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Php 1:21. Ἐμοὶ) to me, at the beginning of a section, means, so far as I am concerned; for he treated in the preceding verse of what regarded Christ.-τὸ ζῇν, Χριστός, to live is Christ) The article denotes the subject, as again in the next clause. Whatever may be the life I live (in the natural life), its principle and end is Christ.[10] [While I live in the world I consider the cause of Christ to be my own.-V. g.]-τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος, to die is gain) Although in dying I seem to suffer the loss of all things.
[10] Literally, I live Christ. “Christum vivo.”