Romans 7:1

Surely, friends, you know (for I am speaking to people who know what Law means) that Law has power over a person only as long as they live.

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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, by law a married woman is bound to her husband while he is living; but, if her husband dies, she is set free from the law that bound her to him.

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Cross References

Romans 2:17But, perhaps, you bear the name of ‘Jew,’ and are relying on Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will,

Romans 6:14For sin will not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of Law, but of love.

Romans 9:3I could wish that I were myself accursed and severed from the Christ, for the sake of my people – my own flesh and blood.

1 Corinthians 9:8Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the Law also say 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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