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Gal 6:14. Ἐμοὶ δὲ, but as for me) I should be sorry to be a partaker of such things as those.-μὴ γένοιτο καυχᾶσθαι) Jos 24:16, חלילה, μὴ γένοιτο ἡμῖν καταλιπεῖν Κυριον, God forbid, that we should forsake the Lord.-καυχᾶσθαι, to glory) We have a specimen of this sort of glorying, 2Co 5:15-19; Php 3:8, etc.-ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ, in the cross) which has nothing to do with circumcision of the flesh. To glory in the cross[64] is an Oxymoron.-ΔΙᾺ ΟὟ, by which) the cross: for the apostle is speaking here chiefly of the cross; and if the διʼ οὗ should even be referred to Christ, still the cross must be regarded as the ground on which this reference would be made. That, by which anything whatever is such as it is, possesses the same nature in a higher degree.-κόσμος ἐσταύρωται, the world has been crucified) The world, with its ‘elements,’ has no longer dominion over me; ch. Gal 4:3. There is a gradation from the flesh [Gal 6:13] to the world [in this 14th verse].-κᾀγὼ τῷ κόσμῳ, and I to the world) The world is at variance with me: I could not, though I were willing, henceforth gain any favour from the world. This cross includes death, Col 2:20.
[64] The cross, and to glory, being contraries.-ED.