Philippians 3:1

And now, my Christian friends, before I finish this letter, I want to tell you this. Be happy all the time. Remember that you belong to our leader Jesus. Yes, I told you all these things before, and I am telling you again. I don’t get tired of telling you, and this message will stop you from going the wrong way.

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In The King James Version

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

In Context

2Look out. There are some men that want to teach you the wrong things and get you to go the wrong way. They are like dogs. They go the wrong way. They only want to cut men’s bodies. They say that you don’t belong to God unless you do what the Jewish law says and have a young man operation. They are wrong. We have God’s spirit in us, and he helps us respect God the right way. We know what Jesus Christ did for us, and we trust him. We know that ceremonies that people do will not save us, so we don’t trust them. So really, we are the ones that belong to God. Those people that only follow that Jewish law don’t belong to him.

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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 →

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