Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Thessalonians 2:2

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

According to Paul, don't get worried or scared if people say things that make you think Jesus is coming back right away. Stay calm and don't believe everything you hear or read about it.

2 Thessalonians 2:2: That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

Contradiction with Matthew 24:36

This verse states that no one knows the day or hour of the Lord’s coming, while 2 Thessalonians 2:2 implies that some might claim to know or predict the timing of this event.

Matthew 24:36: But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 5:2

This verse describes the day of the Lord as coming like a thief in the night, suggesting unpredictability, contrasting with any implication of knowing the timing as addressed in 2 Thessalonians 2:2.

1 Thessalonians 5:2: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Contradiction with Matthew 24:44

Encourages believers to be ready at all times because the Son of Man will come at an hour they do not expect, contrary to the concern of being troubled about timing as mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:2.

Matthew 24:44: Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Contradiction with Acts 1:7

Jesus states that it is not for followers to know the times or dates the Father has set, opposing the notion of being shaken or deceived about timing as discussed in 2 Thessalonians 2:2.

Acts 1:7: And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
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