Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 15:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 15:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 15:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, Jesus is saying that if we do what He tells us, we will stay in His love, just like He follows what God says and stays in God's love. It's like when we listen to our parents and feel their love because we're doing the right things.

John 15:10: If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

Contradiction with Romans 6:14

This verse states that sin shall not have dominion over you because you are not under law but under grace, which contradicts the emphasis on keeping commandments to abide in love.

Romans 6:14: For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:10

This verse highlights being cursed if relying on the works of law, conflicting with the idea that abiding by commandments is a condition to abide in love.

Galatians 3:10: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Contradiction with Ephesians 2:8-9

Salvation is described as a gift of grace through faith, not of works, which challenges the conditional tone of keeping commandments to remain in love.

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 Philippians 3:9

Suggests righteousness through faith in Christ, not from the law, potentially opposing the focus on abiding in love through commandment adherence.

Philippians 3:9: And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

Contradiction with Romans 3:28

Justification by faith apart from works of the law, possibly conflicting with the commandment-based requirement to abide in love as cited in John 15:10.

Romans 3:28: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

Clearly states that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, calling into question the emphasis on commandment-keeping for abiding in love.

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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