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10 Bible Verses About Dating

Christian Pure Team

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Summary

  • 1 Corinthians 7:39 gives Paul’s rule for a widow who remarries: she may marry anyone she wishes, but “he must belong to the Lord.”
  • The paragraph around 2 Corinthians 6:14 does not mention marriage; its contrasts run from light and darkness to the temple of God and idols.
  • Song of Songs repeats the charge “Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires” at 2:7, 3:5 and 8:4.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:6 adds that in sexual matters no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.
  • In Genesis 24, Rebekah’s brother and father agree to her marriage to Isaac, and 24:67 records that Isaac married her and loved her.

The Bible does not describe dating. The verses that bear on it concern whom a believer marries, sexual conduct and character, among them 1 Corinthians 7:39 on whom a widow may marry 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 on sexual immorality, Song of Songs 2:7 on awakening love, and Proverbs 31:30 on charm and beauty. In Genesis 24 a marriage is arranged between households: Abraham sends his senior servant to find Isaac a wife among his own relatives, and Rebekah’s brother Laban and…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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