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Outlines
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3. The Propagation of His
Work (1:24-2:3)
II. Polemical: The Heretical Problems in
Light of Union With Christ (2:4-3:4a)
A. The Exhortation Against
False Teaching (2:4-8)
1. Exhortation Regarding
the Methods of False
Teachers (2:4-5)
2. Exhortation to Progress
in the Life of Faith (2:6-7)
3. Exhortation Regarding
the Philosophy of the
False Teachers (2:8)
B. The Instruction of the True
Teaching (2:9-15)
1. The Believer’s Position
in Christ (2:9-10)
2. The Believer’s
Circumcision (2:11-12)
3. The Believer’s Benefits
(2:13-15)
C. The Obligations of the True
Teaching (2:16-3:4)
1. Negative:
Emancipation from
Legalistic and Gnostic
Practices (2:16-19)
2. Negative:
Emancipation from