2 Corinthians 6:14 (ESV Strong's)
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Subject: Sanctification
Paul is writing to the church at Corinth to warn them about their relationship with the world. Most people have interpreted the above verse in the context of physical relationships with an unbeliever. That would be the main thought here. However, this principle also applies to our world view of life. We are not to take parts of Christianity and marry them to parts of the world. Today we live in an amalgamated society. We take a little philosophy here and a little philosophy there and we make a new philosophy here. Today Christians are mixing much of Christianity with parts of the Constitution with parts of the Societal norms. The amalgamating Christian is a dangerous person in the Church, in a marriage, or in a Christian society. This verse tells us to not "yoke" our faith, our bodies, or minds, with the thoughts, thinking and beliefs of the world. Being sanctified is not to be amalgamated.
Contrast this verse with 2 Corinthians 6:1
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