Paul is warning us here to be careful of non-believers in our circle of friends, your “peeps.” Other translations would say don’t be “yoked” with unbelievers. Why? Because believers and unbelievers don’t mix well. We can easily go astray and leave our faith in Jesus behind when we are connected to unbelievers. This can be in marriage, in business, in close friendships.
When I first thought about this, I had a hard time because our call is to seek the lost, those that don’t know Jesus’ saving grace. Many times we need to befriend an unbeliever to get them to trust us enough to hear our message, to really listen and understand what our mission is. How do we balance that? Plus, the world is full of unbelievers, so clearly Paul is not saying to avoid them altogether.
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