Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who worship by the spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh
Circumcision was a sign of belonging to God. What does Paul say is the sign of being Gods people now? Worshipping by the spirit of God, glorying in Jesus and having no confidence in the flesh. The advocates of circumcision were saying that we needed to do something. If we start to evaluate our standing before god based on our actions we are not worshipping by the spirit, we are defining the way which we think we can worship god. We are not glorying in Jesus but in ourselves. And we have confidence in the flesh, in something about ourselves, rather than confidence in Jesus. The biblical gospel is not Jesus + ... it is Christ alone.
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