Contradiction with Proverbs 16:25
Ephesians 1:18 talks about the hope and enlightenment of the believer's heart, while Proverbs 16:25 warns that what seems right to a person leads to death, suggesting human judgment lacks insight.
Proverbs 16:25: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18
Ephesians 1:18 emphasizes spiritual enlightenment, whereas Ecclesiastes 1:18 suggests that increased wisdom and knowledge lead to grief and sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9
Ephesians 1:18 speaks about the enlightening of the heart, but Jeremiah 17:9 states that the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, implying it cannot be trusted.
Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19
Ephesians 1:18 highlights divine enlightenment and wisdom, while 1 Corinthians 3:19 says the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, indicating a conflict between divine and worldly understanding.
1 Corinthians 3:19: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 4:4
Ephesians 1:18 discusses the enlightening of believers, yet 2 Corinthians 4:4 explains that unbelievers' minds are blinded, opposing the idea that enlightenment is universally accessible.
2 Corinthians 4:4: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.