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 eager expectation and hope, that I will be put to shame in nothing, but with all boldness, even now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether through life or through death.

For they all seek {their own interests}, not those of Jesus Christ.

But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

But [as] for me, may it never be [that I] boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

When Christ, [who is] your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

To die

But I am hard pressed {between the two options}, having the desire to depart and to be with Christ, {for this is very much better}.

The righteous [one] perishes, and there is no one who takes [it] to heart. And men of faithfulness [are] gathered, while there is no one who understands, for the righteous is gathered from the presence of wickedness.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?

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

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write: 'Blessed [are] the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "in order that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow after them."

General references

The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.

Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.