Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, but no one considers it, 1 and the people of covenant faithfulness are gathered away, but no one understands 1 that the righteous is gathered away from the evil. 1
1 Corinthians 1:30Because of what God did, now you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God. He became our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
2 Corinthians 5:1We know that if the earthly dwelling that we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God. It is a house not made by human hands, but an eternal house, in heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:8So we have confidence. We would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Galatians 6:14But may I never boast 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 hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, which 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 →