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Unto blood (μέχρις αἵματος)
Your strife against sin has not entailed the shedding of your blood, as did that of many of the O.T. worthies, and of Jesus himself. See Heb 11:35, Heb 11:37. Of Jesus it is said, Phi 2:8, “he became obedient to the extent of death (μέχρι θανάτου). Comp. 2 Macc. 13:14.
Striving against sin (πρὸς τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἀνταγωνιζόμενοι)
The verb N.T.o. lxx, 4 Macc. 17:14. Sin is personified.