“For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,”
— WEB
Philippians 3:18
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“(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:”
— KJV
“For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ:”
— ASV
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Commentary
many walk--in such a manner. Follow not evildoers, because they are "many" (Exo 23:2). Their numbers are rather a presumption against their being Christ's "little flock" (Luk 12:32). often--There is need of constant warning. weeping-- (Rom 9:2). A hard tone in speaking of the inconsistencies of professors is the very opposite of Paul's spirit, and David's (Psa 119:136), and Jeremiah's (Jer 13:17). The Lord and His apostles, at the same time, speak more strongly against empty professors (as the Pharisees), than against open scoffers. enemies of the cross of Christ--in their practice, not in doctrine (Gal 6:14; Heb 6:6; Heb 10:29).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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