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So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

While the husband liveth (ζωντος του ανδρος). Genitive absolute of present active participle of ζαω.

She shall be c…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

So then if, etc. Compare to Matthew 5:32.

She shall be called. She will be. The word used here (crhmatisei) is oft…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

He merely states this as an illustration.

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

So then if while her husband lives
True indeed it is, that while her husband is alive, if

she be …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

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…

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