Contradictions and Paradoxes in Colossians 1:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Colossians 1:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Colossians 1:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, Jesus died in a human body to make you clean and free from any faults, so you can stand before God without any blame.

Colossians 1:22: In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

Colossians 1:22 speaks of being presented holy and unblameable, while Romans 3:23 states all have sinned, contrasting the universal sinfulness with the state of being unblameable.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

Colossians 1:22 refers to being presented righteous, whereas Isaiah 64:6 emphasizes that all our righteousness is like filthy rags, highlighting human inability to achieve holiness.

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 1 John 1:8

While Colossians 1:22 mentions being unblameable, 1 John 1:8 acknowledges that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, contradicting the idea of inherent blamelessness.

1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Colossians 1:22 discusses being presented holy, but Jeremiah 17:9 notes that the heart is deceitful above all things, questioning the notion of inherent holiness.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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