1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have availed myself of none of these things; nor do I write these things that it should be so done to me. For it would be better for me to die, than that any one should make my boasting vain.

Philippians 1:21-25

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

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Summary

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

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Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have availed myself of none of these things; nor do I write these things that it should be so done to me. For it would be better for me to die, than that any one should make my boasting vain.