Contradictions and Paradoxes in Romans 10:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Romans 10:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Romans 10:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, the author of the book, this verse means we don't need to go to deep places like the bottom of the sea to bring Jesus back to life because God has already made Him alive again. It's like saying we don't have to do really hard things to find Jesus, because He is already with us.

Romans 10:7: Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

Ecclesiastes 9:5 states that the dead know nothing and have no further reward, which contradicts the notion of descending to raise Christ from the dead as stated in Romans 10:7.

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 Job 7:9-10

These verses state that those who die do not come back to their house, which contradicts Romans 10:7's allusion to Christ descending into the deep to be brought back.

Job 7:9-10: [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].

Contradiction with Psalm 88:10-12

These verses express doubt about the dead rising again to praise God, creating a contradiction with Romans 10:7's implication of Christ's resurrection from the deep.

Psalm 88:10-12: Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah.

Contradiction with Isaiah 26:14

This verse mentions dead who shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise, opposing the notion of resurrection mentioned in Romans 10:7.

Isaiah 26:14: [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
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