Romans 7:2

Modern English Version

For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding her husband.

Cross References

Romans 7:3

So then, she will be called an adulteress if she marries another man while her husband lives. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she would not be an adulteress if she marries another man.

Romans 7:6

But now we are delivered from the law, having died to things in which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter of the law.

1 Corinthians 7:39

The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives. But if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will, but only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.