Romans 7:1-3
World English Bible
7 Or don’t you know, brothers[a] (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives? 2 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. 3 So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.
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- 7:1 The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
Romans 7:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Released from the Law through Death
7 Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is master of a person for as long a time as he lives? 2 For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband. 3 Therefore as a result, if she belongs to another man while[a] her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if she[b] belongs to another man.
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- Romans 7:3 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is living”) which is understood as temporal
- Romans 7:3 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“belongs”) which is understood as conditional
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