Philippians 1:21
For me, living is Christ, and dying is gain.
Treated in 36 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch ·
Introduction cites PHILIPPIANS 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. PHILIPPIANS 1:21 Some time early in the second century, probably between the years 107 and 110, a…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
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…
- Men and Women Who Gave Everything ·
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…
- Men and Women Who Gave Everything ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Missional Life cites Philippians 1:21
…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…
- Practical Religion ·
Self-Inquiry cites Phil. i. 21
…Paul, "to live is Christ."—"I live: yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." (Gal. ii. 20; Phil. i. 21.) Communion like this is the secret of the abiding "joy and peace in believing," which…
- Tukutendereza ·
Yona Kanamuzeyi — “We Are Going to Heaven” cites Philippians 1:21
…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…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of C. S. Lewis cites Philippians 1:21
…in the faith he had once resisted. “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21, KJV).
- Practical Religion ·
Bible-Reading cites Phil. i. 21
…if he dies, he goes to live with Christ. To him "to live is Christ, and to die is gain." (Phil. i. 21.) Death frees him from many trials,—from a weak body, a corrupt heart, a tempting devil…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
A Life Given to Christ cites Philippians 1:21
…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…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Young Preacher and the Little Flock cites Philippians 1:21
…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…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Normal Christian Life cites Philippians 1:21
…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…
- Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom ·
A Father Among the Watches cites Philippians 1:21
…the hope Paul expressed from prison: “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21, ASV). A man who truly believes that the best is yet to come is free to take risks that…
- Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Philippians 1:21
…Scriptures to revisit Genesis 12:1-3; Romans 9:4-5; Romans 11:1-2, 29; 1 Peter 2:17; Philippians 1:21. Reflection 1. Which of our convictions would we be willing to wear on our sleeve? 2. How…
- Practical Religion ·
The Best Friend cites Phil. i. 21
…an actual living person—Jesus the Son of God. "To me," said Paul, "to live is Christ." (Phil. i. 21.) Seek every day to glorify your Lord and Saviour in all your ways. "He that hath a…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites Philippians 1:21
…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.…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Twenty Years in Chains cites Philippians 1:21
…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…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Philippians 1:21
…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.…
- The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch ·
God’s Wheat cites PHILIPPIANS 1:21–22
…I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. PHILIPPIANS 1:21–22 Reading him with care Here more than anywhere in his letters, Ignatius must be read with…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
February cites Phil. i. 21
…that bought you, Pass it on. February 23 “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain” (Phil. i. 21). The secret of a sound body is a sound heart, and the prayer of the Holy Ghost for us…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Principal Wheat cites Philippians 1:21
…“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…
- The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth ·
A Religion to Die With cites PHILIPPIANS 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. PHILIPPIANS 1:21 Catherine Booth had a phrase she used as a final test of any religion. She used it in her…
- The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson ·
The Self Life and the Christ Life cites PHILIPPIANS 1:21
…Peter; the impetuousness now serves Christ instead of Peter. For to me to live is Christ. PHILIPPIANS 1:21 There is a test in this that requires no theology to apply. Watch what happens in you the…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Wrecked at Jebba cites Philippians 1:21
…he had preached on Paul’s words, “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21, ASV). Before the wreck, on board off the ruins of Rabba, he had preached on another…
- Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (For Teens) ·
Eighty-Six Years cites Philippians 1:21
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” — Philippians 1:21 (KJV) The first Christians lived under the Roman Empire, and for nearly three hundred…
- Morning by Morning ·
January cites Philippians 1:21
…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…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
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…
- Holiness ·
The Fight cites Phil. i. 21
…more inward peace! (Eph. vi. 16; 2 Tim. i. 12; 2 Cor. iv. 17, 18; Gal. ii. 20; vi. 14; Phil. i. 21; iv. 11, 13.) I think it impossible to overrate the value and importance of faith. Well…
- Holiness ·
Growth cites Phil. i. 21
…flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God.” “To me to live is Christ.” (Gal. ii. 20; Phil. i. 21.) It is ignorance of this way of living that makes so many see no beauty in the book of…
- Holiness ·
The Ruler of the Waves cites Phil. i. 21
…He will be the holiest man who learns to say with St. Paul, “To me to live is Christ.” (Phil. i. 21.)
- Holiness ·
Christ Is All cites Phil. i. 21
…live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me “—they are singularly rich and suggestive. (Phil. i. 21; Gal. ii. 20.) These three words are the essence and substance of Christianity. If our…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Death of the Righteous cites Phil 1:21
‘For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.’ Phil 1:21. Paul was a great admirer of Christ. He desired to know nothing but Christ, and him…
- A Body of Divinity ·
A Believer's Privilege at Death cites Phil 1:21
‘For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.’ Phil 1:21. Hope is a Christian’s anchor, which he casts within the veil. ‘Rejoicing in hope.’ Rom…
- Old Paths ·
Faith! cites Phil. i. 21
…flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God.”—“To me to live is Christ.” (Galat. ii. 20; Phil. i. 21.) Such life may sound like enthusiasm to many. But where there is true faith, Christ will…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Philippians 1:21-23
…loved him and a faith that held. Scriptures to revisit 2 Timothy 4:6-8; John 11:25-26; Philippians 1:21-23. Reflection 1. How do you think about your own death? 2. What would you want to have…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Philippians 1:21-23
…his native language. Scriptures to revisit 1 Corinthians 15:54-58; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Philippians 1:21-23; John 16:33; 2 Timothy 4:6-8. Reflection 1. What habits of thanksgiving are you building…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 9 — Of Meditating on the Future Life cites Phil. 1:20-24
…or by death, while it belongs to God to determine what is most conducive to His glory (Phil. 1:20-24). Wherefore, if it becomes us to live and die to the Lord, let us leave the period of our…