Romans 7:2

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For a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.

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  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.
  • Gen 2:23-24 : 23 The man said, 'This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman," for she was taken out of man.' 24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  • Num 30:7-8 : 7 If she marries after making a vow or rashly uttering a binding obligation by which she binds herself, 8 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, her vows or obligations she has made will stand.
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 7:3-4
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    93%

    3Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.

    4Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—in order that we might bear fruit for God.

  • 1 Cor 7:38-40
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    92%

    38So then, the one who marries the virgin does right, but the one who does not marry her does better.

    39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

    40Yet in my opinion, she is happier if she remains as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

  • Rom 7:1
    86%

    1Do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a person as long as they live?

  • 1 Cor 7:27-29
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    27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

    28But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

    29This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-16
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    10To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord: A wife must not separate from her husband.

    11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

    12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

    13And if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

    14For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

    15But if the unbeliever departs, let them do so. A brother or sister is not bound in such circumstances. God has called us to live in peace.

    16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

    3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

    4The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

  • 1 Cor 7:33-34
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    33But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife.

    34And his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs. Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.

  • Matt 22:25-28
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    25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

    26The same thing happened to the second and third, and so on through all seven.

    27Last of all, the woman died too.

    28In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her as a wife.'

  • Num 30:6-7
    2 verses
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    6But if her father rules against her when he hears about it, none of her vows or pledges by which she has obligated herself will stand. The LORD will forgive her because her father has objected to it.

    7If she marries after making a vow or rashly uttering a binding obligation by which she binds herself,

  • Deut 24:1-3
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    1If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

    2When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man's wife.

    3If the second man also dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if the second man dies,

  • Num 30:9-10
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    9But if her husband voids them when he hears about them, nothing she has vowed or promised by binding obligation will stand; the LORD will forgive her.

    10A widow or a divorced woman is bound by all her vows and the obligations she places on herself.

  • Mark 10:11-12
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    11He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.

  • Rom 7:6
    73%

    6But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

  • Luke 20:32-33
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    32Finally, the woman also died.

    33So in the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven were married to her?

  • Mark 12:22-23
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    22'Finally, after the seven, the woman also died.'

    23'In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.'

  • 1 Cor 7:8
    72%

    8To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.

  • Rom 6:7
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    7For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

  • 1 Cor 7:36
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    36If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry.

  • Luke 20:29-30
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    29Now there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and died childless.

    30Then the second brother married her, but he also died childless.

  • Deut 25:5
    71%

    5If brothers live together and one of them dies without a son, the dead man's wife must not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

  • Mark 10:7
    71%

    7'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,'

  • Num 30:12
    70%

    12But if her husband hears about her vow and says nothing to her, he has approved all her vows and every obligation she has taken upon herself. They will stand.

  • Gal 2:19
    70%

    19For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

  • Luke 16:18
    70%

    18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.