Romans 7:3

New English Translation

So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.

Cross References

Exodus 20:14

“You shall not commit adultery.

Leviticus 20:10

If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Romans 7:2

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.

Romans 7:4

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.

Ruth 2:13

She said, “You really are being kind to me, sir, for you have reassured and encouraged me, your servant, even though I am not one of your servants!”