1. Concerning other things, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is certainly not tiresome for me to write the same things to you, but for you, it is not necessary.
2. Beware of dogs; beware of those who work evil; beware of those who are divisive.
3. For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.
4. Nevertheless, I might have confidence also in the flesh, for if anyone else seems to have confidence in the flesh, more so do I.
5. For I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew among Hebrews. According to the law, I was a Pharisee;
6. according to zeal, I persecuted the Church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, I lived without blame.
7. But the things which had been to my gain, the same have I considered a loss, for the sake of Christ.