Philippians 1:21
for to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
In Context
22And if to live in the flesh [is] to me a fruit of work, then what will I choose? I do not know;
Cross References
Isaiah 57:1The righteous has perished, || And there is none laying [it] to heart, || And men of kindness are gathered, || Without any considering that from the face of evil || The righteous one is gathered.
1 Corinthians 1:30but out of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,
2 Corinthians 5:1For we have known that if the tent of our earthly house may be thrown down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands—perpetual—in the heavens,
2 Corinthians 5:8we have courage, and are well pleased, rather, to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the LORD.
Galatians 6:14And for me, let it not be—to glory, except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world;
Philippians 1:23for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is 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 →