Romans 7:1

BUT know you not, my brethren, for to those who know the law I speak, that the law has authority over a man as long as he liveth?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

2as a woman who is bound in law to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is freed from the law of her husband.

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Cross References

Romans 2:17But if thou (who) a Jihudoya art called, and reposest on the law, and boastest in Aloha,

Romans 6:14For sin shall not rule over you; for you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 9:3For I could pray that I myself might be one accursed from Meshiha instead of my brethren and my kinsmen who are in the flesh;

1 Corinthians 9:8Do I as a man speak these things? Behold, the law also saith 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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