam's disobedience and teason gave mankinds dominion and authority to satan and we get it back ONLY through Jesus' death and resurrection.

Marriage is a covenant between a man and a woman and GOD. When it is, that marriage is "sanctified" or "set apart" and a Holy Union marked for God's protection. Even if ONE spouse is born-again, God has decided to "set apart" this marriage and extend this sanctification to the children; until they get to an age of accountability before God for themselves. Like it or not, God has no responsibility to protect or provide for any people, even children who aren't IN HIS FAMILY so to speak. "Clean" is a term God uses to say "the shed blood of Jesus has been applied to the marriage and the children of this marriage get the benefit of at least one parent being in covenant with God. "UNclean" is when original sin passed to all mankind, inherited through Adam's sin. (Every seed produces after it's own kind, remember?) Now, with "holy, sanctified" parents, the children are Holy in His eyes. Anytime we are "born-again" we become new creatures and God accepts our acceptance of Jesus as our Savior and He sees us through that substistantial work of the Cross! (Jesus died for me; therefore I died.., He resurrected; therefore I resurrected) See? Salvation is a LEGAL term, along with "sanctification" rather than them being religious words. Children of "unsaved" or "unbelievers" or "non-born again people" are NOT holy and the parents indeed cannot provide any spiritual protection for them. This is just the legalities of it and it is such an ignorant position for adults to stand on: "It's my life and I can choose what I want to do". So foolish.

YES, divorce is an unholy action, but so is resisting the call of the Lord Jesus Christ to surrender to His Lordship and ACCEPT your pre-paid salvation! There is no other way to BE saved from your sin-nature and to BE restored to your heavenly Father God.

This does NOT mean the unbelieving spouse is SAVED by the "believing" spouse. It just means that even ONE believing spouse in a marriage will set apart the children unto God. Followers of Jesus have specific promises from God regarding their family's protection on a daily basis. The devil can't just do anything he desires to us or we'd all be dead!