Romans 7:1

Or do you not know, brothers, (now I am speaking to those who know the law) that the law has dominion over a man only so long as he lives?

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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 example, a woman who is subject to a husband is obligated by the law while her husband lives. But when her husband has died, she is released from the law of her husband.

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Cross References

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

Romans 2:17But if you are called by name a Jew, and you rest upon the law, and you find glory in God,

Romans 6:14For sin should not have dominion over you. For you are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 9:3For I was desiring that I myself might be anathemized from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh.

1 Corinthians 9:8Am I saying these things according to man? Or does the law not 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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