Question:
Is there anything wrong with going out with someone with no intention of marriage? What about dating just for fun? Is there anything wrong with this?

Answer:
If this is your intent, you must openly communicate this to your date. But we must be aware of the dangers of this kind of dating. Possibly the closest to the world’s idea of dating “for fun” in the Bible is when Dinah wanted to have a good time and “went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem…saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her” (Genesis 34:1, 2). This brought shame on herself and her family.

A Christian should not put himself in circumstances that would tempt him/her to be “drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death” (James 1:14, 15).