Romans 7:1

Context

The Believer’s Relationship to the Law

7:1 Or do you not know, brothers and sisters¹ (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person² as long as he lives?

Romans 7:4

Context
7:4 So, my brothers and sisters,³ you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.⁴

[7:1] ¹tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[7:1] ²sn Here person refers to a human being.

[7:4] ³tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[7:4] ⁴tn Grk “that we might bear fruit to God.”