Cross-Reference Analysis
Cross-Reference and Theme Analysis — 1 Peter (English → French)
Curriculum: 1 Peter 1–5
Core passage: 1 Peter 1:3–9
Purpose: Full-book matrix of every Old Testament quotation and allusion, every messianic reference and typological pattern, and every parallel to the baseline Romans curriculum, with rendering-consistency rules for quotations shared between the two curricula. Citations are given in normalized English-style form (Book Chapter:Verse) for cross-referencing; the French Book Name Reference table at the end maps these to the established French Bible-citation convention already fixed by the baseline (12_ai_translation_requirements.md, Cross-Reference Preservation Rules).
Legend
- [REUSE] — term/rendering already fixed in the baseline
translation_memory.json; must be used exactly. - Risk tiers follow the baseline Critical/High/Medium/Low framework (
doctrine_risk_registry.json). - ⇄ Romans — flags a direct cross-curriculum parallel (shared OT quotation, shared doctrine, or shared theological vocabulary) with the Romans Language Package.
Chapter 1 — Cross-Reference Matrix
| Passage (1 Peter) | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:1 | Divine Calling / Election; identity as sojourners | Peter (author); “elect exiles” (church) | Allusion: Israel’s Dispersion/Diaspora experience (cf. Deuteronomy 28:64, Jeremiah 29:14, Nehemiah 1:9); NT parallel: James 1:1 “to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion” | High. Metaphorical extension of Israel’s exile identity to Gentile-inclusive church. Must not read as ethnic replacement of Israel; footnote as deliberate Petrine metaphor. Cf. baseline’s Israël sensitivity note. |
| 1:2 | Election / Foreknowledge; Sanctification; Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | God the Father; the Spirit; Jesus Christ | Allusion: Sinai covenant-ratification blood (Exodus 24:8, “sprinkled the blood on the people… Behold the blood of the covenant”); ⇄ Romans 8:29 (foreknowledge, προγνώσις) and Romans 9:11-13 (election prior to works) | High. “Prescience” (πρόγνωσις) sits on the same Jansenist-adjacent fault line as the baseline’s “élection” entry. Route with identical High-risk handling. |
| 1:3 | Living Hope of the Resurrection | God the Father; Jesus Christ | NT parallel: ⇄ Romans 6:4 (resurrection ground of new life), Romans 8:24-25 (hope); no direct OT quotation, but the “living hope” concept echoes OT resurrection hope (Job 19:25-27; Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:2) | High. “Espérance vivante,” never “espoir.” Anchor of curriculum’s core passage; must render identically wherever quoted across future lessons (see Consistency Rule 1 below). |
| 1:6-7 | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | Believers under trial | Allusion: gold refined by fire (Job 23:10; Proverbs 17:3; Zechariah 13:9; Malachi 3:2-3) | Medium. “L’authenticité éprouvée” descriptive phrase required; no single French noun captures the metallurgical image, but the OT refining-fire background should be footnoted for teaching. |
| 1:10-12 | Inspiration of Scripture; Fulfillment of Prophecy | OT prophets; angels | General allusion to OT prophetic anticipation of Messiah’s sufferings and glory (cf. Isaiah 53; Psalm 22); ⇄ Romans 1:2 (“promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures”) and Romans 16:25-26 | Medium. Parallel structure to Romans’ own prophecy-fulfillment framing; keep “prophètes” [REUSE] and “prophétie” [REUSE] consistent with baseline rendering. |
| 1:15-16 | Holiness in Conduct | Believers; God | Direct quotation: Leviticus 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7 — “Be holy, for I am holy” | High. This is a formal OT quotation, not merely an allusion; must be rendered as a recognizable citation (see Consistency Rule 2). “Saint” [REUSE]; anchor for “conduite” (ἀναστροφή) motif across 1:15, 1:18, 2:12, 3:1-2, 3:16. |
