KJV King James Version
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.
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Galatians 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
WEB World English Bible
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
ASV American Standard Version
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh—in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;
Surrounding context — Galatians 2
17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, [is] therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
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.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ζῶG2198 · zaōto liveδὲG1161 · dethenοὐκέτιG3756 · ounoἐγώ,G1473 · egōI/weζῇG2198 · zaōto liveδὲG1161 · dethenἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongἐμοὶG1473 · egōI/weΧριστός·G5547 · ChristosChristὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichδὲG1161 · dethenνῦνG3568 · nunnowζῶG2198 · zaōto liveἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongσαρκί,G4561 · sarxfleshἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongπίστειG4102 · pistisfaithζῶG2198 · zaōto liveτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoυἱοῦG5207 · uhiossonτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀγαπήσαντόςG25 · agapaōto loveμεG3165 · memeκαὶG2532 · kaiandπαραδόντοςG3860 · paradidōmito deliverἑαυτὸνG1438 · heautouthemselfὑπὲρG5228 · huperabove/forἐμοῦ.G1473 · egōI/we
Cross-references
Galatians 5:24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.2 Corinthians 5:15And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.Romans 6:4-6Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.Colossians 3:3-4For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.2 Corinthians 4:10-11Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.Romans 6:8Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:Galatians 6:14But 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.2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?Romans 6:13Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.1 Thessalonians 5:10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.Galatians 1:4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.1 Peter 4:1-2Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;John 17:21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.Romans 8:37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.Romans 8:2-4For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
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