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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"equally yoked" - what does this mean?[/quote]

The phrase “unequally yoked” comes from 2 Corinthians 6:14 in the King James Version: “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” The New American Standard Version is a little more forthright: “Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?”

A yoke is a wooden bar that joins two animals to each other and to the burden they pull, and forces them to work together, simultaneously. It is a laboring harness for oxen, mule, etc. An “unequally yoked” team has two animals that are not necessarily equal in their strength/stamina/etc. A combindation of factors that would impact the effectiveness of the work to be done. For example, a weaker or shorter ox would walk slower than the taller, stronger one, causing the load to go around in circles. When oxen are unequally yoked, they cannot perform the task set before them. Instead of working together, they are at odds with one another.

The scripture of not being unequally yoked is not specific to marriage, but the implied principle is the same.  In referring to marriages of believers (in Christ), this scripture emphasizes the importance of working together as one, submitting to each other in love, respecting as individuals. You know the 3-legged race, where they tie two legs together and you both have to walk fast to get to the finish line? The teams that win work together and dont fall, they get in rhythm. It is kind of like that.

It helps for two to be similar in capacity so that they can work together - because there is always work to be done! :)

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