The Book of Philippians is probably my favorite book of the Bible because it is so encouraging. Paul is encouraging the Church in Philippi and uses some figurative language to do so. The figurative language is hard to spot, at least for me. I read it slowly and still came up pretty empty in finding some. He does talk about the fruits of righteousness, the cause of Christ, he mentions his imprisonment quite a few times. He says For me to live is Christ and to die is gain, which is kind of figurative language I think. He’s saying that either in life or death, He is happy and God’s Will will be done. His use of phrasing is almost poetic to me. It’s a true statement.
Paul writes
“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests of others.”
I don’t see any figurative language in this but it’s a good scripture and is something people, especially politicians should read!!
Paul talks about how Jesus emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond servant, and being made in the likeness of men. He refers to Jesus as becoming a common man so that we can see Jesus as a man who though was equal to God was also a simple man who faced the same things we face day to day.
Paul also talks about how every knee will bow. This is figurative in that he is referring to how people bow to kings and other authority figures. He’s showing that God is above everyone.
I tried to find more figurative language but my search came up empty. I love reading Philippians and it encourages me every time I read it.
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