Romans 7:1
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Know you not, brethren (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as it liveth?

Know.

Romans 6:3 Know you not that all we who are baptized in Christ Jesus are baptized in his death?

brethren.

Romans 9:3 For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren: who are my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Romans 10:1 Brethren, the will of my heart, indeed and my prayer to God is for them unto salvation.

them that.

Romans 2:17,18 But if thou art called a Jew and restest in the law and makest thy boast of God, . . .

Ezra 7:25 And thou Esdras according to the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, appoint judges and magistrates, that may judge all the people, that is beyond the river, that is, for them who know the law of thy God, yea and the ignorant teach ye freely.

Proverbs 6:23 That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.

1 Corinthians 9:8 Speak I these things according to man? Or doth not the law also say; these things?

Galatians 4:21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, have you not read the law?

the law.

Romans 7:6 But now we are loosed from the law of death wherein we were detained; so that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

a man.

Context
Release from the Law
1Know you not, brethren (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as it liveth? 2For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.…
Cross References
Romans 1:13
And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I have often purposed to come unto you (and have been hindered hitherto) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

Romans 10:4
For the end of the law is Christ: unto justice to everyone that believeth.

Lexicon
Do you not know,
ἀγνοεῖτε (agnoeite)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 50: To do not know, be ignorant of, sometimes with the idea of willful ignorance.

brothers
ἀδελφοί (adelphoi)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.

(for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

I am speaking
λαλῶ (lalō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words.

to those who know
γινώσκουσιν (ginōskousin)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications.

[the] law),
νόμον (nomon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

law
νόμος (nomos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

has authority over
κυριεύει (kyrieuei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2961: To have authority, rule over. From kurios; to rule.

a man
ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

only
ἐφ’ (eph’)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

as long as
ὅσον (hoson)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3745: How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As.

he lives?
ζῇ (zē)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.


Additional Translations
Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?

Or are you ignorant brothers (for I speak to those knowing the law), that the law rules over the man for as long as the time he is alive?

Know you not, brothers, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?

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?

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

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

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

Brethren, do you not know--for I am writing to people acquainted with the Law--that it is during our lifetime that we are subject to the Law?

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?

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