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15 (A)Did he not make them one, with flesh and spirit?
    And what does the One require? Godly offspring!
You should be on guard, then, for your life,
    and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

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15 Did not one God make her?[a] Both flesh and spirit are his.[b] And what does the one God[c] desire? Godly offspring. So look to yourselves, and do not let anyone be faithless to the wife of his youth.

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  1. Malachi 2:15 Or Has he not made one?
  2. Malachi 2:15 Cn: Heb and a remnant of spirit was his
  3. Malachi 2:15 Heb he

15 Didn’t he make her[a] the one[b]
    and the remnant of his spirit?[c]
    What is the one?
        The one seeking godly offspring.
You should guard your own spirit.
    Don’t cheat on the wife of your youth

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  1. Malachi 2:15 Heb lacks her.
  2. Malachi 2:15 Heb uncertain; her refers to the wife in Mal 2:14.
  3. Malachi 2:15 Heb uncertain

15 [a]But not one has (A)done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And [b]why the one? He was seeking a (B)godly offspring. Be careful then about your spirit, and see that none of you deals (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 what did the one do while he was seeking

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.