Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
The atonement » Saints glorify God for
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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For ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Being Devoted to God » Exemplified » Paul
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
death » Preparation for
And if ye invoke as Father, he who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, converse in fear the entire time of your sojourning here,
It is expedient that I do the works of him that sent me while it is day; the night comes, when no one can work.
LORD, make me to know my end and the measure of my days, what it is that I may know how long I am to be of this world.
In those days Hezekiah became sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, came to him and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thy house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live.
For to him that is still among the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one that is coming.
O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go from here and be no more.
Cause us to learn this that we might number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, where thou goest.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun, but if a man lives many years and rejoices in them all; yet if afterwards he remembers the days of darkness, for they shall be many, he shall say that everything that shall have happened to him is vanity.
For the grave shall not confess thee, nor shall death praise thee; nor shall those that go down into the pit wait for thy truth. He who lives, he who lives, even he shall confess thee, as I do this day; the father to the sons shall make known thy truth.
Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning, and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those slaves, whom the lord when he comes shall find watching; verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to food and will come forth and serve them.
Ye ought to say instead, If the Lord wills, and if we live, we shall do this or that.
death » Who has hope in their death
according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
For his wickedness shall the wicked be cast out, but the righteous in his death has hope.
death » Desired » Paul
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven,
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour, yet I do not know what to choose. read more.
For I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better:
For I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ, which is far better:
death » Of the righteous » Great gain
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
the Death of saints » Is gain
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Decision » Instances of » The disciples
I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith; from now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all those also that have loved his appearing.
according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of the Christ; for it is the power of God to give saving health to every one that believes: to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
and he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus and disputed against the Greeks; but they went about to slay him,
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers.
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and know that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Then Peter said, Behold, we have left all and followed thee.
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
Dying » Of the righteous » Great gain
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Life » Of the spirit spiritual » Christ the supreme object of
Because for this cause was the gospel preached also to those that are dead, that they might be judged in flesh according to men, but live in spirit according to God.
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Life » Spiritual » Christ the supreme object of
Because for this cause was the gospel preached also to those that are dead, that they might be judged in flesh according to men, but live in spirit according to God.
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
natural Life » Should be spent in » Living unto God
For if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Man » Vanquished of the righteous » Great gain
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Ministers » Should be » Devoted
But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear unto myself, only that I might finish my course with joy and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
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according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
The righteous » Seed of death of » Great gain
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Spiritual » Life » Christ the supreme object of
Because for this cause was the gospel preached also to those that are dead, that they might be judged in flesh according to men, but live in spirit according to God.
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Tact » Paul » In turning the preaching of his adversaries to advantage
that ye may approve the best, that ye may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ, being filled with fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel, read more.
so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace and in all other places; and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Some indeed preach the Christ even out of envy and strife, but others also out of good will. Some preach the Christ out of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add tribulation to my bonds, but the others out of charity, knowing that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel. What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached, and I therein do rejoice, and will even rejoice. For I know that this shall become my saving health through your prayer and the nourishment of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour, yet I do not know what to choose.
so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace and in all other places; and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Some indeed preach the Christ even out of envy and strife, but others also out of good will. Some preach the Christ out of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add tribulation to my bonds, but the others out of charity, knowing that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel. What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached, and I therein do rejoice, and will even rejoice. For I know that this shall become my saving health through your prayer and the nourishment of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour, yet I do not know what to choose.