Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 4:45

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 4:45 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 4:45. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Deuteronomy, Moses told the people of Israel important rules and stories after they left Egypt. These helped them know how to live and do the right things.

Deuteronomy 4:45: These [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

Contradiction with Galatians 3:23-25

These verses contradict Deuteronomy 4:45 by explaining that the law was a temporary measure until Christ, implying the law is not the ultimate authority.

Galatians 3:23-25: But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

Contradiction with Romans 10:4

This verse states that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, contrasting the adherence to the law described in Deuteronomy 4:45.

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

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

By saying that the old covenant is obsolete, this contradicts the abiding significance of obedience to the law as outlined in Deuteronomy 4:45.

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

It describes the law as something that was nailed to the cross and taken away, contrasting Deuteronomy 4:45's emphasis on law given to Israel.

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 Galatians 5:18

If led by the Spirit, believers are not under the law, which contradicts the command to follow the law as per Deuteronomy 4:45.

Galatians 5:18: But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

Contradiction with Romans 7:6

Indicates believers are released from the law to serve in a new way, at odds with the observance required by Deuteronomy 4:45.

Romans 7:6: But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter. [that being...: or, being dead to that]
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