Study it in the app“So then, while the husband is living, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes the wife of another man; but if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress if she becomes the wife of another man.”
Soἄραthen,οὖνwhile the husbandτοῦ ἀνδρὸςis living,ζῶντοςshe will be calledχρηματίσειan adulteressμοιχαλὶςifἐὰνshe becomesγένηταιthe wifeof anotherἑτέρῳman;ἀνδρὶbutδὲifἐὰνthe husbandὁ ἀνήρdies,ἀποθάνῃshe isἐστὶνfreeἐλευθέραfromἀπὸthe law,τοῦ νόμουso thatτοῦsheαὐτὴνis notμὴ εἶναιan adulteressμοιχαλίδαif she becomes the wifeγενομένηνof anotherἑτέρῳman.ἀνδρὶ
then, so
So then, therefore.
Where else “ara” appearshusband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andros” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōntos” appearsbe called
To bear a name.
Where else “chrēmatisei” appearsadulteress
Adulteress: a woman unfaithful to her husband. The prophets use the same image for a people unfaithful to God.
Where else “moichalis” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genētai” appearsother, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heterōi” appearsdie
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apothanēi” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsexempt
Free from a tie or obligation.
Where else “eleuthera” appearslaw
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears2For the married woman is bound by law to her living husband; but if the husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband.
3 · This verse (above)
4So, my brothers, you also were put to death to the law through the body of the Messiah, so that you might belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
1. What it says
What does Paul say he does and does not do, and how does he feel about it? (vv. 15-19, 24)
2. What it means
Why do you think Paul describes his inner struggle so frankly? What answer does he give at the end? (vv. 21-25)
3. How I live it
Paul admits his inner struggle without hiding it. To whom could you confidently tell a struggle of your own?
