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Romans 7:2

for the under-man woman has-been-necessitated/bound to{the being-alive man} to{law}; moreover, if-supposing the man may-die-off/away, she-has-been-unemployed/idled/disused from of{the law} of{the man}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

For the woman which hath an 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.

In Context

1or you-are-without-knowing, brothers, for to{knowing} law I-am-speaking, that the law is-lording of{the man} upon as-much-as time he-is-being-alive,

3So, consequently, adulterous[feminine] will-business-effect-ize of{the being-alive man} if-supposing she-may-become to{[a] different-other man}; moreover, if-supposing the man may-die-off/away, she-is-being emancipated/liberated/released/free[adjective] from of{the law}, of{the} not to-be-being same adulterous, become[ing] to{[a] different-other man},

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:4The woman is_not_authority-izing of{the own body}; contrariwise, the man. Moreover, similarly, also the man is_not_authority-izing of{the own body}; contrariwise, the woman.

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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