Contradictions Catalog of 1 John 3:16
1 John 3:16 contradicts following 7 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of 1 John 3:16 for quick understanding.
1 John 3:16: Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Matthew 5:44 | But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; |
| 2. | Matthew 10:34 | Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. |
| 3. | Luke 14:26 | If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. |
| 4. | Romans 5:7 | For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. |
| 5. | Romans 9:3 | For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: [accursed: or, separated] |
| 6. | Romans 12:19 | Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. |
| 7. | James 2:17 | Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. [alone: Gr. by itself] |
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