Philippians 3:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:

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  • 2 Cor 11:22 : 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
  • Rom 11:1 : 1 So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
  • Acts 23:6 : 6 But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.
  • Acts 22:3 : 3 I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.
  • Gen 17:12 : 12 Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.
  • Gen 40:15 : 15 For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.
  • Gen 41:12 : 12 And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.
  • 1 Sam 4:6 : 6 And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.
  • Jonah 1:9 : 9 And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.
  • Luke 1:59 : 59 And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;
  • Luke 2:21 : 21 And when, after eight days, the time came for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given to him before his birth.
  • John 7:21-24 : 21 This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at it. 22 Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision. 23 If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? 24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
  • Acts 6:1 : 1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.
  • Gen 14:13 : 13 And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.
  • Acts 26:4-5 : 4 All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem; 5 And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law.

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    2 And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,

    3 I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

    4 And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.

  • Phil 3:3-4
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    3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

    4 Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:

  • Gal 1:13-16
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    13 For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

    14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

    15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,

    16 To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

  • Acts 26:4-5
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    4 All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;

    5 And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law.

  • 2 Cor 11:22
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    22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

  • Phil 3:9
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    9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

  • Rom 11:1
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    1 So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

  • Acts 23:6
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    6 But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.

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    20 And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.

    21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

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    25 It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not.

    26 If those who have not circumcision keep the rules of the law, will it not be credited to them as circumcision?

    27 And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.

    28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh:

    29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

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    5 But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.

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    15 We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

    16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.

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    3 Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.

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    3 For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

    4 Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

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    3 Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.

  • Rom 2:17-18
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    17 But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,

    18 And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,

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    39 And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.

  • Acts 22:19
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    19 And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • Acts 24:14
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    14 But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

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    9 For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

    10 And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

  • Gal 6:12-13
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    12 Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.

    13 Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.

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    12 Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

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    9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

  • Gal 1:22-23
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    22 And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:

    23 Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;

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    1 But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

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    12 And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,

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    12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

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    3 About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,

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    9 So then those who are of faith have a part in the blessing of Abraham who was full of faith.