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For to me (εμο γαρ). Fine example of the ethical dative. Paul gives his own view of living.
To live is Christ

For to me to live is Christ. My sole aim in living is to glorify Christ. He is the supreme end of my life, and I value it only as being de…

To live is Christ.—This, of course, means “Christ is my life,” yet not in the sense that He is the sourc…

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ …

“For to me” stresses that Paul’s own faith was unshaken, regardless of the circumstances. No adverse decision from the court nor the alarm of his f…

For to me to live. Interpreters have until now, in my opinion, given a wrong rendering and exposition to this passage; for they make this …

For to me to live is Christ
Christ was his life "efficiently", the efficient cause and author of his spiritual life;…

Death is a great loss to a carnal, worldly man, for he loses all his earthly comforts and all his hopes; but to a true believer it is gain, for it …

Above, the Apostle described the progre he has made; here he deals with the joy born of this progre : first, the cause of this joy, and second, the…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson