6 Remember that he also wrote that, when God first created people, he made one man, and one woman to become that man’s wife. 7 That explains why God said, ‘When a man and woman marry, they should no longer live with their fathers and mothers after they marry. 8 Instead, the two of them shall live together, and they shall become so closely united [MET] that they are like one person.’ Therefore, although the people who marry were two separate persons before, God regards them as one person now, so he wants them to remain married. 9 Because that is true, a man must not separate from his wife whom God has joined to him, because God’s plan is for them to remain together!"