Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Peter 1:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Peter 1:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Peter 1:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Peter, he wanted to make sure that even after he died, people would remember the important lessons he taught them. He hoped that by writing things down, everyone would keep learning about Jesus.

2 Peter 1:15: Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

Contradiction with Proverbs 10:7

This verse suggests the memory of the just is blessed, which contradicts the notion of needing a reminder or effort to remember as suggested in 2 Peter 1:15.

Proverbs 10:7: The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Contradiction with Isaiah 43:18

This verse advises forgetting former things and not dwelling on the past, opposing the idea of deliberate remembrance in 2 Peter 1:15.

Isaiah 43:18: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:11

This verse states there is no remembrance of former things, contradicting the emphasis on remembrance found in 2 Peter 1:15.

Ecclesiastes 1:11: [There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.

Contradiction with Philippians 3:13-14

This passage talks about forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, which contrasts with the focus on remembrance in 2 Peter 1:15.

Philippians 3:13-14: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
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