Romans 7:4

2 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.

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.

5 For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

6 But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
WEB
Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.
ASV
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, [even] to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.
DARBY
So that, my brethren, *ye* also have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among [the] dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
BLB
Likewise, my brothers, you⁺ also have been put to death to the law through the body of Christ, for you⁺ to become unto another, unto the One having been raised out from the dead, so that we should bear fruit to God.
ÅB
Derfor, mine brødre, døde dere også fra loven gjennom Kristi kropp, for at dere skulle tilhøre en annen; ham som er stått opp fra de døde, så vi kan bære frukt for Gud.
OTB
Derfor, mine brødre og søstre, døde også dere fra loven ved Kristi kropp, for at dere skulle tilhøre en annen, han som ble oppreist fra de døde, for at vi skulle bære frukt for Gud.
B1930
Derfor, mine brødre, døde også I fra loven ved Kristi legeme, forat I skulde høre en annen til, ham som er opstanden fra de døde, så vi kan bære frukt for Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Peter 2:24

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

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  • Galatians 5:22–23

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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  • Isaiah 54:5

    For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

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  • Ephesians 5:23–27

    For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

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  • Romans 8:2

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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  • Galatians 2:19–20

    For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

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  • Romans 7:6

    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

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  • Ephesians 2:15

    by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

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