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The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:21

"To me to live is Christ." Here is the secret of the wonderful life of St. Paul and the ideal of the true Christian life everywhere. In so far as we approach this ideal we are Christian. The whole scope and aim and energy of Christianity are included in the conception of "living Christ.." I. CHRIST GIVES THE PATTERN FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE . Christianity is Christlikeness. Only they who have the Spirit of Christ are his. The one call of Christ is "Follow me." St. Paul... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:21-26

The great alternative, life or death. I. ST . PAUL IS PREPARED FOR EITHER ; "for," he says, "to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." 1 . Christ was his life . Christ was magnified, not in his body only, in his labors and suffering, but in his spirit. The presence of Christ filled his whole conscious existence; communion with Christ was to him the very breath of life. Life was worth having only so far as the life of Christ was realized in the apostle's life. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:21-26

Life here and hereafter. The brave apostle, awaiting the slow issue of his case at Rome, has been speaking of the good effect of his imprisonment upon the promulgation of the gospel. He can see the good beneath the apparent evil. And now he speaks of the life he lives on earth and of the other life beyond the shadow of death. Let us notice the lessons as they are set before us here. I. PAUL 'S SELF - ABANDONMENT TO CHRIST . ( Philippians 1:21 .) He surrendered himself in a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Philippians 1:21

For to me to live is Christ - My sole aim in living is to glorify Christ. He is the supreme End of my life, and I value it only as being devoted to his honor - Doddridge. His aim was not honor, learning, gold, pleasure; it was, to glorify the Lord Jesus. This was the single purpose of his soul - a purpose to which he devoted himself with as much singleness and ardor as ever did a miser to the pursuit of gold, or a devotee of pleasure to amusement, or an aspirant for fame to ambition. This... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Philippians 1:21-23

Philippians 1:21-23 . For to me to live is Christ As my life, both natural and spiritual, is from Christ, so to serve and enjoy him is the supreme end of my life, and I value it only as it is capable of being employed in glorifying him, to know, love, and follow whom, is my glory and my joy. But if I live in the flesh, &c. Here he begins to treat of the former clause of the preceding verse: of the latter he treats Philippians 2:17. This is the fruit of my labour This is the fruit of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:12-26

Results of Paul’s imprisonment (1:12-26)Some of the Philippians were becoming down-hearted because Paul had been imprisoned so long. He tries to encourage them with the news that through his imprisonment he has been able to tell the good news of Jesus Christ to many people whom he could not reach otherwise. Among these were people such as Roman guards and government officials. His fearless example has encouraged the local Christians to evangelize more boldly (12-14).Unfortunately, the local... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Philippians 1:21

me . Emph . live. Compare App-170 . gain. Greek. kerdos. Here, Philippians 3:7 . Titus 1:11 . Not to Paul, but to Christ, as is clear from Philippians 1:20 . To Paul, life and death were of no account so long as the cause of Christ was advanced. His bonds had furthered the gospel, what might not his death do? Compare Philippians 2:17 . 2 Corinthians 7:3 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:21

PAUL'S GREAT SOLILOQUYFor me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if to live in the flesh, - if this shall bring fruit from my work, then what I shall choose I know not. But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better: yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark delivered a soliloquy in which he viewed both the present life and the after-death state as equally... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:21

Philippians 1:21. To me to live is Christ, &c.— "He is the supreme end of life, and I value it only as it is capable of being referred to the purposes of his honour; and, in consequence of that, to die is gain: for as that temper argues my interest in the friendship of that Redeemer, who is the Lord of the invisible, as well as the visible world, I am well satisfied that he will make ample provision for my happiness, when I quit this transitory life, and surround me with far more important... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Philippians 1:21

21. For—in either event ( :-) I must be the gainer, "For to me," c. to live is Christ—whatever life, time, and strength, I have, is Christ's Christ is the sole object for which I live (Galatians 2:20). to die is gain—not the act of dying, but as the Greek ("to have died") expresses, the state after death. Besides the glorification of Christ by my death, which is my primary object (Galatians 2:20- :), the change of state caused by death, so far from being a matter of shame (Philippians 1:20) or... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:21-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Philippians 1:21-26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Philippians 1:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Philippians 1:21-23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Philippians 1:12-26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Philippians 1:21

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Philippians 1:21

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Philippians 1:21

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Philippians 1:21

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