Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Corinthians 5:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Corinthians 5:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Corinthians 5:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, he explains that people feel sad and heavy because they live in their bodies, but they look forward to a new, happy life with God. It's like wanting to wear new, special clothes that last forever instead of old ones.

2 Corinthians 5:4: For we that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

Contradiction with Philippians 1:23

This verse expresses a desire to depart and be with Christ, suggesting a willingness to be without the earthly body, while 2 Corinthians 5:4 emphasizes longing to be clothed in a heavenly sense to avoid being "naked."

Philippians 1:23: For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

This verse states the dead know nothing, contradicting 2 Corinthians 5:4's implication of continued consciousness after earthly living.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 5:8

Here, being absent from the body is considered to be present with the Lord, suggesting no intermediate state, whereas 2 Corinthians 5:4 expresses a burden of remaining in the body.

2 Corinthians 5:8: We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:52

This verse talks about being changed instantly at the last trumpet, suggesting a swift transition, differing from 2 Corinthians 5:4’s depiction of longing and groaning.

1 Corinthians 15:52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Contradiction with Job 14:14

Here, Job questions the state after death, displaying uncertainty about life after death, which contradicts 2 Corinthians 5:4's confidence in being clothed upon after physical death.

Job 14:14: If a man die, shall he live [again]? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Contradiction with Revelation 6:10

Souls under the altar cry out, which involves awareness and expression, countering the restless longing for heavenly clothing described in 2 Corinthians 5:4.

Revelation 6:10: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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