Les Feldick Bible Study

What does Paul say about being crucified and living in Galatians 2:20?

Paul says he is crucified with Christ, by identification with Christ's death. Yet he lives, and the life he now lives in the flesh is lived by faith—the faithfulness of the Son of God. This reflects the Gospel: Christ died for sins, was buried, and rose.

Les teaches that in Galatians 2:20 Paul makes the classic statement that he is crucified with Christ. That crucifixion is by identification with Christ's death, and it is the very function of the Gospel: Christ died for the sins of the world, was buried, and rose from the dead. Les stresses that 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. This is beyond human comprehension, but it is believed because the Book teaches we have been forgiven all trespasses, not by anything we have done, but by what Christ accomplished on our behalf. Paul then 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 the faithfulness of the Son of God.

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 'crucified with Christ' mean in Galatians 2:20?

Paul's being crucified with Christ means he was crucified by identification with Christ's death.