Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 6:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 6:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 6:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, the people asked Jesus what good things they needed to do to make God happy. They wanted to know how to do what God wants them to do.

John 6:28: Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

Contradiction with Ephesians 2:8-9

These verses emphasize that salvation is by grace through faith and not by works, contradicting the notion of doing works for eternal life as questioned in John 6:28.

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 Romans 3:28

This verse states that a person is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law, contradicting the idea of needing to perform works as implied in the question of John 6:28.

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

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

It asserts that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, presenting a contradiction to the works-based query in John 6:28.

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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