| 1:17 | Universal Human Accountability (adjacent); Fear of God | God as impartial judge | Allusion: God’s impartial judgment (Deuteronomy 10:17; 2 Chronicles 19:7); ⇄ Romans 2:11 (“God shows no partiality”) | Medium. “Craindre Dieu” (fear God) must be framed as reverent awe, not servile terror, consistent with Romans’ pastoral tone. |
| 1:18-19 | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | Jesus Christ (the Lamb) | Typology: Passover lamb (Exodus 12:5, “without blemish”); sacrificial-lamb requirement (Leviticus 22:19-21); Isaiah 53:7 (“like a lamb led to slaughter”); ⇄ Romans 3:24-25 (redemption, propitiation) | Critical. “Agneau sans défaut et sans tache” — never “immaculé” (Marian collision, per baseline forbidden-substitution logic). λυτρόω “racheté” distinct from but complementary to Romans’ grace/justification cluster. |
| 1:20 | Providence; Incarnation | Jesus Christ | Allusion: eternal foreordination of the Messiah (cf. Isaiah 46:10; Acts 2:23); ⇄ Romans 8:3 (God sending his Son “in the flesh”) | Medium. “Prévu avant la fondation du monde” reinforces the baseline’s incarnation entry — guard against “incarner” (role-playing) drift. |
| 1:23 | Living Hope (motif); Regeneration | Believers | Typology: imperishable seed (cf. Isaiah 40:6-8, quoted directly in 1:24-25 below); NT parallel: John 1:13 (born of God), James 1:18 | Medium. “Semence impérissable” and “parole vivante” — keep visually part of the “living” motif cluster (espérance vivante 1:3; parole vivante 1:23; pierre vivante 2:4). |
| 1:24-25 | Living Hope; Inspiration of Scripture | — | Direct quotation: Isaiah 40:6-8 — “All flesh is like grass… but the word of the Lord remains forever” | High. Formal OT quotation; must render “toute chair est comme l’herbe… mais la parole du Seigneur demeure éternellement” recognizably matching the Ésaïe 40 wording used in the Romans curriculum’s citation conventions (Isaiah = Ésaïe, per baseline). See Consistency Rule 2. |
Chapter 2 — Cross-Reference Matrix
| Passage (1 Peter) | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:3 | Living Hope; Faith | Believers; the Lord | Direct quotation: Psalm 34:8 — “taste that the Lord is good” | Low. Stable idiom; “goûté combien le Seigneur est bon.” |
| 2:4 | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | Jesus Christ (living stone) | Composite OT background for the full catena in 2:4-8 (see below) | High. “Pierre vivante” — Christological anchor of the “living” motif; see Chapter 2 glossary entry. |
| 2:6 | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood; Messianic Promise | Jesus Christ | Direct quotation: Isaiah 28:16 — “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious… whoever believes in him will not be put to shame” | CRITICAL — ⇄ Romans. This exact verse is also quoted in Romans 9:33, forming part of Paul’s own stone-catena (Isaiah 28:16 + Isaiah 8:14). The French rendering of Isaiah 28:16 MUST be identical across both curricula. See Consistency Rule 3. |
| 2:7 | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | Jesus Christ; unbelievers | Direct quotation: Psalm 118:22 — “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone” | High — ⇄ Romans/Gospels. Also quoted by Jesus (Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17) and Peter’s own sermon (Acts 4:11). Not directly quoted in the Romans package, but the messianic-rejection motif parallels Romans 9:32-33’s stumbling-stone argument. Render “pierre d’achoppement/pierre angulaire” consistently. |
| 2:8 | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood; Universal Human Accountability | Unbelievers | Direct quotation: Isaiah 8:14 — “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense” | CRITICAL — ⇄ Romans. Also quoted in Romans 9:33 as the second half of Paul’s composite citation. French rendering must match the Romans curriculum’s rendering of this same verse exactly. See Consistency Rule 3. |
