Uma só carne

O conceito de 'uma só carne' é o fundamento bíblico do casamento. Desde a criação, Deus uniu homem e mulher em uma aliança indissolúvel de amor, compromisso e intimidade.

A instituição divina do casamento

Deus criou o homem e a mulher e os uniu em aliança. O casamento é obra de Deus, e o que Ele juntou não separe o ser humano.

21 And Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man. While he slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh where it had been.22 And Yahweh God fashioned the rib which he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.23 And the man said,

"She is now bone from my bones

and flesh from my flesh;

she shall be called ‘Woman,’

for she was taken from man."

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cling to his wife, and they shall be as one flesh.

Gênesis 2:21-24

18 Then Yahweh God said, "it is not good that the man is alone. I will make for him a helper as his counterpart."

Gênesis 2:18

27 So God created humankind in his image, in the likeness of God he created him, male and female he created them.

Gênesis 1:27

4 And he answered and said, "Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female 5 and said, ‘On account of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

Mateus 19:4-6

6 But from the beginning of creation ‘he made them male and female.7 Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife,8 and the two will become one flesh,’ so that they are no longer two but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate."

Marcos 10:6-9

O mistério da união

Paulo ensina que a união conjugal é um grande mistério que aponta para Cristo e a Igreja. A intimidade reflete a comunhão espiritual plena.

28 Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."32 (This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.) 33 Only you also, each one of you, must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Efésios 5:28-33

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Therefore, shall I take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! 16 Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For it says, "The two will become one flesh."17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with him.

1 Coríntios 6:15-17

15 Did not one God make them? But a remnant of the spirit is his. And what does the one God desire? An offspring of God. You must be attentive to your spirit, and you must not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

Malaquias 2:15

Fidelidade e alegria

A aliança conjugal exige fidelidade, respeito e dedicação mútua. A Bíblia celebra a alegria da intimidade dentro do casamento.

18 May your fountain be blessed,

and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19 She is a deer of love and a doe of grace;

may her breasts satisfy you always;

by her love may you be intoxicated continually.

20 Why should you be intoxicated, my child, by a strange woman,

and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Provérbios 5:18-20

14 And to all these things add love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.