Philippians 1:23

New American Bible - revised edition

I am caught between the two. I long to depart this life and be with Christ, [for] that is far better.

Cross References

2 Samuel 24:14

David answered Gad: “I am greatly distressed. But let us fall into the hand of God, whose mercy is great, rather than into human hands.”

Psalm 17:15

I am just—let me see your face; when I awake, let me be filled with your presence.

Psalm 49:15

Like a herd of sheep they will be put into Sheol, and Death will shepherd them. Straight to the grave they descend, where their form will waste away, Sheol will be their palace.

Luke 12:50

There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!

Luke 23:43

He replied to him, “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” The Death of Jesus.

Luke 8:38

The man from whom the demons had come out begged to remain with him, but he sent him away, saying,

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.

John 13:1

Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.

John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.

John 17:24

Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

Acts 7:59

As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

2 Corinthians 5:8

Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:12

You are not constrained by us; you are constrained by your own affections.

Philippians 1:24

Yet that I remain [in] the flesh is more necessary for your benefit.

1 Thessalonians 2:1

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our reception among you was not without effect.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And for this reason we too give thanks to God unceasingly, that, in receiving the word of God from hearing us, you received not a human word but, as it truly is, the word of God, which is now at work in you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord.

2 Timothy 4:6

For I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand.

Revelation 14:13

I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” said the Spirit, “let them find rest from their labors, for their works accompany them.” The Harvest of the Earth.