Romans 7:3-4 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 7:1-6

Among other arguments used in the foregoing chapter to persuade us against sin, and to holiness, this was one (Rom. 6:14), that we are not under the law; and this argument is here further insisted upon and explained (Rom. 7:6): We are delivered from the law. What is meant by this? And how is it an argument why sin should not reign over us, and why we should walk in newness of life? 1. We are delivered from the power of the law which curses and condemns us for the sin committed by us. The... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 7:1-6

7:1-6 You are bound to know, brothers--for I speak to men who know what law means--that the law has authority over a man only for the duration of his life. Thus, a married woman remains bound by law to her husband as long as he is alive; but, if her husband dies, she is completely discharged from the law concerning her husband. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she marries another man while her husband is still alive; but, if her husband dies, she is free from the law, and she... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 7:3

So then if while her husband liveth ,.... True indeed it is, that whilst her husband is alive, if she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress ; she will be noted and accounted of as such everybody, except in the above mentioned cases: but if her husband be dead ; then there can be no exception to her marriage: she is free from the law ; of marriage, by which she was before bound: so that she is no adulteress ; nor will any reckon her such; she is clear... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 7:4

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also ,.... Here the apostle accommodates the foregoing instance and example to the case in hand, showing, that the saints were not under the law, the power and dominion of it; since that, as when a man is dead, the woman is loosed from that law by which she was bound whilst he lived, that she may lawfully marry another man, and bear children to him without the imputation of adultery; so believers being dead to the law, and the law dead to them, which is all one,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:3

So then, if, while her husband liveth - The object of the apostle's similitude is to show that each party is equally bound to the other; but that the death of either dissolves the engagement. So - she is no adulteress, though she be married to another - And do not imagine that this change would argue any disloyalty in you to your Maker; for, as he has determined that this law of ordinances shall cease, you are no more bound to it than a woman is to a deceased husband, and are as free to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:4

Wherefore, my brethren - This is a parallel case. You were once under the law of Moses, and were bound by its injunctions; but now ye are become dead to that law - a modest, inoffensive mode of speech, for, The law, which was once your husband, is dead; God has determined that it shall be no longer in force; so that now, as a woman whose husband is dead is freed from the law of that husband, or from her conjugal vow, and may legally be married to another, so God, who gave the law under which... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:4

Verse 4 4.Through the body of Christ. Christ, by the glorious victory of the cross, first triumphed over sin; and that he might do this, it was necessary that the handwriting, by which we were held bound, should be cancelled. This handwriting was the law, which, while it continued in force, rendered us bound to serve (203) sin; and hence it is called the power of sin. It was then by cancelling this handwriting that we were delivered through the body of Christ — through his body as fixed to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 7:1-6

Here comes in the third illustration of the moral obligation of the baptized. It rests on the recognized principle that death cancels the claims of human law on a person (cf. Romans 6:7 ); and this with especial reference to the law of marriage, as being peculiarly applicable to the subject to be illustrated, since the Church is elsewhere regarded as married to Christ. As has been observed above, it is from the Law that Christians are now said to be emancipated in the death of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 7:1-6

The two unions. The apostle has spoken of freedom from the Law, and of the new reign of grace; but lest this freedom should be disputed, he here establishes it. The Mosaic Law, as such, touches only this present life; death does away with its claims. Christ, therefore, by his death, is freed from its demands; and we, by our spiritual fellowship with him, are likewise free. Free from the old union, to enter on the new. Such is the argument of these verses. I. DEAD TO THE LAW .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 7:1-6

The two marriages of the soul. In the preceding chapter we saw how justification leads of necessity to sanctification. Once we realize that we have died in Jesus for sin, we are spiritually prompted to enter with a risen Saviour into newness of life. We realize our consecration to God. We give up the slavery to sin, and become slaves to God; and our fruit is found unto holiness, and our end everlasting life. The apostle, moreover, has affirmed that" we are not under Law, but under grace" (... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 7:1-6

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 7:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 7:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 7:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 7:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 7:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 7:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 7:1-6

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