Romans 7:4

So then, Achim b'Moshiach, you also were put to death in relation to the Gezetz through the basar of Moshiach, + 7:4 Ps 16:9-10; Ro 8:3 in order that you might become anotherʼs, bound to Moshiach who was given Techiyah (Resurrection) from the Mesim, so that we might bear p'ri for Hashem.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

In Context

3Accordingly she will be named no'ehfet (adulteress) if, while her husband lives, she becomes another manʼs. But if her ba'al (husband) dies, she is free from the gezetz, so that she is no no'ehfet (adulteress) if she becomes another manʼs.

5For when we were in the basar (in the fallen condition of the old humanity), through the Gezetz, the ta'avat besarim, the sinful passions + 7:5 i.e., Chet Kadmonʼs yetzer harah of the fallen human condition were working in our natural capacities, so as to bear p'ri for mavet (death). + 7:5 cf. Ro 4:15

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Cross References

Psalms 45:10Banot Melachim were among Thy ladies of honor; 1 upon Thy Yamin (Right Hand) 1 is stationed the Shegal (Queen consort, spouse of the reigning monarch) 1 in golden jewelry of Ophir. 1

Isaiah 62:5For as a bochur marrieth a betulah, 1 so shall thy banim marry thee; 1 and as the choson rejoiceth over the kallah, 1 so shall thy G-d rejoice over thee. 1

Matthew 26:26And at the Seudah, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having taken matzah, having made HaMotzi, he broke the + 26:26 middle matzah, giving the afikoman to the talmidim, and said, Take and eat, this is my basar.

John 6:51Ani hu the lechem haChai (the living bread) having come down out of Shomayim. If anyone eats of this lechem he will live l'olam v'ed. And, indeed, the lechem which I will give on behalf of the Chayyim (life) of HaOlam is the basar of me. + 6:51 Ex 12:8

Romans 6:2Chas v'shalom! Vi-bahlt (since) we have died to Chet, how can we still live in it?

Romans 6:22But now, having been set free from + 6:22 slave master Chet (sin) and having been made an eved Hashem (a servant of G-d), you have your p'ri for Hashem, resulting in kedushah, and the end is Chayyei Olam (Eternal Life).

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:2-7

Observations Respecting the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 1 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? 2 For the woman which hath a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no… Read the whole commentary →

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