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Romans 7:1 (WEB)
Or don’t you know, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?

Fathers and councils · 4

Jerome, Letters Letter 55
“So then, if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress.”” — editor's note: Rom. vii. 1–3.
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Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 9
“Accordingly, it will be without cause that you will say that God wills not a divorced woman to be joined to another man “while her husband liveth,” as if He do will it “when he is dead;” whereas if she is not bound to him when dead, no more is she when living.” — editor's note: Comp. Rom. vii. 1–3.
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Tertullian, To His Wife II.1Book II
“Add to this the fact that the apostle, with regard to widows and the unmarried, advises them to remain permanently in that state, when he says, “But I desire all to persevere in (imitation of) my example:” but touching marrying “in the Lord,” he no longer advises, but plainly bids.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 39, where the μόνον ἐν Κυρίῳ is on the same footing as γυνὴ δέδεται ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χρόνον ζῇ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς: comp. c. ix. and Rom. vii. 1 (in the Eng. ver.…
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OrigenCatena Aurea on John
“(Rom. 7:1) According to the Apostle, the Law is the husband of the soul.” — the author cites it
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