| 2:9 | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | The church (new covenant people) | Composite quotation/allusion: Exodus 19:5-6 (“a kingdom of priests, a holy nation”); Isaiah 43:20-21 (“the people I formed for myself”); Deuteronomy 7:6 / 14:2 (chosen people) | CRITICAL. “Sacerdoce saint / sacerdoce royal / peuple élu / nation sainte” — the letter’s doctrine-title phrase itself. Requires explanatory teaching note distinguishing Peter’s corporate sense from (a) ordained Catholic priesthood and (b) individualist over-reading. |
| 2:10 | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood; Unity of Jews and Gentiles (adjacent) | The church (formerly Gentile outsiders) | Direct quotation: Hosea 1:6, 9; 2:23 — “Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy” | CRITICAL — ⇄ Romans. This exact Hosea passage is also quoted in Romans 9:25-26, where Paul applies it to God’s mercy extended to Gentiles alongside the remnant of Israel. The French rendering of Hosea 1:6/2:23 MUST match the Romans curriculum’s rendering exactly, since both curricula apply the same OT text to the same theological point (God’s sovereign, undeserved mercy constituting a people). See Consistency Rule 4. Note also the shared term miséricorde (mercy, 1 Peter 1:3) here recurring. |
| 2:11 | Holiness in Conduct | Believers (as ψυχή) | Echo of patriarchal “sojourner/stranger” self-description (Genesis 23:4; Psalm 39:12; Psalm 119:19) | Medium. “Étrangers et voyageurs” reinforces 1:1’s Dispersion motif; “âme” [cf. glossary] here in its whole-person sense. |
| 2:12 | Holiness in Conduct; Mission to the Nations | Believers; “the Gentiles” (pagan onlookers) | Allusion: “day of visitation” (cf. Isaiah 10:3; Luke 19:44); ⇄ Romans 2:24 (Gentiles blaspheming God’s name because of Jewish hypocrisy — inverse-parallel logic: here believers’ good conduct silences slander) | Medium. “Païens” [REUSE] per baseline note — carries pejorative connotation in modern French; consider “les nations” in mission-emphasis framing per baseline’s existing caution. |
| 2:13-17 | Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance | Civil authorities; emperor; governors | NT parallel: ⇄ Romans 13:1-7 — the single closest doctrinal parallel between the two curricula (submission to governing authorities). No direct OT quotation. | High. Must render consistently with Romans 13’s established treatment of civil authority; the doctrine-risk registry already flags Romans 13:1-7 for native-speaker review (“government/authority” flag) — extend the same routing here. |
| 2:18-20 | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake; Submission | Household servants | No direct OT quotation; general wisdom parallel (cf. Proverbs on unjust suffering) | Medium. Frame historical household-slavery context explicitly for a modern French readership; do not let “se soumettre” [High risk] read as endorsement of abuse. |
| 2:21-25 | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | Jesus Christ (Suffering Servant) | Direct quotation/echo cluster from Isaiah 53: v.22 echoes Isaiah 53:9 (“he committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth”); v.23 echoes Isaiah 53:7 (silent before accusers); v.24 echoes Isaiah 53:4-5, 12 (bore our sins, wounds heal us); v.25 echoes Isaiah 53:6 (“like sheep going astray”) | CRITICAL — ⇄ Romans. This is the letter’s central Servant-typology passage. ⇄ Romans 4:25 (“delivered up for our trespasses”), Romans 5:8 (Christ died for us), Romans 8:3 (condemned sin in the flesh) share the same substitutionary logic though without directly quoting Isaiah 53. The Isaiah 53 wording itself (if directly cited in any lesson) must match established Ésaïe 53 French rendering conventions; “il a porté…sur le bois” retains ξύλον per convention. |
Chapter 3 — Cross-Reference Matrix
| Passage (1 Peter) | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:1-6 | Submission to Authority; Holiness in Conduct | Wives; Sarah; Abraham | Direct historical reference: Sarah calling Abraham “lord” (Genesis 18:12); typology of Sarah as exemplar of hope-filled submission | Medium. “Seigneur” [REUSE] here used of Abraham (lowercase “seigneur,” a human husband-address, NOT the divine title) — flag explicitly so translators do not capitalize or conflate with the Christological “Seigneur.” |
