Galatians

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New Testament · questions that cite Galatians.

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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.

Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled

Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Does God respect anyone?

The tension: Genesis 4 has Yahweh preferring Abel's offering and rejecting Cain's — he respects persons.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Has there ever been a just person?

The tension: Ecclesiastes 7:20 flatly denies there is any just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
How long was the Egyptian Captivity?

The tension: The Bible gives three different answers to how long Israel was in Egypt: 400 years in Genesis 15:13 and Acts 7:6, four generations in Genesis 15:16, and 430 ye…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Is circumcision required?

The tension: Genesis 17 makes circumcision an "everlasting covenant" — every male, slave or free, on the eighth day, no exceptions.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Is it wrong to have sex outside of marriage?

The tension: The Torah (Exod 20:14, Deut 5:18) and the New Testament (Acts 15:20, 1 Cor 5:1, 6:13, 6:18, 10:8, 2 Cor 12:21, Gal 5:19-21, Eph 5:3, Col 3:5-6, 1 Thess 4:3, He…

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Who gave the law to Moses?

The tension: The Exodus narrative (Exod 19:20, 20:22) has YHWH descending on Sinai and speaking the law directly to Moses — no intermediaries.

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Is it OK to drink alcohol?

The tension: The Bible's stance on alcohol is not a spectrum — it is a pile of mutually inconsistent positions.

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
How should nonbelievers be treated?

The tension: Deuteronomy 13:6-10 commands the execution by stoning of any family member who entices Israel to follow other gods.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Are we all God's children?

The tension: Deuteronomy 14:1 calls all Israel 'the children of the LORD your God.' Psalm 82:6 declares 'all of you are children of the most High.' Hosea 1:10, Acts 17:29,…

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Are those who obey the law cursed?

The tension: Deuteronomy 27:26 places under curse anyone who fails to confirm and do all the words of the law, while Galatians 3:10 turns that same verse on its head, claim…

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Is Salvation by faith alone?

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…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Does hell exist?

The tension: The Bible offers four mutually incompatible afterlife schemes.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Should the gospel be preached to everyone?

The tension: Matthew 10:5-6 and 15:24 have Jesus restrict his and his disciples' mission to "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" — explicitly forbidding any approach to…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Does righteousness come from following the Law?

The tension: Luke 1:6 calls Zacharias and Elisabeth righteous specifically because they walked in all the Lord's commandments blameless, and Romans 2:13 states that doers o…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Is it possible to fall from grace?

The tension: Galatians 5:4, Hebrews 6:4-6, and 2 Peter 2:20-21 all explicitly treat falling away from saving grace as possible — Hebrews even pronounces it irrevocable.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Who raised Jesus from the dead?

The tension: John 2:19-21 has Jesus declaring he will raise his own body in three days.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Did Paul go to Jerusalem from Damascus immediately after his conversion?

The tension: Acts 9:26 says that when Saul came to Jerusalem after his conversion he tried to join the disciples, and the Lukan narrative places this trip very close to the…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Is it OK to curse people?

The tension: Romans 12:14 commands believers to bless and not curse, with no exception clause.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Should we try to please others?

The tension: Romans 15:2 tells believers each one of us should please his neighbor for his good.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Did Paul visit all of the disciples when he went to Jerusalem after his conversion?

The tension: Acts 9:26-28 has Paul, after his conversion, mingling freely with the disciples in Jerusalem, going in and out among them.

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Should we bear each other's burdens?

The tension: Galatians 6:2 commands believers to bear one another's burdens.

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