How do you Chrisitians justify this very glaring contradiction?

Question

The bible says that everyone sins, but also says that some DON'Tsin?? Take a look! And don't say I've taken them out of context, for its context doesn't justify the contradictions! If it does, I dare you to point them out!

Romans 5:14
Death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned.

1 John 3:6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not.

1 John 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

1 John 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not.

3 John 11
He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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These following verses are completely the opposite

1 Kings 8:46
There is no man that sinneth not.

2 Chronicles 6:36
There is no man which sinneth not.

Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin.

Ecclesiastes 7:20
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Romans 3:23

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Answer 1

Have we been here already? The key is in these verses - "born of God" and "abideth in Him" means AFTER you become a Christian. There is no contradiction here. Everyone has sinned, but when a person makes the choice to become a child of God, they are born again, given a new nature, and then they have the power to STOP sinning. That's what being a Christian is all about - having past sins wiped away and getting the chance to start fresh and do it right.

Answer 2

I would encourage you to read a bit closer:
Rom 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned AFTER THE SIMILITUDE OF ADAM'S TRANSGRESSION, WHO IS THE FIGURE OF HIM THAT WAS TO COME.

For some reason, you left off that part of the verse.

1 John 3:6
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not.

The word translated sinneth has the force of continuing in sin, in other words making a lifestyle out of it. It's the aorist tense; studying a bit of Greek would help.

The same applies to verse 9, 5:18, and 3 John 11.

Elsewhere, we find that John says that if we say we have no sin, then we are liars, and the reason for that, if you know about the aorist tense in the Greek is clear. To continue in sin while claiming to be a believer is ludicrous - this does not mean that we will never sin again. Great question!

Answer 3

Romans 5:14 is not saying that they had not sinned. The Law came in with Moses. It was Moses to whom God gave the Law. Romans 5:14 is talking about the people before Moses("from Adam to Moses"). Those people had not sinned in the sense that they had broken the law of Moses since it had not yet been given. But that doesn't mean they hadn't sinned. God has written his law on our hearts. He's given us a conscience. We do not have to have the Law of Moses to know that it is wrong to kill somebody or to lie or to cheat ro to steal.
As far as all your 1 John verses. Every one of those verbs are in the present tense in the greek. The present tense in the greek is continual action. It doesn't mean that they don't sin ever. It means that they don't continually practice sin as a way of life. They don't sin with impunity. Nobody is perfect. Even christians will sin because they fall victim to all the temptations in this world. They must confess their sin and get up and move on. That is what 1 John 1:8,9 says. Why would John says in 1John1:8,9 " If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" and then come back in the same book and contradict himself in those verses that you quoted in chapter 3 & 5 of the book of 1 John and 3 John 11. I would suggest taking a course in 1st century greek.

Answer 4

You cannot sin when you are a baby. Notice that none of the texts in the top part say the word -man-, but most of the bottom ones do. And to be born of God means to be baptized, so a baptized baby has no sin and cannot sin untill it knows right from wrong. Good question! God bless.

Answer 5

The Bible isn't a historic previous e book. it is a compilation of documents of nuanced legends and suggestions. so which you get diverse variations of a narrative one after the different. you do no longer think of the Upanishads are additionally crammed with "contradictions" too? The e book have been written by many diverse people over the process centuries--the comparable with the OT and NT and the apocryphal books that weren't secure interior the Bible yet nonetheless performs a reliable place in specific Jewish and Christian people lifestyle and mysticism. you are able to call the nuanced passages contradictions or your can call them ameliorations of a topic. happens plenty in mythology. the factor is to determine previous the literalism and hair splitting and locate meaning interior the allegories (or no longer--existence is going on).

Answer 6

There is no contradiction. Christians do not escape sin but realize that when they sin they cease to have fellowship with God. Virtue and sin distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil.

A habitual sinner is a child of the devil, while a child of God, who by definition is in fellowship with God, cannot sin.

You have to read the whole chapter to get the thrust of John's teaching.

Answer 7

the first are all from letters I will not read them all but they are letters written by men and not Gods word. we will never be perfect ( sinless) but we must try to be as close to god as we can be.
1John 3
4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. 9 Those who are born of God will not continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Those who do not do what is right are not God's children; nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.

Answer 8

Didn't I answer this already?
Scripture shows both sides of the equation, our sinning, and our redemption. When you take things in CONTEXT they make sense. What is the author talking about? Is he talking about our SIN NATURE or about how HE can REDEEM US into a sinless life?
I could easily show you what appears to be contradictions, but when you study what is going on, they don't contradict at all. But I'll let you figure this one out first.

Answer 9

I don't know any Christians. If you're asking this question of church folks, well okay. They don't know the Bible well, however.

Of the deepest darkest parts of the Bible they have no awareness.

Answer 10

You ain't seen nothin' yet...

Bible contradictions: http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html



Looking at these other answers. I see that George Orwell's 'doublethink' is alive and well in Christendom. Sin is sin... until you say the magic words... then sin isn't sin anymore.

"Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy." ~ Andy Devine