Romans 7:1

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

biblegateway Rom 7:1

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?

biblegateway Rom 7:1

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?

biblegateway Rom 7:1

Now, dear brothers and sisters ––you who are familiar with the law––don’t you know that the law applies only to a person who is still living?

biblegateway Rom 7:1

You shouldn't have any trouble understanding this, friends, for you know all the ins and outs of the law--how it works and how its power touches only the living.

SABDAweb Rom 7:1

Is it not clear, my brothers (I am using an argument to those who have knowledge of the law), that the law has power over a man as long as he is living?

bibleoremus Rom 7:1

Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only during that person’s lifetime?

biblegateway Rom 7:1

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?

biblegateway Rom 7:1

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

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

² sn Here person refers to a human being.