Contradiction with John 15:5
This verse states that apart from Christ, we can do nothing, suggesting more dependence on God rather than being laborers with Him.
John 15:5: I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. [without me: or, severed from me]
Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6
It indicates that our righteous acts are like filthy rags, contradicting the concept of being fellow laborers with God in righteousness.
Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Contradiction with Romans 9:16
Emphasizes dependence on God's mercy, not on human labor or effort, contrasting with the idea of co-laboring with God.
Romans 9:16: So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:5
Suggests that our sufficiency is from God, challenging the notion of working alongside God as independent laborers.
2 Corinthians 3:5: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of God;