DOGS … MEN WHO DO EVIL … MUTILATORS / PHILIPPIANS 3:2

(KJV) Philippians 3:2

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

There is little doubt that Paul experienced his greatest grief in ministry because of those who twisted and misrepresented the true message of Christ and those who compromised or abandoned their faith as a result. His love for Christ, the church and the true message of spiritual salvation through faith in Christ was so strong that it caused him to boldly oppose those who perverted the truth. He described those who started such deception as “dogs” and “men who do evil” Philippians 1:17; Galatians 1:9; Matthew 23) because of the seriousness of their error and its spiritually destructive, devouring results. “Mutilators of the flesh” is Paul’s expression for the rite of circumcision as taught by the Judaizers (Galatians 2:4), who claimed that the Old Testament sign of circumcision (cutting away the foreskin from the penis) was necessary for salvation (Galatians 2:12). These false teachers had so distorted the meaning and purpose of the old covenant sign of circumcision that it had become nothing more than a useless cutting of the body (Philippians 3:3). Paul states that true circumcision is a result of the Holy Spirit’s work in the heart of a person when sin and evil are cut away (Philippians 3:3; Romans 2:29; Romans 2:25-29; Colossians 2:11).

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14. THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL / PHILIPPIANS 1:16
15. PURE AND BLAMESS / PHILIPPIANS 1:10
16. BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS / PHILIPPIANS 1:6
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18. JOY / PHILIPPIANS 1:4
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