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  • From: Doug Jantz <dwjantz AT swbell.net>
  • To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: 2 Cor 6.14-7.1/1 Cor 7
  • Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:27:19 +0000


Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:

> Dear Doug,
> The prohibition in 1 Cor 7:14 is a simple prohibition.

I guess you mean 2 Cor 7.14? Boy, this coul db efun if I had time. It has
been a
long time since I discussed the M&D questions!

> It would
> include the idea of stopping unions with unbelievers already in progress,
> but a marriage was a special case, God honors the marriage vow that two
> people made. The coming to faith of one partner should not nullify those
> vows; what God puts together, let not man separate (Matt 19:6). But 2 Cor
> 7:14-16 surely does apply to marriage. God does not want us to go into
> marriage with an unbeliever, for just the reasons given in 2 Cor 6:14-16.

Harold, I will stand by my first statements. I used to think this way. BUT,
the big
issue is that marriage is *no place* mentioned in the texts, immediate or
surrounding,
or even surrounding chapters. I am talking of the text of 2Cor 6. It just
is not
there, as much as some would like for it to be.

> If 2 Cor 6:17 calls for separation for from worldly or ungodly people,
> why would a believer contract a marriage with one? Doing that is asking for
> conflict. That is what I was taught in church, and that is what I have seen
> in life.
> You are not convinced that 1 Cor 7:39 is advice for a widow only to
> marry in the Lord:

No, I did not say this. I said I am not convinced that the phrase "only in
the Lord"
means to "marry only a Christian." Why not the same prohibition for a
widower? Why
not the same for a single, etc.? It does not make sense that it would be
only for a
widow.

> I have seen your opinion in commentaries; John Gill is an example below.

I have not seen this before. The view I hold is my own. :-)

I wish I had more time to devote to this, but I don't.

Doug

Douglas Jantz
1304 E. Republic Rd. #180 Springfield, Missouri 65804
USA
dwjantz AT swbell.net
Religious Studies Program
Southwest Missouri State University






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