Romans 7:1

Remember ye not brethren (I speake to them that know the lawe) how that the lawe hath power over a man as longe as it endureth?

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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 which is in subieccion to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as longe as he liveth. Yf the man be deed she is lowsed from the lawe of the man.

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Cross References

Romans 2:17Beholde thou arte called a Iewe and trustest in the lawe and reioysist in God

Romans 6:14Let not synne have power over you. For ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace.

Romans 9:3For I have wysshed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren and my kynsmen as pertayninge to the flesshe

1 Corinthians 9:8Saye I these thinges after the manner of men? Or sayth not the lawe the same 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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