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Php_1:24. Ἐπιμένειν involves the idea: to remain still (still further), to stay on, comp. Rom_6:1.
ἐν τῇ σαρκί ] in my flesh. Not quite equivalent to the idea involved in ἐν σαρκί without the article (Php_1:22). The reading without the ἐν (see the critical remarks) would yield an ethical sense here unsuitable (Rom_6:1; Rom_11:22; Col_1:23).
ἀναγκαιότ .] namely, than the for me far happier alternative of the ἀναλῦσαι κ . σ . Χ . εἶναι . The necessity for that is only a subjective want felt by the pious mind. But the objective necessity of the other alternative has precedence as the greater; it is more precisely defined by διʼ ὑμᾶς , regarded from the standpoint of love. “Vitae suae adjici nihil desiderat sua causa, sed eorum, quibus utilis est.” Seneca, ep. 98; comp. ep. 104.
διʼ ὑμᾶς ] applies to the Philippians, who would naturally understand, however, that Paul did not intend to refer this point of necessity to them exclusively. It is the individualizing mode of expression adopted by special love.