Romans 7:1

Brothers and sisters (I'm speaking here to people who know the law), don't you see that the law has authority over someone only while they're alive?

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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 example, a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he's alive, but if he dies, she's released from this legal obligation to him.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:23For the instruction is a lamp, and the teaching is a light. The correction that comes from discipline is the way to life.

Romans 2:17What about you who call yourself a Jew? You rely on the written law and boast about having a special relationship to God.

Romans 6:14Sin won't rule over you, because you're not under law but under grace.

Romans 9:3for my own people, my brothers and sisters. I would rather be cursed myself, separated from Christ, if that would help them.

1 Corinthians 9:8Am I just speaking from a human point of view? Doesn't the law say the same thing?

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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