Romans 7:1

Knowe yee not, brethren, (for I speake to them that knowe the Lawe) that the Lawe hath dominion ouer a man as long as he liueth?

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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 woman which is in subiection to a man, is bound by the Lawe to the man, while he liueth: but if the man bee dead, shee is deliuered from the lawe of the man.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:23For the commandement is a lanterne, and instruction a light: and corrections for instruction are the way of life,

Romans 2:17Beholde, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the Lawe, and gloriest in God,

Romans 6:14For sinne shall not haue dominion ouer you: for ye are not vnder ye Lawe, but vnder grace.

Romans 9:3For I woulde wish my selfe to be separate from Christ, for my brethren that are my kinsemen according to the flesh,

1 Corinthians 9:8Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also?

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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