Philippians 3:2

Translations

Modern

Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

Traditional

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

Literal

Look out for the dogs! Look out for the evil workers! Look out for the mutilation!

Latin

Videte canes, videte malos operarios, videte concisionem.

Original

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English

Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

Notes

Philippians 3:2

those dogs, those workers of evil: Here, Paul reverses the traditional Jewish practice of calling non-Jewish people dogs (see Mark 7:27–28). Paul directs his strongest insults at Jews who taught that non-Jewish people must be circumcised to be saved (see 2 Corinthians 11:13–15; Galatians 1:6–9; 5:1–6, 12).

Philippians 3:2–11

Paul warns believers not to be influenced by Jewish Christians who say circumcision is necessary for salvation. Paul then talks about his own conversion from Judaism to following Christ.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Circumcision

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