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From:
Doctrinal Definitions: A Handbook of Doctrinal Terms & Expressions in the New Testament
By:
Stanley Bruce Anstey
• 1 min. read • grade level: 7
A term which the Apostle Paul used to describe those who receive the mark of circumcision in their bodies, but are opposed to what it involves practically (
Phil. 3:2
2
Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. (Philippians 3:2)
). The word literally means
“against cutting off.”
(
“Con”
means
“against,”
and
“Cision”
means
“to cut off.”
) It is a cutting
at
the flesh, but not going so far as to cut
off
the flesh in a practical and spiritual sense. It stands in contrast to
“circumcision,”
which is a complete cutting off of the flesh. Hence,
“the
concision”
were Judaizing teachers who were against the cutting off of the flesh in practise. These teachers had infiltrated the Christian ranks in Paul’s day and have been a plague to true Christianity ever since. (See
Circumcision
.)
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