Cross-Reference Analysis
Cross-Reference Analysis — Ephesians (Full Book) | English → Dutch
Method and Scope
This document maps every Old Testament quotation and allusion, every messianic reference, every typological pattern, and every substantive parallel to the Romans baseline curriculum, across all six chapters of Ephesians, first to last, per PRD Phase 1 Step 3. Citations are given in normalizable “Book chapter:verse” form (e.g., “Genesis 2:24,” “Ephesians 6:15”) so that Phase 2 tooling can programmatically match references across documents. Dutch book-name conventions and citation-formatting rules are given in Section F. All Dutch term renderings cited below reuse the locked baseline translation_memory.json and the Ephesians-specific terms established in 08_core_glossary.md exactly; no new renderings are proposed here — this document’s purpose is relational (cross-reference), not lexical.
Doctrine abbreviations, consistent with prior documents: SGF = Salvation by Grace through Faith · EPC = Election and Predestination in Christ · CBC = Church as Body of Christ · UJG = Unity of Jews and Gentiles · MCR = Mystery of Christ Revealed · SWA = Spiritual Warfare/Armor of God · HCR = Household Codes · GBC = Gifts for Building Up the Church · WNL = Walking in Newness of Life.
SECTION A — Cross-Reference Matrix, Chapter by Chapter
Chapter 1
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 1:3-14 | EPC — berakah/blessing structure | God the Father, Christ | Formal parallel to Jewish berakah prayer form (cf. Genesis 24:27; Numbers 6:24-26 priestly blessing pattern); NT parallel 2 Corinthians 1:3 | Medium — must read as doxological praise, not a legal-contract enumeration of benefits |
| Ephesians 1:4 | EPC — unconditional election | God, “us” (believers) | Typological escalation of Deuteronomy 7:6-8 (God’s choice of Israel apart from merit); direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 9:11-13 | Critical — reuse baseline “election” (verkiezing) note in full |
| Ephesians 1:5 | EPC — predestination to adoption | God, believers | Direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 8:29-30 (foreknown-predestined-called-justified-glorified chain) | Critical — see baseline note on “voorbestemd” |
| Ephesians 1:7 | SGF — redemption by blood | Christ | Typological fulfillment of Exodus 6:6, 15:13 (redemption from Egypt); Leviticus 25 (kinsman-redeemer, go’el); parallels Romans 3:24-25 | High — see glossary caution on “verlossing” vs. “behoud” |
| Ephesians 1:9-10 | MCR — mystery of cosmic unity | God, Christ | Echoes Daniel 2:28-29 (mystery disclosed by God); contrasts Deuteronomy 29:29 (hidden things belong to God) as the pattern now reversed in revelation | Critical — “verborgenheid” must signal disclosed, not ongoing, secret |
| Ephesians 1:13-14 | EPC/WNL — sealing and guarantee | Holy Spirit, believers | Typological echo of Genesis 17 (circumcision as covenant seal); direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 4:11 (seal of righteousness) and Romans 8:16, 8:23 (Spirit’s witness, firstfruits) | High — “verzegeld”/“onderpand”; see glossary notes |
| Ephesians 1:17 | EPC — Spirit of wisdom | Holy Spirit, believers | Echoes Isaiah 11:2 (Spirit resting on the messianic shoot: wisdom, understanding) — believers derivatively share the messianic Spirit-endowment | Medium |
| Ephesians 1:20-22 | CBC/Christology — enthronement and headship | Christ, church | Quotes/echoes Psalm 110:1 (session at God’s right hand; cf. Romans 8:34, Matthew 22:44) and Psalm 8:6 (“under his feet”; cf. 1 Corinthians 15:27, Hebrews 2:6-8) — Psalm 8’s Adam-dominion language applied to Christ as last Adam, paralleling Romans 5:12-21’s Adam-Christ typology | High — “hoofd”/“lichaam”; messianic enthronement fused with cosmic-dominion typology |
