Namoro
O namoro cristão deve ser vivido com sabedoria, pureza e propósito. A Bíblia orienta sobre escolher um cônjuge, guardar o coração e honrar a Deus em todo relacionamento.
Guardar o coração
Sobre tudo o que se deve guardar, guarda o teu coração, porque dele procedem as fontes da vida. O namoro exige vigilância e sabedoria.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. with…: Heb. above all keeping
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
3 Can two walk together, except they are agreed?
33 Be not deceived: evil company corrupteth good habits.
Pureza e santidade
O corpo é templo do Espírito Santo. A Bíblia nos chama a fugir da imoralidade e esperar no amor com paciência e respeito mútuo.
18 Flee immorality. Every sin that a man doeth is outside the body; but he that committeth immorality sinneth against his own body.19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own?20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
13 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. Meats: not flesh only, but food of any kind
9 But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake my love, until he please. that…: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
A esposa prudente vem do Senhor
Deus criou o homem e a mulher para completarem-se. A casa e os bens são herança dos pais, mas a esposa prudente vem do Senhor.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet…: Heb. as before him
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.