Contradictions and Paradoxes in Philippians 3:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Philippians 3:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Philippians 3:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, who wrote the book, people should continue to live in a good way that they have already learned and agreed on. This means sticking together and following what they believe is right.

Philippians 3:16: Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:12

This verse speaks of a way that seems right but leads to death, contrasting the idea of following a unified way as suggested in Philippians 3:16.

Proverbs 14:12: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

Contradiction with Judges 17:6

Describes a time when everyone did what was right in their own eyes, which conflicts with the call for uniformity in Philippians 3:16.

Judges 17:6: In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8

States that God's thoughts and ways are not like humans', contradicting the idea of walking by the same rule as humans decide.

Isaiah 55:8: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:10

Calls for unity, which emphasizes divisions that might oppose the single-mindedness of Philippians 3:16.

1 Corinthians 1:10: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. [divisions: Gr. schisms]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 17:15

Speaks of Israel rejecting God's statutes and following vanity, conflicting with the adherence of a singular rule as in Philippians 3:16.

2 Kings 17:15: And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
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