Philippians 1:21

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
American Standard Version

Treated in 13 passages across the library.

  1. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XI. It is no sign that affections are right, or that they are wrong, that they make persons that have them exceeding confident that what they experience is divine, and that they are in a good estate cites Phil. 1:21

    …the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me;" Phil. 1:21, "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain;" 2 Tim. 1:12, "I know whom I have believe…

  2. Tukutendereza · Ochorus Originals

    Yona Kanamuzeyi — “We Are Going to Heaven” cites Philippians 1:21

    …wn. Most were not. The text underneath it “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). Paul wrote it from prison, weighing the two and finding he could not lose. It is a sent…

  3. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    A Life Given to Christ cites Philippians 1:21

    …lves. Nee's life directs the reader back to Paul's center: “For to me to live is Christ” (Philippians 1:21, ASV). That sentence is more radical than “Christ helps me live.” It says Christ defines …

  4. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    The Young Preacher and the Little Flock cites Philippians 1:21

    …hrist is the believer's life. Paul's language is absolute: “For to me to live is Christ” (Philippians 1:21, ASV). Not ministry. Not ecclesiology. Not reputation. Christ. This became one of Nee's m…

  5. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    The Normal Christian Life cites Philippians 1:21

    …vice. Paul's great statement is neither theatrical nor vague: “For me to live is Christ” (Philippians 1:21, ASV). Nee's lasting contribution is to ask whether Christians have reduced the gospel to…

  6. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

    D.L. Moody — The Shoe Salesman Who Moved Nations cites Philippians 1:21

    …was now stepping into its fulfillment: “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21, NIV). His gain had come. He had done what the shoe salesman from Northfield had been sen…

  7. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Principal Wheat cites Philippians 1:21

    …el, "For me to live is Christ. I cannot live without Christ, or for anything but Christ" (Philippians 1:21, ESV). Let your whole nature yield itself to Jesus, and to none else. We should give to t…

  8. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Missional Life cites Philippians 1:21

    …aringly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.” Philippians 1:21 — “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” Chapter 5 — Pandita Ramabai James 1:…

  9. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    The Breaking of the Outer Man cites Philippians 1:21

    …aul does not say, “For me to live is brokenness.” He says, “For to me to live is Christ” (Philippians 1:21, ASV). The cross serves resurrection. A seed is not buried in order to celebrate burial. …

  10. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Twenty Years in Chains cites Philippians 1:21

    …ogy had an answer before circumstances asked the question. “For to me to live is Christ” (Philippians 1:21, ASV). The verse does not say, To me to live is successful ministry. This distinction is …

  11. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Philippians 1:21

    …edom, ministry, health, reputation, and desired outcomes disappear. Scriptures to revisit Philippians 1:21; 2 Timothy 2:9; Hebrews 10:36; Romans 8:38-39; Psalm 31:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14. Refl…

  12. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    January cites Philippians 1:21

    …ve all thy concerns in the hand of a gracious God. January 7 “For me to live is Christ.” (Philippians 1:21) The believer did not always live to Christ. He began to do so when God the Holy Spirit c…

  13. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    March cites Phil. i. 21

    …Lord Jesus Christ.”—S. A. Blackwood. March 6 To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Phil. i. 21. Live in Christ, and you are in the suburbs of heaven. There is but a thin wall between y…

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