this one word, the cross, stands for Christ crucified, the only Savior. This is the meaning in which Paul used the expression when he told the Corinthians the word of the cross is foolishness to those that perish (1 Corinthians 1:18). This is the meaning in which he wrote to the Galatians, God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross. He simply meant, “I glory in nothing but Christ crucified as the salvation of my soul.”
