Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 28:58

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 28:58 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 28:58. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the writer of Deuteronomy, if you don't follow the rules that God has given, you won't show respect to His great and important name. It's like when your parents give you rules to follow, and if you don't listen, it shows you're not honoring them.

Deuteronomy 28:58: If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:31-32

This verse introduces a new covenant with the house of Israel and Judah, suggesting a shift from the strict adherence to the old law described in Deuteronomy 28:58.

Jeremiah 31:31-32: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Contradiction with Romans 10:4

States that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes, which contradicts the emphasis on following the law in Deuteronomy 28:58.

Romans 10:4: For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:13

States that Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, which opposes the curse for disobedience mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:58.

Galatians 3:13: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

Talks about the obsolescence of the first covenant, implying a contradiction with the enduring importance of obeying the law in Deuteronomy 28:58.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

Contradiction with Colossians 2:14

Describes the blotting out of the handwriting of ordinances, opposing the continuation of the law’s demands stated in Deuteronomy 28:58.

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;
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