So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man separate.
19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh; — Gen 2:1-25, “23 Then Adam said: This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” They are one in purpose, in their children, and share the experiences of life. (Two homosexuals cannot be “one flesh”). — therefore what God has joined together, let not man put asunder. — Divorce rejects God’s plan. When the divorce happens, “they are no longer” one flesh, but two. Destroy protection against fornication (1Co 7:2). It is a traumatic experience for both of them and worse for their children. Therefore, God hates divorce (bad 2:16). Therefore, the church cannot “nullify” the marriage made by God (“nullification” results in separation). Of course, the laws of the state have nothing to do with this issue. The government does not house and cannot separate. Many attach great importance to “license” and, of course, Romans 13:1 and other texts require us to submit to earthly law, but as for marriage, the government only registers marriage, and registers not only marriage acceptable in the eyes of God, but also “marriages” that are pure adultery in the eyes of God. God’s eyes. In one sense the union or marriage bond is a “yoke”, but “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers” (2Co 6:14) does not refer to marriage with an unbeliever, since the context clearly indicates that Paul speaks of communion with practices of idolatry. Eph 5:11 (“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness”) is parallel with 2Co 6:14 2Co 6:17 it says, “Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord”; therefore, if v 14 applied to marriage to an unbeliever, separation would be necessary, but Paul had already said in the first letter (1Co 7:12), “If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she agrees to live with him, do not abandon her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer, and he consents to live with her, he may not desert him.”
1Co 7:1-40, “10 But to those who are united in marriage, I command, not I, but the Lord: That the wife not separate from the husband; 11 and if she separates from her, she remains unmarried, or reconcile with her husband; and let the husband not desert his wife.” Paul is repeating the teaching of Jesus and in saying, “she does not separate”, he uses the same verb (CHORIDZO) that Jesus uses in Matt 19:6. Some say, “we are not divorced, but only separated.” Those who speak like this are thinking of legal procedures (divorce papers), but these texts clearly condemn separation.
Romans 7:1-25, “2 For a married woman is subject by law to her husband while he lives: but if her husband dies, she is released from her husband’s law. 3 So if, while her husband is alive, she joins another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that if she joins another husband, she will not be an adulteress.” In this text Paul uses the verb DEO (link), translated subject by. LBLA says, “For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law as to the husband.” What does the word linked mean? It means that even though she is married to another man she is still bound to her first husband in the sight of God. The only exception to this law is seen here in Matt 19:9except for the cause of fornication (sexual immorality).
Source: Commentary on the New Testament by Partain
what God put together. Συνεζευξεν, “has joined a yoke”, like oxen in the plow, where each one must pull equally to carry it. Among the ancients, they put a yoke around the necks of a newly married couple, or chains on their arms, to show that they were to be one, closely united, and uniting equally in all the concerns of life. Pro 2:17; bad 2:14; Mar 10:9; Romans 7:2; 1Co 7:10-14; Eph 5:28; Hebrews 13:4.
Source: The Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh; — Gen 2:1-25, “23 Then Adam said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” They are one in purpose, in their children, and share the experiences of life. (Two homosexuals cannot be “one flesh”).
— therefore what God has joined together, let not man put asunder. – Divorce rejects God’s plan. When the divorce happens, “they are no longer” one flesh, but two. It destroys the protection against fornication (1Co 7:2). It is a traumatic experience for both of them and worse for their children. Therefore, God hates divorce (Mal 2:16). Therefore, the church cannot “nullify” the marriage made by God (“nullification” results in separation). Of course, the laws of the state have nothing to do with this issue. The government does not house and cannot separate. Many place great importance on “license” and, of course, Rom 13:1 and other texts require us to submit to earthly law, but when it comes to marriage, the government only registers the marriage, and not only the acceptable marriage. in the eyes of God, but also “marriages” that are pure adultery in the eyes of God.
In a sense the union or marriage bond is a “yoke”, but “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers” (2Co 6:14) does not refer to marriage with an unbeliever, since the context clearly indicates that Paul speaks of the communion with practices of idolatry. Eph 5:11 (“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness”) parallels 2Co 6:14 2Co 6:17 says, “Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord”; therefore, if v 14 applied to marriage with an unbeliever, separation would be necessary, but Paul had already said in the first letter (1Co 7:12), “If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she consents to live with him, do not abandon her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer, and he consents to live with her, he may not desert him.”
1Co 7:1-40, “10 But to those who are united in marriage I command, not I, but the Lord: That the wife not separate from her husband; 11 and if she separates from her, she remains unmarried, or reconcile with her husband; and let the husband not desert his wife.” Paul is repeating the teaching of Jesus and in saying, “she does not separate”, he employs the same verb (CHORIDZO) that Jesus uses in Mat 19:6. Some say, “we are not divorced, but only separated.” Those who speak like this are thinking of legal procedures (divorce papers), but these texts clearly condemn separation.
Rom 7:1-25, “2 For a married woman is subject by law to her husband while he lives: but if her husband dies, she is released from her husband’s law. 3 So if, while her husband is alive, she joins another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that if she joins another husband, she will not be an adulteress.” In this text Paul uses the verb DEO (link), translated subject by. LBLA says, “For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law as to the husband.” What does the word linked mean? It means that even though she is married to another man she is still bound to her first husband in the sight of God. The only exception to this law is seen here in Mat 19:9, except for fornication (sexual immorality).
Source: Reeves-Partain Notes
CROSS-REFERENCES
g 860 Mark 10:9; 1Co 7:11
Source: New World Translation
6 (a) 1Co_7:10
Source: New Testament Commentary Recovery Version
yoke… Hence the words spouse, conjugal.
Source: Textual Bible IV Edition
R845 The aorist tense verb συνέζευξεν translates: has joined (preferably: those whom God joined -MT140).
M144 Ὥστε is simply used as a particle of inference: so therefore.
Source: Grammar Help for the Study of the Greek New Testament
hence the words spouse, conjugal