Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Timothy 5:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Timothy 5:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Timothy 5:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, treat older women like they are your own mom and treat younger women like they are your sisters, always being kind and respectful.

1 Timothy 5:2: The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

Contradiction with Genesis 38:26

This verse acknowledges Tamar being more righteous than Judah despite the unconventional and impure situations involving family roles.

Genesis 38:26: And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

Contradiction with Judges 4:17-22

Jael's interaction with Sisera involves deceit and violence, contradicting the idea of treating with purity and respect.

Judges 4:17-22: Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for [there was] peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 11:4

David's act with Bathsheba violates the principle of purity and respect for women akin to that in 1 Timothy 5:2.

2 Samuel 11:4: And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. [for she...: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 23:3

The description of Oholah and Oholibah's actions speaks of impurity and promiscuity, contrasting with the exhortation to purity.

Ezekiel 23:3: And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

Contradiction with Hosea 1:2

God's command to Hosea to marry a promiscuous woman presents a conflict with the ideal of viewing women with purity.

Hosea 1:2: The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, [departing] from the LORD.
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