Bible Verses About Marrying an Unsaved Person
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for marrying an unsaved person, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 394 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 7:10-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Marrying an Unsaved Person
1 Corinthians 7:10-1762 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
2 Corinthians 6:1443 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
1 Corinthians 7:1534 votes
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
1 Corinthians 7:1-4030 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians 7:3923 votes
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Ephesians 5:2522 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Matthew 5:3221 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
2 Corinthians 6:14-1817 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Romans 7:1-2515 votes
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
1 Peter 3:715 votes
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Genesis 2:1814 votes
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:2414 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Mark 10:11-1214 votes
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
1 Timothy 3:1-1614 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
John 14:613 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Revelation 21:812 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
1 John 4:811 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Luke 16:1810 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Romans 10:1310 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
What does the Bible say about marrying an unsaved person?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:10-17 on the subject of marrying an unsaved person. Across 394 votes, 19 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 6:14, 1 Corinthians 7:15, 1 Corinthians 7:1-40. This page lists all 19 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.