Philippians 1:21
For to me, to live is Christ [He is my source of joy, my reason to live] and to die is gain [for I will be with Him in eternity].
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Philippians 1:20
It is my own eager expectation and hope, that [looking toward the future] I will not disgrace myself nor be ashamed in anything, but that with courage and the utmost freedom of speech, even now as always, Christ will be magnified and exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, who is our life,
Isaiah 57:1-2
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.
Romans 8:35-39
Who shall ever separate us from the love of
1 Corinthians 1:30
But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation], and righteousness [making us acceptable to God], and sanctification [making us holy and setting us apart for God], and redemption [providing our ransom from the penalty for sin],
1 Corinthians 3:22
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas (Peter) or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things are yours,
2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:6
So then, being always filled with good courage and confident hope, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—
2 Corinthians 5:8
we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to boast [in anything or anyone], except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Philippians 1:23
But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better;
Philippians 2:21
For the others [who deserted me after my arrest] all seek [to advance] their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-15
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, believers, about those who are asleep [in death], so that you will not grieve [for them] as the others do who have no hope [beyond this present life].
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard [the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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To die
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Bible References
To live
To die
Faithful and devout men are taken away, while no one understands
That the righteous person is taken away [to be spared] from disaster and evil.