{"id":4672,"date":"2024-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/september-13\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T08:29:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T13:29:43","slug":"september-13","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/reading-plan\/september-13\/","title":{"rendered":"September 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Insight from Philippians 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFinally, in Philippians 1:19 Paul appears to allude to the LXX of Job 13:16 with 19:25 in order to stress his confidence that, like Job, he too will experience eternal (even messianic) salvation from his suffering, “whether by life or by death” (1:20). The apostle writes, “Yes, I will rejoice, <\/span>for I know<\/span><\/i> that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ <\/span>this will turn out for my deliverance<\/span><\/i>.” In Job 13:15\u201416 Job declares, “Though [God] slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face. Indeed, <\/span>this will turn out for my deliverance<\/span><\/i>” (NIV). The Greek clauses rendered in the italicized portions are found only in these two places in Scripture. Job retained his hope in God, anticipating that after his own death he would plead his cause face-to-face before the Lord and that the result would be his salvation. He, thus, queries, “If a man dies, shall he live again?” He believes that he will, for he adds, “All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come” (14:14). Then in 19:25\u201426 we find the second potential allusion: “<\/span>For I know<\/span><\/i> that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.” The Greek phrase rendered “for I know” occurs elsewhere only five other places, three of which are in Job (Deut 31:29; Job 9:28; 19:25; 30:23; Rom 7:18). The likelihood that Paul alludes to Job’s resurrection hope in Job 13:16 heightens the probability that he also has 19:25 in mind and melds the two together in his allusion in Phil 1:19.2.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013DeRouchie, \u201cWhy the Third Day? The Promise of Resurrection in All of Scripture,\u201d MJT 2021.1<\/span><\/p>\n

Insight from Philippians 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that he expected this [release from prison] for he says in 1:25, \u201cI know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith\u201d (cf. 2:23\u201324). Yet Paul is not presuming on his release, for his certainty of deliverance is in accordance with \u201cmy eager expectation and hope that \u2026 Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death\u201d (1:20). The apostle believes his salvation may come even by death.<\/span><\/p>\n

While my ESV does not cross reference the book of Job (see the CSB note), the Greek clause rendered this will turn out for my deliverance repeats exactly the patriarch\u2019s words from Job 13:16. These are the only two places this clause occurs in Scripture, so I think Paul is likely drawing on Job\u2019s declaration of hope out of his suffering. Having endured deep loss and having unceasing pain with boils covering his body, Job declares of God:<\/span><\/p>\n

Though he slay me, yet I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face. Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him. (Job 13:15\u201316, NIV)<\/span><\/p>\n

Job is certain of his future \u201cdeliverance\u201d even if his sickness results in death with God slaying his body. This \u201cdeliverance\u201d is, therefore, his eternal life and vindication in God\u2019s presence in which is \u201cfulness of joy\u201d (Ps 16:11), and I propose this is what Paul has in mind in Philippians 1. May Sovereign Joy Baptist Church be a community that is filled with goers and senders who have this deep seated assurance\u2013\u2013that because our citizenship is in heaven (Phil 3:20) and because Jesus\u2019s faithfulness is certain (1:6) and because our future is, therefore, absolutely secure (1:19), we can seek to spread and live out the gospel in the hardest places and at the hardest times with joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a Christian, Paul has repeatedly been willing to suffer for Christ\u2019s sake and for the ultimate joy of all peoples in Jesus Christ. Because, in Christ, he no longer fears death, he is passionately able to proclaim Jesus without reserve (cf. Heb. 2:14\u201315). Jesus told his disciples, \u201cYou will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. You will be hated by all for my name\u2019s sake. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your lives\u201d (Luke 21:16\u201319). \u201cSome of you they will put to death\u2026. But not a hair of your head will perish.\u201d Christians rest assured of future salvation as we are carried in the hands of our sovereign God.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013Jason DeRouchie, Rejoicing in Rescue When Death is Gain (Philippians 1:18b\u201321)<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4672","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}