Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Thessalonians 5:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Thessalonians 5:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, be kind and help each other feel better when they are sad. Encourage each other to grow and be good, just like you're already doing.

1 Thessalonians 5:11: Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. [comfort: or, exhort]

Contradiction with Matthew 10:34

This verse states Jesus came not to bring peace, but a sword, which contradicts the concept of comforting and edifying one another in peace.

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 Matthew 23:33

This verse contains a harsh rebuke, contrasting with the notion of encouraging and building each other up.

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

Contradiction with Luke 12:51

Jesus speaks of bringing division, contrary to the call for unity and edification.

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

Contradiction with Galatians 5:15

Warns about biting and devouring one another, which is opposed to comforting and edifying each other.

Galatians 5:15: But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Contradiction with James 4:1

Discusses conflicts and fights among people, which contradicts the encouragement to build up one another in peace and support.

James 4:1: From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members? [fightings: or, brawlings] [lusts: or, pleasures]

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:10

Speaks of divisions, which contrasts with the unity expressed in comforting and edifying one another.

1 Corinthians 1:10: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. [divisions: Gr. schisms]
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