Romans 7:1

Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to those knowing law,) that law rules over a man as long as he lives?

Darby 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 is bound by law to her husband so long as he is alive; but if the husband should die, she is clear from the law of the husband:

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Cross References

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

Romans 2:17But if *thou* art named a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast in God,

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

Romans 9:3for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to flesh;

1 Corinthians 9:8Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also 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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