Romans 7:2-3

[2] For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. [3] So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, free from that law; so that she no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

What is the context of Romans 7:2-3?

No Longer Bound to the Law (Romans 7:1-6 true)
An Illustration from Marriage (Romans 7:1-6 true)
Freed from the Law (Romans 7:1-6 true)
Released from the Law through Death (Romans 7:1-6 true)
Released From the Law, Bound to Christ (Romans 7:1-6 true)
Released from the Law (Romans 7:1-6 true)
Now We are Released from the Law (Romans 7:1-6 true)
Believers United to Christ (Romans 7:1-13 true)

What does Romans 7:2-3 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

These verses illustrate the truth of the principle stated in Romans 7:1. The law binds a wife to her husband. Paul"s example was especially true in Jewish life where the Mosaic Law did not permit a woman to divorce her husband. In the illustration the wife represents the believer and the husband the Law.

"As a woman whose husband has died is free to marry another, so also are believers, since they have died to the law, free to belong to Christ." ^[1]