<p>7:2&nbsp;<i>For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives; but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband</i>- It&rsquo;s tempting to interpret this as a reference to the death of Christ ending the Law. But that interpretation runs into problems in 7:3, for there the woman- the body of believers- is married to &ldquo;another man&rdquo;. See note on 7:4. Or it could be that Paul is seeking to make the simple point that the death of one person can free another person from a law / legal obligation; which is what happened in the death of Christ.</p>