Before marriage, the relationship should take place, this involves both genders coming in to understand themselves more of the task ahead.
This isn’t any doubt that God still gives people spouses without them knowing each other(involved in a relationship or dating), and they’ll live together happily without divorce.
Bible Verses About Relationships And Dating
God ordained and blessed marriage. There’s a blessing and a cure involved in marriage; when God joins two opposite gender together, He made an instruction that whatever He has joined together, let no man put asunder.
Since God blesses marriage, any path taken to achieve union is protected by God.
These scriptures have provided powerful explanations to guide us on the process of godly dating and relationships, which will take us directly to marriage.
1 Corinthians 6:18 -Intimacy outside marriage is a sin against God
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:18(ESV)
As believers, we need to show an excellent example to others who are not believers, and our actions should speak more of who we are and not our words.
Most intimacy we indulge in wouldn’t have occurred if we kept our distance from our spouse.
Closeness can bring in emotions which can prompt intimacy.in other to avoid this, distance is the best solution.
2 Timothy 2:22 – Our passion might derail our path
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22(ESV)
Our youthful passion may involve things that aren’t pleasant to God, so we must flee from them.
Our youthful passion may involve what we see others do and what they have, which is pleasing to the eye and our flesh.
We believers shouldn’t experience intimacy before marriage, instead, we should view ourselves as a reflection of society as a whole.
Genesis 2:24 -God ordains marriage.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Genesis 2:24 (ESV)
We are all meant to leave our homes and stick to a man or a woman.
God ordained and arranged marriage, so it is proper to leave our parents and stick to our spouses.
God instructed us to go into the world and multiply, and this multiplication cannot be done outside marriage, else it’s tagged fornication.
2 Corinthians 6:14 -Bad companies might corrupt our relationship
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14 (ESV)
How we associate with others can easily influence us negatively, so we should be mindful of the kind of friends we keep during our courtship.
Most relationships collapse because of bad advice from the people we call our friends. Most time, that advice is given out purposely and some ignorantly. We should endeavor to associate with people who will positively impact us during our relationships.
Proverbs 18:22-God blesses marriage.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 18:22 (ESV)
Since marriage was ordained and designed by God, we should all leave our parent’s houses and be with our spouses.
This scripture assures that being God’s commandment and finding a spouse for ourselves is seen as the best thing we can ever do.
James 1:19-20 -Our word can destroy our relationship
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
20.because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.James 1:19-20(ESV)
The relationship isn’t about meeting our spouse; it also involves us maintaining our relationship via our actions and manner of words.
In maintaining our relationship with our spouse, we must be mindful of how we speak and react to specific issues.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9-Anger can destroy our relationship
The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. 9.Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9(ESV)
All relationships we involve ourselves in are supposed to lead us to marriage.
Most of the relationships in which we are engaged begin amicably but end up being very difficult.
No one wants a relationship that will not lead them to marriage; as such, we should maintain and coordinate how we take and interact with our spouse.
The relationship was meant for both parties to come and know themselves more, understanding the likes and dislikes of each other.
Colossians 3:23-Put God in your relationship
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,
Colossians 3:23(ESV)
Most spouses get offended by some actions done to them by their spouse and often want to pay them back with evil. This action is wrong, love should always take the lead in any relationship.
Grudges shouldn’t be found among lovers who tend to spend the rest of their lives together, but rather love.
According to this scripture, any action taken or done should be out of our love for christ, when we love God, certain things will not be found in us.
Hebrews 10:24-25- Oneness is required in a relationship
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,25.not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25(ESV)
The relationship involves us loving and caring for one another. Love cannot be complete if we don’t encourage ourselves in relationships.
When we involve ourselves in any relationship, we should always see our spouse’s problems and challenges as ours, with this, we can develop the habit of tending to their issues as our own.
1 Timothy 2:9- There should be decency in relationship
Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,
1 Timothy 2:9(ESV)
This verse doesn’t only apply to women but to both genders. We can see in today’s world where men turn themselves to women and women turn themselves to them.
Believers need to have self-control toward themselves, these can include self-control over material things or self-control over the opposite gender.
Bible Verses About Dating And Courtship
Dating shouldn’t be seen as something negative or against the will of our creator.
In today’s world, humans have turned dating and courtship into a semi-marriage home.
