Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

Philippians 1:21

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

World English Bible

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

American Standard Version

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Geneva Bible 1599

For Christ is to me both in life, and in death aduantage.

Darby Translation

For for me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain;

Young's Literal Translation

for to me to live [is] Christ, and to die gain.

Bible in Basic English

For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

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Cross references

“to live”

Philippians 1:20 Colossians 3:4 1 Corinthians 1:30 Galatians 6:14 Philippians 2:21

Philippians 1:20 · BSB

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

Colossians 3:4 · BSB

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

1 Corinthians 1:30 · BSB

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

Galatians 6:14 · BSB

But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Philippians 2:21 · BSB

For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

“to die”

2 Corinthians 5:8 2 Corinthians 5:1 Philippians 1:23 2 Corinthians 5:6 Revelation 14:13 Romans 8:35–39

2 Corinthians 5:8 · BSB

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:1 · BSB

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Philippians 1:23 · BSB

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

2 Corinthians 5:6 · BSB

Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

Revelation 14:13 · BSB

And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

Romans 8:35–39 · BSB

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Also

Galatians 2:20

Galatians 2:20 · BSB

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

22But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know.

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