If you are a single Christian man or woman of God, and are looking for a mate/spouse, you should not be looking amongst unbelievers. Single Christians should be looking for a spouse within the church, meaning a Christian believer, and not an atheist or someone from another religion.
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 – 14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
17 Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 18 And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
If you are a widow who is looking to remarry, you should be looking for a mate who is a Christian believer.
1 Corinthians 7:39 – A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.
The Bible speaks against marrying someone who is not a Christian because if you really are an actual practicing Christian, you are considered ‘light’, and light should have nothing to do with darkness. Light and darkness have nothing in common, so it should be difficult to have fellowship with those who are in ‘darkness’, let alone get married. Light and darkness cannot exist together. Existing in this way together would make the pair of you unevenly yoked. This union would bring upon an unnecessary strife between you, your spouse, your children and even your in-laws. The way to seek peace in this situation would be to compromise your beliefs in the word of God, which is not an option for a believing Christian.
The foundation of your marriage would not be based on anything solid. The strong Biblical principles of a godly husband and wife could not be enforced as your union would not be based on the standards of the Bible, but rather on the ever changing philosophies of the world, and there will not be any true harmony in your marriage. Some may state that they are unevenly yoked, yet they have harmony in their marriage. However, this can only be achieved through a compromise of the Bible’s standards, which in the Bible, is manipulation of God’s word and this is a sin.
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