Contradictions and Paradoxes in Acts 15:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Acts 15:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Acts 15:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, God sees everyone the same and makes their hearts clean because they believe in Him. It doesn't matter if they are different from each other; faith in God makes them pure and special.

Acts 15:9: And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:6

This verse emphasizes God's selection of Israel as a "holy people," set apart from other nations, potentially suggesting a distinction.

Deuteronomy 7:6: For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:5-6

Jesus instructs the disciples to avoid Gentile regions and focus on "the lost sheep of the house of Israel," which implies a national focus.

Matthew 10:5-6: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

Contradiction with Romans 2:9-10

Although it emphasizes impartiality, it introduces a sequence, stating that tribulation and blessings come "to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile," suggesting an order of precedence.

Romans 2:9-10: Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; [Gentile: Gr. Greek]
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