For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
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2 Corinthians 5:10
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Examined in Scripture Analysis
Contradictions (4)
Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
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Does anyone ever do anything good?
Psalm 14:3, Psalm 53:3, and Paul quoting them at Romans 3:12 say absolutely no one does good — not one. Ecclesiastes 7:20 and Isaiah 64:6 ("all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags") double down.
Critical scholarship: Genuinely disputed among scholars.
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Is Salvation by faith alone?
Paul stacks Romans 3:28, Romans 4:13, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:11-12, and Ephesians 2:8-9 to insist humans are justified by faith apart from works of the law. Then Matthew 19:17 ("keep the commandments"), Matthew 25:31-46 (sheep and goats judged on what they did), Romans 2:6 and 2:13 (Paul himself!), James 2:14-26 ("faith without works is dead"), and Revelation 20:12-13 (judged according to works) all push the opposite direction.
Critical scholarship: Genuinely disputed among scholars.
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Does Jesus judge people?
John 5:22, John 5:26-27, John 9:39, Acts 17:31, 2 Corinthians 5:10, and Revelation 19:11 say Jesus judges everyone, with the Father committing all judgment to the Son. John 8:15 and John 12:47 have Jesus himself say "I judge no man" and "I came not to judge the world, but to save the world."
Critical scholarship: Leans toward reconciliation.
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Are reward and punishment bestowed in this world?
Proverbs 11:31 declares that the righteous are recompensed in the earth — "much more the wicked and the sinner." The traditional Deuteronomic-Wisdom theology underwrites this: divine justice operates within the temporal frame of this life.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
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