Philippians 1:21
For Christ is to me lyfe and deeth is to me a vauntage.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
In Context
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:30And vnto him partayne ye in Christ Iesu which of God is made vnto vs wysdome and also rightewesnes and saunctifyinge and redempcion.
2 Corinthians 5:1We knowe suerly yf oure erthy mancion wherin we now dwell were destroyed that we have a bildinge ordeyned of god an habitacion not made with hondes but eternall in heven.
2 Corinthians 5:8Neverthelesse we are of good comforte and had lever to be absent from the body and to be present with the lorde.
Galatians 6:14God forbyd that I shuld reioyce but in the crosse of oure Lorde Iesu Christ wherby the worlde is crucified as touchinge me and I as concerninge the worlde.
Philippians 1:23I am constrayned of two thinges: I desyre to be lowsed and to be with Christ which thinge is best of all.
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 →