Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Peter 3:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Peter 3:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Peter 3:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Peter, since you already know what is right, be careful not to follow wrong people and lose your strong faith. Always stay true to what you have learned, so you don't get tricked.

2 Peter 3:17: Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know [these things] before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9

This verse suggests that a person's heart and plans guide their steps, potentially contradicting 2 Peter 3:17, which emphasizes being steadfast and warned against being led astray by error.

Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Contradiction with Galatians 5:1

This verse emphasizes standing firm in liberty and not being entangled again with a yoke of bondage, which could contradict the caution in 2 Peter 3:17 against losing stability due to error and being steadfast.

Galatians 5:1: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 10:12

This verse advises taking heed lest one falls while thinking they stand, which might contradict the warning in 2 Peter 3:17 against being led away by the error of the wicked and being steadfast.

1 Corinthians 10:12: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

This verse suggests the heart is deceitful and wicked, which can contrast with 2 Peter 3:17's implication of maintaining steadfastness and being wary of deception from external error rather than one's heart.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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