Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 3:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 3:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 3:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, people who do good things and live by the truth want to come into the light so everyone can see that they are doing what God wants. This means they are choosing to follow God's ways and want others to know it.

John 3:21: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

This verse states that there is none righteous, contradicting John 3:21 which implies that those doing truth come to the light, suggesting righteousness is attainable.

Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

This verse claims all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, contradicting the notion in John 3:21 that deeds can be wrought in God and therefore good.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

It states that there is not a just man upon earth, which contradicts the suggestion in John 3:21 that people can act in truth and light.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Psalm 14:3

This verse declares there is none that doeth good, contrasting with John 3:21’s implication that one can do truth and come to the light through their deeds.

Psalm 14:3: They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one. [filthy: Heb. stinking]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is described as deceitful and wicked, contradicting the idea in John 3:21 that people can truthfully come to the light through righteous deeds.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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