A CONTRADICTION IS NOT A MISTAKE.
The KJV says different things to different people in different times. The KEY to understand IF the instructions are addressed to us or someone else in a different time is found in Rightly Dividing the word of truth. 2 Tim. 2:15
Gospel contradictions
1. Is the gospel the cross or the kingdom? – Mark 1:14-15 & 1 Cor 15:1-4 2. Was the cross glorious or shameful? – Acts 3:13-15 & Gal 6:14 3. Was the gospel made known or kept secret? – Rom 16:25 & Acts 3:21 4. Did the twelve understand the gospel or not? – Luke 9:2 & Luke 18:34 5. Do we preach gospel of the kingdom or of Grace? – Luke 9:2 & Acts 20:24 6. Justification with or without works? – Rom 4:5 & James 2:24 7. Was Christ’s blood shed for many or for all? – Mat 20:28 & 1 Tim 2:6 8. Do animal sacrifices atone for sins? – Lev 16:27 & Heb 10:4 9. Is God imputing sins against us? – Acts 5:1-10 & Rom 4:8 10. Do we need works for righteousness? – James 2:24 & Titus 3:5 11. Is salvation not of works or by our behavior? – Eph 2:8-9 & Luke 10:25-29 12. Was Abraham justified by works or not by works? – James 2:21-23 & Rom 4:2-3 13. How are sins forgiven? – John 20:23 & Col 1:14 14. Is forgiveness conditional or not? – Mat 6:14-15 & Eph 4:32 15. Does grace abound or is their an unforgivable sin? – Mark 3:29 & Rom 5:20 16. Is the gospel believe or repentance and baptism? – Acts 2:38 & Acts 16:31 17. Are we at peace with God? – Mat 3:7 & Rom 5:1
Baptism contradictions
18. Are we sent to baptize? – 1 Cor 1:17 & Mark 16:16 19. Does the gospel include water baptism? – 1 Cor 15:1-4 & Mark 1:4 20. One baptism or more? – Eph 4:5 & Mat 3:11
Commission contradictions
21. Go to ‘all men’ or just to Israel? – Mat 10:5-6 & Titus 2:11 22. Should they carry money or not? - Luke 10:4-5 & Luke 22:35-36 23. Should the disciples go to all nations or only circumcision?–Mat 28:19 & Gal 2:9 24. Was Paul sent to baptize? – Mat 28:19 & 1 Cor 1:17 25. Are they baptized by Jesus or into Jesus? – John 4:1 & Rom 6:3 26. Are we to witness Christ’s earthly ministry? – 2 Cor 5:16 & Acts 1:22 27. Should Peter take a sword? – Luke 22:36 & Matt 26:52 28. Should we meditate about what to speak? – 1 Tim 4:15 & Luke 21:14 29. Does the Holy Spirit give utterance or do we? – Acts 6:9-10 & Col 4:6 30. Are the gainsayers able to resist? – Luke 21:15 & Titus 1:9 31. Is Paul or Peter the masterbuilder upon Christ? – Mat 16:18-19 & 1 Cor 3:10 32. Is Paul the least or the ‘chiefest’ of the Apostles? – 2 Cor 11:5 & 1 Cor 15:9 33. Was Paul the first or the last? – 1 Cor 15:8 & 1 Tim 1:16 34. How do we know what to say and believe? - Mark 13:11 & 2 Tim 3:15-17
Contradictions about the Law
35. Are we under the law or not under the law? – Mat 5:19 & Rom 6:14 36. Is Sabbath observance required? – Exo 20:8-10 & Col 2:16 37. Is circumcision necessary? – Gen 17:10-14 & Gal 5:2-6 38. Is the law for righteous men? – Mat 5:17-18 & 1 Tim 1:7-8 39. Are we dead to the law or should we follow it? – Mat 23:1-3 & Rom 7:3 40. Does righteousness come by the law? – Deut 6:25 & Rom 10:3-6 41. Is the law a sign of strength or weakness? – Josh 1:7 & Gal 4:9 42. Should we tithe? – Mat 23:23 & 2 Cor 9:7 43. Is giving (tithing) a punishable requirement? – Mal 3:8 & 2 Cor 9:7 44. Should Sabbath laws be enforced? – Numbers 15:32-36 & Gal 4:10-11 45. Liberty or bondage of the law? – Mat 23:1-2 & Gal 5:1 46. Do we need a temple? – Acts 2:46 & 1 Cor 3:16 47. Are the laws of abomination still effectual? – Mat 24:15 & Gal 4:9-11 48. Are we secure in Christ or our continued behavior? – 2 Tim 2:13 & Heb 10:26-27
Jew/Gentile contradictions
