Philippians 1:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been 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 faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
  • Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.' 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • 2 Cor 5:6 : 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are confident, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
  • Col 3:4 : 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then you also shall appear with him in glory.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
  • 1 Thess 4:13-15 : 13 But I would not have you be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep.
  • Gal 6:14 : 14 But God forbid that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
  • 1 Cor 3:22 : 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

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  • Phil 1:22-27
    6 verses
    84%

    22But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I do not know.

    23For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;

    24Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

    25And being confident of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy of faith;

    26That your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.

    27Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

  • Phil 1:17-20
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    82%

    17But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

    18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

    19For I know that this will turn out for my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

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

  • Phil 3:7-12
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    7But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ.

    8Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,

    9And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

    10That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death;

    11If by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.

    12Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

  • Gal 2:19-21
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    19For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.

    20I have been 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 faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

    21I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.

  • 1 Cor 15:31-32
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    31I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

    32If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead do not rise? 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'

  • Rom 14:7-9
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    7For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

    8For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

    9For this reason Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

  • 2 Cor 5:14-15
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    14For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died:

    15And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.

  • Acts 20:24
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    24But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
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    10Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our body.

    11For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

    12So then, death works in us, but life in you.

  • Phil 2:16
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    16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear to be in me.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But God forbid that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • Rom 6:8
    72%

    8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him.

  • Phil 2:30
    72%

    30Because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

  • 2 Tim 4:6
    71%

    6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

  • Phil 1:11-13
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    71%

    11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

    12But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel;

    13So that my chains in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

  • 1 Cor 9:23
    71%

    23And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

  • Col 1:24
    70%

    24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

  • 2 Cor 5:8
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    8We are confident, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

  • 2 Tim 2:11
    70%

    11This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him;

  • Phil 3:14
    70%

    14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 15:19
    70%

    19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most miserable.

  • Acts 21:13
    70%

    13Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Phil 4:13
    70%

    13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

  • Mark 8:35
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    35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's, will save it.