Cross-Reference Analysis
Cross-Reference Analysis — Ephesians — English → Dogri
Methodology and Scope
This document catalogs every Old Testament quotation and allusion, every messianic reference, every typological pattern, and every substantive parallel to other curricula in this language pair (at present, only the Romans Language Package exists as an established baseline) across the entire book of Ephesians, chapters 1–6. Citations are normalized to the form Book Chapter:Verse (e.g. “Ephesians 2:1”, “Genesis 15:6”) for consistent lookup across Phase 2 tooling. No chapter is silently skipped; chapters with fewer direct OT citations are explicitly marked “reviewed — allusive/typological content only.”
Translation sensitivity ratings use the same tiers as doctrine_risk_registry.json (Critical / High / Medium / Low) and reflect risk of collision with the same live comparative-religion landscape documented throughout the baseline: the Vaishno Devi mannat vow-economy, Raghunath Mandir/Bahu Fort idol- and goddess-power devotion, Dogra Rajput lineage-honor (izzat) and caste (jaati) stratification, and the Baba Jitto folk-martyr self-sacrifice tradition.
PART A — Direct Old Testament Quotations in Ephesians
| Ephesians Passage | OT Source (normalized) | Quotation Type | Theme | Related Character(s) | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 2:13, 2:17 | Isaiah 57:19 | Direct quotation (“peace to those far off and those near”) | Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | Christ; Jews and Gentiles | High. “Far off/near” must be rendered as covenantal-relational distance from God, not geographic pilgrimage-distance to a shrine (cf. the Vaishno Devi yatra, where “near/far” carries a literal pilgrimage-proximity sense). Consistent with reused गैर-यहूदी (Gentiles) and शान्ति (peace, baseline Medium). |
| Ephesians 2:20 | Isaiah 28:16 / Psalm 118:22 | Allusive quotation (cornerstone) | The Mystery of Christ Revealed; Church as Body of Christ | Christ (the stone); apostles and prophets (the foundation) | High. Same OT source-complex is quoted in Romans 9:33 (Isaiah 28:16 + Isaiah 8:14) and echoed in 1 Peter 2:6-8. Must render कोने दा मुक्ख पत्थर consistently with any future rendering of Romans 9:33’s “stone of stumbling” material, and must not be conflated with a consecrated foundation-stone ritual (shilanyas/bhoomi pujan) at a temple site such as Raghunath Mandir. |
| Ephesians 4:8 | Psalm 68:18 | Direct quotation, Pauline application (LXX wording adapted: “gave gifts to men” rather than the MT/LXX’s “received gifts among men”) | Gifts for Building Up the Church | Christ (ascended, triumphant) | High. Translators must preserve Paul’s applied wording (“he gave gifts”) rather than “correcting” it to the more familiar Psalm wording (“received tribute/gifts”); this is a deliberate Pauline theological point — Christ’s triumphal ascent results in gifts distributed to the church, not tribute exacted from a defeated foe. Flag for human theologian review if back-translation reverts to the Psalm’s original direction. |
| Ephesians 4:25 | Zechariah 8:16 | Direct quotation (“let each speak truth with his neighbor”) | Gifts for Building Up the Church; Walking in Newness of Life | — | Low-Medium. Straightforward ethical exhortation; uses सच्चाई (truth, Low-Medium per glossary). |
| Ephesians 4:26 | Psalm 4:4 (LXX) | Direct quotation (“be angry and do not sin”) | Walking in Newness of Life | — | Medium. Anger permitted but bounded; must not be read through an izzat-defense lens that would justify honor-driven anger/retaliation as righteous. |
| Ephesians 5:31 | Genesis 2:24 | Direct quotation (“a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”) | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships; The Mystery of Christ Revealed | Adam; the first marriage; typologically, Christ and the church | High. The quotation is applied typologically (v.32, “this mystery is great… concerning Christ and the church”) — translators must preserve both the literal marriage referent and its typological extension to Christ/church; do not flatten to a marriage-only proverb. See Typology, Part D, below. |
