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We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort, <a href="/esv/philippians/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— <a href="/bsb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— <a href="/blb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, those worshiping in the Spirit of God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and not trusting in the flesh-- <a href="/kjv/philippians/3.htm">King James Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. <a href="/nkjv/philippians/3.htm">New King James Version</a> For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, <a href="/nasb_/philippians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and take pride in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh, <a href="/nasb/philippians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, <a href="/nasb77/philippians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, <a href="/lsb/philippians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For we are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, <a href="/amp/philippians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> for we [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, set apart for His purpose and] are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory and take pride and exult in Christ Jesus and place no confidence [in what we have or who we are] in the flesh— <a href="/csb/philippians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh— <a href="/hcsb/philippians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh— <a href="/asv/philippians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh: <a href="/cev/philippians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But we are the ones who are truly circumcised, because we worship by the power of God's Spirit and take pride in Christ Jesus. We don't brag about what we have done, <a href="/erv/philippians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh: <a href="/gwt/philippians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> We are the [true] circumcised people [of God] because we serve God's Spirit and take pride in Christ Jesus. We don't place any confidence in physical things, <a href="/gnt/philippians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> It is we, not they, who have received the true circumcision, for we worship God by means of his Spirit and rejoice in our life in union with Christ Jesus. We do not put any trust in external ceremonies. <a href="/isv/philippians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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, <a href="/msb/philippians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh? <a href="/net/philippians/3.htm">NET Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials <a href="/nheb/philippians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh; <a href="/wbt/philippians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. <a href="/wey/philippians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For we are the true circumcision--we who render to God a spiritual worship and make our boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in outward ceremonies: <a href="/web/philippians/3.htm">World English Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/philippians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For we are the circumcision, who are serving God by the Spirit, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and having no trust in flesh, <a href="/blb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, those worshiping in the Spirit of God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and not trusting in the flesh-- <a href="/ylt/philippians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust, <a href="/slt/philippians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For we are the circumcision, serving God in spirit, and boasting in Christ Jesus, and not trusting in the flesh.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/philippians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, who in spirit serve God; and glory in Christ Jesus, not having confidence in the flesh. <a href="/cpdv/philippians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh. <a href="/nabre/philippians/3.htm">New American Bible</a> For we are the circumcision, we who worship through the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh, <a href="/nrsvce/philippians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh—<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/philippians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For we are the true people of circumcision, who worship God in Spirit, and glory in Jesus Christ, and yet do not rely on things of the flesh. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/philippians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For we are the circumcision, those who serve God in The Spirit, and we glory in Yeshua The Messiah, and we do not trust upon the flesh,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/philippians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For we are the circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh; <a href="/godbey/philippians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For we are the circumcision, who serve the Spirit of God, and boast in Christ Jesus, also having no confidence in the flesh: <a href="/haweis/philippians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh. <a href="/mace/philippians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for we are the genuine sons of Abraham, who worship God in the spiritual manner, and value no other dependance than that on Jesus Christ, without confiding in any external advantages: <a href="/wey/philippians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For we are the true circumcision--we who render to God a spiritual worship and make our boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in outward ceremonies: <a href="/worrell/philippians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in flesh: <a href="/worsley/philippians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For we are of the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit, rejoicing in Christ Jesus, and having no confidence in the flesh. <a href="/parallel/philippians/3-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mXomUhcrPbg?start=534" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/philippians/3.htm">Righteousness through Faith</a> …2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh! 3<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmeis (PPro-N1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">it is we</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: esmen (V-PIA-1P) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">who are</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4061.htm" title="4061: peritomē (N-NFS) -- Circumcision. From peritemno; circumcision.">circumcision,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">we who</a> <a href="/greek/3000.htm" title="3000: latreuontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage.">worship</a> <a href="/greek/4151.htm" title="4151: Pneumati (N-DNS) -- Wind, breath, spirit. ">by the Spirit</a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/2744.htm" title="2744: kauchōmenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt.">glory</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christō (N-DMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsou (N-DMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and who</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/3982.htm" title="3982: pepoithotes (V-RPA-NMP) -- A primary verb; to convince; by analogy, to pacify or conciliate; reflexively or passively, to assent, to rely.">put no confidence</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarki (N-DFS) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">the flesh—</a> 