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So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don`t let man tear apart."
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God, Not Man, Creates Marriage
Jesus grounds the permanence of marriage not in human tradition or law, but in God's original act of creation. Commentators explain that when Jesus says, "What God has joined together," he is declaring that the marital union itself is a sacred institution established by God. Therefore, it is not a merely human or civil contract that people can create or dissolve at will.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he answered and said, etc. Instead of referring to the opinions of either party, Jesus called their attention to the original design o…
What therefore God hath joined together (ο ουν ο θεος συνεζευξεν). Note "what," not "whom." The marriage relation God has made. "T…
19th Century
Anglican
What therefore God has joined—Strictly interpreted, these words go further than those in Matthew 5:32 and appear to forbi…
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Baptist
In His reply, Jesus challenges their knowledge of the law, “Have you not read?” It was a forceful way of appealing to their own boasted kn…
Jesus aligns himself with the prophet Malachi, who quotes the Lord as saying, “I hate divorce” (Malachi 2:16), and also refers to the c…
16th Century
Protestant
What God therefore hath joined. By this sentence, Christ restrains the whim of husbands, so that they may not, by divorcing their wives, b…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore they are no more two They were two before marriage, but now no more so; not but that they remain two disti…
The Pharisees were eager to draw something from Jesus that they could portray as contrary to the law of Moses. Cases about marriage have been numer…
13th Century
Catholic
In this passage, it was shown how one comes to eternal life by the common way. Here, He teaches how one comes by the way of perfection. This way of…
