2For instance, a wife is legally tied to her husband while he lives, but if he dies, she''s free.b
3If she lives with another man while her husband is living, she''s obviously an adulteress. But if he dies, she is quite free to marry another man in good conscience, with no one''s disapproval.c
Romans 7 plunges us into the apostle Paul's most personal and anguished reflection on the human condition under the law. He argues that believers have died to the law through Christ's body, freeing them to serve in the new way of the Spirit. Yet the chapter is best known for its
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