Chapter 2 (includes core passage vv. 1-10)
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 2:1-3 | SGF — universal deadness in sin | Humanity, “the ruler of the power of the air” (Satan) | Thematic parallel to Romans 1:18-3:20, especially the OT catena in Romans 3:10-18 (Psalm 14:1-3; Psalm 5:9; Psalm 140:3; Isaiah 59:7-8); typological background in Genesis 3 (the Fall) | High — “dood,” “zonde,” “van nature”; see glossary |
| Ephesians 2:4-7 | SGF — co-resurrection with Christ | Christ, believers | Direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 6:4-11 (union with Christ’s death/resurrection); typological echo of Ezekiel 37:1-14 (dry bones raised to life) | High — “met Christus levend gemaakt,” “behouden” |
| Ephesians 2:8-9 | SGF — grace/faith/not-works antithesis | Believers | Direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 3:27-28, 4:4-5, 11:6; background logic of Genesis 15:6 (Abraham’s faith credited as righteousness, quoted at Romans 4:3) though not directly cited here | Critical — “genade,” “geloof,” “werken,” “gave” |
| Ephesians 2:10 | SGF/WNL — new creation for good works | Believers | Reapplies Genesis 1-2 creation vocabulary (“workmanship,” “created”); parallels Romans 8:29-30 (foreordained purpose); resonance with Jeremiah 1:5 and Psalm 139:13-16 (God’s prior knowledge/formation of persons) | High — “maaksel,” “geschapen,” “goede werken” |
| Ephesians 2:11-13 | UJG — Gentile exclusion and inclusion | Gentiles, Israel | Sets up the explicit quotation at v.17; background in Deuteronomy 4:7 (God’s covenantal nearness to Israel) | High — “vreemdelingen,” “heidenen” |
| Ephesians 2:14-16 | UJG/SGF — Christ our peace; reconciliation | Christ | Typological fulfillment of Isaiah 9:6-7 and Micah 5:5 (messianic peace); direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 5:1 (peace through justification) and Romans 11:17-24 (olive-tree unity of Jew and Gentile) | Critical — “vrede,” “verzoenen,” “nieuwe mens” |
| Ephesians 2:17 | UJG — proclamation of peace | Christ | Quotes Isaiah 57:19 (“peace to him who is far and to him who is near”) and echoes Isaiah 52:7 (gospel of peace) — the same verse Romans 10:15 quotes directly | Critical — shared quotation with Romans; see Section E rule 1 |
| Ephesians 2:19-20 | CBC/UJG — household of God, cornerstone | Apostles, prophets, Christ | Echoes/quotes Isaiah 28:16 and Psalm 118:22 (cornerstone) — the same OT text Romans 9:33 quotes directly (combined with Isaiah 8:14) | Critical — shared OT text with different application; see Section E rule 2 |
| Ephesians 2:21-22 | CBC — church as temple | God, church | Typological fulfillment of 1 Kings 8 (Solomon’s temple dedication) and Ezekiel 37:27, 43:7 (God dwelling among his people) | Medium — “tempel,” “woonplaats” |
Chapter 3
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 3:1-13 | MCR — mystery and Paul’s stewardship | Paul | Echoes Daniel 2:19-30 (mystery revealed to a chosen servant); direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 11:25 and Romans 16:25-26 (Paul’s other named “mysteries”) | Critical — same Greek term (mystērion) across both curricula; lock “verborgenheid” |
| Ephesians 3:6 | UJG/EPC — Gentiles as fellow heirs | Gentiles, Abraham (implicit) | Typological fulfillment of Genesis 12:3 and 22:18 (Abrahamic promise to bless “all nations/families”); direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 4:13-17 (Abraham heir of the world) and Galatians 3:8-9, 14, 29 | High — “medeerfgenamen” |
| Ephesians 3:14-15 | EPC/CBC — Fatherhood wordplay | God the Father | Wordplay on Genesis 12:3’s “families of the earth” (patria/pater); background in Psalm 68:5-6 (God as Father) | Low-Medium |
| Ephesians 3:20-21 | EPC/MCR — closing doxology | God | Structural parallel to Romans 11:33-36 and Romans 16:25-27 (doxologies closing major theological units) | Medium — see Section E rule 9 |
