The tension: Job 15:14, Isaiah 64:6, and Romans 3:10 deny anyone is righteous — all our righteousness is as filthy rags, there is none righteous, no, not one.
The tension: The Torah, prophets, and Wisdom literature relentlessly command fear of YHWH — Deuteronomy 6:13, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Proverbs 9:10, Matthew 10:28, and Hebrews…
The tension: 2 Peter 2:4 says the rebellious angels were cast into hell and bound in chains of darkness, and Jude 6 repeats that the angels who left their proper estate are…
The tension: 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 la…
The tension: Matthew 4:10 quotes Deuteronomy 6:13 and tells Satan that one should worship and serve God *only* — and Matthew 23:10 says no one but Christ should be called *…
The tension: Matthew 5:16 commands disciples to let their light shine before others *hopōs idōsin hymōn ta kala erga* — 'so that they may see your good works' — and 1 Peter…
The tension: Luke 23:43 has Jesus promise the repentant criminal that they will be together in paradise that very day, implying Jesus went to paradise.
The tension: The contradiction sets the silencing-and-subordination passages — Genesis 3:16 (the husband rules over the wife as curse), 1 Timothy 2:12 (woman may not teach…
The tension: Colossians 3:22-23 and 1 Peter 2:18 command slaves to obey their earthly masters in all things, with fear and sincerity of heart, including "froward" (harsh) m…
