Contradiction with Luke 14:26
This verse suggests the necessity of "hating" one's family for discipleship, which contrasts with Jesus and the Father's call to dwell with those who love Jesus and keep His word.
Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Contradiction with Matthew 10:37
It advises prioritizing love for Jesus over family, which seems to contrast with the emphasis on abiding love for both Jesus and the Father in John 14:23.
Matthew 10:37: He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Contradiction with 1 John 2:15
Warns against loving the world, which can seem contradictory to the idea of love creating a dwelling with God, depending on interpretation of "worldly" things.
1 John 2:15: Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Contradiction with Romans 3:28
Emphasizes justification by faith apart from works, which may appear to contradict the implied need to "keep" Jesus' words in John 14:23.
Romans 3:28: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Contradiction with Romans 13:10
Love as the fulfillment of the law might seem contradictory if interpreted that keeping Jesus’ commandments is the condition for God’s dwelling as in John 14:23.
Romans 13:10: Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.
Contradiction with Ephesians 2:8-9
Stresses salvation by grace through faith alone, contrasting with the necessity of keeping Jesus’ words for divine indwelling as implied in John 14:23.
Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
Contradiction with James 2:24
Suggests that a person is justified by works and not by faith only, which contrasts the interpretation that love alone prompts God’s dwelling as might be inferred in John 14:23.
James 2:24: Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Paradox #1
The potential contradiction or inconsistency might be about the idea of love being conditional. The verse suggests that love for a higher power is demonstrated through obedience. Some might question whether love should require conditions or actions to be considered genuine, potentially conflicting with ideas of unconditional love.