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Romans 7:3 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Romans 7:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Romans chapter 7 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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)
Commentary on Romans 7:3
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress—The future passive chrēmatizō (χρηματίζω) means "she will be publicly labeled/divinely warned." Adultery (moichalis, μοιχαλίς) violates covenant fidelity, a repeated Old Testament metaphor for Israel's idolatry. Two simultaneous covenantal allegiances constitute spiritual adultery.But if her husband be dead, she is free from that law—Eleuthera (ἐλευθέρα, "free") emphasizes liberation, a key Pauline theme (Galatians 5:1). Freedom comes through death's dissolution of the first covenant relation...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Romans 7:3
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“except for the cause of sexual immorality”
“God made them male and female.{Genesis 1:27}”
“for when they have grown wanton against Christ”
“then they shall both of them die”
“and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband”
“Let me find favor in your sight”
“he said”