| 3:7 | Christian Identity in Christ; Adoption (adjacent) | Husbands; wives | No direct OT quotation; general creation-order allusion (Genesis 1:27, “fellow heir of the grace of life”) | Low. “Cohéritier(ère) de la grâce de vie” reinforces equal standing before God; parallel to Romans 8:17 (“fellow heirs with Christ”). |
| 3:8-9 | Mutual Edification; Elders and Humility (adjacent) | All believers | Allusion: “returning blessing for reviling” echoes Jesus’ teaching (Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27-28) and Joseph’s example (Genesis 50:20-21, evil returned with good) | Low. No unique risk beyond baseline’s exhort/edification entries. |
| 3:10-12 | Holiness in Conduct; Providence | Believers | Direct quotation: Psalm 34:12-16 — “Whoever desires to love life and see good days… For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous… but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil” | Medium. Formal quotation; render matching established Psalm 34 French wording where this curriculum overlaps devotionally with Psalms already rendered elsewhere; keep “Seigneur” [REUSE] consistent. |
| 3:13-14 | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | Believers | Allusion: Isaiah 8:12-13 (“have no fear of what they fear, nor be troubled… but regard the Lord as holy”) — v.14b directly anticipates the fuller echo at 3:14b-15 | High. “Souffrir pour la justice” — compounding baseline’s own High-risk note on “justice” (social-justice-activism misreading in contemporary French); gloss recommended. |
| 3:15 | Lordship of Christ; Evangelism | Jesus Christ | Continued echo of Isaiah 8:13, transposed Christologically (“sanctify the LORD of hosts” → “sanctify the Lord, [that is,] Christ”) | High. Direct Christological application of an OT YHWH-text to Jesus — a strong deity-of-Christ data point; flag for human theologian review alongside baseline’s existing Lordship-of-Christ entry. |
| 3:18 | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering; Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | Jesus Christ | ⇄ Romans 5:6-8 (“Christ died for the ungodly… while we were still sinners”); no direct OT quotation, but “righteous for the unrighteous” echoes Isaiah 53:11 (“the righteous one, my servant, shall make many to be accounted righteous”) | CRITICAL. “Une fois pour toutes…lui juste pour des injustes” — parallel substitutionary-atonement grammar to Romans 5, but this is the sharpest single-verse statement in either curriculum; preserve both ἅπαξ and ὑπέρ senses without softening. |
| 3:19-20 | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | Jesus Christ (in the Spirit); “spirits in prison”; Noah | Typology: Genesis 6:1-8 (“sons of God,” the flood generation); Noah as OT type of one preserved through water/judgment; NT parallel: 2 Peter 2:4-5 (angels who sinned, days of Noah), Jude 1:6 | CRITICAL. No OT text is directly quoted, but the Genesis 6 background is essential and must be footnoted. French Creed collision: “est descendu aux enfers” (Apostles’ Creed) and the Catholic limbes des Patriarches tradition must not be imported through word choice (“esprits en prison,” never “âmes aux enfers”). Requires human theologian review per prior semantic analysis. |
| 3:20-21 | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits; Salvation | Noah and his household | Typology: the Flood (Genesis 7-8) as a type (“antitype,” ἀντίτυπος) of baptism; water as an instrument of both judgment and salvation | CRITICAL — ⇄ Romans (adjacent). Baptismal-salvation language here must be read alongside but not conflated with Romans 6:3-4’s baptism-into-Christ’s-death imagery; the two passages use baptism typologically in different (complementary, not contradictory) registers — Romans emphasizes union with Christ’s death/resurrection, 1 Peter emphasizes the Noahic water-typology and the “appeal of a good conscience.” Peter’s own qualifying clause must always be included in the same translated unit. |
