Contradictions and Paradoxes in Hebrews 2:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Hebrews 2:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Hebrews 2:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Hebrews, God showed that He agreed with the message of Jesus' followers by doing amazing things like miracles and giving special gifts from the Holy Spirit. These wonderful signs were God's way of helping people understand and believe the good news.

Hebrews 2:4: God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? [gifts: or, distributions]

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:22

While Hebrews 2:4 speaks of God bearing witness with signs and wonders, 1 Corinthians 1:22 suggests Jews require signs and Greeks seek after wisdom, implying signs are not the ultimate authority or witness.

1 Corinthians 1:22: For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

Contradiction with Matthew 12:39

Hebrews 2:4 discusses God confirming with signs, yet in Matthew 12:39, Jesus rebukes the desire for signs, calling those who seek them "wicked and adulterous."

Matthew 12:39: But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

Contradiction with John 4:48

While Hebrews 2:4 associates signs and wonders with divine testimony, John 4:48 implies a criticism by stating, "Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe."

John 4:48: Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 5:7

Hebrews 2:4 associates faith with signs, but 2 Corinthians 5:7 advocates for living by faith, not by sight, which can be interpreted as independent of physical signs.

2 Corinthians 5:7: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Contradiction with Exodus 7:11-12

Hebrews 2:4 attributes signs and wonders to God’s will, while Exodus 7:11-12 describes Egyptian magicians performing similar wonders, questioning the exclusivity or divine nature of such acts.

Exodus 7:11-12: Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
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