Chapter 4
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 4:1-6 | CBC/UJG — sevenfold unity formula | Believers | Background echo of Deuteronomy 6:4 (the Shema, “the LORD is one”); direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 12:4-5 (one body, many members) | Medium |
| Ephesians 4:8 | CBC/GBC — Christ’s ascension gifts | Christ | Quotes Psalm 68:18, adapting its wording (“gave gifts to men” rather than the source’s “received gifts among men”) — a deliberate messianic reapplication of a divine-victory psalm | High — do not “correct” Paul’s wording toward the OT source; see Section E rule 4 |
| Ephesians 4:11 | GBC — fivefold gifts list | Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers | Direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 12:6-8’s differently-itemized gift list (same GBC doctrine, different specific gifts) | Medium — see Section D |
| Ephesians 4:24-25 | WNL — new self, truthful speech | Believers | Quotes Zechariah 8:16 (“speak the truth to one another”) | Low |
| Ephesians 4:26 | WNL — righteous anger | Believers | Quotes Psalm 4:4 (LXX numbering) | Low |
| Ephesians 4:28 | WNL — honest labor | Believers | Thematic echo of Proverbs 6:6-11 (diligence); not a direct quotation | Low |
Chapter 5
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 5:2 | WNL/SGF — Christ’s self-offering | Christ | Typological fulfillment of Leviticus 1:9, 13, 17 and Exodus 29:18 (burnt-offering “pleasing aroma” formula); parallels Romans 12:1 (“living sacrifice”) and Romans 3:25 (propitiation) | Medium |
| Ephesians 5:14 | WNL/MCR — “Awake, O sleeper” | Christ | Composite allusive quotation/hymn drawing on Isaiah 60:1 and Isaiah 26:19 / 9:2 (light-and-resurrection imagery); likely an early Christian hymn citing Isaiah rather than a single verbatim OT verse | High — represent as Scripture-saturated hymnic material; do not force-match to one exact verse |
| Ephesians 5:22-24 | HCR — wife/husband, church/Christ | Christ, church, husband, wife | Foundational background in Genesis 2:18-24 (creation order, “helper,” one-flesh union); loosely parallels Romans 7:2 (marriage-bond illustration) | High — see glossary “hypotassō”/“kephalē” cautions |
| Ephesians 5:25 | HCR — Christ’s self-giving love for the church | Christ | Typological escalation of the OT marriage-covenant metaphor for God and Israel (Hosea 1-3; Ezekiel 16; Isaiah 54:5, 62:5); parallels Romans 5:8 | High |
| Ephesians 5:31 | HCR/MCR — one-flesh union | Adam, Eve (implicit) | Quotes Genesis 2:24 directly, already typologically escalated by Jesus (Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7-8) before Paul’s further Christ-and-church application | Critical — lock “één vlees” for reuse in any future curriculum quoting this verse |
| Ephesians 5:32 | MCR/HCR — marriage as type of Christ and the church | Christ, church | Marriage functions as the type; Christ-and-church is the fulfilled reality it always anticipated | Critical — reuse “verborgenheid”; retain revealed-truth sense |
Chapter 6
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 6:1-3 | HCR — the fifth commandment | Children, parents | Quotes Exodus 20:12 / Deuteronomy 5:16 directly (“the first commandment with a promise,” per Paul’s own gloss) | High — align Dutch book names/citation format with any Decalogue citation in Romans 13:9; see Section E rule 5 |
| Ephesians 6:5-9 | HCR — slaves and masters | Slaves (doulos), masters | Background contrast with Levitical slave law (Leviticus 25:39-46) and Exodus 21:1-11, which distinguish Israelite servitude from surrounding chattel-slavery practice; NT parallel in Philemon and 1 Corinthians 7:21-22 (outside this curriculum pair) | High — see glossary note on Dutch VOC/WIC colonial-slavery history |
