“But 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.”
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. — Paul's counter-boast ('kauchaomai') is singular: the cross itself, wherein he shares mystical death ('stauroo' — crucified): the 'kosmos' (world, with its values and systems) is crucified to Paul, and Paul to the world, a mutual death that severs the old identity.
Church Fathers on Galatians 6:14
“But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Truly this symbol is thought despicable; but it is so in the world's reckoning, and among men; in Heaven and among the faithful it is the highest glory. Poverty too is despicable, but it is our boast; and to be cheaply thought of by the public is a matter of laughter to them, but we are elated by it. So too is the Cross our boast. He does not say, “I boast not,” nor, “I will not boast,” but, “Far…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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