Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ephesians 4:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ephesians 4:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ephesians 4:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, if you have listened to Jesus and learned from Him, then you will know what is true because Jesus teaches us what is real and right. He wants us to follow His good ways and understand His words, which are always honest and full of love.

Ephesians 4:21: If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Suggests that the heart is deceitful, contradicting the idea in Ephesians 4:21 that truth is in Jesus.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

States that all have sinned, implying a universal shortcoming contrary to the purity and truth in Jesus mentioned in Ephesians 4:21.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with John 8:44

Describes the devil as the father of lies, contrasting the idea of truth in Jesus from Ephesians 4:21.

John 8:44: Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. [of his own: or, from his own will or disposition]

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:2

Claims every way of a man is right in his own eyes, conflicting with the assertion in Ephesians 4:21 that truth is aligned with Jesus.

Proverbs 21:2: Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

Describes righteous acts as filthy rags, opposing the notion of inherent value in human efforts toward truth, which is believed to reside in Jesus per Ephesians 4:21.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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