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Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died. <a href="/esv/galatians/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/bsb/galatians/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/blb/galatians/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But for me, may it be never to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. <a href="/kjv/galatians/6.htm">King James Bible</a> But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. <a href="/nkjv/galatians/6.htm">New King James Version</a> But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/nasb_/galatians/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/nasb/galatians/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/nasb77/galatians/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But may it never be that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/lsb/galatians/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/amp/galatians/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But far be it from me to boast [in anything or anyone], except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/csb/galatians/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world. <a href="/hcsb/galatians/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world. <a href="/asv/galatians/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world. <a href="/cev/galatians/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But I will never brag about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his cross, the world is dead as far as I am concerned, and I am dead as far as the world is concerned. <a href="/erv/galatians/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world. <a href="/gwt/galatians/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But it's unthinkable that I could ever brag about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. By his cross my relationship to the world and its relationship to me have been crucified. <a href="/gnt/galatians/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> As for me, however, I will boast only about the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; for by means of his cross the world is dead to me, and I am dead to the world. <a href="/isv/galatians/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world! <a href="/msb/galatians/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/net/galatians/6.htm">NET Bible</a> But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/nheb/galatians/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/wbt/galatians/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But may it never be that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/wey/galatians/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But as for me, God forbid that I should glory in anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world. <a href="/web/galatians/6.htm">World English Bible</a> But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/galatians/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And for me, let it not be—to glory, except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world; <a href="/blb/galatians/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But for me, may it be never to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. <a href="/ylt/galatians/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And for me, let it not be -- to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world; <a href="/slt/galatians/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it may not be to me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/galatians/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/cpdv/galatians/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But far be it from me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/nabre/galatians/6.htm">New American Bible</a> But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/nrsvce/galatians/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/galatians/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But as for me, I have nothing on which to boast, except the cross of our LORD Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me and I am crucified unto the world. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/galatians/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But let it not be for me to take pride except in the crucifixion of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah, in whom the universe has been crucified to me, and I have been crucified to the universe.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/galatians/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But may I never boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/godbey/galatians/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> But it would be impossible for me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world: <a href="/haweis/galatians/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world, <a href="/mace/galatians/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but far be it from me that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world is as contemptible to me, as I am to the world. <a href="/wey/galatians/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But as for me, God forbid that I should glory in anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, upon which the world is crucified to me, and I am crucified to the world. <a href="/worrell/galatians/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> But it could not be that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has become crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/worsley/galatians/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But God forbid that I should glory, unless in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. <a href="/parallel/galatians/6-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv8Ri4CeT34?start=1299" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/galatians/6.htm">Paul's Final Warning</a> …13For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. 