Romans 7

Paul uses the analogy of marriage and the Law to explain the believer's freedom. A woman is bound to her husband only while he is alive; when he dies, she is free to remarry. Likewise, the believer has died to the Law through Christ's body so that we might belong to another—to Christ. Paul then describes the inner struggle of the believer: knowing the Law is good, but finding himself unable to consistently do what is right. He cries out, "Who will rescue me from this body of death?"