and said: for this thing, shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh.
Wherefore now are they not twain, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder, that which God hath coupled together.
¶ Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good.
Do ye not understand that he which coupleth himself with an harlot, is become one body? For two (saith he) shall be one flesh:
Nevertheless to avoid fornication, let every man have his wife: and let every woman have her husband.
The wife hath not power over her own body: but the husband: And likewise the man hath not power over his own body: but the wife.
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall continue with his wife, and two shall be made one flesh.