14 (A)But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord (B)was witness between you and the wife of your youth, (C)to whom (D)you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 (E)Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?[a] And what was the one God[b] seeking?[c] (F)Godly offspring. So guard yourselves[d] in your spirit, and let none of you be (G)faithless to the wife of your youth.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:15 Hebrew in it
  2. Malachi 2:15 Hebrew the one
  3. Malachi 2:15 Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?
  4. Malachi 2:15 Or So take care; also verse 16

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