Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Peter 3:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Peter 3:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Peter 3:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Peter, if you do good things and follow God's ways, most people won't want to hurt you. It's like being nice helps keep you safe.

1 Peter 3:13: And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

Contradiction with John 16:33

Jesus states that in the world you will have tribulation, suggesting that suffering or harm is inevitable, contradicting the implication in 1 Peter 3:13 that harm will not befall those who do good.

John 16:33: These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Contradiction with 2 Timothy 3:12

This verse states that all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution, opposing the idea that those who do good are not harmed.

2 Timothy 3:12: Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:10

It mentions that those who are persecuted for righteousness are blessed, which implies that suffering can occur to the righteous, contrasting with the notion of not being harmed for doing good in 1 Peter 3:13.

Matthew 5:10: Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Contradiction with Job 1:1-12

Job is described as blameless and upright but still suffers greatly, opposing the idea that doing good guarantees protection from harm.

Job 1:1-12: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Contradiction with Psalm 34:19

This verse acknowledges that the righteous will have many afflictions, yet they are delivered from them, which contrasts with the implication that doing good keeps one from harm.

Psalm 34:19: Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

It notes that the righteous can receive the treatment of the wicked, contradicting the notion in 1 Peter 3:13 that doing good naturally avoids harm.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
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