Les Feldick Bible Study

How is the Christian life lived according to Galatians 2:20?

According to Galatians 2:20, the believer has been crucified with Christ by identification with His death, yet still lives in the flesh. That life is lived by faith—specifically, by the faithfulness of the Son of God—because forgiveness and new life rest on Christ's finished work, not human effort.

Les explains that Paul's classic statement in Galatians 2:20 is that he is crucified with Christ. That crucifixion is by identification with Christ's death, yet Paul still lives; the life he now lives in the flesh is lived by the faith—or, as Les prefers, the faithfulness of the Son of God. The Gospel's function is that Christ died for the sins of the world, was buried, and rose from the dead. When a person comes under that forgiveness, everything—past, present, and future—is forgiven because of what Christ accomplished, not because of anything we have done. Though beyond human comprehension, it is believed because the Book teaches it, and believers will never come into God's presence with sin on their back.

Galatians 2:20

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 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.

What does Galatians 2:20 say about being crucified with Christ?

In Galatians 2:20, Paul says he has been crucified with Christ, nevertheless he lives, and the life he now lives he lives by the faith (or faithfulness) of Christ, who loved him and gave himself for him.