Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
To die
General references
Bible References
To live
Philippians 1:20
I rejoice because I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of, because through my boldness the Messiah will be exalted through me, now as always, whether I live or die.
Philippians 2:21
For all the others look after their own interests, not after those of Jesus the Messiah.
1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of God that you are in union with the Messiah Jesus, who for us has become wisdom from God, as well as our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
Galatians 6:14
But may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world!
Colossians 3:4
When the Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you, too, will be revealed with him in glory.
To die
Philippians 1:23
Indeed, I cannot decide between the two. I have the desire to leave this life and be with the Messiah, for that is far better.
Isaiah 57:1
"Also the righteous are perishing, but no one takes it to heart; devout people are taken away, while no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from calamity.
Romans 8:35
Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this?
1 Corinthians 3:22
whether Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, or the future everything belongs to you,
2 Corinthians 5:1
We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve like other people who have no hope.
Revelation 14:13
I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: How blessed are the dead, that is, those who die in the Lord from now on!" "Yes," says the Spirit. "Let them rest from their labors, for their actions follow them."
General references
Matthew 10:39
The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it."
Matthew 24:46
How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!
John 14:15
"If you love me, keep my commandments.
Romans 14:7
For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself.