Malachi 2:15
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.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Note residue: or, excellency
Note godly…: Heb. seed of God
Note treacherously: or, unfaithfully
Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- did
- Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:20–24; Matthew 19:4–6; Mark 10:6–8; 1 Corinthians 7:2
- residue
- or, excellency. the spirit.
- Genesis 2:7; Job 27:3; Ecclesiastes 12:7; John 20:22
- That he
- Genesis 24:3–7, 44; Genesis 26:34, 35; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 28:2–4; Deuteronomy 7:4; Ezra 9:4; Nehemiah 13:24; Jeremiah 2:21; 1 Corinthians 7:14; Ephesians 6:4; 1 Timothy 3:4, 5, 11, 12; Titus 1:6
- godly seed
- Heb. seed of God.
- Genesis 6:2; Hosea 1:10; Acts 3:25; 2 Corinthians 6:18
- take
- Malachi 2:14; Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 6:25; Proverbs 7:25; Matthew 5:28, 29; Matthew 15:19; James 1:14, 15