The Nugget:
Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
From Ken Sagely’s Facebook post:
9-14-23 Ken Sagely contribution Ga 2v20
LIVING BY FAITH GALATIANS 2.20
Faith is the key to victory in the Christian life (1 John 5.4, 5)
I received Christ as my Saviour by Faith (John 1.12) and in the same way I am to walk and live the Christian life (Col 2.5, 6)
It is not my fleshly trying or struggling, but it is by faith. It is not my working (Heb 4.10) but it is “God working in me” (Phil 2.13 Heb 13.21)
Cross References on Faith
PROVERBS 3.5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
GALATIANS 2.20
I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh: I live by Faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
COLOSSIANS 2:6-7
AS you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk you in Him.
7. Rooted and built up in him, and established in the Faith, as you have been taught, abounding with thanksgiving.
HEBREWS 11.6
But without Faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must Believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
1 JOHN 5.4-5
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our Faith.
5. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that Believeth that Jesus is the Son of God.
JOHN 1.12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe.
Hebrews 4.10
For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
PHILIPPIANS 2.13
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION
How firm a foundation , ye saints of the Lord,
is laid for your faith in His excellent Word! What
more can He say to you He hath said–To you,
who for refuge to Jesus have fled? What more
can He say than to you He hath said–To you, who
for refuge to Jesus have fled. AMEN
Dig deeper into God’s Word by studying Galatians 2:20 by means of the more extensive cross references given in The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:
Galatians 2:20
crucified with. Gr. sustauroō (S# G4957: Mat 27:44, Mar 15:32, Joh 19:32, Rom 6:6). *Gal 5:24; *Gal 6:14, Jos 4:9, Mar 8:34, *Rom 6:3, 4, 5, 6, 7; **Rom 7:4; Rom 8:3, 4, Eph 2:16, Php 3:10, *Col 2:11, 12, 13, 14; *Col 2:20; Col 3:3, 2Ti 2:11, 1Pe 2:24.
Christ. FS66, +Gen 9:3.
nevertheless I live. Jos 4:3, Rom 6:8, 9, 10, 11; Rom 6:13; Rom 8:2, Eph 2:4, 5, 6, Php 1:22, Col 2:13; Col 3:1; Col 3:3, 4.
yet not I. FS69B, +Pro 6:16. Rom 6:6, **Eph 4:22, 23, 24, Col 3:9, 10.
but Christ liveth. *Jos 5:13, 14, 15, Joh 6:54; Joh 14:19, 20; Joh 17:21, 2Co 4:10, 11; 2Co 13:3; 2Co 13:5, *Eph 3:16; *Eph 3:17, +*Col 1:27; Col 3:1; Col 3:11, 1Th 5:10, 1Pe 4:2, Rev 1:18; **Rev 3:20.
in me. Joh 14:17; Joh 15:4; +Joh 17:23, **Rom 8:9, 10, 11, *Eph 3:17, Col 1:27; Col 2:6, *1Jn 4:13; 1Jn 5:12.
the life. Deut 30:20, 2Co 4:11; 2Co 10:3, 1Pe 4:1, 2.
I now live. FS147F, +Eze 28:2. *Gal 2:16, Gal 3:11, Joh 6:57, +*Rom 1:17; Rom 5:2; Rom 6:5; Rom 6:10, 11; Rom 6:13; Rom 14:7, +*2Co 1:24; *2Co 5:7; *2Co 5:15, Php 1:21; **Php 4:13, *Col 3:1; *Col 3:17, *1Th 5:10, 1Pe 1:8; *1Pe 4:2.
I live by. Psa 85:13, Rom 6:11.
the faith. Gal 2:16, Jer 17:5; Jer 17:7, Act 20:21; Act 24:24; *Act 26:18, *2Co 5:7, *Heb 12:2, 1Pe 1:5.
of. or, in. The objective genitive, not the faith of the Son of God (Robertson’s Word Pictures. 2Jn 1:9 note. *Rev 14:12 note.
the Son of God. +Mat 14:33, Luk 1:35, Joh 1:49; **Joh 3:16; **Joh 3:35; +Joh 5:25; Joh 6:69; Joh 9:35, 36, 37, 38; Joh 10:36; Joh 11:4; Joh 20:31, **Act 8:37; Act 9:20, Rom 1:4, 1Co 1:9, 2Co 1:19, Eph 4:13, +*1Th 1:10, *Heb 1:2; *Heb 1:3; Heb 4:14; Heb 6:6, *1Jn 1:7; *1Jn 4:9; *1Jn 4:10; *1Jn 4:14; **1Jn 5:10, 11, 12, 13; **1Jn 5:20, Rev 2:18.
who. Gal 1:4, Song 2:16; Song 5:2; Song 5:16; Song 7:10, Mat 20:28, *Joh 10:11; Joh 15:13; Joh 17:26, +*Rom 8:37, Eph 5:2; Eph 5:25, *Tit 2:14, +*Rev 1:5.
loved me. Mar 10:21, +Rom 8:37, Eph 3:18, 19; %Eph 5:25, 2Th 2:16, *1Ti 1:14, %1Jn 4:19, Rev 3:9.
gave himself. Gr. paradidōmi (S# G3860). +Gal 1:4, =Lev 4:3; Lev 7:5; Lev 8:31; Lev 9:17, =Num 8:12, Joh 10:15, Rom 4:25 g. Rom 5:18; Rom 8:32 g. Eph 5:2 g, Eph 5:25 g.
for me. Paul’s use of the first person singular “I” and the singular personal pronoun “me” proves the promise and work of Christ applies to and is valid for each believer as an individual. Compare 1Jn 5:13 (ye, plural) with 2Ti 1:12 (I know, singular). Jud 1:24 (you, plural) with Psa 37:24 (he, singular). The promises of present assurance of salvation and the security of the believer are thus valid for each individual, and not merely to an unspecified group inapplicable or uncertain of fulfillment to particular individuals as some would claim. *2Co 8:9, %Tit 2:14, 1Jn 5:13 with 2Ti 1:12, Jud 1:24 with Psa 37:24.