Romans 7:1

Do you not know, brethren, (for I speak to those who know the law,) that the law has jurisdiction over a person only 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 who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband dies, she is released from the law concerning her husband.

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Cross References

Romans 2:17Behold, if you call yourself a Jew, and rely upon the law, and boast of your relationship with God,

Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself were accursed, cut off from Christ, for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

1 Corinthians 9:8Do I say these things merely on human authority? or does not the law 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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