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Malachi 2:15
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15 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.

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Malachi 2:15
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15 Has not the one God made you?(A) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[a](B) So be on your guard,(C) and do not be unfaithful(D) to the wife of your youth.

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  1. Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.
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Malachi 2:15
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15 (A)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] (B)Godly offspring. So guard yourselves[d] in your spirit, and let none of you be (C)faithless to the wife of your youth.

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  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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Malachi 2:15
Christian Standard Bible

15 Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking?[a] Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,[b](A) so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his[c] youth.

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  1. 2:15 Hb obscure
  2. 2:15 Lit So guard yourselves in your spirit
  3. 2:15 Lit your
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Malachi 2:15
New American Standard Bible 1995

15 [a]But not one has (A)done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And [b]what did that one do while he was seeking a (B)godly [c]offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal (C)treacherously against the wife of your youth.

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  1. Malachi 2:15 Or Did He not make one, although He had the remnant
  2. Malachi 2:15 Or why one? He sought a godly offspring
  3. Malachi 2:15 Lit seed
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