49. Is there a distinction between Jew and Gentile? – Mat 15:26 & Gal 3:28 50. Jews saved ‘in due time’ or ‘out of due time’? – 1 Pet 5:6 & 1 Cor 15:8 51. Salvation of the Jews or the Gentiles? – John 4:22 & Rom 11:11 52. Gentile blessing through Israel’s rise or fall? – Acts 3:25 & Rom 11:11 53. Will the Gentiles receive salvation? – Acts 28:28 & Rom 1:28 54. Did the Lord tell the apostles to go to Jerusalem first? – Luke 24:47 & Gal 1:17 55. Christ is at the right hand for whom? – Acts 5:31-32 & Eph 1:19-23 56. Who is the audience for the gospel? – Mat 10:5-7 & 2 Tim 1:11 57. Are we saved into one nation (Israel) or one Body? – Isa 60:3 & Eph 2:16 58. Are we a part of the seed line or adopted? – Gen 9:9 & Gal 4:5 59. Jesus ministry to circumcision or Paul’s ministry to Gentiles? Rom 15:8 & 15:16 60. Did Paul have mutual faith with uncircumcised Romans or with Jesus ministry to the circumcision? – Rom 1:12 & Rom 15:8
Prophecy/Mystery contradictions
61. Were the mysteries revealed before the death of Christ? Mat 13:11 & 1 Cor 2:7-8 62. What was prepared before/since the world began? – Mat 25:34 & Eph 1:3-4 63. Was the work of Jesus prophesied or kept hidden? – Luke 24:44 & Eph 3:9 64. Was the message for today known by the prophets? – Acts 3:24 & Col 1:26 65. Can we understand the things God has prepared? – Isa 64:4 & 1 Cor 2:10 66. Was the book of Acts the end or the beginning? – Acts 2:17 & 1 Tim 1:16
Contradictions about our service to God
67. Who is responsible for our soul? – Heb 13:7 & Rom 14:12 68. Do we get the Holy Spirit upon belief or baptism? – Acts 2:38 & Eph 1:13 69. Do we need to confess sins to get forgiveness? – 1 John 1:9 & Col 2:13 70. Do we eat animals? – Gen 1:29 & Gen 9:3 71. Which animals do we eat? – Deut 14:3 & 1 Tim 4:4 72. Are we to keep unity or honor separation? – Eph 4:3 & Rom 16:17 73. Be like the ant or the raven? – Prov 6:6-8 & Luke 12:22-24 74. Should we work for food or not? – Mat 6:25-26 & 1 Tim 5:18 75. Should we sell all or provide for our family? – 1 Tim 3:5-6 & Mark 10:17-22 76. Should we judge? – Mat 7:1-2 & 1 Cor 2:15 77. Should ministers work for food? – Luke 10:4-5 & 2 Thess 3:8-11 78. Is having a child a good or bad thing? – Mat 24:19 & 1 Tim 5:14 79. Does the Holy Spirit stay or leave when we do wrong? Psalm 51:11 & Eph 4:30 80. Do we need a teacher? 1 John 2:27 & 2 Tim 2:2 & Eph 4:11
Future events contradictions
81. Peace on earth or not? – Luke 2:14 & Luke 12:51 82. Do the Jews have a special standing before God? – Deut 7:6 & Col 3:11 83. Do we inherit the earth or heaven? – Mat 5:5 & Col 1:3-5 84. Is the coming of the Lord a time of terror or comfort? –Joel 2:1-11 & 1Thess 4:16 85. Looking for earthly dominion or heavenly? – Phil 3:20 & Mat 6:10 86. Will we endure through the wrath or be delivered? – Mat 24:13 & 1 Thess 1:10 87. Plowshares or swords? – Joel 3:10 & Micah 4:3 88. Physical blessings or spiritual blessings in heaven? Luke 12:32 & Eph 1:3 89. Future or present atonement? – Acts 3:19 & Rom 5:11 90. Future or present grace? – 1 Pet 1:13 & Rom 5:2 91. Will we reign in heaven or on earth? – Luke 22:30 & Eph 2:6
Prayer contradictions
92. How often do we need to pray before it is answered? – Isa 65:24 & Eph 6:18 93. Do we get anything we ask in prayer? – Mat 21:22 & 2 Cor 12:8-9 94. Should we know how to pray or not? – Luke 11:1 & Rom 8:26 95. Do we get what we ask or more than we ask? – Mat 21:22 & Eph 3:20 96. Do apostles have the power to heal? – Mark 16:18 & 1 Tim 5:23 97. Can we expect a healing from God? – Isa 53:5 & 2 Cor 12:7-10
General contradictions
98. Was creation good or bad? – Gen 1:31 & Gen 6:6 99. Were the Jerusalem saints poor or not? – Acts 4:34 & Rom 15:26 100. Do we need to teach ‘Know the Lord’? Jer 31:34 & 1 Tim 4:10-11 101. Are we washed by water or the Spirit? – Acts 22:16 & 1 Cor 6:11 102. Is it greater love to die for your friends or enemies? John 15:13-14 & Rom 5:10 103. Are angels teaching us or are we teaching them? – Zech 1:9 & Eph 3:10 104. Jesus was the stumbling stone or cornerstone? – Rom 9:18-33 & Eph 2:23-18
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