Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

General references

Bible References

In

1 Thessalonians 2:1
For ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance among you, that it was not in vain.
Luke 12:50
for I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am straitened till it be accomplished?
2 Corinthians 6:12
ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

A desire

Luke 2:29
and blessed God, and said, "Now, Lord, thou dismissest thy servant in peace, according to thy word;
John 13:1
Now before the feast of the passover, (Jesus knowing that his hour was come, when He should pass out of this world unto the Father, as He had loved his own, who were yet in the world, He loved them unto the end:)
2 Corinthians 5:8
and well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:6
For I am now going to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution is near.

With

Luke 8:38
Now the man from whom the demons were gone out, prayed Him to let him be with Him: but Jesus sent him away,
Luke 23:43
And Jesus answered him, I assure thee, thou shalt be with me this day in paradise.
John 14:3
And as I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself, that where I am, ye may also be.
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for Thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Acts 7:59
And they stoned Stephen calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:8
and well-pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:17
then we who are living and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we for ever be with the Lord.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead, that die in the Lord, from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them.

Far

Revelation 7:14
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of great affliction, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

General references

Matthew 24:46
blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so employed:
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father,
Romans 14:7
For none of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself: