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

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

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

But far be it from me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me and I to the world.

when Christ your life shall be made manifest, then shall you also be made manifest in glory.

To die

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

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the 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 our earthly house of this tabernacle was destroyed, we have an edifice from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

And we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those that have fallen asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no hope.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yes, says the Spirit, they shall rest from their labors; and their works follow after them.

General references

He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when he comes, shall find so doing.

If you love me, keep my commandments;

For no one of us lives for himself; and no one dies for himself;