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It remains, my brethren, that ye rejoice in the Lord. It does not bother me to write the same things to you, and for you
it is safe.
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Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
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For we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit and glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.
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Though I might also have reason to confide in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
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Circumcised the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel,
of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
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concerning zeal, a persecutor of the
congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
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But those things which were gain to me, I counted loss for Christ.