Romans 7:1

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“Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?”

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BSBPD

“Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 7:1 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezra 7:25And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.
  2. Proverbs 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
  3. Romans 1:13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
  4. Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
  5. Romans 6:3Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
  6. Romans 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
  7. Romans 7:6But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
  8. Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
  9. Romans 10:1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
  10. 1 Corinthians 9:8Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
  11. Galatians 4:21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?

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