Romans 7:1

Brethren, do you not know--for I am writing to people acquainted with the Law--that it is during our lifetime that we are subject to the Law?

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

2A wife, for instance, whose husband is living is bound to him by the Law; but if her husband dies the law that bound her to him has now no hold over her.

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Cross References

Romans 2:17And since you claim the name of Jew, and find rest and satisfaction in the Law, and make your boast in God,

Romans 6:14For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of grace.

Romans 9:3For I could pray to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brethren, my human kinsfolk--for such the Israelites are.

1 Corinthians 9:8Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone?

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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