When Paul uses this analogy of being unequally yoked, he has in mind two completely different points of view, so that horses that are brought together are facing in opposite directions. It prompts him to multiply comparisons here just so you get the idea of how ludicrous it is to think of binding ourselves together with unbelievers in such a […]

Do not be unequally yoked, says Paul. Jesus says it this way, you cannot serve two masters. You will love the one and hate the other. It can’t be both. This passage is often applied to a husband and wife coming together where one is a believer and one is an unbeliever. That’s a good application of this passage, but […]

In verse 8, Paul introduces a series of contrasts by calling them circumstances of honour and dishonour, good and evil reports. As imposters, yet true, is the first comparison. Paul’s detractors claimed that he was a deceiver. But even though he was charged as a deceiver, Paul spoke the truth in love. It could be that your Christian faith is […]