What does the Bible say about the law and its relationship to believers?

In Romans 7, Paul explains the believer's relationship to the law using the analogy of marriage. Just as a woman is bound to her husband while he lives, believers are bound to the law until they are freed by the death of Christ. The law, serving as a former husband, held believers under condemnation as long as they were in the flesh, producing fruit unto death. However, through Christ's sacrificial death, believers are now delivered from the law and can serve in the newness of the Spirit. Thus, the law, while good and holy, is not the means by which believers live; instead, they are called to live in accordance with the Spirit (Romans 7:5-6).