Dating should only involve the coming together of opposite genders to know how they will live together for a lifetime.
Dating and courtship weren’t meant or created for intimacy, intimacy was only meant for married couples who God blessed.
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
1 Corinthians 7:1(ESV)
Intimacy outside marriage is a sin against God and humanity. As believers, these actions shouldn’t be found around us.
We must understand that intimacy outside marriage has pushed many to commit suicide.
God frowned at those indulging themselves in this act, and we should endeavor to abstain from these particular acts.
Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Genesis 2:18(ESV)
Marriage is a command from God which involves both genders leaving the parent houses to stick with one another.
Marriage can be done through dating or being involved in a relationship, but it excludes intimacy.
Leaving our parents’ houses and sticking to a partner should be done through courtship or relationship, this will make us know each other’s character and behavior to understand how to cope with them.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:33(ESV)
No matter where we find our spouse, even in the church, we should always endeavor to call God in the relationship we find ourselves.
In looking for a spouse, we must always call on God to give us absolute direction and guidance on choosing the right spouse.
We may encounter challenges and difficulties in our courtship or relationship with our spouses. This shouldn’t make us quit, but rather involve God through prayers.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11(ESV)
God has a better plan for us if we involve Him in our activities, God can give us the right spouse if we come to Him in prayers and put in our requests.
God will never give us something that will bring pain and sorrow to our lives, He wants us to dwell in safety and to live a more extended year.
Marriage isn’t something that ends quickly, it involves a lifetime. so it will be important that in our dating and courtship time, we choose a spouse that will give us peace.
Colossians 3:5
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:5 (ESV)
As believers, in our courtship or dating life, we must always ensure to put up a christ-like character because others are always there to imitate us.
According to this passage, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, couldn’t be found among us Christians during our courtship time.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (ESV)
The first thing anyone sees before taking a step into courtship is love. Without love, there will be nothing like courtship or dating, which might lead to marriage.
We should also understand this as believers, that there’s no friendship, dating, or courtship with issues, but love still keeps them together.
All of us are expected to love one another, but this shouldn’t be seen as something we are obliged to do; rather, it should be something we freely give.
Bible Verses Dating To Marry
Dating is a relationship where two opposite genders come together to know themselves so they can marry to become one flesh, which is God’s original plan for us.
Dating shouldn’t be an activity where spouses come together to know themselves intimately, this can be seen as fornication in God’s sight.
This section gives us five Bible verses explaining what we should do as believers and that our dating will lead to marriage.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14(ESV)
As believers who want their relationship or dating life to lead to marriage, we must first understand the principle of God and what God wants from us as a believer.
This verse isn’t telling us not to associate with the unbelievers because they are the ones we should associate with so we can change them from their evil ways.
We are not to join them in their evil deeds, we are not expected to do what the world does in their courtship or relationship.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (ESV)
Those who want to end well in their dating and relationship life should always ensure they love one another as they do for themselves, even though they aren’t our spouses.
In our dating life, the greatest sacrifice we are expected to pay is the sacrifice of love, this covers all.
We are always seen as the fundamental of all. If we are to love as christ instructed, the world will be a better place for everyone.
2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14(ESV)
Humility in the place of prayers is another powerful tool that we can use to push our dating stage to marriage. Humility in courtship or dating is important to keep our spouse.
This involves us believers going to God in prayers, committing the relationship to God’s hands for complete control.
The problem we often face in our dating life is our inability to pray.
We should also understand that whatever we commit to God’s hands is always safe and perfect.
1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:18(ESV)
Most people capitalize intimacy in dating to be what keeps a relationship. this isn’t true, whatever is against the command of God, we aren’t meant to do them.
As believers, we need to show quality examples to others by walking by the will and command of God.
Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing
and obtains favor from the LORD.Proverb 18:22(ESV)
Marriage is a blessing. We must all one day leave our parent’s home and stick to the opposite gender to be called husband and wife.
According to this scripture, we are to understand that any commandment from God comes with a blessing if we obey them.
Conclusion
Relationship time should be used to know and understand our spouse’s likes and dislikes.
Relation and dating shouldn’t be a time or seen as an opportunity we should use to indulge ourselves in any intimacy.
In other words, to maintain our relationship, dating or courtship still marriage, we should never stop praying and showing love to others.
