Romans 7:1

Or do you not know, brothers (for I speak to those knowing the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a man as long as he lives?

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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 who is under a man has been bound by law to the living husband. But if the husband should die, she is released from the law of the husband.

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Cross References

Romans 2:17Behold, you are called a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God,

Romans 6:14For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. 1 Slaves to Righteousness

Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

1 Corinthians 9:8Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say these things also?

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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