and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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The same thread (this verse)Philippians 1:23
At death the spirit returns to the God who gave it; being with Christ is the personal fulfillment of that return.
“But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.”
The same thread (this verse)2 Corinthians 5:8
The dust returns to the earth and the spirit returns to God; Paul fills that return with the face of the Lord.
“We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.”