| Ephesians 6:2-3 | Exodus 20:12 / Deuteronomy 5:16 | Direct quotation, with Paul’s added comment (“this is the first commandment with a promise”) | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | — | Medium. इज्जत करो (honor) rendering must be taught as loving respect flowing from the commandment, not reinforcement of Dogra Rajput lineage-status enforcement; see 08 glossary note. |
PART B — Old Testament Allusions by Chapter
Ephesians 1 — Blessing, Election, the Mystery of God’s Plan
| Passage | OT Allusion | Theme | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 1:4 | Genesis 1:1 (“before the foundation of the world”) | Election and Predestination in Christ | Medium — must read as personal, pre-temporal divine purpose, not an impersonal cosmic cycle (guard against जुग/yuga framing, as already flagged in 07 for “age” in Ephesians 2:2). |
| Ephesians 1:4-5 | Deuteronomy 7:6-8 (Israel’s election “not because you were more numerous… but because the LORD loved you”) | Election and Predestination in Christ | High — election “in Christ” extends and is patterned after, but is not identical to, Israel’s national election; must not be read through Dogra Rajput lineage/birthright logic. |
| Ephesians 1:6-7 | Isaiah 42:1 / Psalm 2:7 (the “Beloved” figure) | Sonship of Christ (background); Election | High — “beloved” status is given to believers in the Beloved Son, not earned devotional favor. |
| Ephesians 1:10 | Isaiah 2:2-4 (eschatological gathering of the nations); cf. Genesis 12:3 | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | Medium — cosmic unification under Christ, not a syncretistic gathering of all deities/traditions into one pantheon. |
| Ephesians 1:13 | Ezekiel 9:4 (marking/sealing of the faithful) | Gifts for Building Up the Church | High — an invisible, Spirit-given mark, not a visible ritual/caste mark (tilak, sacred thread); see 08 glossary “sealed.” |
| Ephesians 1:17 | Isaiah 11:2 (“spirit of wisdom and understanding”) | Election and Predestination in Christ | Medium. |
| Ephesians 1:20-22 | Psalm 110:1 (session at God’s right hand) and Psalm 8:6 (“put all things under his feet”) | Lordship of Christ; Deity of Christ | Critical — both psalms are messianic enthronement texts already active in Romans (Romans 8:34 alludes to Psalm 110:1; cf. 1 Corinthians 15:25-27, Hebrews 1:13, 2:6-8). Rendering of “seated… far above all rule and authority” must retain exclusive, cosmic Lordship — see प्रभु consistency rule, Part F below. |
Ephesians 2:1-10 (Core Passage) — Reviewed for OT Background
The core passage contains no direct OT quotation but stands on substantial OT/theological background:
| Passage | OT Background | Theme | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 2:1-3 | Genesis 2:17 / 3:19 (death as consequence of sin); Psalm 51:5 (sinful from conception) | Salvation by Grace through Faith | High — spiritual death, not karmic residue; see 07/08 “dead (in sin).” |
| Ephesians 2:3 | Numbers 14:18 / Exodus 34:6-7 (God’s character: patient, yet not overlooking sin — background to ὀργή) | Salvation by Grace through Faith | High — wrath as righteous and judicial, not capricious; must not be read as needing appeasement via a vow/offering. |
| Ephesians 2:8-9 | Deuteronomy 9:4-6 (Israel warned not to attribute conquest to their own righteousness); Isaiah 64:6 (“our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment”) | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Critical — direct conceptual parallel to Romans 4:4-5 and Romans 11:5-6 (baseline Critical passages for grace). Rendering-consistency rule in Part F. |
| Ephesians 2:10 | Isaiah 64:8 (“we are the clay, and you are our potter… the work of your hand”) | Salvation by Grace through Faith | High — believers as God’s handiwork (ποίημα); consistent with the baseline’s caution that good works are the fruit, never the cause, of salvation. |
Ephesians 2:11-22 — One New Humanity
| Passage | OT Allusion | Theme | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 2:12 | Amos 9:11-12 / Isaiah 49:6 (Gentile inclusion promised, formerly excluded) | Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | High. |
