a person is trying to live by the Law in order to obtain righteousness, that person is not living out of love for God. 20 "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. 21 "I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly." RS: However one wants to think of being crucified with Christ, it comes out that to Paul the self (the "I") no longer lives or is no longer the ruling life. Now it is Christ living in the person. When Christ lives in the person, that person does not live in the flesh (the "I" or the self-life) but lives by faith in the Son of God. But we are talking about living here. Paul said he lived by faith in Christ (Son of God) who loved Him and gave Himself up for Him. The grace of God cannot be nullified in obtaining righteousness without throwing a person back to the Law and self to obtain it. But does that deny that the whole life of Christ was to earn righteousness to the glory of God for His people? No, this text does not deny that. Righteousness does not come by the Law and by the self keeping