Romans 7:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ But if she ·marries [or lives with] another man while her husband is still alive, ·the law says she is guilty of adultery [^Lshe will be called/labeled an adulteress]. But if her husband dies, she is free from the ·law of marriage [^Llaw]. Then if she marries another man, she is not ·guilty of adultery [^Lan adulteress].

⁴ In the same way, my brothers and sisters, ·your old selves died, and you became free from the law [^Lyou died to the law] through the body of Christ. This happened so that you might belong to someone else—the One who was raised from the dead—and so that we might ·be used in service to [^Lbear fruit for] God. ⁵ [^LFor] When we were ·ruled by [controlled by; living in; ^Lin] ·our sinful selves [our sinful nature; ^Tthe flesh], sinful ·desires [passions] stirred up by the law were at work ·in our bodies [or within us; ^Lin our members/parts], so the things we did ·were bringing us [^Lproduced fruit leading to] death.