| Ephesians 6:10-17 | SWA — armor of God | Believers, the Divine Warrior (Yahweh/Messiah) | Direct dependence on Isaiah 11:5 (“righteousness the belt”), Isaiah 59:17 (“breastplate of righteousness… helmet of salvation”), and Isaiah 52:7 (“feet… gospel of peace”); deuterocanonical parallel in Wisdom of Solomon 5:17-20 | Critical — armor terms must render per the exact locked baseline TM words (gerechtigheid, evangelie, vrede, geloof, behoud); see Section E rule 6 |
| Ephesians 6:12 | SWA — cosmic powers | Evil spiritual powers | Background in Daniel 10:12-13, 20-21 (angelic princes over nations) and Psalm 82:1 (divine council imagery); direct terminological parallel to Romans 8:38 (same ἀρχαί/δυνάμεις word family) | High — see Section E rule 8; must not conflate with civil government |
| Ephesians 6:15 | SWA/UJG — shoes of the gospel of peace | Believers | Echoes/quotes Isaiah 52:7, the same verse Romans 10:15 quotes directly (“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things”) | Critical — dedicated rendering-consistency rule; see Section E rule 1 |
| Ephesians 6:21-22 | GBC — Tychicus as messenger | Tychicus, Paul | Follows the same epistolary commendation-convention as the greetings list in Romans 16 (e.g., Phoebe) | Low |
SECTION B — Messianic References Summary
| Reference | Passage | Nature of Messianic Claim | Dutch Rendering Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalm 110:1 | Ephesians 1:20 | Christ’s session at God’s right hand — royal-priestly enthronement | Reuse existing Dutch rendering conventions for “right hand” (rechterhand) consistently with any future Psalms curriculum |
| Psalm 8:6 | Ephesians 1:22 | Christ as the last Adam exercising the dominion originally given to humanity | ”onder Zijn voeten” — must retain cosmic-dominion sense, not narrow military conquest |
| Isaiah 9:6-7 / Micah 5:5 | Ephesians 2:14 | Christ as the promised messianic peace-bringer | Ties directly to the locked “vrede” (peace) TM term |
| Isaiah 28:16 / Psalm 118:22 | Ephesians 2:20 | Christ as the cornerstone of God’s new building/people | Same OT text as Romans 9:33; see Section E rule 2 for the ecclesiological-vs-soteriological application distinction |
| Isaiah 11:2 | Ephesians 1:17 | The Spirit’s messianic wisdom-endowment shared derivatively with believers | Low risk; standard rendering |
| Isaiah 60:1, 26:19, 9:2 | Ephesians 5:14 | Christ as the light who awakens the spiritually dead, fulfilling Isaiah’s light-to-darkness promise | High risk — composite/allusive; footnote rather than force a single verse match |
| Isaiah 11:5 / 59:17 / 52:7 | Ephesians 6:14-17 | The armor of God transfers Yahweh’s own end-time Divine Warrior equipment to believers, participating in Christ’s character and victory | Critical — armor-piece nouns locked to Romans TM |
| Psalm 68:18 | Ephesians 4:8 | Christ’s ascension as a victorious king distributing gifts, reapplying a psalm of divine triumphal procession | High — preserve Paul’s adapted wording |
SECTION C — Typological Patterns
- Adam/Last Adam — Ephesians 2:1-3 (“dead… by nature”) and 4:22-24 (“old self/new self”) depend on the Genesis 3 Fall and the Adam-Christ contrast fully developed in Romans 5:12-21; Ephesians 1:22 (Psalm 8:6) and 2:15 (new humanity) present Christ as the last Adam who both exercises the dominion Adam forfeited and creates the humanity Adam’s fall corrupted.
- Israel’s Election → Church’s Election — the pattern of Deuteronomy 7:6-8 (God’s unmerited choice of Israel) is escalated in Ephesians 1:4-5, not replacing Israel’s election (cf. Romans 11:1-2, 28-29) but extending its logic to include Gentile believers “in Christ” — requiring careful non-supersessionist framing consistent with the baseline’s Israel/UJG sensitivity notes.
