Romans 7:1-2

The Believer’s Relationship to the Law

7:1 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person as long as he lives? 7:2 For 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 the marriage.


tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

sn Here person refers to a human being.

tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

tn Grk “husband.”