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Matthew 19:6 Cross-References
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“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
Matthew 19:6 (KJV)
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Commentary on Matthew 19:6
Jesus declares marriage permanence: 'Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder' (Greek: ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶν δύο ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία, 'so they are no longer two but one flesh'). This quotes Genesis 2:24, establishing marriage as divine creation ordinance. The phrase 'one flesh' (σὰρξ μία) indicates profound union - physical, emotional, spiritual. 'What God has joined' makes God active agent in each marriage, not merely original institution. 'Let not man put asunder' (μὴ χωριζέτω) prohibits human dissolution of divine union. Marriag...
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Cross-References for Matthew 19:6
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“and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.”
“let no man separate.,What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.,,,,,,,,”
“but if the husband dies”
“but the Lord--that the wife not leave her husband”
“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”
“'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth”
“and forgets the covenant of her God:”