Galatians 6:14

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Summary

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.

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General references

Luke 5:38

1 Corinthians 1:31

2 Corinthians 10:17

Bible References

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that no man might glory before God;

therefore, let no one glory in men: for all are yours:

but this I do, and shall do, to make them drop their hire, who are so bent upon hire: and then indeed they will be as they pretend to be, like me.

I take pleasure then in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am afflicted, then it is I have fortitude.

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for I am not ashamed of the gospel, since it is divinely effectual to salvation, to everyone that believes, to the Jew first, and then to the Gentile.

we preach Christ crucified, an obstacle to the Jews indeed, and to the Gentiles foolishness: but to those who believe,

for I did not think I was to have any other knowledge among you, than that of Christ, a crucified saviour.

for we are the genuine sons of Abraham, who worship God in the spiritual manner, and value no other dependance than that on Jesus Christ, without confiding in any external advantages:

The world

that he might deliver us from the vices of this present age, according to the will of God, even our father: to

I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

now they who belong to Christ, have crucified the animal nature with the affections and passions thereof.

save what the holy spirit in every city declares, "that bonds and afflictions wait for me."

considering this, that our vicious passions were crucified with him, that the body of sin being destroyed, we might not any longer be vassals to sin.

therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye inflexibly steady, and continually surpass others in the work of the Lord, knowing that he will not leave your christian labour unrewarded.

to this I am urg'd by the love I bear to Christ, persuaded as I am, that if one died for all, then were all in a dying state: and that he died for all,

agreeably to that expectation and persuasion I have, that I shall not labour in vain; but as I always have, so I shall still glorify Christ in my body, whether it be by life or by death: for if I live, I live to Christ;

nay I think them disadvantages when put in competition with the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whose sake I abandon all these things, and count them as straw, that I may gain Christ,

If then you are risen with Christ, seek the things, that are above, where Christ sits at the right hand of God.

Love not the world, nor let worldly things engage your affections. he that is worldly affected is a stranger to divine love.

for he that is a true christian, overcomes the world: by obtaining faith, we have gain'd a victory over the world.

General references

but new wine must be put into new skins, and both will be preserv'd.

according as it is written, "he that glorieth, should glory in the Lord."

but he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.