Philippians 1:20-23

20I never want to do anything that will cause me to be ashamed. I hope very much that I will never do that. I want to be brave now, as I always have been. In the way that I live, I want to show that Christ is very great. I want to do that if I continue to live. And I want to do that if I die.

21Christ is everything that I live for. If I die, that will be even better for me.

22But if I continue to live, I will be able to do more good things to help people. I do not know whether it would be better to live or to die. I do not know which to choose.

23Both of them seem very good to me. I want to leave this world so that I can be with Christ. That is a much better thing.