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Philippians 1:21 (WEB)
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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§1010Article 11 · "I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"Read at vatican.va
“Because of Christ, Christian death has a positive meaning: "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."” — Catechism footnote: Phil 1:21.

§1698Part Three · Life in ChristRead at vatican.va
“For to me, to live is Christ.” — Catechism footnote: Phil 1:21.

Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 76
“I bid you, most blessed and most beloved brethren, ever farewell in the Lord, and always and everywhere remember me.” — editor's note: [See next letter. I cannot conceive of any Christian as not profoundly touched and edified by this eloquent and scriptural letter of a martyr to martyrs in a…
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Cyprian of Carthage, On the Mortality
“Remembering which truth, the blessed Apostle Paul in his epistle lays it down, saying, “To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain;” counting it the greatest gain no longer to be held by the snares of this world, no longer to be liable to the sins and vices of the flesh, but taken away from…” — editor's note: Phil. i. 21.
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Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books I–VIII V.22Book V
“Let us say with Paul, To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain (Philip. i. 21).” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 122
“For he wished to depart, and to be with Christ: but, since he must preach these things to his companions and his brethren, to abide in the flesh, he addeth, is more needful for you.” — editor's note: Philip. i. 21, 23, 24.
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Augustine of Hippo, Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 5
“I wished to be dissolved, and to be with Christ; which is far better: nevertheless to abide in the flesh is needful for you.”” — editor's note: Phil. i. 21–24.
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Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 147
“And again “To me to live is Christ and to die is gain,” and again “For I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified.”” — editor's note: Phil. i. 21
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 18
“Against them all let sound reason do battle, invoking the championship and succour of our Lord Jesus Christ, the teacher of true religion, for Whom to suffer is sweet, and “to die is gain.”” — editor's note: Phil. i. 21.
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 159
“For if, to me, “to live is Christ,” truly my words ought to be about Christ, my every thought and deed ought to depend upon His commandments, and my soul to be fashioned after His.” — editor's note: Phil. i. 21.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 60
“His apostle also, though he says: “I desire to depart and to be with Christ,” and elsewhere “to me to live is Christ and to die is gain,” thanks God that Epaphras (who had been “sick nigh unto death”) has been given back to him that he might not have sorrow upon sorrow.” — editor's note: Phi. i. 21.
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2
“We see, then, that this death is a gain and life a penalty, so that Paul says: “To me to live is Christ and to die is gain.”” — editor's note: Phil. i. 21.
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3
“Si autem vivere in carne, et hoc quoque mihi fructus operis, quid eligam nescio, et coarctor ex duobus, cupiens resolvi, et esse cum Christo: multo enim melius: manere autem in carne, est magis necessarium propter vos.”” — editor's note: Phil. i. 20-24.
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