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I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
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Death to the Old Self
Commentators explain that being "crucified with Christ" is a powerful metaphor for a spiritual reality. It signifies the death of your "old self"—your life under the law's condemnation and sin's power. Through union with Christ, His death becomes your death to these things, freeing you to live a new kind of life for God. This isn't about becoming inactive, but about your old way of living losing its power over you.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I am crucified with Christ. In the previous verse, Paul had said that he was dead. In this verse, he states what he meant by it and shows …
I have been crucified with Christ (Χριστω συνεσταυρωμα). One of Paul's greatest mystical sayings. Perfect passive indicative of συ…
19th Century
Anglican
In the last verse, the Apostle had spoken of himself as dead to the Law, and living to God. The prominent idea in the first half of this c…
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Baptist
For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ li…
This same point Paul now repeats in greater detail, with the name of Christ prominent. He has died to law so that he might live for God, but this i…
16th Century
Protestant
I am crucified with Christ. This explains the manner in which we, who are dead to the law, live to God. Grafted into the death of Christ, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I am crucified with Christ Not literally, for so only the two thieves were crucified with him, but mystically; Chris…
Here, in his own person, the apostle describes the spiritual or hidden life of a believer. The old man is crucified ([Reference Romans 6:6…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Apostle expands on the solution given above. First, he explains the solution. Second, he draws his main conclusion (verse 21). It should b…
