Chapters and Books

Go4God_Man · 11-02-2009, 04:20 PM

Where can I find what the Bible has to say about dating? I have just started my first relationship and I would like to know where I can read and find a good, lighted path to follow for this relationship. Thank you in advance for all your help.

**bread man** · 11-02-2009, 07:03 PM

Unfortunately you're out of luck, because the Bible doesn't mention dating.

rock_show_host · 11-02-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bread man

Unfortunately you're out of luck, because the Bible doesn't mention dating.

Bullseye.

***BillSPrestonEsq*** · 11-02-2009, 07:45 PM

However, every passage that talks about living purely applies, to dating, marriage, and well, life.

Go4God_Man · 11-02-2009, 08:36 PM

Then what would some of the more prominent and helpful chapters or verses be that talk about that? By "that" I mean "living purely". They're probably all over the place, but I'm lazy and don't want to look. Thanks guys.

bobthecockroach · 11-03-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

However, every passage that talks about living purely applies, to dating, marriage, and well, life.

As with every other passage, at least tangentially. Everything we learn from the Bible that draws us closer to God makes us more likely to make godly dating decisions.

bobthecockroach · 11-03-2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Go4God_Man

I'm lazy and don't want to look.

Then it won't help us telling you. I'm not saying I won't or that no one else should, but lazy and the Bible don't go together. Lazy and *anything* worth reading don't go together. There's no sense reading anything serious if you aren't going to be serious about it.

A good place to start may be 1 Corinthians 13:

1 Corinthians 13 - PassageLookup - English Standard Version - BibleGateway.com

Go4God_Man · 11-04-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bobthecockroach

Then it won't help us telling you. I'm not saying I won't or that no one else should, but lazy and the Bible don't go together. Lazy and *anything* worth reading don't go together. There's no sense reading anything serious if you aren't going to be serious about it.

A good place to start may be 1 Corinthians 13:

1 Corinthians 13 - PassageLookup - English Standard Version - BibleGateway.com

Who said I'm not serious? I want to have a close, intimate relationship with God. I take my faith seriously, it Isn't something that I take lightly or with humor. I suppose I can see where you would think that I am not serious. About my faith, my life, who I date, what I do, what I stand for, who I hang around with, and what it is all for, in the end. While I did say that I was lazy, I did not mean to imply it in the way you took my words. I meant to refer to my demeanor, which I would most certainly classify as lazy. However, I would not classify myself as a lazy person. I work for what I want, and while I don't necessarily expect things to be given to me, I would like a helping hand once in a while. Yes, I did come here to ask for help in my situation, and to institute that I was not sure where to look in this circumstance. I was searching for other verses or chapters that had helped others to keep their relationships on the straight and narrow. A path that I would like to follow. Thank you for your input Mr. Bob. I do not mean to offend, I simply wish to clarify my previous posts, as I understand that where there is one, there are many.

Thank you for all your help so far guys. Keep them coming.

jthomas1600 · 11-04-2009, 06:22 PM

Well, I have a teenage son, (who's on CGR from time to time) what would I tell him if he were asking this same question? First I would tell him if he were "too lazy" to look the verses up himself that he probably wasn't ready to put forth the effort to have a decent relationship anyway. Once we got past that, I would tell him to study the passages that deal with husbands and wives as that is the ultimate end to dating. Eph. 5 would be a good place to start. That chapter tells husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it. Think about that for a while.

bobthecockroach · 11-04-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Go4God_Man

Who said I'm not serious? I want to have a close, intimate relationship with God. I take my faith seriously, it Isn't something that I take lightly or with humor. I suppose I can see where you would think that I am not serious. About my faith, my life, who I date, what I do, what I stand for, who I hang around with, and what it is all for, in the end. While I did say that I was lazy, I did not mean to imply it in the way you took my words. I meant to refer to my demeanor, which I would most certainly classify as lazy. However, I would not classify myself as a lazy person. I work for what I want, and while I don't necessarily expect things to be given to me, I would like a helping hand once in a while. Yes, I did come here to ask for help in my situation, and to institute that I was not sure where to look in this circumstance. I was searching for other verses or chapters that had helped others to keep their relationships on the straight and narrow. A path that I would like to follow. Thank you for your input Mr. Bob. I do not mean to offend, I simply wish to clarify my previous posts, as I understand that where there is one, there are many.

Thank you for all your help so far guys. Keep them coming.

You're right. I did take it the wrong way. Sorry about that.

jthomas1600 · 11-04-2009, 08:14 PM

If finding the time or energy to study these things out is a challenge I might also suggest a decent study bible. Mine (and I think most study bibles) has notations in the margin that point me to the next relative passages. Also there are online concordances like this. Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Go4God_Man · 11-04-2009, 09:30 PM

No Mr. Bob. It is not your fault. It is my fault for not taking the proper time, and using the correct words, to say what I was trying to make known. Thanks again everybody.