Romans 7:1

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?

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In Context

2For 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.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Romans 2:17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

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

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

1 Corinthians 9:8Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

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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