Galatians 2:19

For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

Cross-references

Galatians 2:20 immediately continues: 'I have been crucified with Christ' — the death described in verse 19 is unpacked as union with Christ.

Galatians 2:16 establishes justification by faith, not works of law; verse 19 then explains the result: dying to the law through the law.

Galatians 3:10 shows that relying on the law brings a curse — explaining why Paul died to the law here to escape that curse and live for God.

Galatians 3:24 describes the law as a guardian until Christ — clarifying its temporary role, which Paul died to in order to live for God.

Galatians 3:21 denies the law can give life, clarifying why one must die to the law—it cannot impart righteousness.

Romans 7:7-11 reveals the law aroused sinful passions and brought death — the very reason Paul died to the law here.

2 Corinthians 5:15 says Christ died so we no longer live for ourselves but for Him — the same logic of dying to the old to live for God.

1 Peter 2:24 says Christ's death enables us to die to sins and live for righteousness, directly paralleling dying to the law to live for God.

Romans 10:5 Contrast

Romans 10:5 presents the law's principle of living by doing, contrasting with the death to the law that leads to life in God.

Romans 10:4 Parallel

Romans 10:4 declares Christ as the end of the law for righteousness, directly supporting why Paul can be dead to the law.

Romans 8:2 Parallel

Romans 8:2 explains that the Spirit's law frees from sin and death—the very freedom achieved by being dead to the law.

1 Peter 4:2 Parallel

1 Peter 4:2 expands the result: living by God's will, not human desires — directly parallel to 'live to God' after dying to law.

Romans 7:6 Parallel

Romans 7:6 elaborates on dying to the law to serve in newness of Spirit—direct parallel to Paul's 'I died to the law so I might live to God.'

Romans 7:4 Parallel

Romans 7:4 directly states we are 'dead to the law' through Christ, identical language and concept to Galatians 2:19.

Romans 6:14 Parallel

Romans 6:14 states we are not under law but under grace, which is the result of being dead to the law in Galatians 2:19.

Romans 6:11 Parallel

Romans 6:11 calls us dead to sin and alive to God, exactly paralleling the dead to law, alive to God structure in Galatians 2:19.

Romans 6:2 Parallel

Romans 6:2 speaks of being dead to sin, mirroring the same 'dead to' language applied to the law in Galatians 2:19.

Romans 5:20 Parallel

Romans 5:20 shows the law increased trespass — thus Paul died to the law to be free from its amplifying effect on sin.

Romans 4:15 Parallel

Romans 4:15 declares the law brings wrath — so dying to the law here means escaping that wrath and living to God.

Colossians 2:20 connects dying with Christ to freedom from worldly rules, reinforcing the idea of dying to law-based regulations.

Romans 3:20 Parallel

Romans 3:20 states no one is justified by the law, only sin is known — the reason Paul died to the law to live for God.

Colossians 3:3 states believers died and their life is hidden with Christ, echoing the death-to-law that leads to living for God.

2 Timothy 2:11 echoes the dying-and-living pattern: 'if we died with him, we will also live with him'—same principle as dying to law, living to God.

Romans 3:31 Parallel

Romans 3:31 insists faith upholds the law rather than nullifying it, complementing the idea of dying to the law to live for God.

Acts 13:39 Parallel

Acts 13:39 states believers are freed from what the law could not free them from—echoing the death to the law here.

Romans 7:23 Parallel

Romans 7:23 reveals the inner conflict with sin's law, which is resolved by being dead to the law as in Galatians 2:19.

Hebrews 9:14 parallels the logic: Christ's blood cleanses from dead works to serve the living God — similar 'through death to life for God' structure.

James 2:9 Contrast

James 2:9 shows the law convicts partiality; Paul says believers died to that law—a tension between freedom from law and its ongoing moral standard.

Romans 3:19 Parallel

Romans 3:19 says the law silences everyone under it — revealing why Paul died to the law: the law only condemns, it cannot give life.

Titus 2:14 Parallel

Titus 2:14 describes Christ's redemption that purifies a people zealous for good works — echoing the 'live to God' result of dying to the law.

1 Thessalonians 5:10 states Christ died so we may live together with Him, echoing the death-to-life transition for God's purposes.

Colossians 3:1 urges seeking things above since raised with Christ, following the death to the law that enables living to God.

Romans 7:22 Parallel

Romans 7:22 shows Paul's inner delight in God's law, highlighting that being dead to the law does not reject its goodness.

Romans 14:8 Related theme

Romans 14:8 extends the thought: in life and death we belong to the Lord, matching the goal of living for God after dying to the law.