Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 6:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 6:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 6:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God gave rules and instructions to follow so that the people would know how to live happily and well in the new land they were entering. These rules were meant to guide them and help them make good choices.

Deuteronomy 6:1: Now these [are] the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do [them] in the land whither ye go to possess it: [go: Heb. pass over]

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

This verse says Jesus came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it, which could be seen as shifting the focus from the old commandments.

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

States that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, contrasting with the continued observance implied in Deuteronomy 6:1.

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

Contradiction with Galatians 3:10

Points out that relying on the law brings a curse, contradicting the notion that following the law will lead to blessings as suggested in Deuteronomy 6:1.

Galatians 3:10: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

By calling the covenant old, it implies that the commandments given in Deuteronomy 6:1 are obsolete with the new covenant coming.

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

Mentions the law being nailed to the cross, suggesting a nullification of laws like those introduced in Deuteronomy 6:1.

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;
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