- Exodus Redemption → Christ’s Redemption — Ephesians 1:7’s “redemption through his blood” typologically escalates the Exodus 6:6/15:13 redemption-from-Egypt pattern into a redemption from sin, paralleling Romans 3:24’s use of the same imagery.
- Tabernacle/Temple → Church — Ephesians 2:19-22 presents the church as the typological fulfillment of the OT tabernacle/temple (1 Kings 8; Ezekiel 37:27, 43:7): no longer a building in Jerusalem but a Spirit-indwelt people composed of Jew and Gentile together.
- Marriage Covenant (Israel as Bride) → Christ and the Church — Ephesians 5:25-32 escalates the OT marriage-covenant metaphor for Yahweh and Israel (Hosea 1-3; Ezekiel 16; Isaiah 54:5, 62:5) and the foundational Genesis 2:24 one-flesh pattern into the Christ-and-church relationship, with human marriage now functioning as a derivative sign pointing back to this greater reality.
- Divine Warrior → Believer’s Armor — Ephesians 6:10-17 takes armor originally predicated of Yahweh himself (Isaiah 11:5; 59:17) and, by extension, of his messianic agent, and applies it to ordinary believers who share derivatively in Christ’s own victory and character.
- Abrahamic Promise → Gentile Inclusion — Ephesians 3:6’s “fellow heirs” typologically fulfills Genesis 12:3’s promise that all nations would be blessed through Abraham’s seed, paralleling Romans 4:13-17 and Galatians 3:8-9, 14, 29.
SECTION D — Parallels to the Romans Curriculum
| Ephesians Passage | Ephesians Doctrine | Romans Parallel Passage | Romans Doctrine (per baseline registry) | Rendering-Consistency Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 1:4-5 | EPC | Romans 8:29-30; 9:11-13 | Effectual Calling / Election | Both must render “verkiezing”/“voorbestemd” per the Canons of Dort emphasis; no softening toward foreseen choice in either curriculum |
| Ephesians 1:7 | SGF | Romans 3:24-25 | Salvation / Grace | ”Verlossing” (Ephesians, apolytrōsis) is a distinct Greek term from “behoud” (sōtēria); do not let reviewers treat these as interchangeable |
| Ephesians 1:13-14 | EPC/WNL | Romans 8:16, 23 | Providence / Assurance of Salvation | ”Verzegeld”/“onderpand” and “Geest Zelf getuigt”/“eerstelingen” should be recognized by readers as the same Spirit-guarantee theme |
| Ephesians 2:1-3 | SGF | Romans 1:18-3:20; 3:23 | Universal Human Accountability | ”Zonde,” “dood,” “van nature” must reinforce, not soften, culpable guilt in both curricula (colloquial “zonde = pity” drift risk applies equally here) |
| Ephesians 2:4-7 | SGF | Romans 6:4-11 | Christian Identity in Christ | ”Met Christus levend gemaakt” and “opgewekt” must draw on the same “opstanding” word family locked in the baseline |
| Ephesians 2:8-9 | SGF | Romans 3:27-28; 4:4-5; 11:6 | Grace / Justification | Grace-works antithesis vocabulary (“genade,” “werken,” “roemen”/“boasting”) must be identical in force across both curricula |
| Ephesians 2:11-22 | UJG | Romans 9-11 (esp. 11:17-24 olive tree; 3:29-30) | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | Both curricula must handle Israel/Gentile material with the baseline’s flagged historical awareness (WWII history, Christian Zionism) |
| Ephesians 2:20 | UJG/CBC | Romans 9:33 | Universal Scope of the Gospel (stumbling-stone) | Same OT text (Isaiah 28:16), different application — see Section E rule 2 |
| Ephesians 3:6 | UJG/EPC | Romans 4:13-17 | Faith / Abrahamic inheritance | ”Medeerfgenamen” and “erfgenaam” word families should align |
| Ephesians 3:20-21 | EPC/MCR | Romans 11:33-36; 16:25-27 | Providence (doxology) | Maintain identical elevated doxological register; see Section E rule 9 |