| Ephesians 2:14 | Micah 5:5 (“he shall be their peace”); Isaiah 9:6 (“Prince of Peace”) | Messianic Promise; Unity of Jews and Gentiles | Critical — Christ himself, not a negotiated settlement, is the peace; see मेल-मिलाप (reconciliation) note in 08 glossary. |
| Ephesians 2:14-15 | The Jerusalem Temple’s physical “soreg” barrier separating the Court of the Gentiles (contemporary background, not a scriptural quotation, but the referent of “dividing wall”) | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | High — extends directly to caste-wall (jaati) mentality; see 07/08 “dividing wall.” |
| Ephesians 2:19-22 | Ezekiel 40-48 (vision of a future temple/dwelling of God among his people); 1 Kings 8:10-13 (Solomon’s temple dedication, God’s glory filling the house) | Church as Body of Christ; The Mystery of Christ Revealed | Critical — the church, not a building, is now God’s dwelling; NEVER मंदर. Extra translator-note discipline required per 08 glossary “holy temple.” |
Ephesians 3 — The Mystery Revealed and Paul’s Prayer (reviewed — allusive/typological content only; no direct OT quotations)
| Passage | OT Allusion | Theme | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 3:2-6 | Genesis 12:3 / Genesis 17:4-5 (Abrahamic promise of blessing to “all the families of the earth” / “father of many nations”) | The Mystery of Christ Revealed; Unity of Jews and Gentiles | High — the “mystery” is the long-promised, now-disclosed fulfillment of this Abrahamic scope, not a new or separate revelation contradicting the Old Testament. |
| Ephesians 3:9 | Daniel 2:28-29, 2:47 (God who “reveals mysteries”) | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | High — reinforces भेद (mystery) as disclosed plan, explicitly not रहस्य’s esoteric/initiate-only connotation; see 07/08 glossary note. |
| Ephesians 3:14-15 | Psalm 68:5-6 / Genesis 2:24 (God as father of a household/family) | Election and Predestination in Christ | Medium. |
Ephesians 4 — Unity, Gifts, and the New Self
| Passage | OT Allusion / Quotation | Theme | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 4:8 | Psalm 68:18 (direct quotation — see Part A) | Gifts for Building Up the Church | High (see Part A entry). |
| Ephesians 4:24 | Genesis 1:26-27 (mankind created in God’s image/likeness) | Walking in Newness of Life | High — the “new self” is renewed after the pattern of the imago Dei, restoring rather than replacing what Genesis establishes; must not be confused with a caste-linked or ritually re-conferred identity. |
| Ephesians 4:25 | Zechariah 8:16 (direct quotation — see Part A) | Walking in Newness of Life | Low-Medium (see Part A). |
| Ephesians 4:26 | Psalm 4:4 (direct quotation — see Part A) | Walking in Newness of Life | Medium (see Part A). |
| Ephesians 4:30 | Isaiah 63:10 (“they grieved his Holy Spirit”) | Gifts for Building Up the Church | Critical — direct conceptual echo: the Holy Spirit is grievable because personal; reinforces baseline’s Critical Holy Spirit entry (never शक्ति/impersonal force). |
Ephesians 5 — Walking in Love and Light; the Christ-Church Marriage Mystery
| Passage | OT Allusion / Quotation | Theme | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 5:2 | Exodus 29:18; Leviticus 1:9; Psalm 40:6-8 (sacrificial “pleasing aroma” language) | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | Critical — Christ’s self-offering fulfills the OT sacrificial system; must be explicitly distinguished from the local Baba Jitto folk-martyr self-sacrifice tradition (see 07/08 glossary). |
| Ephesians 5:5 | Exodus 20:3-5 / Deuteronomy 5:7-9 (prohibition of idolatry) | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Critical — मूरतां दी पूजा rendering carries exceptional regional sensitivity (Raghunath Mandir, Bahu Fort, Vaishno Devi murti devotion); mandatory theologian review and pastoral-sensitivity framing note, per 08 glossary. |
| Ephesians 5:8 | Isaiah 60:1-2 / Isaiah 9:2 (light/darkness contrast, dawning messianic light) | Walking in Newness of Life | Medium-High. |
