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True Righteousness

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things again to you, and it is a safeguard for you. Beware of the dogs. Beware of the evildoers. Beware of the mutilation.[a] [b] For we are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God,[c] who are confident in Christ Jesus, and who place no confidence in the flesh,

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:2 A reference to the Judaizers’ circumcision. The Greek terms for circumcision (Greek peritome) and mutilation (Greek katatome) were very similar, so this was a play on words.
  2. Philippians 3:2 Or mutilators; with reference to the Judaizers
  3. Philippians 3:3 Some witnesses to the text read worship God in spirit.