Abraham’s servant was certainly no matchmaker, not having been commissioned to arrange a marriage, but to locate the wife of God’s choosing, under the guidance of an angel of the Lord. Matchmaking is a pastime for some believers. At worst they amuse themselves by manoeuvring people into courtship; at best they imagine they are helping them to happiness, but either way, they toy with matters they do not understand, and meddle with the purposes of God. Manipulating other people’s lives is described in 2 Thessalonians 3 as disorderliness, Paul referring to ‘busybodies’, or meddlesome people who try to run the affairs of those around them. In 1 Peter 4.15 all forms of domineering or interfering in the lives of others are condemned in these words: ‘But let none of you suffer as a … busybody in other men’s matters.’ The New Testament Greek term refers to a bishop or overseer of other people’s lives, and a matchmaker is such a person, a self-appointed bishop over the affairs of others. It follows that single believers would be wise not to allow themselves to be manipulated by people who indulge in matchmaking tricks and schemes. If they suspect that they are being invited into situations which will force them into unsought, close association with an eligible person, they would be wise to avoid the arrangement, and be highly cautious of that host.