Philippians 3:2

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Summary

Philippians 3:2

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

Of dogs

Evil

The

General references

Psalm 35:9

Bible References

Of dogs

As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.

Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.

Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

Then many will take offense, betray one another and hate one another.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.

It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit,

and, “a sow, after washing itself, wallows in the mud.”

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying.

Evil

Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things,

Depart from me, you evil ones,
so that I may obey my God’s commands.

On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?’

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

For you were called to be free, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.

But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days.

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.

They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work.

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

But the cowards, unbelievers, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

The

For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh—

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

But not even Titus who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

Christ has liberated us to be free. Stand firm then and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.

I know your affliction and poverty, yet you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Take note! I will make those from the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews and are not, but are lying—note this—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.

General references

Then I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will delight in His deliverance.