Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation A married woman, for example, is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if he dies, then she is free from the law that bound her to him. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. the woman. Genesis 2:23,24 And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. . . . Numbers 30:7,8 The day that her husband shall hear it, and not gainsay it, she shall be bound to the vow, and shall give whatsoever she promised. . . . 1 Corinthians 7:4,39 The wife hath not power of her own body: but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body: but the wife. . . . Context Release from the Law1Know you not, brethren (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as it liveth? 2For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband: so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man.… Cross References Romans 7:3 Therefore, whilst her husband liveth, she shall be called an adulteress, if she be with another man: but if her husband be dead, she is delivered from the law of her husband: so that she is not an adulteress, if she be with another man. Romans 7:6 But now we are loosed from the law of death wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 1 Corinthians 7:39 A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband die, she is at liberty. Let her marry to whom she will: only in the Lord. Jump to Previous Alive Bound Clear Dead Dies Discharged Example Hold Husband Instance Law Marriage Married Placed Power Released WifeJump to Next Alive Bound Clear Dead Dies Discharged Example Hold Husband Instance Law Marriage Married Placed Power Released WifeLinks Romans 7:2 NIVRomans 7:2 NLT Romans 7:2 ESV Romans 7:2 NASB Romans 7:2 Bible Apps Romans 7:2 Biblia Paralela Romans 7:2 Chinese Bible Romans 7:2 French Bible Romans 7:2 German Bible Alphabetical: a alive as bound but by concerning dies example For from he her husband if is law living long marriage married of released she the to while woman NT Letters: Romans 7:2 For the woman that has a husband (Rom. Ro) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |