26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
26 so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me.
26 so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.
26 You can start looking forward to a great reunion when I come visit you again. We'll be praising Christ, enjoying each other.
26 that your rejoicing for me may be more abundant in Jesus Christ by my coming to you again.
26 And when I come to you again, you will have even more reason to take pride in Christ Jesus because of what he is doing through me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Philippians 1:26
Commentary on Philippians 1:21-26
(Read Philippians 1:21-26)
Death is a great loss to a carnal, worldly man, for he loses all his earthly comforts and all his hopes; but to a true believer it is gain, for it is the end of all his weakness and misery. It delivers him from all the evils of life, and brings him to possess the chief good. The apostle's difficulty was not between living in this world and living in heaven; between these two there is no comparison; but between serving Christ in this world and enjoying him in another. Not between two evil things, but between two good things; living to Christ and being with him. See the power of faith and of Divine grace; it can make us willing to die. In this world we are compassed with sin; but when with Christ, we shall escape sin and temptation, sorrow and death, for ever. But those who have most reason to desire to depart, should be willing to remain in the world as long as God has any work for them to do. And the more unexpected mercies are before they come, the more of God will be seen in them.