Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Revised King James 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 1:30But because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption:
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly tent in which we live is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident, and would rather be absent from the body, and present with the Lord.
Galatians 6:14But God forbid that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
Philippians 1:23For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart, and to 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 →