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Romans 7:1

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

KJV

Ἢ ἀγνοεῖτε, ἀδελφοί, γινώσκουσιν γὰρ νόμον λαλῶ, ὅτι ὁ νόμος κυριεύει τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον ζῇ;

Greek NT

An ignoratis, fratres (scientibus enim legem loquor), quia lex in homine dominatur quanto tempore vivit ?

Vulgate

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?

ASV

Know you not, brethren (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as it liveth?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
κυριεύω
kurieuo
verb · 7×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
χρόνος
chronos
noun · 54×
ἀγνοέω
agnoeo
verb · 22×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210212.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:8 — Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
  • Gal 4:21 — Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
  • Mark 10:9 — What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
  • Prov 6:23 — For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
  • Rom 2:17 — Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
  • Rom 6:3 — Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
  • Rom 6:3 — Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
  • Rom 6:14 — For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
  • Rom 7:6 — But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
  • Rom 7:6 — But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
  • Rom 9:3 — For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
  • Rom 10:1 — Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
  • Rom 10:4 — For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.