Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 John 1:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 John 1:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 John 1:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, he is reminding us of something important, not something new. He is asking us to remember to love each other, just like we were told from the start.

2 John 1:5: And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:34

This verse mentions bringing a sword instead of peace, contrasting the message of love in 2 John 1:5.

Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

This verse speaks about hating one's family to be a disciple, which contradicts the emphasis on love in 2 John 1:5.

Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:29

Advising those with wives to live as though they have none seems contradictory to the consistent message of love in 2 John 1:5.

1 Corinthians 7:29: But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

Contradiction with Exodus 21:24

Promoting retribution ('eye for an eye') contrasts with the directive to love in 2 John 1:5.

Exodus 21:24: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:16-17

Commanding the destruction of inhabitants in certain cities opposes the call to love in 2 John 1:5.

Deuteronomy 20:16-17: But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
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