4though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/2-28.htm">Romans 2:28-29</a> A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical. / No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God. <a href="/galatians/5-6.htm">Galatians 5:6</a> For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love. <a href="/colossians/2-11.htm">Colossians 2:11</a> In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands. <a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a> But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. / God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” <a href="/romans/8-9.htm">Romans 8:9</a> You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. <a href="/galatians/6-15.htm">Galatians 6:15</a> For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation. <a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Ephesians 2:11-13</a> Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)— / remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. / But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a> Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! <a href="/romans/7-6.htm">Romans 7:6</a> But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. <a href="/galatians/3-3.htm">Galatians 3:3</a> Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh? <a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Jeremiah 4:4</a> Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.” <a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Deuteronomy 30:6</a> The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. <a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a> I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. <a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a> For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite. <a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Psalm 51:10</a> Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.we.<a href="/genesis/17-5.htm">Genesis 17:5-11</a> Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee… <a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Deuteronomy 10:16</a> Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.<a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Deuteronomy 30:6</a> And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.worship.<a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a> For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.<a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23,24</a> But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him… <a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Romans 1:9</a> For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;rejoice.<a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">Philippians 3:7-9</a> But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ… <a href="/psalms/105-3.htm">Psalm 105:3</a> Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.<a href="/isaiah/45-25.htm">Isaiah 45:25</a> In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.have.<a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Philippians 3:4-6</a> Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: … <a href="/1_peter/1-23.htm">1 Peter 1:23-25</a> Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/philippians/2-16.htm">Boast</a> <a href="/numbers/9-3.htm">Ceremonies</a> <a href="/philippians/2-30.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/philippians/1-26.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/philippians/2-24.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/philippians/2-16.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/philippians/1-26.htm">Glorying</a> <a href="/philippians/2-21.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-7.htm">Outward</a> <a href="/philippians/3-1.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-7.htm">Render</a> <a href="/philippians/2-22.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/philippians/2-20.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Spiritual</a> <a href="/philippians/2-27.htm">True.</a> <a href="/philippians/2-24.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-19.htm">Boast</a> <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Ceremonies</a> <a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/philippians/3-5.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-19.htm">Glorying</a> <a href="/philippians/3-8.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Outward</a> <a href="/philippians/4-4.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/colossians/4-1.htm">Render</a> <a href="/colossians/3-23.htm">Serving</a> <a href="/philippians/4-5.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/colossians/1-9.htm">Spiritual</a> <a href="/philippians/3-16.htm">True.</a> <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Philippians 3</div>1. <a href="/philippians/3-1.htm">He warns them to beware of the false teachers;</a> 4. <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">showing that himself has greater cause than they to trust in the righteousness of the law;</a> 7. <a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">which he counts as loss, to gain Christ and his righteousness;</a> 12. <a href="/philippians/3-12.htm">acknowledging his own imperfection and pressing on toward the goal;</a> 15. <a href="/philippians/3-15.htm">He exhorts them to be thus minded;</a> 17. <a href="/philippians/3-17.htm">and to imitate him,</a> 18. <a href="/philippians/3-18.htm">and to decline carnal ways.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/philippians/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/philippians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/philippians/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For it is we who are the circumcision This phrase identifies believers as the true people of God, not through physical circumcision but through a spiritual transformation. In the Old Testament, circumcision was a sign of the covenant between God and Abraham (<a href="/genesis/17-10.htm">Genesis 17:10-14</a>). However, Paul emphasizes that true circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code (<a href="/romans/2-29.htm">Romans 2:29</a>). This spiritual circumcision signifies a new identity in Christ, aligning with the promise of a new covenant (<a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a>).we who worship by the Spirit of God Worship in the Spirit signifies a departure from the ritualistic and legalistic practices of the Old Covenant. Jesus spoke of true worshipers who worship the Father in spirit and truth (<a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a>). This worship is characterized by a heart transformed by the Holy Spirit, reflecting a personal and intimate relationship with God. The Spirit empowers believers to live a life pleasing to God, fulfilling the law's righteous requirements (<a href="/romans/8-4.htm">Romans 8:4</a>).who glory in Christ Jesus To glory in Christ Jesus means to boast or take pride in what He has accomplished through His death and resurrection. This contrasts with boasting in human achievements or adherence to the law. Paul consistently teaches that salvation and righteousness come through faith in Christ alone (<a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a>). This glorying reflects a deep gratitude and acknowledgment of Jesus as the source of all spiritual blessings (<a href="/ephesians/1-3.htm">Ephesians 1:3</a>).and who put no confidence in the flesh— Putting no confidence in the flesh refers to rejecting reliance on human efforts, achievements, or heritage for salvation. Paul, who had an impressive Jewish pedigree and adherence to the law, considered these as loss compared to the surpassing worth of knowing Christ (<a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">Philippians 3:7-8</a>). This phrase underscores the futility of self-reliance and the necessity of faith in Christ's finished work on the cross. It echoes the prophetic call to trust in God rather than human strength (<a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5-7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Philippians, Paul is addressing the church in Philippi, emphasizing the spiritual nature of true believers. 