Romans 7:1

Are ye ignorant, brethren — for to those knowing law I speak — that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?

Young's Literal Translation

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 the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:23For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,

Romans 2:17Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,

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

Romans 9:3for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ — for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

1 Corinthians 9:8According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

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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