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Or don’t you know, brothers[a] (since I am speaking to those who know the law), that a law has jurisdiction over a person only as long as he lives? For example, a married woman is bound to her husband by law as long as he is alive, but if he dies, she is released from this law regarding her husband.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:1 When context indicates it, the Greek word for brothers may refer to all fellow believers, male and female.

An Analogy from Marriage

Do you not know, brethren—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only during his life? Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies she is discharged from the law concerning the husband.

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