2. <a href="/topical/p/philippi.htm">Philippi</a> A city in Macedonia where Paul established a church. The Philippians were known for their generosity and partnership in the gospel. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_judaizers.htm">The Judaizers</a> A group of Jewish Christians who insisted that Gentile converts must adhere to Jewish laws, including circumcision, to be saved.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/true_identity_in_christ.htm">True Identity in Christ</a> Believers are identified as the true "circumcision," meaning they are set apart for God not by physical signs but by spiritual transformation. <a href="/topical/s/serving_by_the_spirit.htm">Serving by the Spirit</a> Our service to God is empowered by the Holy Spirit, not by human effort or adherence to the law. <a href="/topical/b/boasting_in_christ_alone.htm">Boasting in Christ Alone</a> Our confidence and boasting should be in Christ Jesus, acknowledging that our salvation and righteousness come from Him alone. <a href="/topical/r/rejecting_confidence_in_the_flesh.htm">Rejecting Confidence in the Flesh</a> We must reject any reliance on human achievements or religious rituals for our standing before God. <a href="/topical/l/living_out_our_faith.htm">Living Out Our Faith</a> Our daily lives should reflect our spiritual identity, serving God with sincerity and relying on His Spirit for guidance and strength.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_philippians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Philippians 3</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_moralism.htm">What defines moralism?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'circumcision_of_the_heart'.htm">What does "circumcision of the heart" mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_adoration_in_the_bible.htm">What is adoration in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_so_many_divisions_if_we_have_christ's_mind.htm">1 Corinthians 2:16: If believers truly have 'the mind of Christ,' why are there so many doctrinal divisions and disagreements within Christianity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/philippians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) We are the circumcision.--So in <a href="/context/colossians/2-11.htm" title=" In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:">Colossians 2:11-12</a>, evidently alluding to baptism as the spiritual circumcision, he says, "In whom ye were circumcised with the circumcision made without hands." Comp. <a href="/romans/2-20.htm" title="An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.">Romans 2:20</a>, "Circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter;" and passages of a similar character in the Old Testament, such as <a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm" title="Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff necked.">Deuteronomy 10:16</a>, "Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your hearts;" <a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm" title="And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.">Deuteronomy 30:6</a>, "The Lord God will circumcise thine heart." Hence the spirit of St. Stephen's reproach, "Ye uncircumcised in heart and ears" (<a href="/acts/7-51.htm" title="You stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you.">Acts 7:51</a>).Which worship God in the spirit . . .--The true reading here is, who worship by the Spirit of God, the word "worship," or service, being that which is almost technically applied to the worship of the Israelites as God's chosen people (<a href="/acts/26-7.htm" title="To which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.">Acts 26:7</a>; <a href="/romans/9-4.htm" title="Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;">Romans 9:4</a>; <a href="/hebrews/9-1.htm" title="Then truly the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.">Hebrews 9:1</a>; <a href="/hebrews/9-6.htm" title="Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.">Hebrews 9:6</a>), and which, with the addition of the epithet "reasonable," is claimed for the Christian devotion to God in Christ (see <a href="/romans/12-1.htm" title="I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.">Romans 12:1</a>). Such "worship by the Spirit of God" St. Paul describes in detail in Romans 8, especially in <a href="/context/romans/8-26.htm" title="Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.">Romans 8:26-27</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/philippians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - For we are the circumcision. We: the apostle of the Gentiles identifies himself with the Gentiles (<a href="/1_corinthians/9-2.htm">1 Corinthians 9:2</a>l); himself circumcised, he recognizes the great truth that they only are the true circumcision whose hearts are mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts. Which worship God in the spirit; read, with the best manuscripts, which worship by the Spirit of God. The word λατρεία, worship, is used specially of the Jewish ceremonial service (comp. <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Romans 9:4</a>; <a href="/luke/2-37.htm">Luke 2:37</a>; <a href="/acts/26-7.htm">Acts 26:7</a>). We Christians, St. Paul means, have not only the true circumcision, but the only true worship: the temple service prefigured the spiritual worship of the Christian Church. By the Spirit; by his assistance, inspiration: "We know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us" (<a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Romans 8:26</a>). And rejoice in Christ Jesus; rather, glory καυχώμενοι). "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord," through whom alone we can obtain salvation, not in any external privileges. And have no confidence in the flesh. Neither in circumcision nor in any other outward rites. <a href="/commentaries/philippians/3-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For γάρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. [it is] we ἡμεῖς (hēmeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. [who] are ἐσμεν (esmen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. circumcision, περιτομή (peritomē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4061.htm">Strong's 4061: </a> Circumcision. From peritemno; circumcision. we who οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. worship λατρεύοντες (latreuontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3000.htm">Strong's 3000: </a> To serve, especially God, perhaps simply: I worship. From latris; to minister, i.e. Render religious homage. by [the] Spirit Πνεύματι (Pneumati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4151.htm">Strong's 4151: </a> Wind, breath, spirit. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. who καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. glory καυχώμενοι (kauchōmenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2744.htm">Strong's 2744: </a> To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Christ Χριστῷ (Christō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. Jesus, Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. and [who] καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. put no confidence πεποιθότες (pepoithotes) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3982.htm">Strong's 3982: </a> A primary verb; to convince; by analogy, to pacify or conciliate; reflexively or passively, to assent, to rely. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the] flesh— σαρκὶ (sarki) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/philippians/3-3.htm">Philippians 3:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/philippians/3-3.htm">NT Letters: Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision who worship (Philipp. Phil. 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