| Ephesians 5:14 | Composite allusion: Isaiah 60:1, Isaiah 26:19, Isaiah 51:17 (“Awake, O sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you”) | Walking in Newness of Life; Resurrection motif (cf. baseline) | High — introduced with “for this reason it says,” functioning as a quotation though its precise single source is debated; must not be rendered with पुनर्जन्म-adjacent “awakening” language that could suggest a rebirth-cycle idiom. Flag for theologian review given resurrection-adjacent phrasing. |
| Ephesians 5:18 | Proverbs 23:31 (warning against wine); contrast background | Gifts for Building Up the Church | Critical — Spirit-filling contrasted with drunkenness; must not be rendered so as to evoke Shakta possession-trance devotion (jagrata); see 08 glossary “be filled with the Spirit.” |
| Ephesians 5:22-33 | Genesis 2:18-24 (creation ordinance of marriage); Hosea 2:19-20; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 62:5; Ezekiel 16 (covenant marriage metaphor between God/Israel) | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships; The Mystery of Christ Revealed | High — see Typology, Part D. |
| Ephesians 5:31 | Genesis 2:24 (direct quotation — see Part A) | Household Codes; Mystery of Christ Revealed | High (see Part A). |
Ephesians 6 — Household Obedience, Spiritual Warfare, and Closing
| Passage | OT Allusion / Quotation | Theme | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 6:2-3 | Exodus 20:12 / Deuteronomy 5:16 (direct quotation — see Part A) | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | Medium (see Part A). |
| Ephesians 6:4 | Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (parental instruction of children, the Shema pattern) | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | Low-Medium. |
| Ephesians 6:5-8 | Leviticus 25:39-43 (regulation of Hebrew bondservice, background contrast) | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | High — historical institution requiring careful pastoral framing; see 08 glossary “bondservants/masters.” |
| Ephesians 6:9 | Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 10:17; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Job 34:19 (God’s impartiality) | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships; Universal Human Accountability (Romans-linked) | High — extends directly to caste (jaati) impartiality; consistent with Romans’ universal_human_accountability doctrine (baseline High). |
| Ephesians 6:11-17 | Isaiah 11:5 (righteousness as belt/sash); Isaiah 59:17 (breastplate of righteousness, helmet of salvation — the Divine Warrior); Isaiah 52:7 (“how beautiful are the feet… who publish peace”); Isaiah 49:2 (sword imagery) | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | High — the “Divine Warrior” imagery is reapplied to the church’s spiritual (not martial) struggle; must be taught as explicitly non-literal given Dogra Rajput martial/warrior-caste honor tradition. See 07/08 glossary “whole armor of God.” |
| Ephesians 6:12 | Daniel 10:12-13, 20-21 (angelic conflict behind earthly events); Psalm 82:1 (divine council); 1 Kings 22:19-23 | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Critical — a real, personal, organized fallen spiritual hierarchy, engaged only through Christ’s finished victory; never through exorcism ritual, evil-eye charms, or appeasement offerings. See 07/08 glossary “principalities, powers…” |
| Ephesians 6:19 | Daniel 2:28-29, 47 (mystery revealed) | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | High — consistent with भेद (mystery) usage established in chs. 1 and 3. |
PART C — Messianic References Summary
| Ephesians Passage | Messianic Theme | OT Root Text(s) | Cross-Curriculum Link (Romans) | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 1:3-14 | Christ as mediator of the Abrahamic blessing extended to all peoples | Genesis 12:3 | Romans 4:16-17 (Abraham as father of all who believe) | High — reinforces universal_scope_of_gospel doctrine (baseline High). |
| Ephesians 1:20-22 | Christ’s messianic enthronement and cosmic Lordship | Psalm 110:1; Psalm 8:6 | Romans 8:34 (Christ “at the right hand of God”) | Critical — प्रभु consistency; see lordship_of_christ (baseline Critical). |
| Ephesians 2:14-18 | Christ himself as the promised Prince of Peace, uniting Jew and Gentile | Micah 5:5; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 49:6 | Romans 15:8-12 (Isaiah/Psalm catena on Gentile inclusion) | Critical — see unity_of_jews_and_gentiles (baseline High) and messianic_promise (baseline Critical). |
