Philippians 1:21 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Philippians 1:219 words

GreekMeaning

ἐμοὶemoi

To me myselfpronounG1473

γὰρgar

forwordG1063

τὸto

thearticleG3588

ζῆνzēn

to liveverbG2198

ΧριστὸςChristos

is ChristnounG5547

καὶkai

andwordG2532

τὸto

thearticleG3588

ἀποθανεῖνapothanein

to dieverbG599

κέρδοςkerdos

is gainnounG2771

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Philippians 1:21

“For to me,” he says, “to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” For even in dying, he means, I shall not have died, for I have my life in myself: then would they truly have slain me, had they had power through this fear to cast faith out of my soul. But as long as Christ is with me, even though death overtake me, still I live, and in this present life, not this, but Christ is my life. Since, then, not even in the present life is it so, “but that life which I now live in the…
Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 3 on Philippians

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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Jonas ErikssonNote3mo ago

To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain

Paul was under house arrest when he wrote Philippians, facing possible execution. And he's writing about how living and dying are both good because both are Christ. I'm reading this from my comfortabl...