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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Paul is confronting the idea that righteousness comes by law-keeping. His answer: he died to the law's demands and now lives by Christ.
What Does Galatians 2:20 Mean?
In one sentence: Paul's old self died with Christ, and now Christ Himself lives in and through him by faith. The Christian life is not self-improvement but a kind of exchange -- "not I, but Christ."
Yet Paul still lives a real, embodied life "in the flesh," now animated by trust in the Son of God whose love is personal: "who loved me, and gave himself for me." Faith draws daily on a life that is no longer self-generated.
In the Original Language
The Greek "systauroo" means to be crucified together with -- the old self put to death with Christ. "Pistis" (faith) is the trust through which Christ's life flows.
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Application
Live today drawing on Christ's life by faith rather than your own willpower, remembering His love was personal -- for you.