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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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The "Unequal Yoke" Metaphor
Commentators explain that "unequally yoked" is a powerful metaphor drawn from Old Testament law (Deut. 22:10), which forbade plowing with two different kinds of animals. This imagery highlights the fundamental incompatibility between believers and unbelievers. Their core principles, spiritual nature, and ultimate goals are so different that forming binding partnerships is spiritually unnatural and hazardous.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. This is closely connected in sense with the previous verse. The apostle is stating th…
Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers (μη γινεσθε ετεροζυγουντες απιστοις). No other example of this verb has yet been found, th…
19th Century
Anglican
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers.—We seem at first to enter, by an abrupt transition, upon a new line …
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Baptist
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
Not in any way – neither in marriage, which is the chief of all forms for yoki…
Paul has just appealed to the Corinthians for mutual openness in affection and in speech. His own heart is open wide to them, but both he and they …
16th Century
Protestant
Be not yoked. As if regaining his authority, he now reproves them more freely because they associated with unbelievers, as partakers with …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers This seems to be an allusion to the law in ([Reference Deuteronomy 2…
It is wrong for believers to associate with the wicked and profane. The word unbeliever applies to all who are lacking true faith. True pastors wil…
13th Century
Catholic
After teaching them the use of grace for good outward actions, the Apostle now instructs them on its use for internal devotion, which consists in a…
