Study it in the app“But as for me, may it never be that I boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”
Butδὲas for me,ἐμοὶmay it never beμὴ γένοιτοthat I boastκαυχᾶσθαιexceptεἰ μὴinἐνthe crossτῷ σταυρῷof our Lordτοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶνJesusἸησοῦthe Messiah,Χριστοῦthroughδι’whichοὗthe worldκόσμοςhas been crucifiedἐσταύρωταιto me,ἐμοὶand Iκἀγὼto the world.κόσμῳ
be it so
"Let it be so"; or "by no means!".
Where else “genoito” appearsboast
Boast, take pride in something; in a good sense, glory or rejoice in it.
Where else “kauchasthai” appearscarry the cross
"Take up the cross": follow Christ, ready to die.
Where else “staurōi” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appearsworld against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmos” appearscrucify oneself
To put to death the evil in oneself.
Where else “estaurōtai” appearsand I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appears“May it never be”: the same expression that elsewhere is translated “By no means.” “Through which”: the Greek pronoun can refer to the cross or to our Lord Jesus the Messiah (“through whom”).
13For not even those who are being circumcised themselves keep the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh.
14 · This verse (above)
15For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
