Contradictions and Paradoxes in Romans 7:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Romans 7:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Romans 7:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Paul, the law is like a set of rules that we must follow while we are alive. It's like how a game has rules that players need to follow while they are playing.

Romans 7:1: Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

Contradiction with Galatians 2:19

This verse states that through the law I am dead to the law, which contradicts Romans 7:1 that suggests the law has dominion over a person as long as they live.

Galatians 2:19: For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

It mentions that God has made the first covenant old and is ready to vanish away, while Romans 7:1 indicates a continuing relevance of the law for those who are alive.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

Contradiction with Romans 10:4

Paul declares that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, which contradicts the notion in Romans 7:1 that the law still holds dominion over living men.

Romans 10:4: For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Contradiction with Colossians 2:14

It talks about blotting out the handwriting of ordinances, suggesting that the law no longer has dominion, opposed to Romans 7:1.

Colossians 2:14: Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:11

The glory of the law is described as being done away with, contradicting Romans 7:1 that suggests the law still has dominion over a living person.

2 Corinthians 3:11: For if that which is done away [was] glorious, much more that which remaineth [is] glorious.
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