Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 22:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 22:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 22:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wants people to put special fringes on their clothes to help them remember to follow His rules and be good. It's like tying a little string to your finger to remember something important.

Deuteronomy 22:12: Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest [thyself]. [quarters: Heb. wings]

Contradiction with Galatians 3:28

This verse states that there is neither Jew nor Greek in Christ Jesus, which contradicts the specific cultural practice dictated in Deuteronomy 22:12 about putting fringes on garments.

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.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

Jesus states that he came not to destroy the law but to fulfill it, which may seem contradictory to the specific cultural command in Deuteronomy 22:12 when considering the law's fulfillment.

Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Acts 15:10-11

This passage questions why a yoke of law—which would include practices like those in Deuteronomy 22:12—should be placed on believers, emphasizing grace rather than adherence to specific commands.

Acts 15:10-11: Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Contradiction with Colossians 2:14

It mentions that the written code, which could include commands like those in Deuteronomy 22:12, is set aside by Christ’s sacrifice, introducing a contradiction to its necessity.

Colossians 2:14: Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

Contradiction with Romans 14:17

Focuses on the kingdom of God being about righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, rather than observance of specific cultural laws such as those described in Deuteronomy 22:12.

Romans 14:17: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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