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This call to "watch out" is a timeless reminder for believers to remain spiritually alert and discerning in their faith journey. for those dogs. The term "dogs" in the ancient world, particularly in Jewish culture, was often used as a derogatory term. It referred to those who were considered impure or unclean.
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Beware of dogs: beware of evil workers: beware of the...
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Paul has just been laying down a great principle--viz. that...
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The three members of the following verse correspond, by a retrograde gradation (descending climax), to the three clauses of this verse; so that the dogs are the false apostles and carnal men, who do not trust in Christ, but in the flesh, and are slaves to foul lusts [utter strangers to true holiness, although exulting in the name of Jews.—V. g.], Php 3:19.
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of ...
Philippians 3:2 says, "Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision." In the verse Paul exhorts us to beware of three things—dogs, evil workers, and the concision. The fact that there is no conjunction in this verse indicates that these three things refer to one kind of person, a person who is a dog, an evil worker, and ...
Paul might have heard of these struggles from Epaphroditus, who had come to him from the Philippian church before falling ill (Philippians 2:25). First, the Philippian Christians were warned about those Paul labels as "dogs." Unlike today's domesticated pets, dogs in first century Philippi were generally wild pack animals.
Moreover, there are no conjunctions in this verse, only commas. This indicates that the dogs are the evil workers and that the evil workers are the concision. The word "concision" is a contemptuous word for circumcision. Circumcision is a term of honor, but concision is a term of contempt. Paul purposely referred to Jewish circumcision in this way.
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Aug 23, 2019 · 19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores. 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to ...