Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 8:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 8:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 8:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wants you to follow His rules, be like Him, and respect Him a lot. Doing these things helps you stay close to God and live a good life.

Deuteronomy 8:6: Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Contradiction with Romans 3:28

This verse indicates that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law, seeming to contradict the emphasis on keeping commandments in Deuteronomy 8:6.

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

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

It states that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, which conflicts with the requirement to keep commandments as prescribed in Deuteronomy 8:6.

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 6:14

This implies that believers are not under the law but under grace, which may appear to conflict with the call to observe the commandments in Deuteronomy 8:6.

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

Contradiction with Colossians 2:14

Speaks of blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, possibly contradicting the command to observe the laws in Deuteronomy 8:6.

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

By saying that the old covenant is becoming obsolete, it implies that the commandments mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:6 may no longer be necessary to follow in the same way.

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 Galatians 3:10

Those who rely on observing the law are under a curse, opposing the idea of keeping commandments as directed in Deuteronomy 8:6.

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 Ephesians 2:15

By abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, this could seem contradictory to the instruction to keep commandments in Deuteronomy 8:6.

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;
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