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Teachings about Divorce

Matthew 19:6

In 9 translations

BSB
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
KJV
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
WEB
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
ASV
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
LSV
So that they are no longer two, but one flesh; what therefore God joined together, let no man separate.”
YLT
so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'
DBY
so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.Elohim
DRC
Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
GNV
Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶν δύο ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία. ὃ οὖν ὁ θεὸς συνέζευξεν ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω.
RP2018
Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶν δύο, ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία. Ὃ οὖν ὁ θεὸς συνέζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω.
TR-Boyd
Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶ δύο, ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία. Ὃ οὖν ὁ Θεὸς συνέζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω.
SCR1894
ωστε ουκετι εισιν δυο αλλα σαρξ μια ο ουν ο θεος συνεζευξεν ανθρωπος μη χωριζετω

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Mark 10:9Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
  • Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
  • Romans 7:2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:10–14To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his…
  • Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
  • Malachi 2:14Yet 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.
  • Proverbs 2:17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

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