 | Walter Balfour - Future punishment - 1829 - 374 pages
...remarking presently on verse 23. In verse 22, Paul says- — " but if I live in the flesh this is the first fruit of my labor : yet what I shall choose I wot not." The choice referred to, you allow is between abiding in the flesh and departing to be with Christ.... | |
 | Bible - 1871 - 582 pages
...week, he exclaimed, " Bless the Lord !" " I hope I do not wish to die merely to get rid of pain !" " I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is for better." " To die is gain." These were some of the thoughts that escaped... | |
 | Alastair Hannay - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 518 pages
...focusing on verse 21: 'For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.' The text also contains the words: 'But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strain betwixt two. . . .' The either/or in... | |
 | H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. MD, PhD, Mark J. Cherry - Medical - 2002 - 346 pages
...Saint Paul: Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I would not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2002 - 408 pages
...and that much more reward by and by. The apostle expressed these thoughts in his letter as follows: "If I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour." might, and more so now that he was within sight of his goal. He was prepared for either a... | |
 | John R. Rice - Heaven - 1980 - 68 pages
...their works do follow them" (Rev. 14:13). Blessed and happy are the Christian dead! "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,... | |
 | John R. Rice - Religion - 2000 - 32 pages
...wonderful statement made by the Apostle Paul, inspired of God, in Philippians 1:21-24: "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,... | |
 | Daniel R. Jenkins - Religion - 2003 - 90 pages
...Corinthians 5: 1-8). Paul expressed that having the new body is better than retaining the old one, "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better" (Phillipians 1: 23). One of the greatest promises to be realized... | |
 | David Bird - Religion - 2003 - 350 pages
...assurance of forgiveness and a glorious future (cf John 17:1-5; 12:28-32). 2. Philippians 1:23 says, "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better." This can simply be understood as meaning that if Paul died the... | |
 | Dr Curtis Hutson - Religion - 2000 - 22 pages
...only two places a Christian can ever be: in the body or with the Lord. In Philippians 1:23 Paul said, "I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better." Depart and be with Christ. Man is not a body; man is a soul.... | |
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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ ; which is far better ; nevertheless to abide, in the flesh is more needful for you. 
