For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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Interpretation
Death is a great loss to a carnal, worldly man, for he loses all his earthly comforts and all his hopes; but to a true believer it is gain, for it is the end of all his weakness and misery. It delivers him from all the evils of life, and brings him to possess the chief good.
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This thought runs through Philippians 1:18-22.