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Rom 7:2 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the woman		Rather, a woman. The apostle here illustrates the position laid down in the preceding verse by a familiar instance. Gen 2:23,24; Num 30:7,8; 1Cr 7:4,39

Correlating Passages

the woman

	Gen 2:23	And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
	Gen 2:24	Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
	Num 30:7	And her husband heard [it,] and held his peace at her in the day that he heard [it]: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
	Num 30:8	But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard [it]; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
	1Cr 7:4	The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
	1Cr 7:39	The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

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Scott, Thomas. "Romans 7:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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