Contradictions and Paradoxes in Revelation 3:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Revelation 3:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Revelation 3:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to John, this verse means that even though people in the church of Sardis looked like they were alive and doing good things, they were not really following God in their hearts. Jesus, who knows everything about them, was telling them they needed to change and truly live for Him.

Revelation 3:1: And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

This verse speaks of individual responsibility and the soul that sins shall die, contradicting the message to a whole church that implies collective reformation is needed.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Contradiction with James 2:26

Indicates that faith without works is dead, which contrasts with the mention of having a name of being alive in Revelation 3:1.

James 2:26: For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. [spirit: or, breath]

Contradiction with Romans 8:10

Declares that if Christ is in you, the spirit is life because of righteousness, contradicting the notion of being spiritually dead despite having a reputation of being alive.

Romans 8:10: And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.

Contradiction with Matthew 23:27

Describes hypocrites as whitewashed tombs, which contradicts the commendatory opening but critical content of Revelation 3:1.

Matthew 23:27: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.

Contradiction with John 5:24

States that those who hear and believe have passed from death to life, contradicting the simultaneous state of being alive and dead mentioned in Revelation 3:1.

John 5:24: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
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