Malachi 2:14-16
14 aBut you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord bwas witness between you and the wife of your youth, cto whom dyou have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 eDid he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? ▼▼Hebrew in it
And what was the one God ▼▼Hebrew the one
seeking? ▼▼Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?
iGodly offspring. So guard yourselves ▼▼Or So take care; also verse 16
in your spirit, and let none of you be kfaithless to the wife of your youth. 16“For lthe man who does not love his wife but divorces her, ▼▼Hebrew who hates and divorces
says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers ▼▼Probable meaning (compare Septuagint and Deuteronomy 24:1–4); or “The Lord, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce, and him who covers
his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and odo not be faithless.” Matthew 19:6
6So they are no longer two but one flesh. pWhat therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”Matthew 19:9
9 qAnd I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.” ▼▼Some manuscripts add and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery; other manuscripts except for sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery
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