Matthew 13:40 Contradictions and Paradoxes

According to Matthew, bad things or people, like weeds, will be taken away and dealt with at the end of the world, just like how farmers get rid of weeds by burning them. It's a story to help us understand that only good things will be kept in the end.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

This verse states that the dead know nothing, contrasting the idea of conscious sorting of the wicked into fire.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Romans 3:23-24

These verses emphasize that all have sinned and are justified by grace, contradicting the finality of judgment in Matthew 13:40.

Romans 3:23-24: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with 2 Peter 3:9

This verse suggests God is patient and not willing that any should perish, contradicting the swift judgment implied in Matthew 13:40.

2 Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:4

This verse highlights God's desire for all men to be saved, conflicting with the notion of destruction in Matthew 13:40.

1 Timothy 2:4: Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Contradiction with John 3:17

States that God sent His Son to save the world, opposing the destructive outcome for the wicked in Matthew 13:40.

John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Contradiction with 1 John 4:8

Emphasizes that God is love, which seems contrary to the concept of casting sinners into a fiery punishment as in Matthew 13:40.