Romans 7:2

For 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.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

In Context

1KNOW 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?

3So then if, while the husband lives, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she be married to another man.

Read all of Romans 7

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:4The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband; and in like manner the husband also has not power over his own body, but the wife.

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:2-7

Observations Respecting the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 1 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? 2 For the woman which hath a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Romans 7:2