Romans 7:1

KNOW ye not, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for so long a time as he lives?

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives; but if the husband die, she is loosed from the law of the husband.

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Cross References

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

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

Romans 9:3For I myself could wish to be accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;

1 Corinthians 9:8Say I these things as a 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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