To Live is Christ, to Die is Gain (Philippians 1:21) | Skull with Cross on Gold Manuscript Texture | Orthodox Christian Hardcover JournalEven 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 I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away

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keep the commandments

or they became conceited about their knowledge of doctrines and strayed from the right path

He led a monastic life as best he could within the confines of the world

for his loyalty and gratitude

exalt Thy Incarnation for the sake of men

"Forgive me

protect yourself from it

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” and he is at peace with his brother

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