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Romans 7:4

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Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
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  1. 1 Peter 2:24Rank 1 from verse 4
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    24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  2. Galatians 5:22–23Rank 2 from verse 4
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

    23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

  3. Isaiah 54:5Rank 3 from verse 4
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    5For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

  4. Romans 8:2Rank 4 from verse 4
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

  5. Ephesians 5:23–27Rank 5 from verse 4
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    23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

    24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

    25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

    26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

    27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

  6. Galatians 2:19–20Rank 6 from verse 4
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    19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

    20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

  7. Romans 7:6Rank 7 from verse 4
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    6But 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.

  8. Ephesians 2:15Rank 8 from verse 4
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    15Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

  9. Galatians 3:13Rank 9 from verse 4
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    13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  10. Galatians 5:18Rank 10 from verse 4
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    18But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

  11. Colossians 1:22Rank 11 from verse 4
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    22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

  12. Romans 6:22Rank 12 from verse 4
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    22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

  13. Romans 6:14Rank 13 from verse 4
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    14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

  14. Colossians 2:14Rank 14 from verse 4
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    14Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

  15. Colossians 1:10Rank 15 from verse 4
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    10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  16. Hosea 2:19–20Rank 16 from verse 4
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    19And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

    20I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

  17. Philippians 1:11Rank 17 from verse 4
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    11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

  18. Revelation 19:7Rank 18 from verse 4
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    7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

  19. Romans 6:2Rank 19 from verse 4
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    2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

  20. Colossians 1:6Rank 20 from verse 4
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    6Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

  21. Colossians 2:20Rank 21 from verse 4
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    20Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

  22. John 3:29Rank 22 from verse 4
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    29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

  23. Matthew 26:26Rank 23 from verse 4
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    26¶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

  24. Philippians 4:17Rank 24 from verse 4
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    17Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

  25. Psalms 45:10–16Rank 25 from verse 4
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    10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

    11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

    12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

    13The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

    14She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

    15With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.

    16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

  26. 1 Corinthians 10:16Rank 26 from verse 4
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    16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

  27. 2 Corinthians 11:2Rank 27 from verse 4
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    2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

  28. Hebrews 10:10Rank 28 from verse 4
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    10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

  29. Isaiah 62:5Rank 29 from verse 4
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    5¶ For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

  30. John 15:8Rank 30 from verse 4
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    8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

  31. John 6:51Rank 31 from verse 4
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    51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

  32. Revelation 21:9Rank 32 from verse 4
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    9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

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Romans 7:4

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wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

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body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

married

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of marry, meaning to take or join in marriage; to enter the marriage relation.

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another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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raised

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of raise. Sense 1: To rouse; to stir up. Sense 2: To lift or set upright. Sense 3: To exalt. Sense 4: To build or produce. Sense 5: To call forth. Sense 6: To restore to life.

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

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fruit

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Sense 1: The produce borne by plants or the land. Sense 2: Offspring or increase. Sense 3: A result, product, consequence, character, or work proceeding from something.

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7:1KNOW 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?

7:2For 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.

7:3So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

7:4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

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7:5For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

7:6But 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.

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