Romans 7:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

For example, the Law says that a man's wife must remain his wife as long as he lives. But once her husband is dead, she is free

Cross References

Romans 7:3

to marry someone else. However, if she goes off with another man while her husband is still alive, she is said to be unfaithful.

Romans 7:6

But the Law no longer rules over us. We are like dead people, and it cannot have any power over us. Now we can serve God in a new way by obeying his Spirit, and not in the old way by obeying the written Law.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife should stay married to her husband until he dies. Then she is free to marry again, but only to a man who is a follower of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:4

A wife belongs to her husband instead of to herself, and a husband belongs to his wife instead of to himself.