What classic statement does Paul make in Galatians 2:20?
Paul’s classic statement in Galatians 2:20 is that he is crucified with Christ. This crucifixion is by identification with Christ’s death, yet Paul still lives, and the life he now lives in the flesh is lived by faith—specifically the faithfulness of the Son of God.
Les explains that in Galatians 2:20 Paul makes the classic statement that he is crucified with Christ. This crucifixion is by identification with Christ’s death. Les connects this to the very function of the Gospel: Christ died for the sins of the world, was buried, and rose from the dead. When we come under that forgiveness, we are forgiven everything—past, present, and future—and will never come into God’s presence with sin on our back, because it has all been paid for. Les says this is beyond human comprehension, but he believes it because that is what the Book teaches: we have been forgiven all our trespasses, not because of anything we have done, but because of what Christ accomplished on our behalf. That makes the Gospel simple yet complex. Paul goes on to say 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 says he prefers the wording “the faithfulness of the Son of God.”
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 say about being crucified with Christ in Galatians 2:20?
In Galatians 2:20, Paul makes a classic statement that he is crucified with Christ.