Romans 7:3 
Context| NET © | 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. |
| NIV © | So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man. |
| NASB © | So then, if while her husband is living she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress though she is joined to another man. |
| NLT © | So while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery if she married another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and does not commit adultery when she remarries. |
| MSG © | If she lives with another man while her husband is living, she's obviously an adulteress. But if he dies, she is quite free to marry another man in good conscience, with no one's disapproval. |
| BBE © | So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man. |
| NRSV © | Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man, she is not an adulteress. |
| NKJV © | So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man. |
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| NASB © | So <686> then <686> , if <1437> while her husband <435> is living <2198> she is joined <1096> to another <2087> man <435> , she shall be called <5537> an adulteress <3428> ; but if <1437> her husband <435> dies <599> , she is free <1658> from the law <3551> , so that she is not an adulteress <3428> though she is joined <1096> to another <2087> man .<435> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | So then, if <1437> she is joined <1096> to another <2087> man <435> while her husband <435> is alive <2198> , she will be called <5537> an adulteress <3428> . But <1161> if <1437> her husband <435> dies <599> , she is <1510> free <1658> from <575> that law <3551> , and if she is joined to another <2087> man <435> , she is <1096> not <3361> an adulteress .<3428> |
| NET © | 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. |
| NET © Notes |
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). |
