Contradictions

Law & ethics

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102

Questions where the tension is one of Law & ethics — 102 in all.

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• Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction

  Should you obey your rulers?

  The tension: Romans 13:1-6 commands universal submission to governing authorities on the grounds that they are ordained by God, are God's ministers, and punish only evildoe…

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• Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction

  Do women have rights?

  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…

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• Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction

  Should you obey both God and your masters?

  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…

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• Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars

  Is a good name a blessing or curse?

  The tension: The wisdom tradition treats a good reputation as one of life's highest goods.

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• Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction

  Is there a remedy for foolishness?

  The tension: Proverbs 22:15 and Proverbs 27:22 sit in the same book and give opposite verdicts on whether foolishness can be driven out of a person.

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• Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars

  Is temptation desired?

  The tension: James 1:2 tells believers to count it all joy when they fall into various peirasmoi — testings or temptations — because the testing of faith produces endurance.

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