Romans 7:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus a married woman is bound by law to her living husband; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law in respect to her husband.

Cross References

Romans 7:3

Consequently, while her husband is alive she will be called an adulteress if she consorts with another man. But if her husband dies she is free from that law, and she is not an adulteress if she consorts with another man.

Romans 7:6

But now we are released from the law, dead to what held us captive, so that we may serve in the newness of the spirit and not under the obsolete letter. Acquaintance with Sin Through the Law.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whomever she wishes, provided that it be in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:4

A wife does not have authority over her own body, but rather her husband, and similarly a husband does not have authority over his own body, but rather his wife.