3 For we are athe circumcision, bwho worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,
4 though aI also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I bmore so:
5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, aof the tribe of Benjamin, ba Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, ca Pharisee;
6 concerning zeal, apersecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But awhat things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss afor the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in Him, not having amy own righteousness, which is from the law, but bthat which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
Philippians 3:5 Circumcised the eighth day. As enjoined by the law (Luke 1:59). Of the stock of Israel. Descended from Israel (Jacob), who had the birthright of Isaac and Abraham (Genesis 27:27-29). [Of] the tribe of Benjamin. A tribe descended from the beloved Rachel (Genesis 35:24); a tribe that remained faithful when the Ten Tribes of Israel seceded (I Kings 12:20), the tribe on whose soil Jerusalem and the temple stood (Joshua 18:28 1Ch 9:3). An Hebrew of the Hebrews. Hebrew by race, by religion, by education, and by custom. See II Corinthians 11:22. A Pharisee. A member of the strictest sect in Israel, "after the straitest manner of the sect".
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