The wife that hath a husband (η υπανδρος γυνη). Late word, under (in subjection to) a husband. Here only in N.T.

Is…

For the woman. This verse is a specific illustration of the general principle found in Romans 7:1: that death dissolves those connections …

For the woman which hath an husband.—The illustration is not quite exact. The Law is here represented by the husband, but…

He merely states this as an illustration.

To illustrate the binding character of the law, Paul uses the case of a woman who is married to a husband and remains bound by law in that relation…

For a woman subject to a man, etc. He presents an analogy by which he proves that we are so released from the law that it no long…

For the woman which has an husband
The former general rule is here illustrated by a particular instance and example …

As long as anyone continues under the law as a covenant and seeks justification by their own obedience, they continue as a slave to sin in some for…

After showing that we are set free from sin through the grace of Christ, the Apostle now shows that through the same grace we are freed from slaver…