Romans 7:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

For the woman which is in subiection to a man, is bound by the Lawe to the man, while he liueth: but if the man bee dead, shee is deliuered from the lawe of the man.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 The wife is bounde by the Lawe, as long as her husband liueth: but if her husband bee dead, shee is at libertie to marie with whome she will, onely in the Lord.
  • Gen 2:23-24 : 23 Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man. 24 Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
  • Num 30:7-8 : 7 (30:8) If her husband heard it, & holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shall stand in effect. 8 (30:9) But if her husbande disalow her the same day that hee heareth it, then shall hee make her vowe which shee hath made, and that that shee hath pronounced with her lips, wherewith shee bound her selfe, of none effect: and the Lorde will forgiue her.
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 7:3-4
    2 verses
    93%

    3So then, if while the man liueth, she taketh another man, she shalbe called an adulteresse: but if the man be dead, she is free fro the Law, so that shee is not an adulteresse, though shee take another man.

    4So yee, my brethren, are dead also to the Law by ye body of Christ, that ye should be vnto an other, euen vnto him that is raised vp from the dead, that we should bring foorth fruite vnto God.

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

    38So then hee that giueth her to mariage, doeth wel, but he that giueth her not to mariage, doeth better.

    39The wife is bounde by the Lawe, as long as her husband liueth: but if her husband bee dead, shee is at libertie to marie with whome she will, onely in the Lord.

    40But shee is more blessed, if she so abide, in my iudgement: and I thinke that I haue also the Spirite of God.

  • Rom 7:1
    86%

    1Knowe yee not, brethren, (for I speake to them that knowe the Lawe) that the Lawe hath dominion ouer a man as long as he liueth?

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

    27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? Seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? Seeke not a wife.

    28But if thou takest a wife, thou sinnest not: and if a virgine marrie, shee sinneth not: neuerthelesse, such shall haue trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

    29And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:

  • 1 Cor 7:10-16
    7 verses
    80%

    10And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.

    11But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.

    12But to ye remnant I speake, & not ye Lord, If any brother haue a wife, ye beleeueth not, if she be cotent to dwell with him, let him not forsake her.

    13And the woman which hath an husbande that beleeueth not, if he be content to dwell with her, let her not forsake him.

    14For the vnbeleeuing husband is sanctified to the wife, and the vnbeleeuing wife is sanctified to the husbande, els were your children vncleane: but nowe are they holie.

    15But if the vnbeleeuing depart, let him depart: a brother or a sister is not in subiection in such things: but God hath called vs in peace.

    16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1Nowe concerning the thinges whereof ye wrote vnto mee, It were good for a man not to touche a woman.

    2Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

    3Let the husbande giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.

    4The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.

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

    33But hee that is maried, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

    34There is difference also betweene a virgine and a wife: the vnmaried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirite: but shee that is maried, careth for the things of the worlde, howe shee may please her husband.

  • Matt 22:25-28
    4 verses
    75%

    25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

    26Likewise also the second, and the third, vnto the seuenth.

    27And last of all the woman died also.

    28Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seuen? For all had her.

  • Num 30:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6(30:7) And if she haue an husband when she voweth or pronounceth ought with her lips, wherewith she bindeth her selfe,

    7(30:8) If her husband heard it, & holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shall stand in effect.

  • Deut 24:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man,

    3And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife:

  • Num 30:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9(30:10) But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is diuorced (wherewith she hath bound her selfe) shall stand in effect with her.

    10(30:11) And if she vowed in her husbands house, or bound her selfe streightly with an othe,

  • Mark 10:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And he sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer shal put away his wife and marrie another, committeth adulterie against her.

    12And if a woman put away her husband, & be married to another, she committeth adulterie.

  • Rom 7:6
    73%

    6But now we are deliuered from the Lawe, he being dead in whom we were holden, that we should serue in newnesse of Spirite, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

  • Luke 20:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32And last of all the woman dyed also.

    33Therefore at the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? For seuen had her to wife.

  • Mark 12:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22So those seuen had her, and left no yssue: last of all the wife died also.

    23In the resurrection then, when they shall rise againe, whose wife shall she be of them? For seuen had her to wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:8
    72%

    8Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried, and vnto the widowes, It is good for them if they abide euen as I doe.

  • Rom 6:7
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 7:36
    71%

    36But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgine, if shee passe the flower of her age, and neede so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them be maried.

  • Luke 20:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29Now there were seuen brethren, & the first tooke a wife, and he dyed without children.

    30And the second tooke the wife, and he dyed childelesse.

  • Deut 25:5
    71%

    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye & haue no sonne, the wife of the dead shall not marry without: that is, vnto a stranger, but his kinseman shall goe in vnto her, and take her to wife, and doe the kinsemans office to her.

  • Mark 10:7
    71%

    7For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.

  • Num 30:12
    70%

    12(30:13) But if her husband disanulled them, the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lippes concerning her vowes or concerning her bondes, shall stand in effect: for her husband hath disanulled them: and the Lord will forgiue her.

  • Gal 2:19
    70%

    19For I through the Lawe am dead to the Lawe, that I might liue vnto God.

  • Luke 16:18
    70%

    18Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, and marieth another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adulterie.