Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Timothy 4:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Timothy 4:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Timothy 4:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, he is asking Timothy to try really hard to visit him before winter comes because travel will be harder then. He also sends greetings from his friends Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the other friends there.

2 Timothy 4:21: Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

Contradiction with Proverbs 27:1

Contradicts by advising not to boast about tomorrow, conflicting with Paul's urgency in Timothy's travel plans.

Proverbs 27:1: Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. [to...: Heb. to morrow day]

Contradiction with James 4:13-14

Contradicts by warning against planning for the future without acknowledging uncertainty.

James 4:13-14: Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Contradiction with Matthew 6:34

Contradicts by advising not to worry about tomorrow, contrary to the urgency conveyed in 2 Timothy 4:21.

Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

Contradicts by emphasizing unpredictability of events, while 2 Timothy 4:21 assumes a certain outcome.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9

Contradicts by suggesting that humans plan their course but God determines steps, conflicting with travel plans made in 2 Timothy 4:21.

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