How does Paul live after being crucified with Christ?
After being crucified with Christ, Paul still lives. The life he now lives in the flesh is lived by faith, which is understood as the faithfulness of the Son of God. His crucified identification with Christ's death does not end his life but redefines how he lives.
Les explains that Paul's statement in Galatians 2:20 follows the Gospel fact that Christ died for the sins of the world, was buried, and rose from the dead. Because Christ paid for sin, believers are forgiven everything—past, present, and future—and will never come into God's presence with sin on their back. Paul says that even though he is crucified by identification with Christ's death, yet he lives, and the life he now lives in the flesh is lived by faith. Les prefers to call it the faithfulness of the Son of God. This is beyond human comprehension, but it is believed because that is what the Book teaches.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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What does Paul mean that he is crucified with Christ yet lives?
Paul teaches in Galatians 2:20 that although he was crucified by identification with Christ's death, he still lives.
What does Galatians 2:20 mean by being crucified with Christ yet living?
Paul says in Galatians 2:20 that even though he is crucified by identification with Christ's death, yet he lives.