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Php 3:3. Γὰρ, for) This gives the reason why in Php 3:2 he separates and banishes the others to such a distance, [and also why he calls the external circumcision of the flesh only concision.-V.g.]-ἡ περιτομὴ, the circumcision) The abstract for the concrete; the true people.-πνεύματι, in the spirit) not in the letter, Rom 2:29.-πνεύματι Θεῷ λατρεύοντες, serving God in the spirit) So Rom 1:9.[33]-καυχώμενοι, glorying, rejoicing) This is more than πεποιθότες, trusting, having confidence.
[33] Οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ, not in the flesh) in carnal circumcision and origin (stock), ver. 5.-V. g.