Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ephesians 4:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ephesians 4:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ephesians 4:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, the author of Ephesians, this verse means that Christians should live like a new person who follows what God wants, being good and honest. It's like putting on a new, clean shirt that shows kindness and truth.

Ephesians 4:24: And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. [true...: or, holiness of truth]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

This verse states that there is not a just man upon earth that does good and does not sin, contradicting the idea of putting on a new man in righteousness and true holiness.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

This verse describes the heart as deceitful and desperately wicked, challenging the notion of a new man created in righteousness and true holiness.

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

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

It is written that there is none righteous, no, not one, which contrasts with the concept of the new man created in righteousness.

Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

Our righteousnesses are described as filthy rags, opposing the idea of true holiness and righteousness put on by the new man.

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.

Contradiction with Genesis 6:5

This verse claims that every imagination of man's heart is only evil continually, which is at odds with the creation of a new man in righteousness and holiness.

Genesis 6:5: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. [every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires] [continually: Heb. every day]

Contradiction with Romans 7:18

Paul expresses that nothing good dwells in his flesh, contradicting the idea of putting on a new man created in righteousness.

Romans 7:18: For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.
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