He warns them to beware of the false teachers; |
2 Βλέπετε τοὺς κύνας, βλέπετε τοὺς κακοὺς ἐργάτας, βλέπετε τὴν κατατομήν. 3 ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ περιτομή, οἱ πνεύματι θεοῦ λατρεύοντες καὶ καυχώμενοι ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ πεποιθότες, |
showing that himself has greater cause than they to trust in the righteousness of the law; |
which he counts as loss, to gain Christ and his righteousness; |
acknowledging his own imperfection and pressing on toward the goal; |
He exhorts them to be thus minded; |
and to imitate him, |
and to decline carnal ways. |