Philippians 1:23
But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
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Philippians 1:23
But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
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Philippians 1:20
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
Philippians 1:21
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:22
But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don’t know what I will choose.
Philippians 1:23
But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
Philippians 1:24
Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
Philippians 1:25
Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
Acts 20:24
But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.
Ecclesiastes 4:2
Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
Isaiah 38:11
I said, “I won’t see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.
2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
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2 Corinthians 5:8
We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.
Revelation 14:13
I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.”
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
Isaiah 57:2
He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
Matthew 25:21
“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
Philippians 3:20
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Psalms 37:37
Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
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2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;
2 Corinthians 5:7
for we walk by faith, not by sight.
John 14:3
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
John 12:26
If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Acts 7:59
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Ecclesiastes 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Matthew 25:23
“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things. I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
1 Corinthians 3:22
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
Philippians 3:21
who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
John 14:19
Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
Romans 8:38
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
Colossians 3:3
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
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Luke 23:42
He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
Luke 23:43
Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
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2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:2
For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,
2 Corinthians 5:3
if indeed being clothed, we will not be found naked.
2 Corinthians 5:4
For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened, not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
2 Corinthians 5:5
Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
Romans 8:23
Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
Romans 8:24
For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
Romans 8:25
But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.
Genesis 49:18
I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
Romans 7:24
What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
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2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:8
From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
Luke 2:29
“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;
Luke 2:30
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
Luke 12:36
Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
2 Peter 1:13
I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,
2 Peter 1:14
knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
2 Peter 1:15
Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.
Genesis 46:30
Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
1 Peter 5:1
Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed:
1 Peter 5:4
When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
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1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:15
For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
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. So we will be with the Lord forever.
1 Thessalonians 4:18
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
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Philippians 1:26
that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
Philippians 1:19
For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
1 Corinthians 15:31
I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
John 21:19
Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”
2 Corinthians 1:10
who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,
Hebrews 12:2
looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Revelation 12:11
They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
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Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Numbers 11:15
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”
1 Kings 19:4
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
Job 3:20
“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
Job 3:21
who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
Job 3:22
who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Jonah 4:8
When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Job 6:8
“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
Job 6:9
even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 7:15
so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.
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Psalms 16:10
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
Psalms 16:11
You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
Psalms 73:24
You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalms 73:25
Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 4:6
Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
Psalms 17:15
As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
Job 19:26
After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,
Job 19:27
whom I, even I, will see on my side. My eyes will see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.
Psalms 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
Revelation 22:3
There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.
Revelation 22:4
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
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Luke 22:15
He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,
Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
1 Thessalonians 2:17
But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
John 12:27
“Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time?’ But I came to this time for this cause.
John 12:28
Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
John 13:1
Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
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Luke 8:38
But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
Luke 8:39
“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
Psalms 116:12
What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
Mark 5:18
As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
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Revelation 7:14
I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
Revelation 7:15
Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
Revelation 7:16
They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;
Revelation 7:17
for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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2 Samuel 24:14
David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into Yahweh’s hand, for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.”
1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits.
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Psalms 63:1
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
Psalms 63:2
So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
Psalms 63:3
Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
Psalms 42:1
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Psalms 42:2
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Song of Solomon 2:5
Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love.
Song of Solomon 5:8
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
Isaiah 26:8
Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
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Luke 16:22
The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
Luke 16:23
In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
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Romans 14:7
For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
Romans 14:8
For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
Romans 14:9
For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ compels us; because we judge thus: that one died for all, therefore all died.
2 Corinthians 5:15
He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
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Philippians 1:9
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Philippians 2:17
Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
Philippians 1:27
Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
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Hebrews 12:23
to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
2 Corinthians 4:18
while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Philippians 3:11
if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Revelation 22:20
He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus!
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Exodus 33:18
Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”
Exodus 33:19
He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim Yahweh’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
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Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed is the day in which I was born. Don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
Jeremiah 20:15
Cursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, “A boy is born to you,” making him very glad.
Jeremiah 20:16
Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn’t repent. Let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime,
Jeremiah 20:17
because he didn’t kill me from the womb. So my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
Jeremiah 20:18
Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Luke 12:37
Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
Matthew 24:46
Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
Luke 12:43
Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
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John 14:8
Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
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1 Corinthians 15:14
If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:54
But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
1 Corinthians 15:55
“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 12:4
how he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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2 Kings 6:15
When the servant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
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Luke 17:15
One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
Luke 17:17
Jesus answered, “Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
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John 14:9
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
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2 Corinthians 12:2
I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven fourteen years ago—whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows.
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Hebrews 12:24
to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
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