2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

We need to understand what God is saying and what HE is not saying. HE is talking about partnerships and being unequally yoked. A yoke physically joins two oxen to pull a burden together; an unequally yoked team has mismatched animals, preventing the oxen from accomplishing their task. Here unequally yoked represents believers associated with unbelievers that lead them away from Christ. A believer should never be allied with a nonbeliever so closely that it negatively affects their life. A believer and unbeliever yoked together creates tension pulling in opposite directions. The principle might be expressed: “Do not form any relationship, whether temporary or permanent, with unbelievers that would lead to a compromise of Christian standards. This is a general principle that needs specific application under the