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.
'But as for me (in opposition to those gloriers "in your flesh," Galatians 6:13), God forbid х mee (G3361) genoito (G1096), far be it] that I,' etc.
In the cross - the atoning death on the cross; making us dead to self. Compare Philippians 3:3; Philippians 3:7-8 as a specimen of his glorying. The "cross," the object of shame to them and 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). We are to testify the power of Christ's death working in us after the manner of crucifixion (Romans 6:5-6; Galatians 5:24).
Our. He reminds them by this pronoun that they had a share in the "Lord Jesus Christ" (the full name gives greater solemnity), and therefore ought to glory in Christ's cross as he did.
The world - `the aim of the old man' (Calvin) - inseparably allied to the "flesh" (Galatians 6:13). Legal and fleshly ordinances are merely outward, and "elements of the world" (Galatians 4:3).
Is - Greek, 'has been crucified to me' (Galatians 2:20). He used "crucified" for "dead with Christ" (Colossians 2:20, to imply his oneness with Christ crucified (Philippians 3:10).