Romans 7:1

Are you ignorant, brothers—for to those knowing law I speak—that the law has lordship over the 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 married woman to the living husband has been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she has been free from the law of the husband;

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:23For the command [is] a lamp, || And the Law a light, || And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,

Romans 2:17Behold, you are named a Jew, and rest on the Law, and boast in God,

Romans 6:14for sin will not have lordship over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 9:3for I was wishing, I myself, to be accursed from the Christ—for my brothers, my relatives, according to the flesh,

1 Corinthians 9:8Do I speak these things according to man? Or does the Law not 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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