Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!
New American Standard Bible
Beware of the
King James Version
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
Holman Bible
Watch out for “dogs,”
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
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the mutilation.
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!
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;
Themes
Alertness » What to be aware of
Circumcision » Called the » Concision
Concision » A term for "over-zealous" circumcision
Dogs » Illustrative » Of false teachers
Topics
Interlinear
Blepo
βλέπω
Blepo
see, take heed, behold, beware, look on, look, beware of,
Usage: 85
Kakos
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 36 Translations in Philippians 3:2
Prayers for Philippians 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warning Against Evil Workers
1 Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! To write this again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh! 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
Galatians 5:15
However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
Psalm 22:16
Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
Psalm 22:20
Deliver me from the sword! Save my life from the claws of the wild dogs!
Isaiah 56:10-11
All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.
Revelation 22:15
Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
Matthew 7:15
"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
Matthew 7:22-23
On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?'
Romans 2:28
For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,
Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
1 Timothy 1:19
To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.
2 Timothy 3:1-6
But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 Peter 2:18-20
For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
Jude 1:4
For certain men have secretly slipped in among you -- men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe -- ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Psalm 119:115
Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.
Proverbs 26:11
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Matthew 7:6
Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
Matthew 24:10
Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.
Galatians 2:3-4
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek.
Galatians 5:1-3
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight -- the only thing that matters is faith working through love.
Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.
2 Timothy 4:14-15
Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
2 Peter 2:22
They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire."
Jude 1:10-13
But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.
Revelation 2:9
I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 3:9
Listen! I am going to make those people from the synagogue of Satan -- who say they are Jews yet are not, but are lying -- Look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."