Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ephesians 3:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ephesians 3:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ephesians 3:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, Jesus loves so much that it is too big to fully understand, but knowing about His love makes our hearts full of God’s goodness and joy.

Ephesians 3:19: And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:27

While Ephesians 3:19 speaks of knowing the love of Christ as something that fills us with the fullness of God, 1 Kings 8:27 questions how God can truly dwell on earth given the vastness and boundlessness of heaven and earth.

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 Isaiah 40:28

Ephesians 3:19 emphasizes understanding God's love to be filled with His fullness, whereas Isaiah 40:28 highlights that God's understanding is unsearchable, suggesting that fully comprehending God is beyond human capability.

Isaiah 40:28: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.

Contradiction with Romans 11:33

In contrast to Ephesians 3:19's suggestion of knowing Christ's love, Romans 11:33 marvels at the depths of God's wisdom and knowledge as being unsearchable and past finding out, implying they cannot be fully known.

Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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