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Don’t you understand yet, dear Jewish brothers[a] in Christ, that when a person dies the law no longer holds him in its power?

Let me illustrate: when a woman marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive. But if he dies, she is no longer bound to him; the laws of marriage no longer apply to her.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:1 dear Jewish brothers, implied; literally, “men who know [the] law.”

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