To Live is Christ, to Die is Gain (Philippians 1:21) | Skull with Cross on Gold Manuscript Texture | Orthodox Christian Tote BagEven 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

and irradiated with pure and primal splendours

because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up

And every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt

The battle was waged by Christ the Lord

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“I was hungry and you gave Me food

For if Thou hadst desired sacrifice

Psalm 50: “Cast me not away from Thy presence

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vigil and all the other Christian practices

and pride - by not judging or despising anyone in the manner of the boastful Pharisee (cf

‘Forgive me