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Galatians 2:1-21

Crucified with Christ

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Crucified with Christ

Galatians 2:1-21

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This song belongs to the Galatians collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Jerusalem] Fourteen years later the gospel was laid Before those reputed, but truth was not weighed By human appearance or pressure to bind, And Titus stayed free from the yoke men designed. [Verse I] James, Cephas, and John gave fellowship's hand, The poor still remembered, the mission still planned. But Antioch exposed when a pillar withdrew, Fear of a party made table-fellowship untrue. [Rebuke] If thou, being Jewish, hast lived with the nations, Why force Gentile brethren toward old separation? The gospel's straight path must be publicly kept, No custom may rebuild what grace has rejected. [Chorus] I am crucified with Christ, Nevertheless I live. Yet not I, but Christ lives in me, And the life now lived is by faith in the Son. I am crucified with Christ, Who loved and gave Himself for me. [Verse II] A person is not justified by works of the law, But faith in Jesus Christ answers the call. If righteousness came through the structure we build, Then Christ died in vain and the promise is stilled. [Final Chorus] I am crucified with Christ, The old boast has died at the cross. Grace is not frustrated by rank or tradition, The Son gave Himself and absorbed all the cost. [Coda] A table revealed the conflict, The cross revealed the answer.

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Galatians 2: Fellowship is tested at the table

The Book of Galatians makes fellowship visible before testing it in public. Titus, a Greek, is not compelled to be circumcised when Paul lays his Gentile mission before the recognized Jerusalem leaders. James, Cephas, and John perceive the grace given to Paul and Barnabas, extend fellowship, and ask only that the poor be remembered. Yet the agreement is soon strained at an ordinary table. Peter had eaten with Gentiles, then withdraws when certain people arrive, and others follow him until even Barnabas is carried away. Paul treats that separation as more than bad manners because it pressures Gentiles to live as Jews. His response moves directly into justification: Jewish believers themselves have trusted Christ rather than works of the law. To rebuild the old boundary would make the believer, not Christ, the transgressor and would empty Christ’s death of its necessity.

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