Philippians 1:21

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the 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? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 No, 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 things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will 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 the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, 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 and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
  • Col 3:4 : 4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come]. 2 He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
  • 1 Thess 4:13-15 : 13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
  • Gal 6:14 : 14 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to 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,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phil 1:22-27
    6 verses
    84%

    22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't know what I will choose.

    23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

    24 Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.

    25 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,

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

    27 Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

  • Phil 1:17-20
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    82%

    17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

    18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.

    19 For I know that this will 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 I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

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

    8 Yes most certainly, 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 count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

    9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, 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 to his death;

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

    12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

  • Gal 2:19-21
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    76%

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

    20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

    21 I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"

  • 1 Cor 15:31-32
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    76%

    31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

    32 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

  • Rom 14:7-9
    3 verses
    75%

    7 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.

    8 For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.

    9 For to this end Christ died, 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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    74%

    14 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

    15 He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

  • Acts 20:24
    74%

    24 But these things don't count; nor do I hold 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 fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-12
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    73%

    10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

    11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

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

  • Phil 2:16
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    16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    72%

    15 But I have used none of these things, and I don't write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.

  • Gal 6:14
    72%

    14 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • Rom 6:8
    72%

    8 But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

  • Phil 2:30
    72%

    30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.

  • 2 Tim 4:6
    71%

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

  • Phil 1:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

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

    12 Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News;

    13 so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;

  • 1 Cor 9:23
    71%

    23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.

  • Col 1:24
    70%

    24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly;

  • 2 Cor 5:8
    70%

    8 We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

  • 2 Tim 2:11
    70%

    11 This saying is faithful: "For if we died with him, we will also live with him.

  • Phil 3:14
    70%

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

  • 1 Cor 15:19
    70%

    19 If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

  • Acts 21:13
    70%

    13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, 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%

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

  • Mark 8:35
    70%

    35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.