Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. I remember when I used to live in the south of England, there was a story abroad about some man that was thrown over the face of the Isle of Wight chalk cliffs. They found him in the morning lying down there among the white boulders and black seaweed, and below the finger nails there was powdered chalk that he had scraped in his desperate clutch as he fell to save himself. My friends, there are some of you that grasp at life like that, and for something of the same reason, because you are afraid of the smash when you get down to the bottom. (A. Maclaren, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
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