God clearly calls believers to marry only believers. But does a premarital pregnancy introduce an exception? Today and Friday we field two questions about premarital pregnancies, one involving a believer and an unbeliever, and another scenario with two professing believers. First, this one: Does a premarital pregnancy nullify the ‘unequally yoked’ prohibition? The question arrives from a listener named Patrick, a pastor. “Hello, Pastor John, thank you for how this podcast serves me as a pastor. A young couple at my church is unmarried, and they have a child together. They are now living in a state of chastity, apart. The man is not a believer. She is. They plan to marry, though I have advised her not to marry him unless he becomes a believer (based on 2 Corinthians 6:14 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? –18). Categorically speaking, am I correct here? Or does the bringing of a child together into the world override Paul’s ‘unequally yoked’ principle?” Episode 1264: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/does-premarital-pregnancy-nullify-unequally-yoked Related Resources: “How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd-YfSA8dNU “What Sex Outside Marriage Says About You” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB-JXnMXzKs “Is It Sinful to Be Pregnant Before Marriage?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRYOQFKq71Y “What Is the Daily Aim of Parenting?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfejOAZD270 Ask Pastor John Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKvMOJ1T8T4&list=PLFF7F6AE365DA3564 Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes, http://desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john