Romans 7:2-3

7:2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her ¹  husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage. ²  7:3 So then, ³  if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her ⁴  husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.

¹ tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

² tn Grk “husband.”

³ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

⁴ tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).