Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 10:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 10:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 10:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, God was happy with what Cornelius was doing because he prayed and helped others, so God sent an angel to tell him that God noticed his good actions. Cornelius was scared but listened carefully to the angel's message.

Acts 10:4: And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

Isaiah 64:6 emphasizes that all our righteous acts are like filthy rags, suggesting human deeds cannot please God, contradicting with Acts 10:4 where Cornelius's prayers and alms are noted as a memorial before God.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Contradiction with Romans 3:10-12

Romans 3:10-12 states there is no one righteous or who seeks God, contradicting Acts 10:4 which implies Cornelius's actions were accepted by God.

Romans 3:10-12: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with Ephesians 2:8-9

Ephesians 2:8-9 highlights that salvation is by grace through faith, not by works, whereas Acts 10:4 acknowledges Cornelius's deeds as pleasing to God.

Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:

Contradiction with Titus 3:5

Titus 3:5 insists that we are saved not by righteous things we have done, but by God's mercy, conflicting with the approval of Cornelius's righteous acts in Acts 10:4.

Titus 3:5: Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
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