Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 7:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 7:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 7:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

Are We Justified by Law or Faith? Exploring Biblical Contradictions

Learn how Deuteronomy 7:11 contradicts Galatians 2:16, Romans 3:28, Romans 6:14, Ephesians 2:15 and Hebrews 8:13

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According to Moses, God wants people to follow His rules and instructions to show that they love and trust Him. It's like when your parents give you rules to keep you safe and happy.

Deuteronomy 7:11: Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

This verse states that a person is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, which contrasts with Deuteronomy 7:11's emphasis on keeping commandments.

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Contradiction with Romans 3:28

This verse declares that a person is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law, opposing the Deuteronomy emphasis on legal obedience.

Romans 3:28: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Contradiction with Romans 6:14

It states believers are not under the law but under grace, which contrasts with the obligation to follow commandments in Deuteronomy 7:11.

Romans 6:14: For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Contradiction with Ephesians 2:15

This verse mentions Christ abolishing the law of commandments, in contrast to the directive to keep them in Deuteronomy.

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 Hebrews 8:13

It speaks of a new covenant making the first one obsolete, which contradicts the ongoing requirement to follow the commandments in Deuteronomy 7:11.

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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