Romans 7:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Romans 7:1

Freed from the Law

1 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law¹ has dominion over a man as long as he lives?

2 For ^athe woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband.

3 So then ^aif, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man.

4 Therefore, my brethren, you also have become ^adead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should ^bbear fruit to God.

5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law ^awere at work in our members ^bto bear fruit to death.

Verse Comparison: Romans 7:1

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American Standard Version
Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?

Amplified® Bible
DO YOU not know, brethren--for I am speaking to men who are acquainted with the Law--that legal claims have power over a person only for as long as he is alive?

Contemporary English Version
My friends, you surely understand enough about law to know that laws only have power over people who are alive.

Darby English Version
Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to those knowing law,) that law rules over a man as long as he lives?

Good News Bible
Certainly you will understand what I am about to say, my friends, because all of you know about law. The law rules over people only as long as they live.

International Standard Version
Don't you realize, brothers-for I am speaking to people who know the law-that the law can press its claims over a person only as long as he is alive?

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?

New American Standard Bible
Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives?

New International Version
Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to men who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?

New King James Version
Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives?

Young's Literal Translation
Are ye ignorant, brethren -- for to those knowing law I speak -- that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?

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