Romans 7:1

Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath power over a man, only so long as it liveth?

1770 John Worsley NT

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 is bound by the law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband die, she is discharged from the law of her husband.

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Cross References

Romans 2:17Behold thou art called a Jew, and restest on the law, and boastest in God,

Romans 6:14For sin shall have no power over you, inasmuch as ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 9:3for I could wish that I myself were made a curse after the manner of Christ, for my brethren, my kindred according to the flesh;

1 Corinthians 9:8Do I speak these things as a man only?

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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