Contradictions and Paradoxes in John 8:41

Check out Contradictions Catalog of John 8:41 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts John 8:41. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, Jesus was talking to people who said they were God's children, but He meant they were acting like someone else was their father because they weren’t listening to God. Jesus wanted them to understand that being God's child means doing what God says.

John 8:41: Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

Contradiction with John 1:12-13

John 8:41 suggests Jesus' audience claims God as their Father, but John 1:12-13 says only those who receive Jesus are given the right to become children of God, implying not all are automatically God's children.

John 1:12-13: But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: [power: or, the right, or, privilege]

Contradiction with Romans 9:7-8

John 8:41 implies a physical ancestry linked to being God's children, but Romans 9:7-8 states that being Abraham's descendants doesn't make them all children of God, but only the children of the promise are counted as the seed.

Romans 9:7-8: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they] all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Contradiction with 1 John 3:10

John 8:41 involves a claim of divine parentage, yet 1 John 3:10 provides a criterion where actions (doing righteousness) determine being children of God, suggesting that mere claim isn't enough.

1 John 3:10: In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:9-10

John 8:41 displays a claim of having God as a father, but Jeremiah 7:9-10 highlights the contradiction where people commit sins yet claim safety in God's name, revealing hypocrisy in such claims.

Jeremiah 7:9-10: Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:8

While John 8:41 involves a claim to divine parentage, Isaiah 64:8 openly acknowledges God as Father of all, contrasting the exclusive claim to sonship by lineage.

Isaiah 64:8: But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.
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