Romans 7:1

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?

American Standard Version

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 a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Romans 2:17But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest 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 could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren`s sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

1 Corinthians 9:8Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also 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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