For me, life finds all its meaning in Christ. Death also has its benefits.

因我活着就是基督，我死了就有益处。

因为我活着就是基督，死了就有益处。

因为我活着就是基督，死了就有益处。

因为对我来说，活着是为了基督，死了也有益处。

因为我活着就是基督，我死了就有益处。

因为对我来说，活着就是基督，死去就有益处。

因我活着就是基督，我死了就有益處。

因為我活着就是基督，死了就有益處。

因為我活着就是基督，死了就有益處。

因為對我來說，活著是為了基督，死了也有益處。

因為我活著就是基督，我死了就有益處。

因為在我看，活着就是基督，死去也是贏得。

因為對我來說，活著就是基督，死去就有益處。

蓋我之生即基督、死亦有益、

我生為基督、死而獲益、

我生乃為基督、死則獲益、

自予觀之、生是基督死是福、如是而已矣。

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better.

For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

For me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

For to me to live[ is] Christ, and to die[ is] gain.

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

I have been crucified with Christ. I don’t live any longer, but Christ lives in me. Now I live my life in my body by faith in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself for me.

We are certain about that. We would rather be away from our bodies and at home with the Lord.

We know that the earthly tent we live in will be destroyed. But we have a building made by God. It is a house in heaven that lasts forever. Human hands did not build it.

I can’t decide between the two. I long to leave this world and be with Christ. That is better by far.

So here is what we can always be certain about. As long as we are at home in our bodies, we are away from the Lord.

I completely expect and hope that I won’t be ashamed in any way. I’m sure I will be brave enough. Now as always Christ will receive glory because of what happens to me. He will receive glory whether I live or die.

Christ is your life. When he appears again, you also will appear with him in heaven’s glory.

Who can separate us from Christ’s love? Can trouble or hard times or harm or hunger? Can nakedness or danger or war?It is written,“ Because of you, we face death all day long. We are considered as sheep to be killed.”( Psalm 44:22)No! In all these things we are more than winners! We owe it all to Christ, who has loved us.I am absolutely sure that not even death or life can separate us from God’s love. Not even angels or demons, the present or the future, or any powers can separate us.Not even the highest places or the lowest, or anything else in all creation can separate us. Nothing at all can ever separate us from God’s love. That’s because of what Christ Jesus our Lord has done.

Then I heard a voice from heaven.“ Write this,” it said.“ Blessed are the dead who die as believers in the Lord from now on.”“ Yes,” says the Holy Spirit.“ They will rest from their labor. What they have done will not be forgotten.”

Brothers and sisters, we want you to know what happens to those who die. We don’t want you to mourn, as other people do. They mourn because they don’t have any hope.We believe that Jesus died and rose again. When he returns, many who believe in him will have died already. We believe that God will bring them back with Jesus.This agrees with what the Lord has said. When the Lord comes, many of us will still be alive. We tell you that we will certainly not go up before those who have died.

Those who are right with God die. And no one really cares about it. People who are faithful to the Lord are swept away by trouble. And no one understands why that happens to those who do what is right.Those who lead honest lives will enjoy peace and rest when they die.

I never want to brag about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Through that cross the ways of the world have been crucified as far as I am concerned. And I have been crucified as far as the ways of the world are concerned.

Because of what God has done, you belong to Christ Jesus. He has become God’s wisdom for us. He makes us right with God. He makes us holy and sets us free.

All the others are looking out for their own interests. They are not looking out for the interests of Jesus Christ.

That means Paul or Apollos or Peter or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All are yours.