| Ephesians 4:4-6 | CBC | Romans 12:4-5 | Church as God’s People | ”Eén lichaam” formula must match register |
| Ephesians 4:11 | GBC | Romans 12:6-8 | Spiritual Gifts | Different specific gift-lists, same doctrine; “genadegaven” framing (grace-given, not natural talent) must be identical |
| Ephesians 4:22-24 | WNL | Romans 6:4 (“wandelen in nieuwheid van het leven”) | Christian Identity in Christ | Lock “wandelen” as the shared verb for habitual conduct across both curricula |
| Ephesians 5:21-33 | HCR | Romans 13:1-7 (structurally, submission-to-authority theme); Romans 7:2 (marriage bond) | (No direct baseline doctrine; adjacent to Romans’ authority material) | Flag HCR material for the same human-theologian-level review rigor the baseline applies to Romans 13 |
| Ephesians 6:1-3 | HCR | Romans 13:9 (Decalogue citation) | Fulfillment of Prophecy / Law | Identical Dutch book-name and citation conventions for Exodus/Deuteronomium across curricula |
| Ephesians 6:10-17 | SWA | Romans 13:12 (“armor of light,” a related but distinct image); Romans 8:31-39 (Assurance) | Assurance of Salvation | Armor-piece nouns locked to baseline TM; note Romans 13:12’s “wapens van het licht” is a related but non-identical image — do not conflate |
| Ephesians 6:12 | SWA | Romans 8:38 | Providence / Assurance of Salvation | Same Greek word family (ἀρχαί, δυνάμεις); must be marked supra-human/cosmic in both, never civil government |
| Ephesians 6:15 | SWA/UJG | Romans 10:15 | Evangelism | Direct shared OT quotation (Isaiah 52:7); see Section E rule 1 |
SECTION E — Rendering-Consistency Rules for Shared Quotations
These rules govern any segment in either the Ephesians or Romans curriculum that touches the following shared or parallel Old Testament material. They must be loaded alongside translation_memory.json for Phase 2 processing of Ephesians.
- Isaiah 52:7 (“good news of peace,” quoted directly at Romans 10:15; echoed at Ephesians 2:17 and 6:15): the pairing “evangelie” + “vrede” must appear in the same collocation in both curricula. Do not vary word order (e.g., “vrede van het evangelie” vs. “evangelie van de vrede”) between documents without an explicit reviewer note explaining the syntactic reason.
- Isaiah 28:16 / Psalm 118:22 (cornerstone): quoted directly with soteriological force at Romans 9:33 (“stumbling stone… whoever believes will not be put to shame”) and applied ecclesiologically at Ephesians 2:20 (the church’s foundation). Use “hoeksteen” consistently for ἀκρογωνιαῖος/λίθον ἀκρογωνιαῖον in both places. Reserve “struikelblok” / “steen des aanstoots” exclusively for the Romans 9:33 stumbling-stone sense; never apply it to Ephesians 2:20’s foundation-stone sense, and never apply “hoeksteen” alone to Romans 9:33 without the stumbling-stone qualifier that Paul’s own context requires there.
- Genesis 15:6 / grace-through-faith logic (quoted directly at Romans 4:3; underlying but not directly quoted at Ephesians 2:8-9): the grace/faith/works antithesis vocabulary (“genade,” “geloof,” “werken,” “roemen”) must carry identical doctrinal force in both curricula. Do not introduce new synonyms for “werken” (e.g., “prestaties,” “verdiensten”) not already present in the baseline glossary.
- Psalm 68:18 (quoted with deliberate adaptation at Ephesians 4:8): Paul’s wording (“gave gifts to men”) differs from the MT/LXX source (“received gifts among/from men”). Translators must follow Paul’s NT wording exactly, per established HSV/NBV practice, and must not “correct” the Dutch rendering back toward the Psalm’s original sense. A translator note should flag this adaptation for reviewer awareness but the note itself must not appear in the final text.
