Phillipains

In the Apostle Pauls letter to the Philippians, if one were to study closely, they would fin text rich metaphors and other figurative language. After reading this passage and actually trying try and keep count of the amount of metaphors that I noticed. One sentence caught my eye when Paul was describing righteousness as a "fruit". another group of sentences that I also thought were metaphors was "...Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in the appearance as a man, he humbled Himself by becoming obedient,  even to the point of death, even death on a cross." When someone understands the use of metaphors, I believe that they will come to see what a genius Paul is. I also think that Paul is trying to make us think and go more in-depth in our walk with Christ. And we can see how Paul was trying to connect spiritual things with physical things so that the Philippians could make a connection and understand what he was trying to say, and be able to apply it to their lives.