Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6
This verse suggests that all human actions are inherently unclean, contrasting with the call for personal holiness in 2 Corinthians 7:1.
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.
Contradiction with Romans 3:23
Declares that all have sinned and fall short of God's glory, contradicting the notion of cleansing from all filthiness.
Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20
States that there is no righteous person on earth, conflicting with the call to perfect holiness.
Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Contradiction with 1 John 1:8
Acknowledges that claiming to be without sin is self-deceptive, opposing the idea of purifying oneself.
1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.