- Exodus 20:12 / Deuteronomy 5:16 (Decalogue, quoted at Ephesians 6:2-3; cf. Romans 13:9’s citation of adjacent Decalogue commandments): use identical Dutch book names (“Exodus,” “Deuteronomium”) and identical citation formatting across both curricula. Align “eren” (honor) and “gehoorzamen” (obey) with any existing Heidelberg-Catechism-informed rendering conventions already established for law-related material in the Romans package.
- Genesis 2:24 (quoted directly at Ephesians 5:31): lock “één vlees” as the single permanent Dutch rendering of the “one flesh” phrase for reuse in any future curriculum quoting this verse (e.g., a Genesis, Song of Songs, or 1 Corinthians curriculum). Do not alternate with “één lichaam.”
- μυστήριον / mystērion (Ephesians 1:9; 3:3-9; 5:32; parallel usages at Romans 11:25 and Romans 16:25): lock “verborgenheid” as the single rendering across the entire Ephesians and Romans corpus. Never alternate with “geheim” or the Latinate “mysterie,” regardless of which document is being processed.
- ἀρχαί / ἐξουσίαι power-language (Ephesians 1:21; 3:10; 6:12; parallel at Romans 8:38 and, in a different civil-authority sense, Romans 13:1): maintain the baseline’s existing disambiguation — “overheden”/“machten” refer to civil government only in Romans 13:1-7 contexts, and must be explicitly, contextually marked as supra-human/cosmic spiritual powers in Ephesians 1:21, 3:10, 6:12, and the parallel Romans 8:38 passage. Add a disambiguating gloss at the first occurrence in each document.
- Doxology formulas (Romans 11:33-36; Romans 16:25-27; Ephesians 3:20-21): maintain a consistently elevated, liturgical Dutch register (comparable to HSV/NBV doxological style) across all three passages; do not flatten any of them into plain declarative prose.
- περιπατέω / “wandelen” (newness-of-life vocabulary) (Romans 6:4’s “wandelen in nieuwheid van het leven”; Ephesians 2:10; 4:1, 17; 4:22-24; 5:2, 5:8): keep “wandelen” as the single verb rendering περιπατέω consistently across both curricula’s entire corpus, since this verb is the organizing behavioral metaphor spanning both letters.
SECTION F — Citation Normalization Conventions
- All Scripture references in TRI analysis artifacts use normalizable “Book chapter:verse” form with full English book names (e.g., “Ephesians 2:8,” “Genesis 2:24,” “Isaiah 52:7,” “Psalm 68:18,” “Exodus 20:12,” “Deuteronomy 5:16,” “Zechariah 8:16,” “Daniel 10:13,” “Micah 5:5”). Verse numbers remain Arabic numerals throughout, matching the baseline’s YouVersion-alignment rule.
- In final Dutch-facing output (Phase 2 documents, footnotes, cross-references visible to end readers), citations follow the baseline’s Dutch book-name conventions, extended for this curriculum with the following additional OT books referenced in Ephesians: Genesis = Genesis; Exodus = Exodus; Leviticus = Leviticus; Deuteronomy = Deuteronomium; Psalms = Psalmen; Isaiah = Jesaja; Daniel = Daniël; Micah = Micha; Zechariah = Zacharia. The NT book itself renders as “Efeziërs.”
- Dutch citation format mirrors the baseline exactly: “Efeziërs 2:8,” “Genesis 2:24,” “Jesaja 52:7” — book name, space, chapter, colon, verse, Arabic numerals.
- Where a single English verse citation covers a range spanning a doctrinally significant unit (e.g., the core passage “Ephesians 2:1-10”), use hyphenated ranges without spaces around the hyphen, consistent with the baseline’s “Romans 5:15-17” style.
- When a passage is quoted in both Ephesians and Romans documents (see Section E), the citation to the OT source must be identical in both, character-for-character, to support automated cross-reference validation in Phase 2 tooling.
This document must be loaded alongside 07_semantic_analysis.md, 08_core_glossary.md, and the baseline translation_memory.json / bible_term_registry.json before Phase 2 translation of any Ephesians segment containing Old Testament quotation, allusion, or typological material.