1. The Right Kind of Circumcision Php 3:1-3 So then, my brothers, keep on rejoicing in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you; indeed, it is for your safety. (2) Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil workers! Beware of the mutilators! (3) For it is we who are the circumcision—we who worship in the Spirit of God and find our joy in the Messiah Jesus. We have not placed any confidence in the flesh,

2. Php 3:1-3 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious/irksome, troublesome,grievious, but for you it is safe/for your safety. Rejoicing and Repetition

3. Php 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! NKJV Warning and Contrast Php 3:3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, Outward Religion Inward Relation

4. Who were the Judaizers? Gal 1:6-7 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, (7) which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. (see II Cor. 11:4) Jewish teachers that professed faith in Jesus and claimed to be Christians. They believed Jesus was only the Savior of Israel. Therefore any Gentile needed to convert to Judaism and keep the law of Moses to be saved. Acts 15:1,5 Act 15:1 And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."

5. Php 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! NKJV Warning and Contrast Php 3:3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, Outward Religion Inward Relation