Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Corinthians 15:35

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Corinthians 15:35 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Corinthians 15:35. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, when people ask how dead people come back to life and what their new bodies are like, he explains that God will give them a new and special body, just like how God makes seeds grow into new plants.

1 Corinthians 15:35: But some [man] will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

Contradiction with John 3:12

This verse speaks to the difficulty of understanding heavenly things when earthly things are not believed, potentially contradicting the understanding expected in 1 Corinthians 15:35.

John 3:12: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:20

This verse states that all go to one place, suggesting a return to dust and possibly contradicting the individual resurrection query in 1 Corinthians 15:35.

Ecclesiastes 3:20: All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Contradiction with Job 14:12

Here, it is stated that man lies down and does not rise, contrasting with the discussion of the resurrection body in 1 Corinthians 15:35.

Job 14:12: So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Contradiction with Daniel 12:2

While this verse mentions awakening from the dust, the context and description of bodily change can contrast the curiosity in 1 Corinthians 15:35.

Daniel 12:2: And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.

Contradiction with Psalm 146:4

This verse speaks of the spirit departing and thoughts perishing with death, which could contradict the idea of bodily resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15:35.

Psalm 146:4: His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
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