Romans 7:2
1 Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
4 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
- ASV
- For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
- DARBY
- For 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:
- BLB
- For the married woman is bound by law to the living husband; but if the husband should die, she is released from the law of the husband.
- ÅB
- Den gifte kvinnen er jo bundet ved loven til mannen sin så lenge han lever. Men dersom mannen dør, er hun løst fra loven som bant henne til mannen.
- OTB
- For eksempel er en gift kvinne juridisk bundet til sin mann mens han lever; men hvis mannen dør, er hun løst fra loven som binder henne til ham.
- B1930
- Den gifte kvinne er jo ved loven bundet til sin mann så lenge han lever; men dersom mannen dør, er hun løst fra loven som bandt henne til mannen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 2:23–24
And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:39
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
Read in contextNumbers 30:7–8
and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
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