Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Corinthians 15:38

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Corinthians 15:38 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Corinthians 15:38. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, God gives each seed or plant its own special body, just the way He wants it to be. This means that everything grows and looks the way it does because that's how God decided it should be.

1 Corinthians 15:38: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:11-12

These verses describe how God created vegetation, each according to its kind, implying creation according to a specific plan, contrasting with the uniqueness of individual bodies mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15:38.

Genesis 1:11-12: And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. [grass: Heb. tender grass]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:19-20

These verses suggest that humans and animals have the same fate, returning to dust, which contradicts the idea of unique bodies given by God as stated in 1 Corinthians 15:38.

Ecclesiastes 3:19-20: For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Job 34:15

Implies that all flesh will perish and return to dust, not highlighting the uniqueness of each body as in 1 Corinthians 15:38.

Job 34:15: All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Contradiction with Psalm 104:29

Speaks to all creatures perishing and returning to dust, in contrast to the notion of God giving each body its uniqueness in 1 Corinthians 15:38.

Psalm 104:29: Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:39

Though part of the same chapter, it lists distinctions of different kinds of flesh, subtly contradicting the singular focus on unique body attribution by God in verse 38.

1 Corinthians 15:39: All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there is] one [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, [and] another of birds.
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