Contradictions and Paradoxes in Colossians 3:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Colossians 3:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Colossians 3:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, when people decide to follow Jesus, it's like they are putting on new clothes that make them good and wise, just like God who made them. This helps them become more like God in how they think and act.

Colossians 3:10: And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

Contradiction with Genesis 6:5

Colossians 3:10 speaks of renewal in knowledge, while Genesis 6:5 describes human thoughts as continuously evil.

Genesis 6:5: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. [every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires] [continually: Heb. every day]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Colossians 3:10 focuses on being renewed, yet Jeremiah 17:9 describes the heart as deceitful and beyond cure.

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

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

Colossians 3:10 highlights renewal and knowledge, whereas Romans 3:23 states that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

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

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

Colossians 3:10 emphasizes renewal in knowledge, but Ecclesiastes 7:20 asserts that there is no one righteous on earth.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

Colossians 3:10 speaks of putting on a new self, contrasting with Isaiah 64:6, which says our righteous acts are as filthy rags.

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 Psalm 51:5

Colossians 3:10 talks about a new self, while Psalm 51:5 reflects on being sinful from birth.

Psalm 51:5: Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [conceive...: Heb. warm me]
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