Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Corinthians 11:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Corinthians 11:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Corinthians 11:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, we should try to be like him because he is trying to be like Jesus. Paul wants everyone to act in a way that makes Jesus happy, just like he does.

1 Corinthians 11:1: Be ye followers of me, even as I also [am] of Christ.

Contradiction with Matthew 23:8-10

Jesus teaches that we have one Master, Christ, and we are all brethren, contradicting the idea of following another human as a leader.

Matthew 23:8-10: But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:24

Jesus states that no one can serve two masters, emphasizing sole allegiance to God, conflicting with the notion of following Paul.

Matthew 6:24: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Contradiction with 1 John 2:27

It suggests that believers do not need anyone to teach them because they have the anointing of the Holy Spirit, contradicting the encouragement to follow a human leader.

1 John 2:27: But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. [in him: or, in it]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5

This verse warns against trusting in man, which can be seen as a contradiction to following Paul's example.

Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
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