Romans 7:3

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But if the husband dies, then the law doesn’t consider her to be married to him anymore. If a woman sleeps with another man while her husband is alive, the law says that she has committed adultery. But if her husband dies, then she’s free from that law, and she’s not guilty of adultery if she marries another man.

Cross References

Matthew 5:32

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife for any reason other than unfaithfulness makes her a victim of adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Romans 7:2

For example, when a woman gets married, as long as her husband is alive, by law she’s still married.

Romans 7:4

My brothers and sisters, when Christ died, you also died, and so you were no longer “married” to the law. Then it became possible for you to belong to Christ instead. He was raised from the dead so that our lives could produce what God wanted.