Philippians 1:23

American Standard Version (1901)

But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

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  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
  • 2 Tim 4:6 : 6 For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.
  • Job 19:26-27 : 26 And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God; 27 Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
  • Ps 16:10-11 : 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.
  • Luke 23:43 : 43 And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
  • John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me 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 : 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
  • Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {{Selah
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. [ 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: 17 for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed 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.
  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace; 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
  • Luke 8:38 : 38 But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying,
  • Luke 12:50 : 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
  • 2 Cor 6:12 : 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections.
  • 1 Thess 2:1 : 1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
  • 1 Thess 4:17 : 17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
  • Ps 73:24-26 : 24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee] ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
  • 2 Sam 24:14 : 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.

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    17 but the other proclaim Christ of faction, not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for me in my bonds.

    18 What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

    19 For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

    20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

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

    22 But if to live in the flesh,--[ if] this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not.

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    24 yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

    25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;

    26 that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

    27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

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    8 we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

    9 Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.

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    6 For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.

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    7 Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

    8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

    9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

    10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

    11 if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.

    12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

    13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

    14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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    14 knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.

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    30 having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

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    5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

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    23 save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

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    19 For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.

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    12 Now I would have you know, brethren, that the things [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

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    16 and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

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    20 For I have no man likeminded, who will care truly for your state.

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    1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

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    13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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    15 For perhaps he was therefore parted [from thee] for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

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    16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

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    19 And I exhort [you] the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

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