In the Bible, a husband and wife become one flesh: God joins them, and no one is to separate them. The phrase comes from Genesis 2:24, and Jesus and Paul both quote it when they speak about marriage (Matthew 19:5, Ephesians 5:31). Malachi 2:14 calls a wife “your companion and your wife by covenant,” and 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 and 1 Peter 3:7 spell out what the union asks of both partners. Three passages often read at weddings, Ecclesiastes 4:12, Ruth…
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