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Philippians 1:23

Philippians 1:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

in: 2 Samuel 24:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Luke 12:50; 2 Corinthians 6:12

a desire: Luke 2:29-30; John 13:1; 2 Corinthians 5:8; 2 Timothy 4:6

with: Job 19:26-27; Psalms 49:15; Luke 8:38, Luke 23:43; John 14:3, John 17:24; Acts 7:59; 2 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Revelation 14:13

far: Psalms 16:10-11, Psalms 17:15, Psalms 73:24-26; Revelation 7:14-17

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