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Philippians 3:4 KJV
Philippians · chapter 3 · verse 4
Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:Philippians 3:4 · King James Version
Philippians 3:4 in context
2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
6Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- confidencepepoithēsistrust, confidence, relianceG4006 →
- thinkethdokeōto be of opinion, think, suppose, to seem, to be accounted, reputed, it seems to me, I…G1380 →
- ThoughkaiperalthoughG2539 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
- trustpeithōpersuade, to persuadeG3982 →
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The apostle here proposes himself for an example of trusting in Christ only, and not in his privileges as an Israelite. I. He shows what he had to boast of as a Jew and a Pharisee. Let none think that the apostle despised these things (as men commonly do) because he had them not himself to glory in.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-8