Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Peter 5:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Peter 5:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Peter 5:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Peter, Christians should show each other love and kindness with a friendly hug or kiss. He wishes peace and happiness to everyone who believes in Jesus.

1 Peter 5:14: Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace [be] with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:34

Jesus says He came not to send peace, but a sword, contradicting the peace greeting in 1 Peter 5:14.

Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Contradiction with Luke 12:51

Jesus claims He brings division, contrasting the call for peace in 1 Peter 5:14.

Luke 12:51: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

Contradiction with James 4:4

Friendship with the world is enmity with God, challenging the call for universal greetings of peace in 1 Peter 5:14.

James 4:4: Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Contradiction with John 7:7

The world's hatred challenges the greeting of peace and love found in 1 Peter 5:14.

John 7:7: The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Contradiction with Matthew 23:33

Jesus calling people a "generation of vipers" contrasts the peaceful greeting in 1 Peter 5:14.

Matthew 23:33: [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Contradiction with John 2:15

Jesus driving people out of the temple contrasts the peaceful, loving spirit in 1 Peter 5:14.

John 2:15: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

Jesus speaks about hating one's family, contrasting the call for love and peace in 1 Peter 5:14.

Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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