Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 5:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 5:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 5:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wants all the people to listen carefully to His rules and learn them. They should remember these rules and do what they say every day.

Deuteronomy 5:1: And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. [keep...: Heb. keep to do them]

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

This verse indicates that Jesus came to fulfill the law, which may imply a new approach, contrasting with Deuteronomy 5:1 where adherence to the original laws is commanded.

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 Romans 10:4

It states that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, which contradicts the instruction to hear, learn, and do the laws as given in Deuteronomy 5:1.

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

Contradiction with Ephesians 2:15

Mentioning the abolishment of the law of commandments, it contrasts the call in Deuteronomy 5:1 to heed and practice the laws given to Israel.

Ephesians 2:15: Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, [so] making peace;

Contradiction with Colossians 2:14

It talks about blotting out the handwriting of ordinances, suggesting a removal of the old law, which contradicts the adherence urged in Deuteronomy 5:1.

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 Hebrews 8:13

Declares the old covenant obsolete, which opposes the directive in Deuteronomy 5:1 to listen to and perform the laws of the covenant.

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.
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