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

General references

Bible References

To live

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

for all are seeking after their own, and not the things of Jesus Christ.

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

But it would be impossible for me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world:

when Christ, your life, may appear, then will you also appear with him in glory.

To die

But I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ; for this is far better:

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.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle may be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep; in order that you may not sorrow, even as those having no hope.

And I heard a voice from the heaven saying, Write; Blessed are the dead immediately, who die in the Lord. Yea, says the Spirit, that they shall rest from their labors; for their works do follow along with them.

General references

The one having found his soul shall lose it; and the one losing his soul for my sake shall find it.

Happy is that servant whom, his lord having come, will find so doing.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

For no one of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself: