Romans 7:2

1 Corinthians 7:39; 1 Corinthians 7:4; Genesis 2:23; Genesis 2:24; Numbers 30:7; Numbers 30:8

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the woman - This verse is a specific illustration of the general principle in Romans 7:1 , that death dissolves those connections and relati...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Espousal to Christ. Paul returns to his paradox about Law and Grace ( Romans 6:14 f.) and illustrates it by marriage, Christ now standing for G...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

which hath, &c . Greek. hupandros. Only here. husband . App-123. so long, &c. Literally while living. if . App-118. be dead . sho...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. For a woman subject to a man, etc. He brings a similitude, by which he proves, that we are so loosed from the law, that it does not an...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the woman, &c.— St. Paul goes on to explain his meaning by a familiar instance. He chooses to set the Jew in a more honourable light while...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the l...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Inadequacy of the Law to save 1-6. St. Paul had spoken of the Law in a way which would offend an earnest Jew: cp. Romans 3:20-21 ; Romans 4:...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Loosed] RV 'discharged': cp. Romans 7:6 . Law of her husband ] i.e. the marriage law.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

VII. (1-6) The Apostle takes up an idea to which he had alluded in Romans 7:14-15 of the preceding chapter, “Ye are not under the Law, but under...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the woman which hath an husband. — The illustration is not quite exact. The Law is here represented by the husband, but the Apostle does not me...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 JUSTIFICATION AND HOLINESS: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HUMAN LIFE Romans 6:14-23 - Romans 7:1-6 AT the point we have now reached, the Ap...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Law Makes Sin Known Romans 7:1-13 To make his meaning clear the Apostle now enters upon a parable drawn from domestic life. He says that we...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing his argument, the apostle showed under the marital figure that a change of covenant changes the center of responsibility. Then we have on...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law), how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? (2) For the woman whi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the woman which hath an husband ,.... The former general rule is here illustrated by a particular instance and example in the law of marriage; a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Know ye not, brethren The apostle, having shown that justified and regenerated persons are free from the dominion of sin, shows here that they are...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Change of "Husbands" But a Struggle for Freedom In Romans 7:1-25 we are faced with the case of a renewed conscience recognizing the claims of ri...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Observations Respecting the Law. A. D. 58. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He here exemplifies and illustrates the foregoing assertion. The woman is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth: see a parallel plac...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

What Then Of The Law? Is The Law Good Or Bad? And How Does The Christian Stand In Relation To The Law. How Can It Be Fulfilled? (7:1-8:4). Whereas...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deliverance From Under The Law (7:1-6). Paul now declares that the Christian is delivered from the dominion of the Law because he has died to it i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For the woman who has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Romans 7:1 .—The law is lord over the man. There is nothing shocking in the assertion that we are no longer under the law. You all...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Romans 7:1-6 "Law versus Grace.". Note: I. St. Paul's maxim that it is death which puts an end to all obligation created by statute law. Exposi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Romans 7:1-3 . Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law), how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Romans 7:1 . I speak to them that know the law, with a view more fully to illustrate the liberation from the condemnation of the law, that the law...
The Biblical Illustrator

Know ye not, brethren … how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? Believers not under the law as a covenant of works I. A...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Romans 7:1-45 Here comes in the third illustration of the moral obligation of the baptized. It rests on the recognized principle...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Freedom from the Law. 7:1-6
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the Law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

She is freed from the law of her husband — From that law which gave him a peculiar property in her.

² For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

Related Commentaries of Romans 7:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Romans 7:2