Romans 7:1

Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?

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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 the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

Romans 2:17Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, rest on the law, glory in God,

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

Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh

1 Corinthians 9:8Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also 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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