Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Timothy 3:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Timothy 3:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Timothy 3:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, the people who do bad things won't keep going for long because everyone will see how foolish they truly are, just like others before them.

2 Timothy 3:9: But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all [men], as theirs also was.

Contradiction with Proverbs 4:18

This verse describes the just as having an ever-brightening path, while 2 Timothy 3:9 suggests a limit to the progress of certain individuals towards folly.

Proverbs 4:18: But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:11

This verse mentions that the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, contradicting the quick limit to folly’s progress mentioned in 2 Timothy 3:9.

Ecclesiastes 8:11: Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:45

This verse states that God makes the sun rise on both the evil and the good, while 2 Timothy 3:9 implies a distinction in eventual outcomes for the individuals described.

Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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