Contradictions and Paradoxes in Revelation 18:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Revelation 18:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Revelation 18:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, this verse means that many people and leaders have done wrong things and become rich by doing bad things, just like drinking too much and making bad choices. It tells how people turned away from good ways to get more money and power.

Revelation 18:3: For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. [abundance: or, power]

Contradiction with Matthew 6:24

This verse emphasizes serving only one master and not being consumed by wealth, contrasting with the merchants in Revelation 18:3 who are made rich through the excessive luxuries of Babylon.

Matthew 6:24: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 6:10

This verse highlights the love of money as a root of all evil, which contradicts Revelation 18:3, where Babylon’s wealth and luxury are glorified.

1 Timothy 6:10: For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. [erred: or, been seduced]

Contradiction with 1 John 2:15-16

These verses warn against loving the world and its desires, which opposes the indulgence in worldly wealth and luxury depicted in Revelation 18:3.

1 John 2:15-16: Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Contradiction with Matthew 19:23-24

These verses speak about the difficulty for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven, contradicting the riches celebrated in Revelation 18:3.

Matthew 19:23-24: Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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