Romans 7:1

Or are ye ignorant, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over the man for as long a time as he lives?

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In The King James Version

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

In Context

2For the woman under authority to the living husband has been bound by law, but if the husband should die, she has been released from the law of the husband.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

Romans 2:17Behold, thou are called a Jew, and rely upon the law, and boast in God,

Romans 6:14for sin will not have dominion over you. For ye are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 9:3For I wished I myself to be accursed from the Christ, for my brothers, my kinsmen according to flesh,

1 Corinthians 9:8Do I say these things according to man, or does not the law also say these things?

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:1

We may observe in this chapter, I. Our freedom from the law further urged as an argument to press upon us sanctification, ver. 1-6 . II. The excellency and usefulness of the law asserted and proved from the apostle's own experience, notwithstanding, ver. 7-14 . III. A description of the conflict between grace and corruption in the heart, ver. 14, 15, to the end . Read the whole commentary →

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