Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Watch out for “dogs,” watch out for evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.

International Standard Version

Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil workers! Beware of the mutilators!

A Conservative Version

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workmen, beware of the excision.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Look out for the dogs [the Judaizers, the legalists], look out for the troublemakers, look out for the false circumcision [those who claim circumcision is necessary for salvation];

An Understandable Version

Watch out for the "dogs!" [Note: "Dogs" were viewed with disgust by the ancient Jews (Deut. 23:18; II Kings 8:13; Rev. 22:15), so the term is used here derogatorily for Jewish Christians who were trying to impose on the church the requirements of the law of Moses]. Watch out for the evil workers! Watch out for those who mutilate the body meaninglessly! [Note: Paul here alludes, in a derogatory wordplay, to the Jewish practice of circumcision].

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

Common New Testament

Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for those mutilators of the body.

Daniel Mace New Testament

be upon your guard against snarlers, against the contrivances of the crafty, against the spurious breed;

Darby Translation

See to dogs, see to evil workmen, see to the concision.

Godbey New Testament

Beware of dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the counterfeit circumcision.

Goodspeed New Testament

Look out for those dogs, those mischief-makers, with their amputation!

John Wesley New Testament

Beware of dogs, beware of evil-workers,

Julia Smith Translation

Look out for dogs, look out for evil workmen, look out for the incision.

King James 2000

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

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers. Beware of dissension:

Montgomery New Testament

Beware of "these dogs," these mischievous workers, beware of the concision!

NET Bible

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!

New Heart English Bible

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

Beware of the dogs, beware of mischievous workers, beware of the mutilation;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Beware of dogs, beware of the malicious labourers, beware of the concision.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Beware of those 'dogs'! Beware of those mischievous workers! Beware of the men who mutilate themselves!

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Beware of 'the dogs,' the bad workmen, the self-mutilators.

Williams New Testament

Look out for those dogs, those mischief-makers, those self-mutilators!

World English Bible

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.

Worrell New Testament

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil-workers, beware of the mutilation.

Worsley New Testament

Beware of those that are like dogs, beware of evil doers, beware of the concision.

Youngs Literal Translation

look to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
βλέπω 
Blepo 
Usage: 85

of dogs
κύων 
Kuon 
dog
Usage: 3

βλέπω 
Blepo 
βλέπω 
Blepo 
Usage: 85
Usage: 85

of
ἐργάτης 
Ergates 
Usage: 6

κακός 
Kakos 
Usage: 46

ἐργάτης 
Ergates 
Usage: 6

Devotionals

Devotionals about Philippians 3:2

Images Philippians 3:2

Prayers for Philippians 3:2

Context Readings

Warning Against Evil Workers

1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same [things] to you [is] not troublesome to me, but [is] a safeguard for you. 2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the mutilation. 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and do not [put] confidence in the flesh,


Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:13

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

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out [that] you are not consumed by one another.

Psalm 22:16

Because dogs have surrounded me; a gang of evildoers has encircled me. Like the lion [they are at] my hands and my feet.

Psalm 22:20

Rescue my life from [the] sword, my only [life] from [the] power of [the] dogs.

Isaiah 56:10-11

His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.

Revelation 22:15

Outside [are] the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral people and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who loves and who practices falsehood.

Matthew 7:15

"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves.

Matthew 7:22-23

On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?'

Romans 2:28

For the Jew is not {one outwardly}, nor [is] circumcision {outwardly}, in the flesh.

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not let your freedom [become] an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Philippians 3:3

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

1 Timothy 1:19

having faith and a good conscience, which some, [because they] have rejected [these], have suffered shipwreck concerning their faith,

2 Timothy 3:1-6

But know this, that in the last days difficult times will come,

2 Peter 2:18-20

{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,

Jude 1:4

For certain men have slipped in stealthily, who were designated long ago for this condemnation, ungodly ones, who change the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 119:115

Turn aside from me, [you] evildoers, for I will keep the commands of my God.

Proverbs 26:11

Like a dog returning to his vomit [is] a fool reverting to his folly.

Matthew 7:6

"Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls in front of pigs, lest they trample them with their feet, and turn around [and] tear you to pieces.

Matthew 24:10

And then many will be led into sin and will betray one another and will hate one another,

Galatians 2:3-4

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

Galatians 5:1-3

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

Philippians 3:19

whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the stomach, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound teaching, but in accordance with their own desires, they will accumulate for themselves teachers, {because they have an insatiable curiosity},

2 Timothy 4:14-15

Alexander the metalworker did me much harm; may the Lord pay back to him according to his deeds,

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny [him], [because they] are detestable and disobedient, and unfit for every good deed.

2 Peter 2:22

The [statement] of the true proverb has happened to them, "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, [after] washing herself, [returns] to wallowing in the mud."

Jude 1:10-13

But these persons blaspheme all that they do not understand, and all that they understand by instinct like the irrational animals, by these [things] they are being destroyed.

Revelation 2:9

'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those {who call themselves Jews} and are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 3:9

Behold, I am causing [those] of the synagogue of Satan, the ones who call themselves Jews and are not, but are lying--behold, I will make them {come} and kneel down before your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.

Revelation 21:8

But [as] for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share [is] in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

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