Romans 7:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband die, she is at liberty: let her marry to whom she will; only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

Romans 7:3

Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband; so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man.

Romans 7:6

But now we are loosed from the law of death, wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.