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Matthew 16:27

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For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

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Contradictions (2)

Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • 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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  • 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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