Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 4:37

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 4:37 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 4:37. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, this verse means that sometimes one person starts something good, like planting seeds, and another person gets to enjoy the results, like picking the fruit. It shows how people can work together and help each other.

John 4:37: And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

Contradiction with Galatians 6:7

Emphasizes that a person reaps what they sow, suggesting individual effort leads to personal reward, contrasted with John 4:37 where one sows and another reaps.

Galatians 6:7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:8

States that each will receive rewards according to their own labor, contrasting with John 4:37's notion of different individuals sowing and reaping.

1 Corinthians 3:8: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:23

Points out that hard work brings a profit, contradicting how another reaps in John 4:37.

Proverbs 14:23: In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 11:1

Implies that personal efforts will return benefits to oneself in time, unlike John 4:37's shared labor.

Ecclesiastes 11:1: Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. [upon...: Heb. upon the face of the waters]
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