Philippians 3:2
1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
4 though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
- KJV
- Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
- WEB
- Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.
- ASV
- Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision:
- DARBY
- See to dogs, see to evil workmen, see to the concision.
- BLB
- Look out for the dogs! Look out for the evil workers! Look out for the mutilation!
- ÅB
- Gi akt på hundene, gi akt på de onde arbeidere, gi akt på de sønderskårne!
- OTB
- Vokt dere for de hundene, de onde gjerningsmennene, de som lemlester kroppen.
- B1930
- Gi akt på hundene, gi akt på de onde arbeidere, gi akt på de sønderskårne!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
Read in contextTitus 1:16
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Read in contextRevelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Read in contextIsaiah 56:10–11
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:1–6
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
Read in contextGalatians 5:15
But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
Read in contextPsalms 22:16
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
Read in context