Romans 7:1

Surely, brothers, you know (for I am speaking to those who know what law means) that law governs a person only during his lifetime?

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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 a married woman who has a husband is bound by law to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband.

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Cross References

Romans 2:17Now if you bear the name of a Jew, and rely upon law, and boast yourself in God,

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

Romans 9:3For I was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

1 Corinthians 9:8Am I saying this on human authority only, or does not the Law also say the same?

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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