Romans 7:3

So then, ¹  if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her ²  husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.

Ex 20:14; Le 20:10; Nu 5:13-31; De 22:22-24; Ru 2:13; 1Sa 25:39-42; Mt 5:32; Mr 10:6-12; Joh 8:3-5; 1Ti 5:11-14

¹ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what he has been arguing.

² tn Grk “the,” with the article used as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).