Romans 7:1

Or do ye not know, my Brethren.-(for I am speaking to them that know the law,)- that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as he is alive?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2Just as a woman, by the law, is bound to her husband, as long as he is alive: but if her husband should die, she is freed from the law of her husband.

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Cross References

Romans 2:17But if thou, who art called a Jew, and reposest thyself on the law, and gloriest in God,

Romans 6:14And sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 9:3For I have prayed, that I myself might be accursed from Messiah, for my brethren and my kinsmen in the flesh:

1 Corinthians 9:8Is it as a man, I say these things? Behold, the law also saith them.

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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