Philippians 1:21

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Summary

Philippians 1:21

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

To live

Colossians 3:4

To die

Revelation 14:13

General references

Bible References

To live

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always,'so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

But 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.

When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.

To die

But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

The 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 .

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

For 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.

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

General references

He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.