Cohabitation is nothing new. It happened in Biblical times, too. Remember when Jesus spoke with the woman at the well in John 4:17?

When questioned about her husband, she answered that she had no husband. A popular contemporary Bible version renders Jesus’ response as,

That’s nicely put: ‘I have no husband.’ You’ve had five husbands and the man you’re living with now isn’t even your husband. You spoke the truth there, sure enough.” (John 4:17 The Message)

Jesus didn’t avoid the issue. He didn’t excuse it. The woman in John 4 obviously had had a bad experience in marriage (since she’d been married five times) and she was surely experiencing emotional pain because of it. Jesus didn’t scorn her or berate her. He simply addressed the truth of the situation and moved directly to her real need.

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written by Patrick and Dwaina Six,
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• The Seven Myths of Cohabitation

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• MYTHS OF LIVING TOGETHER

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