The phrase “in glory” in verse 19 requires
The phrase "in glory" in verse 19 requires careful consideration. This phrase modifies "fill"; it does not modify "His riches." Glory is the ex pression of God; it is God expressed in splen dor. God's rich supply to the believers, who are His children, expresses God and bears the glory of God. The apostle assured the Philippians that God would abundantly supply all their needs so as to bring them into His glory.
Here Paul is not saying that God's riches are the riches of glory. Rather, he is testifying that God's repayment to the giver is in glory. In glory God will fill every need of the Philippians. In doing so, He will show forth the splendor of His glory and bring the givers into this glory.
Philippians 4:19 indicates that the Lord's re payment is also "in Christ Jesus." The phrase "in Christ Jesus" also modifies "fill." Christ is the all-inclusive One as the base, the element, the sphere, and the channel in which and by which God cares for His people according to His riches and in glory.
The book of Philippians is a book on the ex perience of Christ. Whatever is written here must be related to the experience of Christ. If we do not apply this principle to the matter of giving and receiving, we shall not have a full understanding