24 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.(A)

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24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(A) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(B)

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24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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15 Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking?[a] Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,[b](A) so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his[c] youth.

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  1. 2:15 Hb obscure
  2. 2:15 Lit So guard yourselves in your spirit
  3. 2:15 Lit your

15 Has not the one God made you?(A) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[a](B) So be on your guard,(C) and do not be unfaithful(D) to the wife of your youth.

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  1. Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.

15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

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16 Don’t you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh.[a](A)

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  1. 6:16 Gn 2:24

16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”[a](A)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:16 Gen. 2:24

16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

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31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,(A) and the two will become one flesh.[a](B)

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  1. 5:31 Gn 2:24

31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[a](A)

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  1. Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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