| 3:22 | Lordship of Christ; Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | Jesus Christ; angels, authorities, powers | Allusion: Psalm 110:1 (“Sit at my right hand”), the most-quoted OT verse in the NT | High — ⇄ Romans. Also alluded to in Romans 8:34 (“who is at the right hand of God”). The French rendering “la droite de Dieu” must match the Romans curriculum’s own rendering of this same Psalm 110:1 allusion exactly. See Consistency Rule 5. |
Chapter 4 — Cross-Reference Matrix
| Passage (1 Peter) | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:1 | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake; Christian Identity in Christ | Jesus Christ; believers | ⇄ Romans 6:1-11 — “died to sin,” union with Christ’s death, structurally parallel argument (suffering/dying with Christ as basis for a changed life) | Medium. Keep “souffrir/souffrance” consistent; note the structural (not verbal) parallel to Romans 6 for teaching cross-reference. |
| 4:6 | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | The dead (deceased believers); Christ | Companion passage to 3:19-20; no direct OT quotation | CRITICAL. Same interpretive spread as 3:19; must avoid smoothing toward a “second chance after death” reading (collision with popular French Catholic purgatoire notions) or a dismissive one. Human theologian review required. |
| 4:7 | Providence; Eschatology (adjacent) | Believers | Allusion: “the end of all things is at hand” — general OT/NT apocalyptic idiom (cf. Daniel; Joel 2; Matthew 24) | Low. “L’aboutissement de toutes choses” per glossary’s τέλος entry. |
| 4:8 | Mutual Edification; Christian Fellowship | Believers | Allusion: Proverbs 10:12 — “love covers all offenses” | Low. “L’amour couvre une multitude de péchés” — stable proverbial idiom in French as well. |
| 4:11 | Kingdom Mission (adjacent); Glory | God | Doxological formula echoing OT praise-patterns (cf. 1 Chronicles 29:11) | Low. “Gloire” [REUSE]. |
| 4:12-13 | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | Believers; Christ | ⇄ Romans 8:17-18 (“if children, then heirs… provided we suffer with him… the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory”) — the single closest thematic parallel to Romans in the entire letter | High. Direct doctrinal echo of Romans 8:17-18’s suffering-then-glory logic; ensure “gloire” [REUSE] and “souffrances” are handled with the same theological weight given to Romans 8 in the baseline (flagged for its pastoral high-use status). |
| 4:14 | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake; Holy Spirit | Believers | Echo: Isaiah 11:2 (“the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him”) transposed to believers as “the Spirit of glory… rests upon you”; ⇄ Matthew 5:11-12 (Beatitude on persecution) | Medium. “L’Esprit de gloire (et de Dieu) repose sur vous” — Esprit Saint [REUSE] conceptually present though the phrase is “Esprit de gloire,” not “Esprit Saint” verbatim; note for reviewers to avoid confusion. |
| 4:17-18 | Universal Human Accountability (adjacent); Suffering | Believers; “those who do not obey the gospel of God” | Direct quotation: Proverbs 11:31 (LXX) — “If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” | High. Formal OT quotation (LXX form). Must not be softened into a works-anxiety reading; “sauvé avec peine” needs a clarifying gloss that this describes the cost/severity of the righteous path through trials, not salvation by merit — guard the same grace/works line the baseline draws for Romans 4 and 11:5-6. |
| 4:19 | Providence | God (faithful Creator) | Echo: Psalm 31:5 (“Into your hand I commit my spirit”), also quoted by Jesus on the cross (Luke 23:46) | Low. “Créateur fidèle” — rare title, theologically rich; note for reviewers. |
