Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Corinthians 2:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Corinthians 2:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Corinthians 2:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, he wrote the letter to see if the people would listen and follow what he taught them. He wanted to know if they were doing the right things and being good.

2 Corinthians 2:9: For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 13:9

This verse suggests partial knowledge, which contrasts with the idea of complete understanding or infallibility in intentions tested in 2 Corinthians 2:9.

1 Corinthians 13:9: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

Contradiction with Romans 11:33

Speaks to the unsearchable judgments and ways of God, possibly contradicting human capacity to fully discern as implied in 2 Corinthians 2:9.

Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Describes the heart as deceitful, presenting a potential contradiction by implying challenges in fully testing intentions as in 2 Corinthians 2:9.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Proverbs 20:24

States that a man's steps are determined by the Lord, questioning the ability of humans to fully understand or test their own ways like in 2 Corinthians 2:9.

Proverbs 20:24: Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

God's ways and thoughts are higher than human ways, contradicting the notion of human capacity to completely judge intentions as described in 2 Corinthians 2:9.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
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