| Ephesians 2:20 | Christ as the promised cornerstone | Isaiah 28:16; Psalm 118:22 | Romans 9:33 (Isaiah 28:16 + Isaiah 8:14 combined) | High — rendering-consistency rule, Part F. |
| Ephesians 3:6 | Gentiles as “fellow heirs” fulfilling the Abrahamic promise | Genesis 12:3; Genesis 17:4-5 | Romans 4:13-16; Romans 11:17-24 (olive tree) | High. |
| Ephesians 4:8 | Christ’s triumphal ascent and gift-giving | Psalm 68:18 | (no direct Romans parallel; consistent with resurrection_of_christ and lordship_of_christ, baseline Critical) | High. |
| Ephesians 5:14 | Christ as dawning messianic light over the dead/sleeping | Isaiah 60:1; Isaiah 26:19 | Romans 13:11-12 (“the day is at hand… put on the armor of light”) | High — see resurrection_of_christ caution (never पुनर्जन्म-adjacent phrasing). |
| Ephesians 5:23, 25 | Christ as Savior and self-giving Head of the church, his bride | Isaiah 54:5; Hosea 2:19-20 | Romans 5:8 (Christ’s death “for us”) | Critical — उद्धारकर्ता (Savior) exclusivity, per 08 glossary. |
PART D — Typological Patterns
| Type (OT) | Antitype (Ephesians) | Passages | Doctrine | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam, the first man, whose disobedience brought death to all | The “old self” put off; corporate humanity re-created in Christ, the pattern of the “new self” | Ephesians 2:1-3; 4:22-24 | Salvation by Grace through Faith; Walking in Newness of Life | High — directly parallels Romans 5:12-21’s Adam-Christ typology (baseline-adjacent; not itself a baseline term but must be taught consistently with Romans’ Adam-Christ contrast). A once-for-all identity change, not a seasonal/ritual costume-change. |
| Solomon’s Temple / Ezekiel’s future temple, the localized dwelling-place of God’s glory | The church, corporately, as God’s Spirit-indwelt dwelling place | Ephesians 2:19-22 | Church as Body of Christ | Critical — NEVER मंदर; NEVER framed as parallel to prana-pratishtha idol-consecration. |
| Israel’s exodus redemption from slavery in Egypt, purchased by blood (the Passover) | Believers’ redemption (ἀπολύτρωσις) through Christ’s blood | Exodus 6:6; Exodus 15:13 ↔ Ephesians 1:7, 1:14, 4:30 | The Mystery of Christ Revealed; Salvation by Grace through Faith | Critical — छुटकारा; NEVER मुक्ति (rebirth-cycle liberation), per baseline salvation entry. |
| The marriage covenant between YHWH and Israel (Hosea, Ezekiel 16, Isaiah 54, 62) | The marriage covenant between Christ and the church | Ephesians 5:22-33 | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships; The Mystery of Christ Revealed | High — Genesis 2:24 is quoted (5:31) and then explicitly reinterpreted typologically (5:32, “this mystery is great”); both the literal marriage referent and the Christ/church referent must be preserved together, not collapsed into either alone. |
| The Divine Warrior of Isaiah, arrayed for cosmic combat on Israel’s behalf (Isaiah 11:5; 59:17; 52:7) | The individual believer/church arrayed in “the whole armor of God” for spiritual (not national-military) combat | Ephesians 6:10-17 | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | High — spiritual, not literal martial, valor; must not be read through the lens of Dogra Rajput warrior-caste honor (izzat) or endorse physical violence. |
| Israel as God’s chosen, covenant people, historically marked off from the nations by circumcision and law | ”One new man” — Jew and Gentile united as a single new humanity in Christ, superseding the old ethnic-covenantal boundary marker | Ephesians 2:11-22 | Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | High — direct parallel and extension of Romans 9-11’s olive-tree argument; must retain full doctrinal force against caste/lineage stratification. |
PART E — Parallels to the Romans Language Package (and Future Curricula)
At present, Romans is the only other curriculum with an established Dogri Language Package for this language pair; all parallels below are load-bearing for translation-memory consistency. This table should be re-consulted and extended as future curricula (e.g., Galatians, Colossians) are added.
