Contradictions and Paradoxes in Philippians 2:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Philippians 2:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Philippians 2:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, someone really missed the people he cared about and felt sad because they knew he had been sick. He worried that they might be sad or worried about him too.

Philippians 2:26: For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

Contradiction with Philippians 4:6

This verse advises to be anxious for nothing, which may contradict the concern and longing expressed in Philippians 2:26.

Philippians 4:6: Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:34

This verse advises not to worry about tomorrow, which may contradict the anxiousness suggested in Philippians 2:26.

Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

Contradiction with 1 Peter 5:7

This verse suggests casting all anxieties on God, which contrasts with the emotional burden carried by the individual in Philippians 2:26.

1 Peter 5:7: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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