Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Translate, "But as for me (in opposition to those gloriers 'in your flesh,' Galatians 6:13), God forbid that I," etc.
in the cross--the atoning death on the cross. Compare Philippians 3:3, Philippians 3:7-8, as a specimen of his glorying. The "cross," the great object of shame to them, and to all carnal men, is the great object of glorying to me. For by it, the worst of deaths, Christ has destroyed all kinds of death [AUGUSTINE, Tract 36, on John, sec. 4]. We are to testify the power of Christ's death working in us, after the manner of crucifixion (Galatians 5:24; Romans 6:5-6).
our--He reminds the Galatians by this pronoun, that they had a share in the "Lord Jesus Christ" (the full name is used for greater solemnity), and therefore ought to glory in Christ's cross, as he did.
the world--inseparably allied to the "flesh" (Galatians 6:13). Legal and fleshly ordinances are merely outward, and "elements of the world" (Galatians 4:3).
is--rather, as Greek, "has been crucified to me" (Galatians 2:20). He used "crucified" for dead (Colossians 2:20, "dead with Christ"), to imply his oneness with Christ crucified (Philippians 3:10): "the fellowship of His sufferings being made conformable unto His death."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Psalms 34:2
Romans 6:6-7
Galatians 2:19
Galatians 6:17
Philippians 3:18
Colossians 2:20
Hebrews 6:6
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