A short video can make a sweeping theological claim sound obvious: Jesus never condemned homosexuality, the argument goes, but Paul did. Therefore, Paul must have contradicted Jesus—and Christians should trust Jesus instead.
The claim is designed to feel simple. Its consequences are not. If one apostle’s teaching can be discarded whenever it conflicts with modern preferences, what keeps the rest of Scripture from being judged by the same standard?
This argument is appearing in online discussions that portray Paul as a false teacher who corrupted Jesus’ message. The dispute often centers on sexuality, but the deeper issue is biblical authority. The question is whether Christians receive the whole counsel of God—or select the passages that feel acceptable to the age.
Jesus and Paul were not rivals
Jesus did not teach that only His recorded sayings carry divine authority. He affirmed the authority of the Scriptures and taught that He came not to abolish the Law and the Prophets, but to fulfill them (Matthew 5:17). When asked about marriage, He pointed back to Genesis: God made humanity male and female, and a man and woman become one flesh (Matthew 19:4–6). He also warned against sexual immorality (Matthew 15:19).
Paul’s teaching did not arrive as a competing message. Paul described his gospel as something received through a revelation of Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:11–12). The book of Acts presents the risen Christ commissioning him to carry the gospel to the nations (Acts 9:15). And Peter, writing to the church, referred to Paul’s letters and warned that some people twist them, “as they do the other Scriptures” (2 Peter 3:15–16).
Peter’s warning is particularly relevant. He did not tell Christians to discard Paul because his letters were difficult. He warned them to recognize that Scripture can be distorted.
Silence is not a veto
The argument that Jesus never explicitly addressed a subject therefore Paul must be wrong rests on a faulty assumption: that Jesus’ recorded words are the only words Christians should treat as authoritative. The New Testament presents a broader picture. Jesus commissioned His apostles to teach, and the apostles understood themselves to be witnesses speaking under His authority.
A subject does not become morally acceptable simply because the Gospels do not record Jesus addressing it by name. Jesus did not need to repeat every commandment or answer every future argument in a separate sermon. His teaching on marriage, sexual immorality, and the authority of Scripture belongs in the same Bible as Paul’s letters.
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