Chunks: Paul's Letter to the Philippians

To the Jews of Paul’s day, Gentiles were “dogs”—a horrible insult. But when Paul, at the beginning of chapter 3, tells the Philippians to “Beware of those dogs” (3:2), he’s referring to fellow Jews. Not only that, he was probably referring to Jewish Christians. So how could Paul say such a thing? What had they done to deserve such a tongue-lashing?