Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Corinthians 7:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Corinthians 7:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Corinthians 7:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, he is happy because he told Titus nice things about his friends, and those nice things turned out to be true. This makes Paul glad because he was honest and his friends are just as great as he said they were.

2 Corinthians 7:14: For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which [I made] before Titus, is found a truth.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

While 2 Corinthians 7:14 speaks of boasting in others and being unashamed, Isaiah 64:6 emphasizes that our righteous acts are like filthy rags, suggesting that there is nothing to boast about.

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 Proverbs 27:2

Instead of boasting as in 2 Corinthians 7:14, Proverbs 27:2 advises letting another person praise you, not your own mouth, implying that boasting may not be wise.

Proverbs 27:2: Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Contradiction with Galatians 6:14

Paul in 2 Corinthians 7:14 talks about boasting in others, whereas Galatians 6:14 states that we should only boast in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, suggesting a different focus for boasting.

Galatians 6:14: But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. [by whom: or, whereby]

Contradiction with James 4:16

2 Corinthians 7:14 highlights a positive boast, but James 4:16 warns against boasting, calling it evil and making it contradictory.

James 4:16: But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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