Philippians 1:21

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain: and if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor:

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

In Context

20According to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall be put to shame in nothing; but that with all freedom of speech, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

22so that I know not what to chuse;

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:30But ye are of Him in Christ Jesus, who from God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house, which is but as a tent, were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:8and well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.

Galatians 6:14But God forbid that I should glory, unless 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 in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is much preferable:

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 →

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