14<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: Emoi (PPro-D1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">as for me,</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: genoito (V-AOM-3S) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">may</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">I never</a> <a href="/greek/2744.htm" title="2744: kauchasthai (V-PNM/P) -- To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt.">boast,</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">except</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4716.htm" title="4716: staurō (N-DMS) -- A cross. ">cross</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">of our</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriou (N-GMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsou (N-GMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christou (N-GMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ,</a> <a href="/greek/1223.htm" title="1223: di’ (Prep) -- A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.">through</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hou (RelPro-GMS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">which</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmos (N-NMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">the world</a> <a href="/greek/4717.htm" title="4717: estaurōtai (V-RIM/P-3S) -- From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness.">has been crucified</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: emoi (PPro-D1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">to me,</a> <a href="/greek/2504.htm" title="2504: kagō (PPro-N1S) -- To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me.">and I</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmō (N-DMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">to the world.</a> 15For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">Philippians 3:7-8</a> But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. / More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ <a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18</a> For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. <a href="/1_corinthians/2-2.htm">1 Corinthians 2:2</a> For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. <a href="/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6</a> We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. <a href="/colossians/2-14.htm">Colossians 2:14</a> having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross! <a href="/romans/1-16.htm">Romans 1:16</a> I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a> He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.” <a href="/ephesians/2-16.htm">Ephesians 2:16</a> and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility. <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a> And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. <a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a> But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. <a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Hebrews 12:2</a> Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. <a href="/matthew/16-24.htm">Matthew 16:24</a> Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. <a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32-33</a> And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.” / He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die. <a href="/luke/9-23.htm">Luke 9:23</a> Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.God.<a href="/romans/3-4.htm">Romans 3:4-6</a> God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged… <a href="/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3,7,8</a> For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh… that I.<a href="/2_kings/14-9.htm">2 Kings 14:9-11</a> And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle… <a href="/job/31-24.htm">Job 31:24,25</a> If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; … <a href="/psalms/49-6.htm">Psalm 49:6</a> They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;save.<a href="/isaiah/45-24.htm">Isaiah 45:24,25</a> Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed… <a href="/romans/1-16.htm">Romans 1:16</a> For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.<a href="/1_corinthians/1-23.htm">1 Corinthians 1:23</a> But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;by whom.<a href="/galatians/1-4.htm">Galatians 1:4</a> Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:<a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> 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.<a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Galatians 5:24</a> And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/galatians/6-13.htm">Boast</a> <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/galatians/3-17.htm">End</a> <a href="/galatians/1-19.htm">Except</a> <a href="/galatians/3-21.htm">Far</a> <a href="/galatians/3-21.htm">Forbid</a> <a href="/galatians/6-13.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/galatians/5-24.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/galatians/1-19.htm">Save</a> <a href="/galatians/4-3.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/2-9.htm">Boast</a> <a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-16.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Crucified</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-12.htm">End</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm">Except</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-21.htm">Far</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-3.htm">Forbid</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-6.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/philippians/2-27.htm">Save</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Galatians 6</div>1. <a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">He moves them to deal mildly with a brother who has slipped,</a> 2. <a href="/galatians/6-2.htm">and to bear one another's burden;</a> 6. <a href="/galatians/6-6.htm">to be generous to their teachers,</a> 9. <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">and not weary of well-doing.</a> 12. <a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">He shows what they intend that preach circumcision.</a> 14. <a href="/galatians/6-14.htm">He glories in nothing, save in the cross of Christ.