Romans 7:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 7:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 7:3 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husba..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 7:3 — KJV
“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.”
— Romans 7:3 (KJV)
Romans 7:3 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 7:3
“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.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:3: husband, liveth, married
“Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) their conscience...: or, the conscience witnessing with them the mean...: or, between themselves”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:3: while, another, law
“But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. a man's...: Heb. married to an husband”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:3: husband, married, dead
“And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. Rehoboth: that is Room”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:3: then, another, called
“And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.”
Shares key themes with Romans 7:3: then, another, dead
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