Roma 7:2
Konteks7:2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her 1 husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage. 2
Roma 16:19
Konteks16:19 Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
[7:2] 1 tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
[7:2] sn Paul’s example of the married woman and the law of the marriage illustrates that death frees a person from obligation to the law. Thus, in spiritual terms, a person who has died to what controlled us (v. 6) has been released from the law to serve God in the new life produced by the Spirit.