So then, if while her husband is alive she [a]gives herself to another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if she [b]gives herself to another man.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were (A)put to death (B)in regard to the Law (C)through the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. For while we were (D)in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were (E)brought to light by the Law, were at work (F)in [c]the parts of our body to bear fruit for death.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:3 Lit becomes another man’s
  2. Romans 7:3 I.e., in marriage; lit becomes another man’s
  3. Romans 7:5 Lit our parts to bear

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