Romans 7:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?”

Romans 7:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Romans 7:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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Romans 7:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?”

Romans 7:1 — World English Bible

Romans 7:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth? ”

Romans 7:1 — American Standard Version

Romans 7:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?”

Romans 7:1 — Young's Literal Translation

Romans 7:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to those knowing law,) that law rules over a man as long as he lives? ”

Romans 7:1 — Darby Translation

Romans 7:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Knowe 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?”

Romans 7:1 — Geneva Bible

Romans 7:1 in Context — Romans 7

1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

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What Does Romans 7:1 Mean?

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