Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Peter 4:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Peter 4:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Peter 4:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Peter, Christians used to do wrong things like partying too much and following bad habits, but now they should live better lives. He tells them to stop doing those things and follow God's ways instead.

1 Peter 4:3: For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:24

Ecclesiastes suggests finding joy and satisfaction in eating, drinking, and work, implying it's acceptable to indulge in these to some extent, contrasting with the admonition against past excessive behaviors in 1 Peter 4:3.

Ecclesiastes 2:24: [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God. [should make...: or, delight his senses]

Contradiction with John 2:10-11

Jesus turning water into wine and enhancing the wedding celebration may imply acceptance of celebratory drinking, which contrasts with the warning against past drunkenness in 1 Peter 4:3.

John 2:10-11: And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: [but] thou hast kept the good wine until now.

Contradiction with Matthew 11:18-19

Jesus is accused of being a glutton and drunkard, suggesting engagement with cultural festivities, which may contrast with the call to abstain from such behaviors as described in 1 Peter 4:3.

Matthew 11:18-19: For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
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