Verse 23

For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 Neuerthelesse, we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lorde.
  • 2 Tim 4:6 : 6 For I am nowe redie to be offered, & the tyme of my dissolution is at hande.
  • Job 19:26-27 : 26 And though after my skinne the wormes destroy this body, yet shall I see God in my fleshe: 27 Whom I my selfe shall see, and myne eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my raines are consumed within me.
  • Ps 16:10-11 : 10 For thou wylt not leaue my soule in hell: neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption. 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy, and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse.
  • Luke 23:43 : 43 And Iesus sayde vnto hym: Ueryly I say vnto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.
  • John 13:1 : 1 Before the feast of the Passouer, when Iesus knewe that his houre was come, yt he shoulde departe out of this world vnto the father: When he loued his which were in the world, vnto the ende he loued them.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And yf I go to prepare a place for you, I wyll come agayne, and receaue you, euen vnto my selfe: that where I am, there may ye be also.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I wyll that they which thou hast geuen me, be with me where I am, that they may see my glorie which thou hast geuen me. For thou louedst me, before the foundation of the world.
  • Acts 7:59 : 59 And they stoned Steuen, callyng on, and saying: Lorde Iesu receaue my spirite.
  • Ps 49:15 : 15 But God wyll delyuer my soule from the place of hell: for he wyll receaue me. Selah.
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou wotest. And he sayde to me: These are they which came out of great tribulation, and haue wasshed their long robes, and made them whyte by the blood of the lambe. 15 Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God, and serue hym daye and nyght in his temple, and he that sitteth in the throne, wyll dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sunne lyght on them, neither any heate. 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And I hearde a voyce from heauen, saying vnto me, write: Blessed are the dead, which hereafter dye in the Lorde. Euen so sayth the spirite, that they rest from their laboures, and their workes folowe them.
  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 Lord nowe lettest thou thy seruaut depart in peace, accordyng to thy promise. 30 For mine eyes haue seene thy saluatio,
  • Luke 8:38 : 38 Then the man out of whom the deuyls were departed, besought hym that he myght be with hym. But Iesus sent hym away, saying:
  • Luke 12:50 : 50 Notwithstandyng, I must be baptized with a baptisme, and howe am I payned tyll it be ended?
  • 2 Cor 6:12 : 12 Ye are in no strayte in vs, but are in a straite in your owne bowels.
  • 1 Thess 2:1 : 1 For ye your selues, brethren, knowe our entraunce in vnto you, yt it was not in vayne:
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this cause thanke we God also without ceassyng, because ye receauyng the worde which ye hearde of vs concernyng God, ye receaued it not as the worde of man, (but as it is in deede) the worde of God, which effectuously worketh also in you that beleue.
  • 1 Thess 4:17 : 17 Than we which lyue, which remaine, shalbe caught vp together with them in the cloudes, to meete the Lorde in the ayre: And so shall we euer be with the Lorde.
  • Ps 73:24-26 : 24 Thou hast guyde me with thy counsayle: and after that thou receauedst me with glorie. 25 Whom haue I in heauen but thee? and there is none vpon earth that I desire besides thee. 26 My fleshe and my heart fayleth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for euer.
  • 2 Sam 24:14 : 14 And Dauid saide vnto Gad, I am in a wonderfull strayte: Let vs fall now into the hand of the Lorde (for much is his mercy) and let me not fall into the hand of man.