Philippians 3:2

Beware of dogs,.... By whom are meant the "judaizing" teachers, who were for imposing the works and ceremonies of the law upon the Gentiles, as necessary to salvation; and they have the name retorted…

Beware of dogs - Dogs in the east are mostly without masters; they wander at large in the streets and fields, and feed upon offals, and even upon corpses; compare 1Ki 14:11; 1Ki 16:4; 1Ki 21:19. They…

Beware of dogs - The Jews, who have here the same appellative which they formerly gave to the Gentiles: because the Gentiles were not included in the covenant, they called them Dogs; and themselves,…

It seems the church of the Philippians, though a faithful and flourishing church, was disturbed by the judaizing teachers, who endeavoured to keep up the law of Moses, and mix the observances of it…

Beware of Lit., "see." For this use of the verb, cp. Col 4:17; 2Jn 1:8.

dogs Lit. and better, the dogs. He refers to a known and defined class; and these evidently were those Judaistic teachers within…