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Romans 7:2

For that woman that is under an husband, is bound to the law, while the husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is delivered [or she is unbound] from the law of the husband.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For 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.

In Context

1Brethren, whether ye know not; for I speak to men that know the law; for the law hath lordship in a man (or for the Law hath lordship over a man), as long (a) time as he liveth?

3Therefore she shall be called (an) adulteress, if she be with another man, while the husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is delivered from the law of the husband, (or but if her husband dieth, she is released from the marriage law), (so) that she be not (an) adulteress, if she be with another man.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:23And Adam said, This is now a bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; this shall be called virago, for she is taken (out) of man, (or she shall be called Woman, for she was taken from Man).

1 Corinthians 7:4The woman hath not power of her body, but the husband; and the husband hath not power of his body, but the woman [or but the wife]. (The woman hath not power over her body, but the husband; and the husband hath not power over his body, but the wife.)

Matthew Henry on Romans 7:2-7

Observations Respecting the Law. ( a. d. 58.) 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? 2 For the woman which hath a 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. 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no… Read the whole commentary →

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