But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.
6:14
— But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, — Humanly speaking, Paul had much to boast about (Phil 3:4-5; 2Co 11:18; 2Co 11:22-28). The Judaizers gloried in the number of circumcised Gentiles, but Paul gloried only in Christ and his death for us. For the Greek the cross was madness and for the Jew it was a stumbling block, but for believers it is the power of God for salvation (1Co 1:23). Paul gloried on the cross not only in words but also in deeds. In the first place he gloried on the cross for submitting to the teaching of the crucified and risen Christ and for preaching the cross as the hope of the world (1Co 9:16; 2Co 5:18-20). — by whom the world is crucified to me, — Probably the “world” in this text refers to the advantages that Paul had in Judaism (Phil 3:3-8) that now do not interest you, do not attract your attention; rather he regards them as “garbage”. The world refers to all the pleasures, treasures, honors, values, etc., that occupy our attention to divert us from our purpose of serving the Lord. — and I to the world. — Just as Pablo did not pay attention to the world, neither did the world pay attention to him. For Paul the world did not exist and for the world Paul did not exist.
Source: Commentary on the New Testament by Partain
be far from me. Romans 3:4-6; Phil 3:3, Phil 3:7, Phil 3:8.
glorify myself 2Ki 14:9-11; Job 31:24, Job 31:25; Ps 49:6; Ps 52:1; Jer 9:23, Jer 9:24; Eze 28:2; Dan 4:30, Dan 4:31; Dan 5:20, Dan 5:21; 1Co 1:29-31; 1Co 3:21; 2Co 11:12; 2Co 12:10, 2Co 12:11.
but on the cross. Isaiah 45:24, Isaiah 45:25; Romans 1:16; 1Co 1:23; 1Co 2:2; Phil 3:3; Phil 3:7-11.
and I to the world. Gal 1:4; Gal 2:20; Gal 5:24; Ac 20:23, Ac 20:24; Romans 6:6; 1Co 15:58; 2Co 5:14-16; Phil 1:20, Phil 1:21; Phil 3:8, Phil 3:9; Col 3:1-3; 1Jn 2:15-17; 1Jn 5:4, 1Jn 5:5.
Source: The Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
THE WORLD IS CRUCIFIED TO ME, AND I TO THE WORLD. The cross of Christ, representing the horrible death that the Savior suffered for the eternal salvation of the world, is now the barrier by which the world is separated from believers and they from the world. “The world” represents everything that opposes God, his kingdom and his justice (cf. Gal 4:3; 1Co 2:12; 1Co 3:19; 1Jn 2:15-17).
(1) Those who make the cross their life and pride no longer love the world or indulge in its standards, values, opinions, honors, and customs.
(2) Being “crucified” with Christ (Gal 2:20) includes the crucifixion to the world. One cannot participate in the salvation and glory of the cross of Christ without departing from all the earthly pleasures that separate the heart from the presence of Christ.
Source: Full Life Study Bible
boast, except on the cross. The Greek word translated “glory” is a basic expression of praise that, unlike the translation, does not include the aspect of pride. Paul glories and rejoices in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ (cf. Romans 8:1-3; 1Co 2:2; 1Pe 2:24). the world. Satanic evil system (see notes on 1Jn 2:15-16 ; 1Jn 5:19). He is crucified to me, and I to the world. The world is dead to believers and they are dead to the world, in a spiritual sense (see notes on Gal 2:20; Romans 6:2-10; 1Jn 5:4-5; zip Phil 3:20-21).
Source: MacArthur Study Bible
6:14 — But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ — Humanly speaking Paul had much to boast about (Phil 3:4-5; 2Co 11:18; 2Co 11:22-28). The Judaizers gloried in the number of circumcised Gentiles, but Paul gloried only in Christ and his death for us. For the Greek the cross was madness and for the Jew it was a stumbling block, but for believers it is the power of God for salvation (1Co 1:23). Paul gloried on the cross not only in words but also in deeds. First of all, he gloried on the cross for submitting to the teaching of the crucified and risen Christ and for preaching the cross as the hope of the world (1Co 9:16; 2Co 5: 18-20).
— for whom the world is crucified to me, — Probably the “world” in this text refers to the advantages that Paul had in Judaism (Phil 3:3-8) that now do not interest him, do not attract his attention ; rather he regards them as “garbage”. The world refers to all the pleasures, treasures, honors, values, etc., that occupy our attention to divert us from our purpose of serving the Lord.
— and I to the world. — Just as Pablo did not pay attention to the world, neither did the world pay attention to him. For Paul the world did not exist and for the world Paul did not exist.
Source: Reeves-Partain Notes
To translate this verse it is necessary to use the same terms of the previous verses for “boast”, “cross of Christ” and “world”. Uniformity must be sought for the negation formula I hate (“Do not happen!”, “Not even think about it!”), also used in Gal 2:17 Y Gal 3:21. The synecdoche of the cross refers to the death and resurrection of Jesus, and not to the cross as a material object. Taking these observations into consideration, it is possible to propose a clear and faithful translation to the original: «I, on the other hand, will only feel proud of having believed in the death of our Lord Jesus Christ» (TLA), «as far as I am concerned, Far be it from me to be proud, if not of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ!” (Vidal: 117), “God save me from strutting around for some personal merit! My only reason to be proud is that our Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross to save us!”
After this resounding statement, Paul draws the consequences for his present life: «By whom the world has been crucified to me and I to the world» (RV95). It is important to translate these figures of speech with expressions that do not convey the idea that the “world” and Paul have actually been crucified. Paul only indicates that, since he believes in Christ, he guides his life according to criteria different from those of ordinary people: «Thanks to his death, what this evil world thinks of me no longer matters to me; it is as if for this world I had already died» (TLA), “I have died in what has to do with the ways of measuring of the people of the world”, “the way in which the people of the world value things has dead to me.”
Source: Commentary for Exegesis and Translation
— on his cross: Once again Paul, when he considers that the Christian fact is particularly in danger, turns to the peculiar and disconcerting theology of the cross (see 1Co 1:23-31).
— world: As happens with the word meat (see note to Romans 7:5) also the term world has frequently in Paul a pejorative sense as reality confronted with God; so it is in this passage.
Source: Hispano-American Interdenominational Translation
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b 313 Luke 14:27; 1Co 2:2
c314 Rom 6:6
Source: New World Translation
I gloried…on the cross. Paul refuses to glory in human positions or achievements (cf. Phil 3:1–11); he glories in a crucified and risen Saviour.
Source: The Bible of the Americas
14 super (1) The cross was truly a humiliation, but the apostle turned it into his glory.
14 super (2) The world has been crucified to us, and we to the world. We do not participate in this directly but through Christ, who was crucified.
14 super (3) The following verse, as an explanation of this verse, proves that the world mentioned here is primarily the religious world. In this book Paul confronted the religious, who cared about the things of God but had been led astray and were mistaken, and whose religion had become a world. Through the cross we are separated from the religious world and in this way we are fit to live in the new creation.
Source: New Testament Commentary Recovery Version
R1003 The use of the optative to express a future wish as μὴ γένοιτο is not a subordinate construction, but a coordinated one (strongly disapproving of something that is suggested -B177): that I never.
Source: Grammar Help for the Study of the Greek New Testament
?V. 14:? ?But far be it from me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world? ?he is crucified to me, and I to the world.? What Paul means by this is: “Let them glory in wisdom, virtue, righteousness, the? Open, the teaching, the law, or even in you and any other human beings. I for my part me? ?glory in which I am foolish, sinful, weak, full of sufferings and found as a man without law, without? ?works, without righteousness from the law, without anything at all – except that I have Christ. My desire and my joy? ?is that in the eyes of the world I am ignorant, bad and guilty of all crimes» This is how he expresses it? ?apostle also in ?2 Corinthians 12? (v. 9): “I will gladly glory rather in . my weaknesses, for? ?May the power of Christ dwell in me». For the cross of Christ has condemned all that the world approves of,? ?even wisdom and justice, as we read in ?1 Corinthians 1? (v. 19): “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,? ?and I will throw away the understanding of the prudent». And Christ says in ?Matthew 5? (v. 11): «Blessed are you? ?when men reproach you» and «when they reject your name as evil, and reproach you» (?Lk. 6:22?).? Behold, this means not only “to be crucified with Christ” (?Gal. 2:19?) and “to be partakers?” ?of the cross of Christ and of his sufferings »(1 Pet. 4:13) but to glory in it and accompany the? ?apostles in their joy «of having been counted worthy to suffer disgrace for the Name’s sake» (?Acts 5:? ?41?). Those however who because of the name of Jesus desire and receive honors, riches and pleasures,? ?and then they shun contempt, poverty and suffering – do they really glory in the cross of? ?Christ? Rather they glorify themselves in the world, and yet take the name of Christ as a pretext and what? ?they thus become an object of ridicule. «To be crucified to the world» means therefore (as Paul already explained in chapter 2), that «he no longer lives, but Christ lives in him» (v. 20); that he “has crucified the flesh with his vices” (ch. 5:24) and? ?He has attached her to the spirit. The spirit, however, “sets its sights not on the things of the earth” (? Col. 3: 2?) and on the? who are of this world, not even in their various kinds of justice and wisdom, but who glory in not? ?possess none of this nor be affected by it, since your assurance of salvation is based on Christ alone.? ?That “the world is crucified to him” means that what lives in men is the world and not Christ; that this? ?The world doesn’t “set its eyes on things above” as the apostle does (?Col. 3:2?) but rather glories? ?to live in abundance in this century, to obtain riches, and to put their hope in man. So,? ?Well, neither Paul does and thinks what pleases the world, nor does the world do and think what pleases Paul:? ?Both are dead to each other and crucified; They both despise each other and…