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Boasting in the flesh refers to taking pride in human achievements or adherence to the law. Paul emphasizes humility and the rejection of self-glorification, aligning with <a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">Jeremiah 9:23-24</a>, where the Lord declares that the only legitimate boasting is in understanding and knowing Him.except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ The cross, a symbol of shame and suffering in the Roman world, becomes the central point of Paul's message and the only source of his boasting. This reflects the transformative power of the Gospel, where what was once a symbol of defeat is now a symbol of victory and salvation. The cross signifies the atoning sacrifice of Jesus, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies such as <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, and is central to the Christian faith as the means of reconciliation with God.through which the world has been crucified to me Paul speaks of a radical transformation in his relationship with the world. The "world" here refers to the sinful, fallen system opposed to God. By identifying with the crucifixion of Christ, Paul declares that the world's values and priorities no longer hold sway over him. This echoes <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a>, where Paul states he has been crucified with Christ, indicating a complete break from his former way of life.and I to the world This phrase completes the mutual separation between Paul and the world. Just as the world is dead to him, he is dead to the world. This reflects the believer's new identity in Christ, where old allegiances and desires are put to death. It aligns with <a href="/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6</a>, which speaks of the old self being crucified with Christ, and <a href="/colossians/3-3.htm">Colossians 3:3</a>, where believers are said to have died, and their life is now hidden with Christ in God. This mutual crucifixion underscores the believer's call to live a life set apart, dedicated to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Galatians, Paul is addressing the churches in Galatia, emphasizing the centrality of the cross of Christ in the Christian life. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_cross_of_jesus_christ.htm">The Cross of Jesus Christ</a> The pivotal event in Christian theology, representing the sacrificial death of Jesus for the sins of humanity and the means by which believers are reconciled to God. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_world.htm">The World</a> In this context, "the world" refers to the sinful, fallen system opposed to God, which believers are called to separate from through their identification with Christ. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_churches_in_galatia.htm">The Churches in Galatia</a> The recipients of Paul's letter, who were struggling with issues of legalism and the influence of Judaizers who insisted on adherence to the Mosaic Law for salvation. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judaizers.htm">Judaizers</a> A group within the early church that taught that Gentile converts must adhere to Jewish law, including circumcision, to be true Christians.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/b/boasting_in_the_cross.htm">Boasting in the Cross</a> As Christians, our only source of pride should be in what Christ has accomplished on the cross, not in our own achievements or adherence to the law. <a href="/topical/c/crucified_to_the_world.htm">Crucified to the World</a> Believers are called to live distinct from worldly values and systems, identifying with Christ's death and resurrection. <a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a> Our primary identity is found in Christ and His work on the cross, which should shape our values, decisions, and interactions with the world. <a href="/topical/r/rejecting_legalism.htm">Rejecting Legalism</a> Salvation is through faith in Christ alone, not through adherence to the law or any human effort, a truth that liberates us from legalistic practices. <a href="/topical/l/living_by_the_spirit.htm">Living by the Spirit</a> The cross empowers us to live by the Spirit, producing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives as evidence of our transformation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_galatians_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Galatians 6</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_celtic_cross's_meaning.htm">What is the significance of the Celtic Cross?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'plentiful_harvest'_mean.htm">What does 'Christ Lives in Me' signify?</a> <a href="/q/is_god_inherently_self-centered.htm">What does 'The Message of the Cross is Foolishness' mean?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_paul's_authorship_of_gal._6.htm">Are there historical or archaeological findings to confirm or challenge Paul’s authorship and context for Galatians 6? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/galatians/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) God forbid that I should glory.--There is a stress upon the pronoun "I," which, in the Greek, stands first, in emphatic contrast to the party who had been the subjects of the last verse. They make their boast in a mere external; but for me--far be it from me to make my boast in anything but the cross of Christ.The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ--i.e., "in the death and passion which Christ underwent for me." The Apostle is aware that in this he is putting forward a startling paradox. The cross of Christ was "to the Jews a stumbling-block." They attached to it only ideas of ignominy and shame, and yet it is precisely this of which the Apostle is most proud. He is proud of it as the ground of his salvation, and therefore as the cardinal object of all his hopes and aims.By whom.--It seems better, on the whole, to adopt the marginal rendering: whereby. The antecedent is thus not Christ, but more especially the cross of Christ. It is the intense contemplation of a crucified Saviour through which the Christian dies to the world.The world.