Contradictions Catalog of 1 Timothy 3:2
1 Timothy 3:2 contradicts following 34 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of 1 Timothy 3:2 for quick understanding.
1 Timothy 3:2: A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; [of good...: or, modest]
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genesis 4:19 | And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. |
| 2. | Genesis 16:3 | And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. |
| 3. | Genesis 25:1 | Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah. |
| 4. | Genesis 29:30 | And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. |
| 5. | Genesis 30:9 | When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. |
| 6. | Genesis 30:18 | And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. [Issachar: that is, An hire] |
| 7. | Genesis 31:50 | If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee. |
| 8. | Exodus 21:10 | If he take him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. |
| 9. | Leviticus 21:7 | They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God. |
| 10. | Deuteronomy 21:15 | If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated: |
| 11. | Judges 8:30 | And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. [of his...: Heb. going out of his thigh] |
| 12. | Judges 8:31 | And his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. [called: Heb. set] |
| 13. | 1 Samuel 1:2 | And he had two wives; the name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. |
| 14. | 1 Samuel 25:43 | David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. |
| 15. | 2 Samuel 3:5 | And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. |
| 16. | 2 Samuel 5:13 | And David took [him] more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. |
| 17. | 2 Kings 22:14 | So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. [wardrobe: Heb. garments] [in the...: or, in the second part] |
| 18. | 1 Chronicles 2:19 | And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. |
| 19. | 1 Chronicles 2:46 | And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. |
| 20. | 1 Chronicles 14:3 | And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters. [more: Heb. yet] |
| 21. | 2 Chronicles 11:20 | And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. [Maachah: she is also called Michaiah the daughter of Uriel] |
| 22. | 2 Chronicles 24:3 | And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. |
| 23. | Matthew 7:1 | Judge not, that ye be not judged. |
| 24. | Matthew 23:8 | But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren. |
| 25. | John 4:18 | For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. |
| 26. | Romans 3:23 | For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; |
| 27. | Romans 13:1 | Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. [ordained: or, ordered] |
| 28. | 2 Corinthians 5:13 | For whether we be beside ourselves, [it is] to God: or whether we be sober, [it is] for your cause. |
| 29. | Galatians 3:28 | There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. |
| 30. | Philippians 2:3 | [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. |
| 31. | 1 Timothy 3:1 | This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. |
| 32. | Titus 1:6 | If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. |
| 33. | Titus 1:7 | For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; |
| 34. | James 2:10 | For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all. |
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