Paul EXHORTS the believers to be FAITHFUL WITNESSES concerning
in Whom they should REJOICE (Philippians 3:1)
"FINALLY", by way of CONCLUSION - Paul EMPHATICALLY
declares ("INDEED") that it is "NOT GRIEVOUS", i.e. it is "NOT IRKSOME", for him
to REPEAT AGAIN his EXHORTATION to REJOICE (Philippians 3:1 cf.Philippians 4:4)
in the One Who is to be PREACHED (Philippians 1:18 cf.II Corinthians 4:5)
- because for them it is "SAFE" (Philippians 3:1) in terms of their "HOLDING FORTH the WORD of life" (Philippians 2:16)
Paul WARNS the believers of UNFAITHFUL WITNESSES (Philippians 3:2)
"DOGS" (Philippians 3:2) - a term used by the Lord to describe the GENTILES during His earthly
ministry to Israel (Matthew 15:21-28) - WHO "in TIME PAST ... were WITHOUT CHRIST, being ALIENS from
the Commonwealth of Israel, and STRANGERS from the Covenants of Promise, having NO HOPE, and WITHOUT GOD in the
world" (Ephesians 2:11-12)
"the CONCISION" (Philippians 3:2) - a term of REBUKE for the CIRCUMCISION (JEWS), i.e. those "desiring
to be TEACHERS of the LAW, understanding NEITHER what they SAY, NOR whereof they AFFIRM" (I Timothy 1:7)
and, thus, are "VAIN TALKERS and DECEIVERS" (Titus 1:10) - they are "ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH the YOKE of BONDAGE" (Galatians 5:1)
and, thus, are "FALLEN FROM GRACE" (Galatians 5:4):
Greek, "peritome" (CIRCUMCISION), i.e. the DIVINE
COVENANT of "CUTTING (SEPARATION or REMOVAL)" (Genesis 17:9-14) as COMMANDED in the LAW (Leviticus 12:2-3)
Worship God inSpirit = Glory inChrist Jesus(Philippians 3:3)
Paul EXHORTS the believers to be FAITHFUL WITNESSES concerning
in Whom they should GLORY (Philippians 3:3)
CHRIST is the NAME associated with the SAVIOR as the GOD-MAN
(I Timothy 2:5 ) GLORIFIED in the HIGHEST HEAVEN "FAR ABOVE ALL" (Ephesians 1:20-21)
having ACCOMPLISHED the WORK of REDEMPTION (Hebrews 1:3 cf.Psalms 110:1)
Paul EXHORTS the believers to be FAITHFUL WITNESSES concerning
how they are to WORSHIP GOD (Philippians 3:3)
The DIVINE PERSON to be WORSHIPPED in TRUE SPIRIT is the
FATHER, because He is SPIRIT (John 4:21,23-24)
The DIVINE PERSON that became FLESH was the SON (John 1:1,14,18)
and it was His REDEMPTIVE WORK that was TYPIFIED in the PHYSICAL OBERVANCES of the LAW (Colossians 2:16-17;Hebrews 10:1-2)
In the ETERNAL STATE, the SON will LEAD the ENTIRE REDEEMED
HUMAN FAMILY in the WORSHIP of the FATHER (I Corinthians 15:24,28) and thus, ALL will BEAR the NAME of the FATHER (Ephesians 3:14-15)