To Live is Christ, to Die is Gain (Philippians 1:21) | Skull with Cross on Gold Manuscript Texture | Orthodox Christian Canvas ArtEven in dying, he means, I will not have died, for I have life in myself as long as Christ is with me, even though death may overtake me, still I live, and in this present life, not this, but Christ is my life That life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, so I say in that state also, "I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me (Galatians 2: 20). Such ought a Christian to be! The word "life" is very significant, beloved, as also is the word

the devil pursued you

Who also despisest not those who have fallen away through sin

so do words of teaching

While the martyr prayed

they just bring their junk out into the bazaar

the Holy One of God

but with power

The former things will not be remembered

But let us ask unceasingly with tears and prayers

was called death by Paul: Who

and against our own passions

So death itself will be defeated when it comes