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Philippians 3:2

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Be careful of the dogs—those men whose work does only harm. They want to cut on everyone who isn’t circumcised.

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They are false apostles, lying workers. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.

They say they know God, but the evil things they do show that they don’t accept him. They are disgusting. They refuse to obey God and are not capable of doing anything good.

Outside the city are all those who live like dogs—those who do evil magic, those who sin sexually, those who murder, those who worship idols, and those who love to lie and pretend to be good.

If you continue hurting each other and tearing each other apart, be careful, or you will completely destroy each other.

The way they live is leading them to destruction. They have replaced God with their own desires. They do shameful things, and they are proud of what they do. They think only about earthly things.

When someone belongs to Christ Jesus, it is not important if they are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.

The “dogs” are all around me— a pack of evil people has trapped me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

“Be careful of false prophets. They come to you and look gentle like sheep. But they are really dangerous like wolves.

Save me from the sword. Save my precious life from these dogs.

But those who are cowards, those who refuse to believe, those who do terrible things, those who kill, those who sin sexually, those who do evil magic, those who worship idols, and those who tell lies—they will all have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Listen! There is a group that belongs to Satan. They say they are Jews, but they are liars. They are not true Jews. I will make them come before you and bow at your feet. They will know that you are the people I have loved.

Some people have secretly entered your group. These people have already been judged guilty for what they are doing. Long ago the prophets wrote about them. They are against God. They have used the grace of our God in the wrong way—to do sinful things. They refuse to follow Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Continue to trust in God and do what you know is right. Some people have not done this, and their faith is now in ruins.

But we are the ones who have the true circumcision—we who worship God through his Spirit. We don’t trust in ourselves or anything we can do. We take pride only in Christ Jesus.

My brothers and sisters, God chose you to be free. But don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do what pleases your sinful selves. Instead, serve each other with love.

You are not a true Jew if you are only a Jew in your physical body. True circumcision is not only on the outside of the body.

“Don’t give something that is holy to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don’t throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, a fool does the same foolish things again and again.

“I know your troubles, and I know that you are poor, but really you are rich! I know the insults you have suffered from people who say they are Jews. But they are not true Jews. They are a group that belongs to Satan.

What they did is like these true sayings: “A dog vomits and goes back to what it threw up.” And, “After a pig is washed, it goes back and rolls in the mud again.”

During that time many believers will lose their faith. They will turn against each other and hate each other.

Don’t come near me, you who are evil, so that I can obey my God’s commands.




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