Malachi 2:15
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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.
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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.
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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.
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.