Unequally Yoked

Does God call for His Elect to be spiritually separate from the unclean Church that is Babylon?

UNBELIEVERS: UNSAVED IN THE BODY?

2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers <571>: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Mt 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless <571> and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

2Co 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel <571>?

Lu 12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers <571>.

1Co 7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not <571>, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

1Co 7:15 But if the unbelieving <571> depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

1Pe 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

UNEQUALY YOKED: MIXED MARRIAGES OF BELIEVERS TO THE UNSAVED?

2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Ga 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

De 7:2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

De 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Ezr 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

Ezr 9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

Ne 13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

Ne 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Mal 2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

Ge 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Ge 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Eph 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Eph 5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Ro 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Ge 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

1Pe 4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

BE NOT UNEQUALLY YOKED: SEPARATION OF WHEAT AND TARES?

2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Nu 16:26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Isa 48:20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

Isa 52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

Mt 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Jer 50:8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks.

Jer 51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

Mt 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Jer 51:45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

Re 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

SUMMARY CONCLUSION

The Bible appears to be defining unequally yoked as the spiritual fornication of mixed marriages between God’s elect and Babylon. God has always called on the elect to be separate from the unclean. However, this appears to find ultimate fulfillment when God judges Babylon and calls the calls the believers out of her.