Malachi 2:15

Marriage Faithfulness and loyalty Parents and children The Holy Spirit

¹³ And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.

¹⁴ Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

¹⁶ “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

¹⁷ You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
KJV: 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.
WEB: Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
ASV: And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
DARBY: And did not one make [them]? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,
BLB: And did He not make [them] one, and a remnant of the Spirit unto him? And what [is] the one? He was seeking seed of God. Therefore keep guard over your⁺ spirit, and do not deal treacherously with the wife of your youth.

ÅB: Men har ikke en[^6] gjort det og er enda blitt i live? Men hva gjorde denne ene? Han ville oppnå den slekt Gud hadde lovt ham[^7]; men dere skal ta vare på deres liv, og mot din ungdoms hustru må du ikke være troløs!
OTB: Skapte ikke den ene Gud deg? Du tilhører ham i kropp og ånd. Og hva ønsker den ene Gud? Gudfryktige etterkommere. Så vær på vakt, og vær ikke utro mot din ungdoms hustru.
B1930: Men har ikke en gjort det og er enda blitt i live? Men hvad gjorde denne ene? Han vilde opnå den ætt Gud hadde lovt ham; men I skal ta vare på eders liv, og mot din ungdoms hustru må du ikke være troløs! / < Abraham; 1MO 16, 4 fg. JES 51, 2. ESK 33, 24.> / < 1MO 15, 4 fg. 16, 2.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 19:4–6
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
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Mark 10:6–8
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
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Malachi 2:14
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
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Genesis 2:20–24
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
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Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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1 Timothy 3:11–12
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
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2 Corinthians 6:18
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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1 Corinthians 7:14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
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