Romans 7:3

7:3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.

Romans 7:2

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

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

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

tn Grk “husband.”