2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
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For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. …
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. …
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…
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