Galatians 6:14 (WEB)
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Catechism · 1
“These fruits have their efficacy from him, by him they are offered to the Father, and through him they are accepted by the Father.” — Catechism footnote: Council of Trent (1551): DS 1691; cf. Phil 4:13; 1 Cor 1:31; 2 Cor 10:17; Gal 6:14; Lk 3:8[ETML:C/].
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Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.68Book II
“…also in these, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I unto the world;” and as His death was necessary, because of the statement, “For in that He died, He died unto sin once,” and this, “Being made conformable to His death,” and…” — editor's note: Cf. Gal. vi. 14.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“For he, who was able to make himself known by miracles so many and so great, says, “God forbid that I should glory in anything else, than in the Cross of Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14 (not verbally).
Read the whole comment“My way of living is regulated for another life: I have learnt to despise the things that are in the world, to pass by the things of earth, to hasten to the things of heaven, even as Paul expressly testifies, that the world is crucified to him, and he to the world.” — editor's note: Cf. Gal. vi. 14
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“And again: “God forbid that I should glory in anything save in the cross of Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I unto the world.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14. The words ἐν μηδενί do not occur in the Greek text.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Basil the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
“By bearing the cross also he announced the death of his Lord, saying, The world is crucified to me, and I to the world, (Gal. 6:14.) which we also anticipate at our very baptism, in which our old man is crucified, that the body of sin may be destroyed.” — the author cites it
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“(Gal. 6:14.)” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Every deed of Christ is a cause of glorying to the Catholic Church, but her greatest of all glorying is in the Cross; and knowing this, Paul says, But God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of Christ.” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.20Conference XXIII
“Lastly if you would like to investigate more thoroughly whether it is possible for human nature to attain sinlessness, from whom can we more clearly learn this than from those who “have crucified the flesh with its faults and lusts,” and to whom “the world is really crucified”?” — editor's note: Gal. v. 24; vi. 14.
Read the whole comment “To me indeed the world is crucified, and I to the world.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 5, 3. Gal. ii. 20; vi. 14. Cf. Sozomen l. c.: “They wore their tunics without sleeves in order to teach that the hands ought not to be ready to do…
Read the whole comment“And so you must know that to-day you are dead to this world and its deeds and desires, and that, as the Apostle says, you are crucified to this world and this world to you.” — editor's note: Cf. Gal. vi. 14.
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Gregory the Great
“For indeed it is too bad, if these who have been made preachers of humility should glory in the elation of a vain name, when the true preacher says, But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ (Gal. vi. 14.).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
““Thou wilt be a helper to the orphan,” that is, to him to whom his father this world, by whom he was born after the flesh, dies, and who can already say, “The world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“These mountains therefore in bearing that Mountain are glorious: one of which mountains saith, “but from me far be it to glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom to me the world hath been crucified, and I to the world:” so that “he hath glorieth, not in himself, but in the Lord may glory.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment““But from me far be it to glory, save in the Cross of Jesus Christ, through whom to me the world is crucified, and I to the world.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“This death he had died who said, “The world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world:” this death they had died unto whom he said, “Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“How well did he “sing a psalm on timbrel and psaltery,” who said, “the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world”?” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“…considering this world dead to us, we also ourselves die to this world, and say what the apostle says, “The world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14
Read the whole comment“Whoso saith not with his tongue, but with his life, “The world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world,” crieth out unto Christ.” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment““But for me, God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“What the Apostle says; “The world is crucified to me, and I to the world.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“Thus, even thus, amid the waves of this world did he sail, who said, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“Nothing was then more intolerable in the flesh, nothing is now more glorious on the brow.” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“Lastly, He chose also the manner of His death, that is, to be hung on the cross, and to fasten the cross itself on the foreheads of believers, so that the Christian may say, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“…when he said, “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.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“Was it such as Paul himself had, who could say, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”?” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“For to Paul, who was yet to say, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,” He was commending that same cross of His by carrying it on His own shoulders, and bearing the candelabrum of that light that was yet to burn, and not to be placed under a bushel.” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
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John Chrysostom
““For the world” (he says) “has been crucified to me and I to the world.” ( Gal. vi. 14.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Therefore Paul also cries with a clear voice, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14. [R.V., “Far be it from me to glory,” etc.]
Read the whole comment“I would that also with Paul I were able to say, “By which the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world;”but I cannot, restrained as I am by various passions.” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…flees from them; by the one the world is triumphed over, the other rejoices over it; to the one the world is crucified, or itself is crucified to the world, to the other it is unknown; the one endures more frequent temptations, and so has the greater victory, the other falls less often, and keeps guard more easily.” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“…lifted up, yet in Him was the Apostle crucified to the world and the world to him; for he says: “The world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
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Jerome
““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.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“…Christ,” and “Far be it from me to glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world hath been crucified unto me and I unto the world;” and once more: “In God we boast all the day long; my soul shall make her boast in the Lord.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14, R.V. marg.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Paul proclaims in a loud and lofty voice, “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.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
Read the whole comment“Of this very matter to Galatians: “But be it far from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“He crucified the world to himself, and being crucified to the world and the things which are seen, he thought all things little, and too small to be desired; even though from Jerusalem and round…” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
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Tertullian
“Moreover, “the world is crucified unto me,” who am a servant of the Creator—“the world,” (I say,) but not the God who made the world—“and I unto the world,” not unto the God who made the world.” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14.
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Clement of Alexandria
““The world,” it is said, “is crucified to him, and he to the world.”” — editor's note: [Gal vi. 14. S.]
Read the whole comment““For the world is crucified to me, and I to the world,” the [apostle] says; “and now I live, though in the flesh, as having my conversation in heaven.”” — editor's note: Gal. vi. 14; Phil. iii. 20.
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