Philippians 3:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

Philippians 3:2 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

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2 Corinthians 11:13
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Revelation 22:15
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Isaiah 56:10-11
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. …
2 Timothy 3:1-6
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. …

Topics

Conceit Concision Consistency Deceit Deception Dishonesty Dissembling Dog (sodomite?)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-3)

It seems the church of the Philippians, though a faithful and flourishing church, was disturbed by the judaizing teachers, who endeavoured to keep up the law of Moses, and mix the observances of it with the doctrine of Christ and his institutions. He begins the chapter with warnings against these seducers. I. He exhorts them to rejoice in the Lord (Phil. 3:1), to rest satisfied in the interest the…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. Beware--Greek, “Have your eye on” so as to beware of. Contrast “mark,” or “observe,” namely, so as to follow Php 3:17. dogs--Greek, “the dogs,” namely, those impure persons “of whom I have told you often” (Php 3:18, 19); “the abominable” (compare Re 21:8, with Re 22:15; Mt 7:6; Tit 1:15, 16): “dogs” in filthiness, unchastity, and snarling (De 23:18; Psa 59:6, 14, 15; 2Pe 2:22): especially “enem…