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 in nothing be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life, or through death.

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

But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, Who was made to us wisdom from God, also righteousness, and holiness, and redemption;

But it could not be that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has become crucified to me, and I to the world.

When Christ, our Life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with Him be manifested in glory.

To die

but I am constrained by the two; having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for it is far better;

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or perils 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 do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those falling asleep, that ye sorrow not even as the rest who have no hope;

And I heard a voice from Heaven, saying, "Write: Happy 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 finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for My sake shall find it.

Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he comes, shall find so doing.

"If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments;

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