But because of Him you are in Messiah Yeshua, who became to us wisdom from God and righteousness and holiness and redemption—
Philippians 1:21 - Tree of Life Version For to me, to live is Messiah and to die is gain. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Common English Bible Because for me, living serves Christ and dying is even better. Catholic Public Domain Version For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For to me, to live is Christ; and to die is gain. |
But because of Him you are in Messiah Yeshua, who became to us wisdom from God and righteousness and holiness and redemption—
whether Paul or Apollos or Kefa, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come. All are yours,
For we know that if the tent, our earthly home, is torn down, we have a building from God—a home not made with human hands, eternal in the heavens.
Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.
We are confident, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and at home with the Lord.
and it is no longer I who live, but Messiah lives in me. And the life I now live in the body, I live by trusting in Ben-Elohim—who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
But may I never boast—except in the cross of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. Through Him the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
My eager expectation and hope is that in no way will I be put to shame, but that with complete boldness Messiah will even now, as always, be exalted in my body—whether through life or through death.
But if to live on in the body means fruit from my work, what shall I choose? I do not know.
I am torn between the two—having a desire to leave and be with Messiah, which is far better;
When Messiah, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him, in glory!
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: How fortunate are the dead—those who die in the Lord from now on!” “Yes,” says the Ruach, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.”