let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
Parallel translations
- WEB What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
- KJV What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- BSB Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
- NKJV Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
- NASB Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.”
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Quick answer
What God has joined, let no one separate. Marriage is God's work and is meant to be permanent.
Overview
Jesus draws the conclusion: because God himself joins husband and wife, human beings should not break that union. This establishes the lifelong intent of marriage as the creational norm. Faithful Christians agree marriage is meant to be permanent, while discussing carefully the limited exceptions Scripture mentions elsewhere (Matthew 19:9; 1 Corinthians 7:15).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Rom 7:1–3Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?
- 1 Chr 7:10–13The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
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