Contradiction with Matthew 10:34
Colossians 3:14 emphasizes love as a unifying bond, while Matthew 10:34 describes Jesus bringing division, not peace.
Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Contradiction with Luke 14:26
Colossians 3:14 speaks to binding love, whereas Luke 14:26 suggests hating loved ones for discipleship.
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.
Contradiction with Exodus 15:3
Colossians 3:14 advocates for love as the bond of perfection, contrasting with Exodus 15:3, which describes the Lord as a man of war.
Exodus 15:3: The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:8
Colossians 3:14 speaks of perfect unity and love, while Ecclesiastes 3:8 acknowledges a time to hate and a time for war.
Ecclesiastes 3:8: A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:3
Colossians 3:14 promotes love above all, whereas 1 Samuel 15:3 involves divine command for destruction, not unity through love.
1 Samuel 15:3: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.