Philippians 3:1-2
Finally my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write these things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.
Paul obviously wants to remind the Philippians to rejoice but it seems like an abrupt change to warning them about evildoers. This would seem to suggest that the greatest threat to their joy are these "dogs", evildoers, mutilators - advocates of circumcision. The biggest threat to the joy of these Christians was "Jesus PLUS something else". Joy will be killed whenever we revert to the law - we have to do something. Joy comes from knowing that, while we were unable and unwilling to follow the law, Jesus was obedient to it and has set us free from it's condemnation
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