Paul and the true faith: For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit. Philippians 3:3

The Church of Philippi was founded by the apostle Paul during his second missionary journey, and despite the difficulties that the apostle had to go through during his stay in the city, since he was arrested for exorcising a girl who possessed a spirit of divination, the apostle addressed to them an emotional epistle to strengthen the incipient Christian community in the true faith.
And in his epistle Paul warned the first Christians of this city about the Christian preachers who demanded compliance with the prescriptions of Jewish law, such as circumcision, to achieve the spiritual salvation. For the apostle Paul, the doctrine of the Kingdom of God is a break with the law of Moses, because the law was only made to indicate where sin is.
With these words, Paul alerted the Christians of the city of Philippi about the issue:
"Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—though I myself have reasons for such confidence" Philippians 3:2-4.
It is important to highlight that in Paul's doctrine, the spirit and the flesh are inclinations of the mind, discernments, or even spiritual paths; the are situations in which the law of Moses does not serve to indicate to man which path to follow. What action should man take when common sense opposes the law, for example when David took the consecrated bread from the temple to eat them; or when one virtue opposes another? This is the point at which only the spirit that God gives to man is the one that can answer these questions.
Jesus with his teachings showed the constant opposition between error and assertiveness, between good and evil, and those who follow Jesus with their hearts should not lose sight of these issues.

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