Romans 7:1-3

Released from the Law

1Or do you not know, brothers
Or  brothers and sisters; also verse 4
for I am speaking to those who know the lawthat the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives?
2For ba married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.
Greek law concerning the husband
3Accordingly, dshe will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.

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