ContradictionsReading order 529Bible context 2 min read
Is it a a good thing to be childish?
Childhood is a positive model for receiving the kingdom and a negative model for immature understanding, with the latter distinction explicitly stated.
- Textual conflict
- Weak contradiction
- The supplied passages do not establish incompatible claims. Different events, meanings, or conditions may account for the difference.
- Importance
- Major
- A major event or claim with wider implications.
The texts commend receptivity and reject immature understanding, with Paul explicitly distinguishing dimensions of childhood rather than contradicting one uniform rule.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Entering the kingdom requires becoming like a child
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 18:3
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Matthew 18
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:14
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Matthew 19