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?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.

1Brothers and sisters (I'm speaking here to people who know the law), don't you see that the law has authority over someone only while they're alive?2For example, a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he's alive, but if he dies, she's released from this law.