Philippians 3:1
As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not wearisome, but to you it is necessary.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:18But thou shalt eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and maidservant, and the Levite that dwelleth in thy cities: and thou shalt rejoice and be refreshed before the Lord thy God in all things, whereunto thou shalt put thy hand.
1 Samuel 2:1My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies: because I have joyed in thy salvation.
1 Chronicles 16:10Praise ye his holy name: let the heart I of them rejoice, that seek the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:22And they ate, and drank before the Lord that day with great joy. And they anointed the second time Solomon the son of David. And they anointed him to the Lord to be prince, end Sadoc to be high priest.
Nehemiah 8:10And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is our strength.
Psalms 5:11Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickedness cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O Lord.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 3:1
He cautions them against judaizing seducers ( ver. 1-3 ) and proposes his own example: and here he enumerates the privileges of his Jewish state which he rejected ( ver. 4-8 ), describes the matter of his own choice ( ver. 9-16 ), and closes with an exhortation to beware of wicked men, and to follow his example, ver. 17-21 . Read the whole commentary →