Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Peter 1:11

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

According to Peter, this verse means that God's special Spirit in people from long ago was trying to understand when Jesus would come, how he would suffer, and the wonderful things that would happen after. They were looking forward to Jesus's story where he gets hurt to help everyone and then things get really good.

1 Peter 1:11: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

Contradiction with Proverbs 25:2

Proverbs 25:2 says it is the glory of God to conceal a matter, which contradicts 1 Peter 1:11 where it discusses prophets searching diligently into the mysteries of Christ's sufferings and glories.

Proverbs 25:2: [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 29:29

Deuteronomy 29:29 mentions that secret things belong to God, contrasting with 1 Peter 1:11, where knowledge of Christ's sufferings and glories is being searched out and revealed.

Deuteronomy 29:29: The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

Isaiah 55:8-9 highlights the incomprehensibility of God's thoughts and ways compared to human understanding, conflicting with the idea in 1 Peter 1:11 that prophets could search and understand the sufferings and glories of Christ.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
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