Contradictions and Paradoxes in Galatians 5:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Galatians 5:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Galatians 5:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, people who do bad things like being jealous, hurting others, drinking too much, and partying too wildly are warned that doing these things means they won't get to be in God's special place. He reminds them that he has warned them about this before.

Galatians 5:21: Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Contradiction with Matthew 21:31

Jesus indicates that even sinners, like tax collectors and harlots, may enter the Kingdom of God before self-righteous individuals, contrasting with Galatians 5:21's warning about not inheriting the Kingdom of God.

Matthew 21:31: Whether of them twain did the will of [his] father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Contradiction with Romans 14:17

The Kingdom of God is described as righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, emphasizing qualities beyond human moral qualifications found in Galatians 5:21.

Romans 14:17: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Contradiction with Ephesians 2:8-9

Salvation is depicted as a gift from God through faith, not earned by avoiding behaviors mentioned in Galatians 5:21, suggesting a contradiction in basis for inheriting the Kingdom.

Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
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