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Beware (blepete). Three times for urgency and with different epithet for the Judaizers each time.
The dogs (tous kunas). The Jews so termed the Gentiles which Jesus uses in a playful mood (kunariois, little dogs) to the Syro-Phoenician woman (Mat 15:26). Paul here turns the phrase on the Judaizers themselves.
The evil workers (tous kakous ergatas). He had already called the Judaizers “deceitful workers” (ergatai dolioi) in 2Co 11:13.
The concision (tēn katatomēn). Late word for incision, mutilation (in contrast with peritomē, circumcision). In Symmachus and an inscription. The verb katatemnō is used in the lxx only of mutilations (Leviticus 21:5; 1 Kings 18:28).