--By this is meant here the world of sense, the sphere of outward and sensible things, at once with its manifold temptations to sin and with its inadequate methods of escaping from them--mere external rites, such as circumcision.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/galatians/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ (ἐμοὶ δὲ μὴ γένοιτο καυχᾶσθαι εἰ μὴ ἐν but as for me, God forbid, etc. For the construction of the dative ἐμοὶ with γένοιτο, Alford cites <a href="/acts/20-16.htm">Acts 20:16</a>, Οπως μὴ γένητα αὐτῷ χρονοτριβῆσαι, and Meyer Xenophon, 'Cyrop.' 6:3. 11, Ω Ζεῦ μέγιστε λαβεῖν μοι γένοιτο αὐτόν. But neither passage matches the tone of abhorrence which attaches to the phrase, μὴ γένοιτο, on which see note on Galatians 2:17. Here only in the New Testament does it form a syntactical part of a sentence. But in the Septuagint this construction is of repeated occurrence, following the Hebrew construction of chali'lah with a dative and an infinitive verb with min. Thus <a href="/genesis/44-7.htm">Genesis 44:7</a>, Μὴ γένοιτο τοῖς παισί σου ποιῆσαι κ.τ.λ..; id., 17. So <a href="/joshua/24-16.htm">Joshua 24:16</a>. The pronoun ἐμοὶ is strongly emphasized both in this first clause of the verse and in that which follows. The apostle is vividly contrasting his own feeling and behaviour in relation to the cross of Christ with those of the leaders of the circumcision party whom he has been denouncing. They would fain put the cross as far as possible out of sight, not to offend the Jews they were so anxious to conciliate - that "obnoxious object" (σκάνδαλον, <a href="/1_corinthians/1-25.htm">1 Corinthians 1:25</a>) itself, as well as the inferences which the apostle taught them to draw from it in relation to the ceremonial law: their καύχημα, that whereof they would glory, should be in preference the mutilated flesh of their misled Galatian brethren; his boast, rejoicing, glory, was, and God helping him should ever be, the cross of Christ - that, and that alone. It quite emasculates the energy of his utterance to paraphrase "the cross" as being "the doctrine of the cross or of Christ's atonement." Rather, it is the cross itself which rivets his admiring view; sneered at by Gentile, abhorred by Jew, but to his eye resplendent with a multiplicity of truths radiating from it to his soul of infinite preciousness. Among those truths, one group, which to us is apt to appear of but small interest, was to the apostle's heart and conscience productive of profoundest relief. In former days he had experienced the burden and the chafing or benumbing effect of the Law, both as a ceremonial institute and as a "letter" of merely imperative command. It was the cross which released him, as from the guilt and servitude of sin, so also from all the worry and distress of bondage to ceremonial prescriptions. And this group of truths, as well as those relating to man's reconciliation with God, he felt it to be his mission, even perhaps his own most especial mission, boldly and frankly to proclaim; not only to rejoice in them on his own behalf, but to hold them forth to the view of others, as replete with blessing to all mankind; to glorify and vaunt them. His motive at present in thus vehemently protesting his own rejoicing in the cross of Christ was doubtless to rouse into fresh activity the slumbering sympathy with those feelings which had probably in some degree once animated his Galatian converts. Therefore it is that he writes, "the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ," instead of "the cross of my Lord," which it would else have been in this case natural to him to say, as he does in <a href="/philippians/3-8.htm">Philippians 3:8</a>, "for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord," and according to the tone of <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> of this Epistle. This "our" hints to the Galatians that they have as much reason as he has to glory in the cross as redeeming God's people alike from sin and from the Law. By whom (or, whereby) the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world (δἰ οῦ ἑμοὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωται, κἀγώ κόσμῳ [Receptus, τῷ κόσμῳ]); through which the world has been crucified unto me, and I unto the world. The omission of τῷ before κόσμῳ, which is now generally agreed in, adds to the terseness of the sentence. The article is wanting before κόσμος elsewhere, as <a href="/2_corinthians/5-19.htm">2 Corinthians 5:19</a>; <a href="/philippians/2-15.htm">Philippians 2:15</a>; <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Colossians 2:20</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/3-16.htm">1 Timothy 3:16</a>. The construing of the passage which takes the relative οῦ as reciting "our Lord Jesus Christ," loses sight of the image which is now the one most prominent to the apostle's view: this surely is not Christ himself, but his cross; as in <a href="/1_corinthians/2-2.htm">1 Corinthians 2:2</a> the apostle determines the more general term, "Jesus Christ," by the more specific one, "and him crucified." The reference of the relative is to be determined, here as often elsewhere, not by the mere propinquity of words in the sentence, but by the nearness of objects to the writer's mind at the moment. In language of singular intensity the apostle bespeaks the all-involving transformation which, through the cross of Christ, his own life had undergone. The world, he says, had become to him a thing crucified: not only a dead thing, ceasing to interest or attract him, but also a vile, accursed thing, something he loathed and despised. And conversely, he himself had become a crucified thing unto the world; not only had he ceased to present to the world ought that could interest or attract it, but also become to it a thing scorned and abhorred; as he says <a href="/1_corinthians/4-13.htm">1 Corinthians 4:13</a>, "We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things." The whole context of those words in the Corinthians (vers. 9-13) is here compressed into the single clause, "I have been crucified unto the world." "The world;" the term denotes unregenerate mankind taken in connection with that entire system of habits of life and of feeling in which man, as un-quickened by the Spirit of God, finds his sphere and home. As