Chapter 5 — Cross-Reference Matrix
| Passage (1 Peter) | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:1-4 | Elders and Humility | Peter (fellow elder); local elders; Jesus Christ (Chief Shepherd) | Typology: OT elder-office (Numbers 11:16-17; Exodus 18:21-22); prophetic indictment of false shepherds (Ezekiel 34:1-10; Jeremiah 23:1-4) contrasted with the true Shepherd; NT parallel: John 21:15-17 (Jesus to Peter, “Tend/shepherd my sheep”); Acts 20:17-28 (Paul’s charge to the Ephesian elders) | CRITICAL (5:2 ἐπισκοπέω). Never render with “épiscopat/évêque” vocabulary — anachronistic-office collision, per prior semantic analysis. “Ancien” [High risk] established Reformed French term but potentially unfamiliar to Catholic readers. |
| 5:5 | Elders and Humility; Grace | Younger believers; elders; God | Direct quotation: Proverbs 3:34 — “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” | High — parallel to James 4:6 (not in this curriculum, noted for reviewer awareness only). “Grâce” [REUSE, High risk]; the quotation reinforces the baseline’s core grace-apart-from-merit emphasis in a fresh pastoral context (elder/congregation humility, not soteriology narrowly, though the underlying principle is the same). |
| 5:6-7 | Providence; Christlike Endurance | Believers; God | Allusion: Psalm 55:22 (“Cast your burden on the Lord”); Psalm 37:5 (commit your way to the Lord) | Low. “Rejetez sur lui tous vos soucis” — stable devotional French. |
| 5:8 | Christlike Endurance | The devil (adversary) | Allusion: 1 Chronicles 21:1/Job 1-2 (Satan as accuser/adversary); “roaring lion” image echoes Psalm 22:13 (“they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion”) and Ezekiel’s judgment-lion imagery | Low. “L’adversaire…comme un lion rugissant” — stable idiom. |
| 5:10 | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake; Providence | God; believers | ⇄ Romans 8:28-30 (God’s purposive ordering of trial toward glory: “called…to his eternal glory”) | Medium. “Vous a appelés à sa gloire éternelle” — “appelés” [REUSE] must retain the same effectual-calling nuance as Romans 8:28-30 per the baseline’s context-sensitive note on “called.” |
| 5:12-13 | Christian Fellowship; Grace | Silvanus; Mark; the church “in Babylon” | Symbolic identification: Babylon as coded reference to Rome, echoing OT Babylon-as-oppressor-power motif (Isaiah 13-14; Jeremiah 50-51; Daniel); NT parallel: Revelation 17-18 (Babylon as end-time symbol) | Low. Historical/symbolic identification note only, not a translation difficulty; “Babylone” stable. |
| 5:14 | Christian Fellowship | Believers | Cultural custom parallel to Romans 16:16 (“Greet one another with a holy kiss”) | Low — ⇄ Romans. ⇄ Romans 16:16 uses the identical greeting formula; render “le baiser d’amour fraternel” consistently with however Romans 16:16’s “holy kiss” was rendered in that curriculum, since the custom-note (ancient Mediterranean greeting, not romantic) applies identically to both. |
Messianic and Typological Threads — Summary
| Type/Figure (OT) | Fulfillment/Antitype (1 Peter) | Key Citations | Doctrine Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passover lamb, unblemished sacrificial animal | Christ, the Lamb without blemish or spot | Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 22:19-21 → 1 Peter 1:18-19 | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering |
| Suffering Servant of the LORD | Christ’s silent, substitutionary suffering | Isaiah 53 → 1 Peter 2:21-25, 3:18 | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering |
| Rejected/chosen stone (Zion cornerstone) | Christ, the living stone, cornerstone and stumbling-stone | Isaiah 28:16; Psalm 118:22; Isaiah 8:14 → 1 Peter 2:4-8 | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood |
| Israel as a kingdom of priests and holy nation | The church as holy and royal priesthood, God’s own people | Exodus 19:5-6; Isaiah 43:20-21; Deuteronomy 7:6 → 1 Peter 2:9-10 | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood |
