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Forγὰρto meἐμοὶto liveτὸ ζῆνis the Messiah,Χριστὸςandκαὶto dieτὸ ἀποθανεῖνis gain.κέρδος
Philippians 1:21
Study it in the app“For to me to live is the Messiah, and to die is gain.”
Paul says that for him to live is the Messiah and to die is gainDeath and Eternal Life
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 1:21, word by word
- to liveζῆνzēn
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zēn” appears- is the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- to dieἀποθανεῖνapothanein
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apothanein” appears- is gainκέρδοςkerdos
gain
Gain.
Where else “kerdos” appears
The context
20according to my eager expectation and hope that I will be put to shame in nothing, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also the Messiah will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
21 · This verse (above)
22But if I am to live in the flesh, this is fruit of work for me; and what I will choose I do not know.
To study Philippians 1 in a group
1. What it says
What happened to Paul in prison, and what effect does he say it had on the spread of the good news (v. 12-14)?
2. What it means
Paul writes, "to me to live is the Messiah, and to die is gain" (v. 21). What do you think he means?
3. How I live it
Paul rejoices even in hardship (v. 18). What difficult situation today could you look at from another angle?