Contradictions and Paradoxes in Hebrews 10:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Hebrews 10:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Hebrews 10:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Hebrews, God promises to forget the wrong things people have done if they are sorry and trust Him. This means God gives them a fresh start and doesn't hold their mistakes against them.

Hebrews 10:17: And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. [And their: some copies have, Then he said, And their]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:34

Hebrews 10:17 cites this verse, which states that God will forgive and forget sins, but it is taken as consistent rather than contradictory. However, in Jeremiah 31:34 the emphasis is on a future act.

Jeremiah 31:34: And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:7

This verse mentions that God will not clear the guilty and visits the iniquity of fathers upon children, which seems contrary to forgetting sins.

Exodus 34:7: Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].

Contradiction with Numbers 14:18

Similar to Exodus 34:7, it talks about God visiting iniquity, suggesting a remembrance of sins.

Numbers 14:18: The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation].

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:2-3

God instructs Saul to punish the Amalekites for past sins, indicating a remembrance of those sins.

1 Samuel 15:2-3: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:24

This verse states that if a righteous person turns from righteousness and commits iniquity, all their former righteousness will not be remembered, suggesting conditional remembrance of past sins.

Ezekiel 18:24: But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, [and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked [man] doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Contradiction with Amos 8:7

God swears by the pride of Jacob that He will not forget the works of Israel, implying remembrance of their actions.

Amos 8:7: The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
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