Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 3:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 3:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 3:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, when the people asked John the Baptist what they should do, he was telling them to change their ways and live a good life by sharing and being kind to others. This means helping people who need things like food or clothes.

Luke 3:10: And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

Contradiction with James 2:14

This verse implies that faith without works is dead, suggesting that actions alone (such as those implied in Luke 3:10) are insufficient for salvation.

James 2:14: What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

Contradiction with Matthew 7:21

This verse emphasizes that not everyone who performs actions ("says to me, Lord, Lord") will enter the kingdom of heaven, whereas Luke 3:10 discusses the people's readiness to act.

Matthew 7:21: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Contradiction with Romans 3:28

This verse underscores justification by faith without the deeds of the law, potentially contradicting the emphasis on actions seen in Luke 3:10.

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

Contradiction with Ephesians 2:8-9

These verses stress that salvation is by grace through faith, not by works, contrasting with Luke 3:10's focus on actions.

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 Galatians 2:16

This verse insists that a person is not justified by the works of the law, contradictory to the implication in Luke 3:10 of performing works.

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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