| Ephesians Passage | Shared Doctrine/Theme | Romans Parallel Passage | Consistency Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 2:1-10 (whole core passage) | Salvation by grace, through faith, not works | Romans 3:24; Romans 4:4-5; Romans 11:5-6 | The Dogri renderings of grace (बिना कमाई दित्ती दया), faith (भरोसा), and works-exclusion logic MUST be identical in wording and register to their Romans occurrences. This is the single highest-priority consistency requirement in this curriculum. |
| Ephesians 1:4-5, 1:11 | Election/predestination “in Christ” | Romans 8:28-30; Romans 9:11-13; Romans 11:5-6, 11:29 | परमेश्वर दी चोन (election) and the new term पहले थमां ठहराना (predestined) must cohere: predestined describes God’s prior determination, election describes his personal choosing act — keep both distinct from किस्मत (fate) in every occurrence, per baseline providence/election entries. |
| Ephesians 2:11-22 | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | Romans 3:29-30; Romans 9-11 (esp. 11:17-24, olive tree); Romans 15:7-12 | गैर-यहूदी (Gentiles) reused exactly. Where Romans 15:8-12’s OT catena (Deuteronomy 32:43; Psalm 117:1; Isaiah 11:10; Psalm 18:49) is eventually translated, ensure “nations” terminology matches Ephesians 2:11-22’s usage. |
| Ephesians 4:22-24 | Old self / new self; identity in Christ | Romans 6:1-11; Romans 8:1; Romans 12:5 (christian_identity_in_christ, baseline High) | पुराना मनुक्ख / नमां मनुक्ख must be understood as the Ephesians-specific vocabulary for the same doctrine Romans expresses through “dead to sin, alive to God” and “in Christ.” Do not introduce a third competing phrase. |
| Ephesians 4:11 | Spiritual gifts / ministry offices | Romans 12:6-8 (spiritual_gifts, baseline Medium) | आत्मिक दान reused exactly; भेजेआ होया (apostle) and नबी (prophet) reused exactly; new office-terms (evangelist, pastor, teacher) must sit within the same semantic family without collapsing into a guru-veneration register. |
| Ephesians 5:21-6:9 | Household relationships and authority structures | Romans 13:1-7 (government/authority, baseline “Flag but allow native speaker review”) | Both passages address submission to legitimate authority; the household code must not import Romans 13’s civil-government register wholesale, but the underlying izzat/honor-culture sensitivity flag applies to both. |
| Ephesians 6:11-17 | Armor/warfare imagery | Romans 13:12 (“put on the armor of light”) | Ensure शस्तर (armor) terminology, if reused for Romans 13:12 in any future re-translation, matches परमेश्वर दे सारे शस्तर established here. |
| Ephesians 2:3, 5:6 | Wrath of God | Romans 1:18; Romans 2:5; Romans 5:9 | क्रोध reused exactly; both curricula must teach wrath as righteous/judicial and satisfied in Christ, never appeased through vow/offering logic. |
| Ephesians 1:7; 4:30 | Redemption | (Romans does not use ἀπολύτρωσις directly as a headword, but the underlying doctrine parallels Romans 3:24’s “redemption that is in Christ Jesus,” already folded into the baseline’s justification/salvation cluster) | छुटकारा is a new headword for this curriculum; ensure it is cross-linked to, and never substituted for, उद्धार (salvation) or धर्मी ठहराए जाना (justification). |
