18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
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This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-21)He closes the chapter with warnings and exhortations. I. He warns them against following the examples of seducers and evil teachers ( Phil. 3:18 , 19 ): Many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ . Observe, 1. There are many called by Christ’s name who are enemies to Christ’s cross, and the design and intention of it. Their…
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