Philippians 1:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For me to live is Christ [His life in me], and to die is gain [the gain of the glory of eternity].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

²¹ Because for me, living serves Christ and dying is even better.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Philippians 1:21 Cross References

Galatians 2:20

and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

2 Corinthians 5:8

Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that, if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Philippians 1:23

I am hard pressed between the two: my desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better,

Colossians 3:4

When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always confident, even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—

Philippians 1:20

It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way but that by my speaking with all boldness Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who from now on die in the Lord.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.”

Galatians 6:14

May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.

1 Corinthians 1:30

In contrast, God is why you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Philippians 2:21

All of them are seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:22

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,

Philippians 1:22

If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me, yet I cannot say which I will choose.