Philippians 1:21
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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In The King James Version
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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Cross References
Isaiah 57:1The just man perishes, and there is no one who acknowledges it in his heart; and men of mercy are taken away, for there is no one who understands. For the just man has been taken away before the face of malice.
1 Corinthians 1:30But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who was made by God to be our wisdom and justice and sanctification and redemption.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, when our earthly house of this habitation is dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:8So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.
Galatians 6:14But far be it from me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
Philippians 1:23For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing,
Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:13-21
The Apostle's Success and Joy. ( a. d. 62.) 12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: 16 The one preach Christ of contention,… Read the whole commentary →