Crucified with Christ

Says “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God”. The Greek is διὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον (dia nomou nomō apethanon, “through the law I died to the law”). In 2:20 (SBLGNT 2:19) the clause is Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι (Christō synestaurōmai, “I have been crucified with Christ”), which the BSB opens 2:20 with. Then “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me”. The life he now lives ἐν σαρκί (en sarki, “in the flesh”), the BSB’s “in the body”, he lives ἐν πίστει (en pistei, “by faith”) in the printed text τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ (tou huiou tou theou, “of the Son of God”); Tregelles prints θεοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ (see υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ / θεοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ). The Son is the one “who loved me and gave Himself up for me”, as 1:4 had said that he gave himself for our sins. Romans 6:6 is pointed to in Gal 2:20 → Rom 6:6. The wording is treated in Died to the law, crucified with Christ (2:19–21). The earlier notes on dying to the law and on union with Christ in Romans 6 and 7 are pointed to, not taken up again here.

Implies The believer’s life now is Christ’s life in him, grounded in union with Christ in His death; Christ’s love is personal, “for me.”

Uncertain Burton, Calvin, Lightfoot, and Wesley read “through the law” of the law’s convicting work, which drives a person to Christ. These are their readings; no verdict is given here.