Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ephesians 2:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ephesians 2:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ephesians 2:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, this means that people who believe in Jesus are like bricks, and God’s Spirit helps them come together to make a special house where God can live. It’s a way of saying that God wants to be close to everyone who loves Him.

Ephesians 2:22: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Contradiction with Genesis 11:4

Contradicts collective spiritual building with a man-made tower for self-glorification.

Genesis 11:4: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:27

Contradicts the idea of a dwelling place for God on Earth, questioning if He can dwell in man-made structures.

1 Kings 8:27: But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

Argues against God dwelling in temples made with hands, contrasting the spiritual habitation mentioned in Ephesians 2:22.

Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:4

Contradicts trust in being part of God's dwelling by mere association, challenging insincere reliance on being in God’s house.

Jeremiah 7:4: Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.
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