Romans 7:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

In the same way, my brothers and sisters, your old selves died and you became free from the law through the body of Christ. Now you belong to someone else. You belong to the one who was raised from death. We belong to Christ so that we can be used in service to God.

Cross References

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you were healed.

Isaiah 54:5

Your real husband is the one who made you. His name is the Lord All-Powerful. The Holy One of Israel is your Protector, and he is the God of all the earth!

Romans 8:2

That is because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made you free. It made you free from the law that brings sin and death.

Ephesians 2:15

Christ ended the law with its many commands and rules. His purpose was to make the two groups become one in him. By doing this he would make peace.

Romans 7:6

In the past the law held us as prisoners, but our old selves died, and we were made free from the law. So now we serve God in a new way, not in the old way, with the written rules. Now we serve God in the new way, with the Spirit.

Galatians 5:18

But if you let the Spirit lead you, you are not under law.

Colossians 1:22

But now he has made you his friends again. He did this by the death Christ suffered while he was in his body. He did it so that he could present you to himself as people who are holy, blameless, and without anything that would make you guilty before him.

Romans 6:22

But now you are free from sin. You have become slaves of God, and the result is that you live only for God. This will bring you eternal life.

Galatians 3:13

The law says we are under a curse for not always obeying it. But Christ took away that curse. He changed places with us and put himself under that curse. The Scriptures say, “Anyone who is hung on a tree is under a curse.”

Romans 6:14

Sin will not be your master, because you are not under law. You now live under God’s grace.

Colossians 2:14

Because we broke God’s laws, we owed a debt—a debt that listed all the rules we failed to follow. But God forgave us of that debt. He took it away and nailed it to the cross.

Colossians 1:10

that this will help you live in a way that brings honor to the Lord and pleases him in every way; that your life will produce good works of every kind and that you will grow in your knowledge of God;

Philippians 1:11

that your life will be full of the many good works that are produced by Jesus Christ to bring glory and praise to God.

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be happy and give God glory! Give God glory, because the wedding of the Lamb has come. And the Lamb’s bride has made herself ready.

Romans 6:2

Of course not! Our old sinful life ended. It’s dead. So how can we continue living in sin?

Colossians 2:20

You died with Christ and were made free from the powers that influence this world. So why do you act as if you still belong to the world? I mean, why do you follow rules like these:

Colossians 1:6

that was told to you. Throughout the world, this Good News is bringing blessings and is spreading. And that’s what has been happening among you since the first time you heard it and understood the truth about God’s grace.

Philippians 4:17

Really, it is not that I want to get gifts from you. But I want you to have the benefit that comes from giving.

John 3:29

The bride always belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who helps the bridegroom just waits and listens. He is happy just to hear the bridegroom talk. That’s how I feel now. I am so happy that he is here.

Matthew 26:26

While they were eating, Jesus took some bread and thanked God for it. He broke off some pieces, gave them to his followers and said, “Take this bread and eat it. It is my body.”

Revelation 21:9

One of the seven angels came to me. This was one of the angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues. The angel said, “Come with me. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Hebrews 10:10

Jesus Christ did the things God wanted him to do. And because of that, we are made holy through the sacrifice of Christ’s body. Christ made that sacrifice one time—enough for all time.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you with a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ. He must be your only husband. I want to give you to Christ to be his pure bride.

1 Corinthians 10:16

The cup of blessing that we give thanks for is a sharing in the blood sacrifice of Christ, isn’t it? And the bread that we break is a sharing in the body of Christ, isn’t it?

John 15:8

Show that you are my followers by producing much fruit. This will bring honor to my Father.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give my body so that the people in the world can have life.”

Isaiah 62:5

As a young man takes a bride and she belongs to him, so your land will belong to your children. As a man is happy with his new wife, so your God will be happy with you.

Mark 4:20

“And others are like the seed planted on the good ground. They hear the teaching and accept it. Then they grow and produce a good crop—sometimes 30 times more, sometimes 60 times more, and sometimes 100 times more.”

Romans 6:11

In the same way, you should see yourselves as being dead to the power of sin and alive for God through Christ Jesus.

Romans 7:3

But if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, the law says she is guilty of adultery. But if her husband dies, she is made free from the law of marriage. So if she marries another man after her husband dies, she is not guilty of adultery.