The Wycliffe Bible Commentary: New Testament (Biblia.com)

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The Wycliffe Bible Commentary is an entirely new commentary on the whole Bible written and edited by a wide cross section of American Protestant Christianity. Within the limits of its more than a million and one-quarter words, it attempts to treat the entire text of the New Testament on a phrase by phrase basis. In addition, summaries of the major sections of each biblical book generally appear...

2. The warning is not against three types of people (e.g., heathen, self-seeking Christian teachers, and Jews), but against one kind from three angles: their character (dogs), conduct (evil workers), and creed (concision. Cf. Robertson in Abingdon Bible Commentary, p. 1246). According to Mosaic law the dog was an unclean animal (Deut 23:18). In Eastern cities he was a scavenger and usually diseased—a “despised, shameless, and miserable creature” (SBK, I, 722). Paul reverses this term of contempt

Philippians 3:2

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