| Noah preserved through the floodwaters of judgment | Baptism as the antitype of the flood’s saving-through-water pattern | Genesis 6-8 → 1 Peter 3:20-21 | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits / Salvation |
| David’s enthronement at God’s right hand (royal psalm) | Christ exalted at God’s right hand, angels and authorities subjected | Psalm 110:1 → 1 Peter 3:22 | Lordship of Christ |
| Israel’s holiness code (“Be holy, for I am holy”) | The church’s call to holiness of conduct | Leviticus 11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7 → 1 Peter 1:15-16 | Holiness in Conduct |
| Shepherd-kings and false shepherds of Israel | Christ as Chief Shepherd; human elders as under-shepherds | Ezekiel 34; Jeremiah 23 → 1 Peter 5:1-4 | Elders and Humility |
| Israel’s exile/dispersion among the nations | The church as “elect exiles” scattered in the world | Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 29 → 1 Peter 1:1 | Divine Calling / Christian Identity |
Cross-Curriculum Parallels with Romans — Consolidated Table
| 1 Peter Passage | Romans Passage | Shared Element | Rendering-Consistency Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Peter 2:6, 2:8 | Romans 9:33 | Composite quotation: Isaiah 28:16 + Isaiah 8:14 (stone catena) | MUST be word-for-word identical French rendering of both Isaiah verses in both curricula. |
| 1 Peter 2:10 | Romans 9:25-26 | Direct quotation: Hosea 1:6, 9; 2:23 (“not my people… now God’s people”; “no mercy… now mercy”) | MUST be word-for-word identical French rendering of the Hosea text in both curricula; “miséricorde” consistent with 1 Peter 1:3’s rendering of ἔλεος. |
| 1 Peter 3:22 | Romans 8:34 | Allusion: Psalm 110:1, “at the right hand of God” | Render “à la droite de Dieu” identically in both curricula. |
| 1 Peter 2:13-17 | Romans 13:1-7 | Doctrine: Submission to civil authority | Apply the same review routing (native-speaker flag for government/authority segments) and the same non-absolutizing framing of human authority under God. |
| 1 Peter 4:12-13 | Romans 8:17-18 | Doctrine: suffering-then-glory sequence for those who share in Christ’s sufferings | Keep “gloire” [REUSE] and the suffering vocabulary theologically aligned; both passages ground present suffering in guaranteed future glory, not stoic endurance for its own sake. |
| 1 Peter 5:14 | Romans 16:16 | Cultural convention: “holy kiss” greeting formula | Render “le baiser (saint/d’amour fraternel)” consistently; same cultural-custom footnote in both curricula. |
| 1 Peter 1:2, 1:20 | Romans 8:29, 8:3 | Doctrine: foreknowledge/foreordination; Christ sent “in the flesh” | Keep “prescience” and “élection” [REUSE] vocabulary aligned with Romans 8-9’s election terminology; same High-risk routing. |
| 1 Peter 4:17-18 | Romans 11:5-6 | Doctrine: grace/works line; guard against merit-based misreading | Apply the same escalation rule as the baseline’s Romans 4:4-5/11:5-6 grace-contrast flag. |
| 1 Peter throughout (πάσχω, “suffer”) | Romans 5:3-5, 8:17-18 | Doctrine: suffering producing endurance/hope, not mere hardship | Keep vocabulary distinct from stoic-endurance secular French register; both curricula ground endurance Christologically. |
| 1 Peter 1:7 (δοκίμιον) | Romans 5:3-4 (δοκιμή) | Shared root: tested/proven character through trial | Note the etymological kinship for teaching purposes even though French renderings differ (“l’authenticité éprouvée” vs. Romans’ rendering of δοκιμή, if applicable) — flag for reviewer awareness of the shared Greek root. |
Rendering-Consistency Rules for Shared Quotations
- Living Hope core passage (1 Peter 1:3-9) rendering is fixed for this curriculum the moment it is finalized in Phase 2, exactly as the baseline fixes Romans 1:16-17, Romans 8:28, and Romans 10:9-10 as verbatim-consistent anchor verses. Any future 1 Peter lesson quoting 1:3-9 must reuse the identical French wording.
