Captive every thought; Word emptied; Gal 2 died to law for Christ

“…taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.” How shall we demolish every high thing raised against the knowledge of God? How shall we take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ? For the Word emptied himself willingly, and became obedient to the Father as far as death.

So whenever some, from things done or said economically because of the flesh and the human, exalt themselves against the knowledge of the Son — saying that the one in human form is not true God and Son by nature — then we will demolish every high thing that is raised, overturning the opinions of those who choose to think that way, and turning every thought toward the economy of obedience. For the Son who has come within the measures of humanity must not refuse the human things.

From Galatians: “For through the law I died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.”

What, then, does the inspired Paul mean here? A law was set by God through the voice of the prophets, and it was this: “The righteous shall live by faith.” A law was also set through Moses. So having followed the law of faith, he says, I died to the law through Moses — no longer working the things marked out for the ancients as in shadow and types. For that is what it means to die to the Mosaic law: that we may live to God, clinging to faith in Christ.