Gen 2:24, Mar 10:5-9, 1Cor 6:16, 7:2, Eph 5:31 | ISV

Genesis 2:24

Mark 10:5-9

5 But Jesus said to them, “It was because of your hardness of heart that he wrote this command for you. 6 But from the beginning of creation, ‘God ^{▼▼Other mss. read He} made them male and female.’ ^{▼▼Gen 1:27; 5:2}Gen 1:27; 5:2 7 ‘That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,Gen 2:24; 1Cor 6:16; Eph 5:31 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ ^{▼▼Gen 2:24} So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate.”

1 Corinthians 6:16

16 You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ^{▼▼Gen 2:24}Gen 2:24; Matt 19:5; Eph 5:31

1 Corinthians 7:2

2 But because sexual immorality is so rampant, ^{▼▼Lit. because of instances of sexual immorality} every man should have his own wife, and every woman should have her own husband.

Ephesians 5:31

31 “That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” ^{▼▼Gen 2:24}Gen 2:24; Matt 19:5; Mark 10:7-8; 1Cor 6:16