聖書の中に矛盾があると感じたときは

In my experience the practice changes before the understanding does. The grammatical explanation is long, so I'll just give the conclusion.

This is how my tradition explains it, but it is not the only explanation available. The short answer is that scripture itself does not settle this; several readings coexist. The grammatical explanation is long, so I'll just give the conclusion.

The original language has a wider range of meaning than the English suggests.