Philippians 1:21
As far as I'm concerned, living is for Christ, and dying brings 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 57:1Good people die, and nobody cares; the faithful pass away, and nobody thinks that they were being protected from evil.
1 Corinthians 1:30It's because of him that you live in Christ Jesus, who God made to be wisdom for us. He sets us right, keeps us right, and frees us.
2 Corinthians 5:1We know that when this earthly “tent” we live in is taken down, we have a house prepared by God, not made by human hands. It is eternal and is in heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:8As I say, we are confident, wanting to be away from the body so we can be at home with the Lord.
Galatians 6:14May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Through this cross, the world has been crucified to me, and I've been crucified as far as the world is concerned.
Philippians 1:23For I'm in a dilemma—I really want to leave and be with Christ, which would be far better,
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 →