Romans 7:1

Is it not clear, my brothers (I am using an argument to those who have knowledge of the law), that the law has power over a man as long as he is living?

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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 who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:23For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

Romans 2:17But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,

Romans 6:14For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 9:3For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

1 Corinthians 9:8Am I talking as a man? does not the law say the same?

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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