Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 16:26
Matthew 16:26 contradicts following 16 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Matthew 16:26 for quick understanding.
Matthew 16:26: For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genesis 2:15 | And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. [the man: or, Adam] |
| 2. | Genesis 25:32 | And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? [at...: Heb. going to die] |
| 3. | Genesis 25:33 | And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. |
| 4. | 2 Chronicles 17:12 | And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. [castles: or, palaces] |
| 5. | Job 2:4 | And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. |
| 6. | Job 27:8 | For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? |
| 7. | Job 28:18 | No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies. [coral: or, Ramoth] |
| 8. | Ecclesiastes 2:4 | I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: |
| 9. | Ecclesiastes 2:24 | [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God. [should make...: or, delight his senses] |
| 10. | Ecclesiastes 5:19 | Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this [is] the gift of God. |
| 11. | Daniel 4:1 | Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. |
| 12. | Daniel 11:43 | But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians [shall be] at his steps. |
| 13. | Luke 9:25 | For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? |
| 14. | Luke 12:20 | But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? [thy...: Gr. do they require thy soul] |
| 15. | 1 Corinthians 3:22 | Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; |
| 16. | 1 Timothy 4:8 | For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. [little: or, for a little time] |
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