...manner, the description which St. Paul gives of himself in hie epistle to the PhiUppians (iii. 5.) — " Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel,...Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the taw, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the Church ; touching the righteousness which is in the...

...have confidence even in the flesh : if any one thinketh that he may confide in the flesh, I more ; 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of Hebrews ; as to the law, a Pharisee ; 6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the justification...

...have confidence even in the flesh : if any one thinketh that he may confide in the flesh, I more ; 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of Hebrews ; as to the law, a Pharisee ; 6 as to zeal, persecuting the church ; as to the justification...

...deemed the highest pretensions to self-sufficiency and spiritual pride, vet utterly disclaimed both. " If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more" — brought up (as thongh he had eaid, (ver. 6-14) in the strictest conformity to the rules of the...

...human race were saved, one would be a scribe, and the other a pharisee.' He tells us then, that he was "circumcised the eighth day of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews." These were what we may call, in the language of our day, his 'religious privileges.'...

...Hebraists The Hebraists, or "Hebrews," were mentioned by Paul, who was one of them. He said that he was "circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee . . ." (Phil. 3:5). The Hebrews were those Jews...

...taken place in him. He could not get over it. Let me quote to you again what he says in Philippians 3: 'Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel,...

...if ever a man had any seeming reason to glory in things of the flesh, Paul had. In verse 4 he says: "If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more." Then in verses 5 and 6 he lists the things which had been his former glory, and which he had once for...

...which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh....hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more" (Phil. 3:3,4). "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving" (Col. 4:2). "Pray without...

...born a Jew, though he lived in a Gentile city. In his epistle to the Philippians he said that he was "circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews" (Phil. 3:5). Both in Galatians and in Philippians his stress on the circumstances...