Philippians 1:23

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Philippians 1:23

I am pressured by both. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ—which is far better—

2 Corinthians 5:8

and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.

Luke 23:43

And He said to him, “I assure you: Today you will be with Me in paradise.”

John 12:26

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

2 Samuel 24:14

David answered Gad, “I have great anxiety. Please, let us fall into the Lord’s hands because His mercies are great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”

Job 19:26-27

Even after my skin has been destroyed,
yet I will see God in my flesh.

Psalm 16:10-11

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

Psalm 17:15

But I will see Your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.

Psalm 49:15

But God will redeem my life
from the power of Sheol,
for He will take me.Selah

Psalm 73:24-26

You guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward You will take me up in glory.

Luke 2:29-30

Now, Master,
You can dismiss Your slave in peace,
as You promised.

Luke 8:38

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how it consumes Me until it is finished!

John 13:1

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

John 14:3

If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.

John 17:24

Father,
I desire those You have given Me
to be with Me where I am.
Then they will see My glory,
which You have given Me
because You loved Me before the world’s foundation.

Acts 7:59

They were stoning Stephen as he called out: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

2 Corinthians 6:12

You are not limited by us, but you are limited by your own affections.

1 Thessalonians 2:1

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit with you was not without result.

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord.

Revelation 7:14-17

I said to him, “Sir, you know.”

Then he told me:

These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
They washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: The dead who die in the Lord from now on are blessed.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “let them rest from their labors, for their works follow them!”

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Philippians 1:23

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

In

A desire

With

Far

General references

Bible References

In

David answered Gad, “I have great anxiety. Please, let us fall into the Lord’s hands because His mercies are great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit with you was not without result.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how it consumes Me until it is finished!

You are not limited by us, but you are limited by your own affections.

A desire

Now, Master,
You can dismiss Your slave in peace,
as You promised.

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.

With

Even after my skin has been destroyed,
yet I will see God in my flesh.

But God will redeem my life
from the power of Sheol,
for He will take me.Selah

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

And He said to him, “I assure you: Today you will be with Me in paradise.”

If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.

Father,
I desire those You have given Me
to be with Me where I am.

Then they will see My glory,
which You have given Me
because You loved Me before the world’s foundation.

They were stoning Stephen as he called out: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.

Then we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord.

Far

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

But I will see Your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.

You guide me with Your counsel,
and afterward You will take me up in glory.

I said to him, “Sir, you know.”

Then he told me:

These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.
They washed their robes and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb.

General references

You have not deserted your brothers even once this whole time but have carried out the requirement of the command of the Lord your God.

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

“If you love Me, you will keep My commands.

For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.