Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the mutilation.[a] For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship[b] by the Spirit[c] of God and boast in Christ Jesus and do not put confidence in the flesh, although I could have confidence even in the flesh.

Righteousness Through Christ

If anyone else thinks to put confidence in the flesh, I can do so more:

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:2 This term is a wordplay on the Greek word “circumcision”
  2. Philippians 3:3 Or “who serve”
  3. Philippians 3:3 Or “in the Spirit”

Watch out for those dogs,(A) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 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— 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:

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