Romans 7:3

New King James Version

³So then ^(A)if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man.

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Romans 7:3

Amplified Bible

³Accordingly, she will be designated as an adulteress if she ^[a]unites herself to another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law [regarding marriage], so that she is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

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Footnotes

Romans 7:3 Lit becomes another man’s, probably referring to an illicit, sexual relationship. Paul uses the same language at the end of the verse, but there he probably means sexual intimacy within a new marriage.

Romans 7:3

New International Version

³So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.^(A) But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

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