² Watch out for those dogs,^(A) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. ³ For it is we who are the circumcision,^(B) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,^(C) and who put no confidence in the flesh— ⁴ though I myself have reasons for such confidence.^(D)

If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: ⁵ circumcised^(E) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,^(F) of the tribe of Benjamin,^(G) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;^{(H) 6} as for zeal,^(I) persecuting the church;^(J) as for righteousness based on the law,^(K) faultless.