Philippians 3:1 says, Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.  It might seem strange to start a chapter with finally, but we have to remember that Paul did not write chapters and verses but a letter.  Chapters and verses were added many years later, but they in no way change the message.  Paul said that the Christians at Philippi were to rejoice in the Lord.  We should always rejoice in the Lord if we are followers of  Christ.  Paul said wetting these things was not grievous to him and for them it was safe.  Sharing God's word with others should never be grievous to us, and if it is accepted, it should bring spiritual safety to those who accept it.  Verse two warns, Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.  These dogs were not the four legged creatures, but people who would lead the believers in Christ at Philippi away from God, as were evil workers and those that would lead them to concision, or arguments and disagreements.  We need to beware of these same type people today, and we certainly should never be one of them.  Verse three adds, For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.  Circumcision was a physical act that identified the people of Israel as the people of God.  Paul said that those who believed in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord were the circumcision, or people of God, now.  This was not a physical act, but a spiritual one, and they were to have no confidence in any physical acts to bring them into a right relationship with God.  Salvation is a spiritual relationship and always has been, even when the people of Israel used a physical act to identify as God's people.  The people still had to personally believe in God as the Creator, Sustainer, and ultimate Redeemer of humanity.  Verse four declares, Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:  Paul begins to give his credentials, not to say that this saved him, but to say that it didn't.  We can come from the best Christian family and be educated in the best Christian schools and it does not save us, just as Paul's earthly credentials did not save him.  Verse five adds, Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;  It would be hard for anyone to have a better heritage than Paul did, but he knew that his had only left him a lost person in the eyes of God.  Verse six adds, Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.  Paul said that he was a very zealous Jew, persecuting Christians wherever he could.  We may not physically have persecuted Christians today, but if we have not accepted Christ and have spoken out against Him, we are just as guilty as Paul was.  Verse seven concludes, But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.  This heritage that Paul had been proud of, that he counted for his credit, he now willingly counted them as loss for Christ.  We must likewise count everything that we did before accepting Christ as a loss, or of no value.