| Ephesians 2:8-9 | Imputed righteousness / works excluded | Romans 4:1-8 (citing Genesis 15:6); baseline term imputed_righteousness (गिनी गेई धरमीपन) | Ephesians 2:9’s “not of works, so that no one may boast” must reinforce, not duplicate with different wording, the Romans 4 doctrine already anchored to गिनी गेई धरमीपन. Where this passage is taught alongside Romans 4, use identical illustrative language. |
PART F — Rendering-Consistency Rules for Shared Quotations
- Isaiah 28:16 / Psalm 118:22 (cornerstone) — appears functionally in both Romans 9:33 and Ephesians 2:20. Once Romans 9:33 is rendered in any Dogri material, कोने दा मुक्ख पत्थर (or its Romans equivalent) must match exactly. Until Romans 9:33 is itself translated under this Language Package, record कोने दा मुक्ख पत्थर as the provisional standard and flag for harmonization when Romans 9:33 is processed.
- Psalm 110:1 (Christ seated at God’s right hand) — appears in Romans 8:34 and Ephesians 1:20. Both occurrences must use identical phrasing for “seated at the right hand,” anchored to प्रभु for Christ’s Lordship (never महाराजा).
- Genesis 15:6 / imputed righteousness doctrine — while not directly quoted in Ephesians, the doctrine underlying Ephesians 2:8-9 is the same doctrine anchored to गिनी गेई धरमीपन in the Romans baseline. Any lesson-level cross-reference must use identical explanatory language for “credited, not earned” righteousness.
- Isaiah 57:19 (peace far/near) — unique to Ephesians in this curriculum pair; establishes शान्ति’s extended sense (relational nearness to God, not geographic pilgrimage-proximity) for any future curriculum that also engages Ephesians 2:11-22’s argument.
- Genesis 2:24 (one flesh) — quoted in Ephesians 5:31; if any future curriculum (e.g., a Genesis or Song of Solomon module) also renders this verse, the wording इक जिस्म and the surrounding clause structure must match exactly, since Ephesians deliberately reuses the verse for typological argument.
- Exodus 20:12 / Deuteronomy 5:16 (honor father and mother) — quoted in Ephesians 6:2-3; if a future curriculum on the Decalogue is produced, इज्जत करो must match exactly here, with the added Pauline comment (“the first commandment with a promise”) rendered as a distinct clause, not merged into the commandment text itself.
- General rule — all baseline Critical/High terms retained from Romans (grace, faith, salvation, righteousness, gospel, holy, saints, sanctification, adoption, church, calling/election, gentiles, lord, holy_spirit, father, peace, spiritual_gifts, fellowship, power_of_god, jesus, god, sin, imputed_righteousness): every occurrence in Ephesians, whether or not tied to a direct OT quotation, must use the exact Romans-baseline rendering with zero deviation, per
translation_memory.jsonenforcement rules already established in12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
Summary
Ephesians’ OT engagement is concentrated in three clusters: (1) enthronement/cornerstone psalms establishing Christ’s cosmic Lordship (ch. 1, ch. 2:20, ch. 4:8), (2) prophetic peace/inclusion oracles fulfilling Gentile incorporation (ch. 2:11-22), and (3) ethical-household quotations (ch. 4-6) drawing directly on the Decalogue, wisdom literature, and prophetic marriage-covenant imagery. The single most consequential cross-curriculum consistency requirement is Ephesians 2:8-9’s restatement of the Romans 3-4 grace/faith/works doctrine, which must be taught and rendered as one continuous doctrine across both curricula, not as two independently-arrived-at formulations.