the apostle is speaking of his own personal experience, we must understand him as referring in particular to all those circumstances of civil, social, and religious being which had once surrounded him, the honoured Jew and Pharisee. These he enumerates at length in <a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/philippians/3-5.htm">Philippians 3:5, 6</a>. To these we might add, though it would, perhaps, have hardly occurred to Paul's own mind to add it, the ordinary possession of worldly comforts and immunity from want and suffering. All, he proceeds in that passage to say, he had "forfeited" (ἐζημιώθην <a href="/philippians/3-8.htm">Philippians 3:8</a>). Nor did he look back upon his loss with regret: "I do count them as dung (σκύβαλα)." This twofold description, "I forfeited all things," and "I do count them all as dung," is here summarized in the phrase, "the world is a crucified object to me." The world, further, thus described as crucified to him, included in particular the entire system of Jewish ceremonialism, so far as it existed apart from the vitalizing influence of the Spirit of God. The "natural man (ψυχικὸς ἄνθρωπος)" sets great store by religious ceremonialism; it is to him, in fact, his religion. The apostle has himself felt it to be so. But his sentiment now is the very opposite: he accounts it a dead, lifeless thing; nay, even loathsome and abhorred, whenever in the smallest degree placed even by a Christian Jew in the category of Christianly obedience. That he did regard such religious ceremonialism as belonging to the "world," from which as in Christ he had become dissevered, is plain, both from <a href="/galatians/4-3.htm">Galatians 4:3</a>, "in bondage under the rudiments of the world," and from <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Colossians 2:20</a>, "why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourself to ordinances, Handle not," etc. That this particular ingredient in the whole system recited as "the world" was at this moment present to the apostle's mind, appears from his singling out circumcision for mention in the next verse. While, however, this was a part of the "crucified world" just now prominent to his view, this term comprised to his consciousness much beside; namely, the entire mass of ungodliness and vice which appertains to "the course, or age, of this world" (αἰὼν τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, <a href="/ephesians/2-2.htm">Ephesians 2:2</a>), from which αἰὼν, the Christian is by the daily transforming of his character to be removed (<a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Romans 12:2</a>). (See above, <a href="/galatians/1-4.htm">Galatians 1:4</a>, and note.) "Through which;" in various ways was the cress of Christ the means of effecting this mutual crucifixion between the apostle and the world. It is apparent, from the whole tenor of his Epistles, that Christ crucified, as manifesting both Christ's love to sinful men in general, and to his own self in particular, "the chief of sinners," and likewise the love of God his Father, wrought with so mighty an attraction upon his whole soul - intellect, conscience, affections - that all other objects which were only not connected with this one lost to him their whole zest and interest, while all other objects which clashed with the moral and spiritual influence of this became absolutely distasteful and repulsive. And, on the other hand, the world at large met the man who was animated with this absorbing devotion to God as manifested in a crucified Christ, with just that estrangedness and aversion which might have been anticipated. The influence exercised by the cross in crucifying the world and the apostle to each other was intensified by the especial bearing which, in the apostle's view, the cross had towards Jewish ceremonialism (see <a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/galatians/2-19.htm">Galatians 2:19, 20</a>, and notes). The vivid, intense manner in which the apostle proclaimed such sentiments alienated from him the adherents and champions of Judaism, and made him of all Christians the one who was to them the most obnoxious. And how this affected his standing, even in the Gentile world, there have been above repeated occasions for noting. <a href="/commentaries/galatians/6-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>But δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. as for me, Ἐμοὶ (Emoi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. may γένοιτο (genoito) Verb - Aorist Optative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. {I} never μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. boast, καυχᾶσθαι (kauchasthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_2744.htm">Strong's 2744: </a> To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt. except εἰ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. cross σταυρῷ (staurō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4716.htm">Strong's 4716: </a> A cross. of our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Lord Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. Jesus Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. Christ, Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. through δι’ (di’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1223.htm">Strong's 1223: </a> A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. which οὗ (hou) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. [the] world κόσμος (kosmos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). has been crucified ἐσταύρωται (estaurōtai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4717.htm">Strong's 4717: </a> From stauros; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish passion or selfishness. to me, ἐμοὶ (emoi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. and I κἀγὼ (kagō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2504.htm">Strong's 2504: </a> To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me. [to the] world. κόσμῳ (kosmō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/galatians/6-14.htm">Galatians 6:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/galatians/6-14.htm">NT Letters: Galatians 6:14 But far be it from me (Gal. 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