August 23: Romans 14:7–8; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Corinthians 10:24; Galatians 2:19–20; Philippians 1:20–23; 1 Kings 4:29; Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 12:42; Romans 5:7–8; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 3:8; Ephesians 3:19; Philippians 2:6–8; Colossians 2:3 - a podcast by Crossway

None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.—Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.—You were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

Through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 14:7–8 (Listen)

7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.

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1 Corinthians 6:20 (Listen)

20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

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1 Corinthians 10:24 (Listen)

24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

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Galatians 2:19–20 (Listen)

19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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Philippians 1:20–23 (Listen)

20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

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God gave Solomon… breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore.

“Behold, something greater than Solomon is here.”—Prince of Peace.

One will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.—Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.—The love of Christ that surpasses knowledge.

Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.—In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.—The unsearchable riches of Christ.—He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption.

1 Kings 4:29 (Listen)

29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,

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Isaiah 9:6 (Listen)

6   For to us a child is born,
    to us a son is given;
  and the government shall be upon¹ his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called²
  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
    Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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Matthew 12:42 (Listen)

42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

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Romans 5:7–8 (Listen)

7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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1 Corinthians 1:24 (Listen)

24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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1 Corinthians 1:30 (Listen)

30 And because of him¹ you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

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Ephesians 3:8 (Listen)

8 To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

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Ephesians 3:19 (Listen)

19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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Philippians 2:6–8 (Listen)

6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,¹ 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,² being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

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Colossians 2:3 (Listen)

3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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