Romans 7:1

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

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Cross References

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

Romans 2:17But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

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

Romans 9:3dummy verses inserted by amos

1 Corinthians 9:8Speak I these things according to man? Or doth 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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