- Formal OT quotations introduced by a citation formula (e.g., “car il est écrit,” “comme le dit l’Écriture”) — such as Leviticus 11:44-45/1 Peter 1:16, Isaiah 40:6-8/1 Peter 1:24-25, Psalm 34/1 Peter 3:10-12, Proverbs 3:34/1 Peter 5:5, Proverbs 11:31/1 Peter 4:18 — must be rendered as recognizable, citation-quality French (matching established French Bible-translation register for that OT book), not paraphrased loosely, so that a francophone reader can locate the OT source.
- The Isaiah 28:16 + Isaiah 8:14 stone catena (1 Peter 2:6, 2:8 / Romans 9:33) requires the SAME French wording in both curricula without exception. This is the single highest-priority cross-curriculum consistency requirement identified in this analysis, since both curricula apply this catena to identical Christological claims (Christ as the rejected-yet-foundational stone).
- The Hosea 1:6/9, 2:23 quotation (1 Peter 2:10 / Romans 9:25-26) requires the SAME French wording in both curricula for the same reason: both apply it to God’s sovereign, mercy-based constitution of a people who were not previously God’s people.
- Psalm 110:1 allusion, “at the right hand of God” (1 Peter 3:22 / Romans 8:34): render “à la droite de Dieu” identically; do not vary with “à la droite du Père” in one curriculum and “à la droite de Dieu” in the other.
- When a term is fixed in the baseline
translation_memory.jsonand recurs in a 1 Peter OT quotation context (e.g., “Seigneur,” “gloire,” “saint,” “grâce,” “miséricorde” once fixed in this curriculum’s own TM extension), the baseline/curriculum rendering governs; do not introduce a quotation-context synonym for variety. - Where 1 Peter and Romans share a doctrine but NOT a direct verbal quotation (e.g., submission to authority, suffering-then-glory, grace-versus-works), exact wording need not match verbatim, but the theological substance and risk-tier routing must be handled identically across both curricula’s review processes.
French Book Name Reference (extending baseline convention)
| English | French (established convention) |
|---|---|
| Genesis | Genèse |
| Exodus | Exode |
| Leviticus | Lévitique |
| Numbers | Nombres |
| Deuteronomy | Deutéronome |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 Chroniques |
| Job | Job |
| Psalms | Psaumes |
| Proverbs | Proverbes |
| Isaiah | Ésaïe (per baseline’s Segond-aligned preference; note Isaïe variant for TOB/Jérusalem-register reviewers) |
| Jeremiah | Jérémie |
| Ezekiel | Ézéchiel |
| Daniel | Daniel |
| Hosea | Osée |
| Joel | Joël |
| Zechariah | Zacharie |
| Malachi | Malachie |
| Matthew | Matthieu |
| Mark | Marc |
| Luke | Luc |
| John | Jean |
| Acts | Actes |
| Romans | Romains |
| 1 Corinthians | 1 Corinthiens |
| 2 Corinthians | 2 Corinthiens |
| Ephesians | Éphésiens |
| Philippians | Philippiens |
| Colossians | Colossiens |
| Hebrews | Hébreux |
| James | Jacques |
| 1 Peter | 1 Pierre |
| 2 Peter | 2 Pierre |
| Jude | Jude |
| Revelation | Apocalypse (book title only — see baseline caution: never use “Apocalypse” as a rendering for ἀποκάλυψις within 1 Peter’s own text; the book title is a fixed proper-noun exception to that rule) |
This document extends 07_semantic_analysis.md and 08_core_glossary.md and must be read alongside them. All Critical/High-risk terms and quotations identified here carry the same review routing defined in the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json.