Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 6:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 6:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 6:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse means that people should love and respect God by doing good things and following His rules while they live in the special land God gave to their ancestors. It's like saying we should always try to be good and listen to God wherever we live.

2 Chronicles 6:31: That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. [so long...: Heb. all the days which] [in the land: Heb. upon the face of the land]

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

This verse states that all have sinned and fall short, whereas 2 Chronicles 6:31 suggests the possibility of walking in God's ways and fearing Him.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

It says there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin, contrasting with the call for righteous living in 2 Chronicles 6:31.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with 1 John 1:8

This verse mentions that claiming to be without sin is self-deception, contradicting the idea of walking purely as stated in 2 Chronicles 6:31.

1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Contradiction with Psalm 14:3

Declares that all have turned away and become corrupt, countering the expectation in 2 Chronicles 6:31 of walking in God's ways.

Psalm 14:3: They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one. [filthy: Heb. stinking]

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

Suggests all our righteous acts are like filthy rags, challenging the stance in 2 Chronicles 6:31 of being able to truly walk in God's righteous ways.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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