Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Corinthians 12:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Corinthians 12:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Corinthians 12:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, even though there are many different parts, like hands and feet in a body, they all come together to make one whole body. This means that everyone is important and needed to work together, just like parts of a body.

1 Corinthians 12:20: But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:10

Emphasizes unity in speech and mind, while 1 Corinthians 12:20 acknowledges many members of one body, suggesting functional diversity.

1 Corinthians 1:10: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. [divisions: Gr. schisms]

Contradiction with Galatians 3:28

Promotes unity by saying there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free, contradicting the idea of many differing members in one body.

Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with Romans 12:4-5

While it acknowledges many members, it emphasizes one body and one purpose more than the individuality mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:20.

Romans 12:4-5: For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
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