Malachi 2:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Did

Matthew 19:4

Mark 10:6

1 Corinthians 7:2

The spirit

John 20:22

That he

Godly seed

Acts 3:25

2 Corinthians 6:18

Take

Matthew 5:28

Matthew 15:19

James 1:14

Bible References

Did

"Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'made them' from the beginning 'male and female,

but from the beginning of the creation the rule was, 'Male and female did God make them.

But because there is so much fornication every man should have a wife of his own, and every woman should have a husband.

The spirit

Having said this He breathed upon them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

That he

For, in such cases, the unbelieving husband has become--and is--holy through union with a Christian woman, and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a Christian brother. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but in reality they have a place among God's people.

And you, fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up tenderly with true Christian training and advice.

but ruling his own household wisely and well, with children kept under control with true dignity.

wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.

Godly seed

"You are the heirs of the Prophets, and of the Covenant which God made with your forefathers when He said to Abraham, 'And through your posterity all the families of the world shall be blessed.'

and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord the Ruler of all."

Take

But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and cherishes lustful thoughts has already in his heart become guilty with regard to her.

For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.

But when a man is tempted, it is his own passions that carry him away and serve as a bait.