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Kalled2Preach said:

If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. (1 Corinthians 7:13-14 ESV)


How would this verse play into things though?
This text does not apply because Paul is addressing those who are already married.

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Kalled2Preach also asks
And isn't sex what makes marriage in the eyes of God, not the ceremony?
Not in my opinion. Were not Adam and Eve married before they had children or before they had relations? Marriage is the entering into covenant, where each party vows certain stipulations and publicly professes their commitment to each other. Sexual relations is a privilege reserved for those who are married and does not make a marriage. Marriage is to be sanctioned by God Who has set forth the parameters both in regard the legitimate partners (believer to believer) and the privileges and restrictions of the parties involved.

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Lastly, Kalled2Preach remarks:
All things considered, their marriage has already been sanctioned in the eyes of God.
Again, I disagree on the basis of 2Cor 6:14ff which specifically says that a believer is not to be joined to an unbeliever and that any such union is antithetical to the very nature of God's creation. For a believer to disregard this injunction is sin and would simply compound the sin of this woman who did that which was not permitted, i.e., to have sexual relations out of wedlock.

In His grace,

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