Is it a good thing to be childish? View all View original

This Bible contradiction is from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.

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Yes, it is good to be childish.

Matthew 18:3 View context

And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:14 View context

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:15 View context

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

Luke 18:17 View context

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

No, it is not good to be childish.

1 Corinthians 13:11 View context

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

1 Corinthians 14:20 View context

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

Ephesians 4:14 View context

That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;