Contradictions and Paradoxes in Luke 8:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Luke 8:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Luke 8:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Luke, people with a kind and good heart who listen to God's teachings and follow them are like seeds planted in good soil. They will grow strong and do good things if they are patient.

Luke 8:15: But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.

Contradiction with James 1:22

This verse emphasizes not just hearing the word but being doers of the word, while Luke 8:15 focuses on keeping the word and bringing forth fruit with patience.

James 1:22: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Contradiction with Matthew 7:21

It stresses that not everyone who calls on the Lord will enter heaven, but those who do the will of the Father, potentially contradicting with the "honest and good heart" in Luke 8:15.

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 2:13

Highlights that only the doers of the law will be justified, opposing the idea in Luke 8:15 where hearing and maintaining the word with patience is featured.

Romans 2:13: (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:1-3

Paul addresses the Corinthians as carnal, still being worldly, which implies a continuous struggle despite receiving the word, in contrast to Luke 8:15's image of successful perseverance.

1 Corinthians 3:1-3: And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.

Contradiction with Hebrews 6:4-6

Speaks about the impossibility of renewal after falling away, which challenges the idea in Luke 8:15 of bearing fruit with patience.

Hebrews 6:4-6: For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
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