Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
In Context
22But if to live in the flesh,— if this is the fruit of my work, then what I shall choose I wot not.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
1 Corinthians 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:8we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Galatians 6:14But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Philippians 1:23But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very 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 →