16 “For [a]I hate [b](A)divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and [c]him who covers his garment with (B)violence,” says the Lord of armies. “So be careful about your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

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  1. Malachi 2:16 Lit He hates
  2. Malachi 2:16 Lit sending away
  3. Malachi 2:16 Lit he covers

16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,(A)” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”[a](B) says the Lord Almighty.

So be on your guard,(C) and do not be unfaithful.

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  1. Malachi 2:16 Or “I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “because the man who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,”

For I determined to know nothing among you except (A)Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. I also was with you in (B)weakness and (C)fear, and in great trembling, and my [a]message and my preaching were (D)not in persuasive words of [b]wisdom, but in demonstration of (E)the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not [c]rest on the [d]wisdom of mankind, but on (F)the power of God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 2:4 Lit word
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:4 Or cleverness
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:5 Lit be
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:5 Or cleverness

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.(A) I came to you(B) in weakness(C) with great fear and trembling.(D) My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(E) but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,(F) so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.(G)

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I gave you (A)milk to drink, not solid food; for you (B)were not yet able to consume it. But even now you are not yet able,

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I gave you milk, not solid food,(A) for you were not yet ready for it.(B) Indeed, you are still not ready.

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