Romans 7:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For the woman which is in subiectio to a man, is bounde by the lawe to the man, as long as he lyueth: But yf the man be dead, she is loosed from the lawe of the man.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth: but if her husband be dead, she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil, onely in the Lorde.
  • Gen 2:23-24 : 23 And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man. 24 For this cause shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shalbe ioyned with his wyfe: and they shall become one fleshe.
  • Num 30:7-8 : 7 And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace therat the same day he hearde it: then her vowes shall stande, and her bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect. 8 And if her husbande disalowe her the same day that he hearde it, then he shall make her vowe which she hath vpon her, and the openyng of her lippes wherwith she bounde her soule, of none effect, and the Lorde shall forgeue her.
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body, but the husbande: And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body, but the wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 7:3-4
    2 verses
    93%

    3So then yf whyle the man lyueth, she couple her selfe with another man, she shalbe counted a wedlocke breaker: But yf the man be dead, she is free from the law, so that she is no wedlocke breaker, though she couple her selfe with another man.

    4Euen so, ye also my brethren, are dead concernyng the lawe by the body of Christe, that ye shoulde be coupled to another, who is raysed from the dead, that we shoulde bryng foorth fruite vnto God.

  • 1 Cor 7:38-40
    3 verses
    92%

    38So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage, doth well: but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage, doth better.

    39The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth: but if her husband be dead, she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil, onely in the Lorde.

    40But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God.

  • Rom 7:1
    86%

    1Knowe, ye not brethre (for I speake to the that knowe the lawe) how that the law hath power ouer a ma, as long as he lyueth?

  • 1 Cor 7:27-29
    3 verses
    80%

    27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe.

    28But and if thou marrie a wyfe, thou sinnest not, and if a virgin marrie, she hath not sinned: Neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in their fleshe, but I beare with you.

    29But this say I brethren, the tyme is short: It remayneth, that they which haue wyues, be as though they had none:

  • 1 Cor 7:10-16
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    80%

    10Unto the maryed commaunde, not I, but the Lord, Let not the wyfe depart from the husbande:

    11But and if she depart, let her remayne vnmarried, or be reconciled vnto her husbande againe: And let not the husbande put away his wyfe.

    12But to the renmaunt speake I, not the Lorde: If any brother haue a wife that beleueth not, if she be content to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

    13And the woman which hath to her husbande an infidell, and he consent to dwel with her, let her not put him away.

    14For the vnbeleuing husbande is sanctified by the wyfe, and the vnbeleuyng wyfe is sanctified by the husbande: els were your children vncleane, but nowe are they holy.

    15But if the vnbeleuing depart, let hym depart: A brother or a sister is not in subiection in such thinges: But God hath called vs in peace.

    16For howe knowest thou O woman, whether thou shalt saue thy husbande? or how knowest thou O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wyfe?

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1Nowe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me, it is good for a man not to touche a woman.

    2Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

    3Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence: Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande.

    4The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body, but the husbande: And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body, but the wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe.

    34There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: Againe she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande.

  • Matt 22:25-28
    4 verses
    75%

    25Ther were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maryed a wyfe, and deceassed without issue, and left his wyfe vnto his brother.

    26Likewyse, the seconde, and the thirde, vnto the seuenth.

    27Last of all, the woman dyed also.

    28Therfore, in the resurrection, whose wyfe shall she be of the seuen? For they all had her.

  • Num 30:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6If she had an husbande, when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes, wherwith she bounde her soule:

    7And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace therat the same day he hearde it: then her vowes shall stande, and her bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect.

  • Deut 24:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1When a man hath taken a wife and maried her, if she finde no fauour in his eyes, because he hath spyed some vncleannes in her: then let hym wryte her a byll of deuorcement, and put it in her hande, and sende her out of his house:

    2And when she is departed out of his house, let her go and be another mans wyfe.

    3And if the seconde husbande hate her, let him write her also a letter of deuorcement, and put it in her hande, and sende her out of his house: Or if the seconde man dye whiche toke her to wyfe,

  • Num 30:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is deuorsed, that they haue bounde their soule withall, shall stande in effect with them.

    10If she vowed in her husbandes house, or bounde her soule with an othe:

  • Mark 10:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And he sayth vnto them: Whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, & maryeth another, committeth adulterie agaynst her.

    12And yf a woman put away her husbande, and be maryed to another, she committeth adulterie.

  • Rom 7:6
    73%

    6But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe, and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage, that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

  • Luke 20:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32Last of all, the woman dyed also.

    33Nowe in the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? For seuen had her to wyfe.

  • Mark 12:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22And seuen had her, and left no seede behynde them: Last of all, the wyfe dyed also.

    23In the resurrection therfore, when they shall rise agayne, whose wyfe shall she be of them? for seuen had her to wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:8
    72%

    8I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes, it is good for them if they abyde euen as I.

  • Rom 6:7
    72%

    7For he that is dead, is iustified from sinne.

  • 1 Cor 7:36
    71%

    36But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage, and neede so require, let him do what he wyll, he sinneth not: let them be maryed.

  • Luke 20:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29There were therfore seuen brethren, and the first toke a wyfe, & dyed without chyldren.

    30And the seconde toke her, and he dyed chyldlesse.

  • Deut 25:5
    71%

    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye, and haue no chylde, the wyfe of the dead shall not marry without vnto a straunger: but his kinsman shall go in vnto her, & take her to wife, and occupie the rowme of his kinsman.

  • Mark 10:7
    71%

    7And sayde for this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and byde by his wyfe:

  • Num 30:12
    70%

    12But if her husbande disanulled them the same day yt he hearde them: then nothyng that proceedeth out of her lippes in vowes and bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect: for her husbande hath disanulled them, and the Lorde shall forgeue her.

  • Gal 2:19
    70%

    19For I, through the lawe, am dead to the lawe, that I myght lyue vnto God: I am crucified with Christe.

  • Luke 16:18
    70%

    18Whosoeuer forsaketh his wyfe, and marieth another, committeth adulterie. And he that maryeth her that is deuorced from her husbande, committeth adulterie also.