Philippians 1:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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.
  • 2 Tim 4:6 : 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
  • Job 19:26-27 : 26 And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see God, 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
  • Ps 16:10-11 : 10 For You will not leave my soul in hell; nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 11 You will show me the path of life: in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with your likeness.
  • Luke 23:43 : 43 And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.
  • John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that those also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
  • Acts 7:59 : 59 And they stoned Stephen as he called on God and said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
  • Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are those who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; neither shall the sun strike them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
  • 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.
  • Luke 2:29-30 : 29 Lord, now you let your servant depart in peace, according to your word, 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation,
  • Luke 8:38 : 38 Now the man out of whom the demons had departed begged him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
  • Luke 12:50 : 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!
  • 2 Cor 6:12 : 12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.
  • 1 Thess 2:1 : 1 For you yourselves, brothers, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain:
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectively works also in you who believe.
  • 1 Thess 4:17 : 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
  • Ps 73:24-26 : 24 You shall guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside You. 26 My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • 2 Sam 24:14 : 14 And David said to Gad, I am in great distress: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; and do not let me fall into the hand of man.

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

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

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

    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.

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

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

  • Phil 1:24-27
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    24 Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you.

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

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

    27 Only 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;

  • 2 Cor 5:8-9
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    8 We are confident, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

    9 Therefore we strive, that whether present or absent, we may be pleasing to him.

  • 2 Tim 4:6
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    6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

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    7 But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ.

    8 Indeed, 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,

    9 And 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:

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

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

    12 Not 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.

    13 Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

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

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    20 I desire to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.

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    14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

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

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    13 Whom I wished to keep with me, so that he might minister to me in your place in my chains for the gospel:

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    15 But 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.

  • Rom 15:23
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    23 But now having no more place in these regions, and having a great desire these many years to come to you,

  • Col 2:5
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    5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing to see your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

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    8 Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do what is fitting,

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    23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.

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    8 For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.

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

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

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    2 That I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

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    23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.

    24 But 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.

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

    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.

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

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

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    16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia to you, and by you to be brought on my way toward Judea.

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    20 For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state.

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    1 Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to be left alone at Athens;

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

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    15 For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever;

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    2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling which is from heaven:

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    16 Holding 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.

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    19 But I urge you all the more to do this, that I may be restored to you sooner.

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