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Connecting Statement:
Paul explains how the law controls those who want to live under the law.
do you not know, brothers ... that the law controls a person for as long as he lives?
Paul asks this question to add emphasis. AT: "So you certainly know that people have to obey laws only while they are alive" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
brothers
Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
the law controls a person for as long as he lives
Paul gives an example of this in Romans 7:2-3.