Cross-Reference Analysis
Cross-Reference Analysis: Ephesians (Old Testament Quotations, Allusions, Typology, and Cross-Curriculum Parallels)
Method and Scope
This document catalogs every identifiable Old Testament quotation and allusion in Ephesians 1–6, every messianic reference, every typological pattern, and every substantive parallel to the baseline Romans language package already governing this French translation memory. Citations are given in normalized English-style form (e.g., “Genesis 15:6”, “Isaiah 28:16”) for cross-referencing purposes; final French Scripture citation format follows the baseline’s convention (Romains 3:23 style — book name in French, colon-separated verse, Arabic numerals) at the point of Phase 2 translation.
Each row of the matrix records: the Ephesians passage, its theological theme, any named character(s) involved, the OT/NT connection, and a translation-sensitivity note keyed to the risk vocabulary already established in 07_semantic_analysis.md and 08_core_glossary.md. A dedicated final section states explicit rendering-consistency rules for quotations shared with the Romans baseline curriculum (or anticipated in future curricula), since the same translation_memory.json governs all curricula in this language pipeline.
PART A — Cross-Reference Matrix by Chapter
Chapter 1 (1:1–23)
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 1:3 | Doxological blessing formula | God the Father, Christ | Allusion: Psalm 41:13; Psalm 72:18-19; 1 Kings 8:15 (berakah blessing pattern) | Low. Standard doxological form; render “Béni soit le Dieu et Père…” matching established French liturgical/Bible cadence (Segond/TOB doxology style). |
| Ephesians 1:4 | Election “before the foundation of the world” | God, “us” (the church) | Allusion: Deuteronomy 7:6-8 (Israel’s election); Genesis 1:1 (creation horizon) | High. Same collision risk as baseline élection entry (political-election homograph); reinforce sovereign, gracious, pre-temporal choice, not merit or chance. |
| Ephesians 1:7 | Redemption “through his blood” | Christ | Allusion: Exodus 12:1-13 (Passover blood); Leviticus 17:11 (blood/atonement); Isaiah 53:5-6 | High. Rédemption [NEW, High per Glossary #50] — reinforce with “par son sang” to keep the historical, sacrificial referent concrete, not a vague pious abstraction. |
| Ephesians 1:9-10 | Mystery of God’s will, unifying “all things” | God, Christ | Allusion: Daniel 2:28-29, 47 (mystery revealed to Daniel by God alone) | Critical. Mystère [NEW, Critical, Glossary #52]. The Daniel background (God alone discloses what no human wisdom can discover) should anchor teaching against the Catholic sacramental-liturgical default reading of “mystère.” |
| Ephesians 1:14 | Inheritance guaranteed by the Spirit | Holy Spirit | Allusion: Numbers 18:20; Deuteronomy 32:9 (Israel’s land-inheritance pattern) | Medium. Héritage [NEW, Glossary #53]; tie to adoption filiale so the land-inheritance background transfers to the spiritual inheritance sense. |
| Ephesians 1:17 | Prayer for wisdom and revelation | God, Father | Allusion: Isaiah 11:2 (Spirit of wisdom resting on the Messiah) | Low-Medium. Sagesse / révélation [NEW, Glossary #56-57]. |
| Ephesians 1:20 | Christ seated “at his right hand” | Christ, God the Father | Direct messianic quotation/allusion: Psalm 110:1 (“Sit at my right hand…”) | Critical (messianic). Must render consistently with any future Psalms or Hebrews curriculum use of Psalm 110:1: “assis à sa droite.” Flag for cross-curriculum lock. |
| Ephesians 1:22 | ”Put all things under his feet”; Christ as head over the church | Christ | Direct messianic quotation/allusion: Psalm 8:6 (“You have put all things under his feet”); background Genesis 1:26-28 (human dominion mandate, now fulfilled in Christ) | Critical. Tête [NEW, Critical, Glossary #61]. Psalm 8:6 is applied here to Christ as it is in 1 Corinthians 15:27 and Hebrews 2:6-8 (future curricula) — lock the French rendering of “sous ses pieds” identically across all such occurrences. |
| Ephesians 1:22-23 | Church as Christ’s body and fullness | Christ, church | Typological extension of Psalm 8:6 dominion language onto the church; background Genesis 2:23-24 (one-flesh union, anticipatory) | Critical. Corps / plénitude [Glossary #62-63]. |
Chapter 2 (2:1–22)
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 2:1-3 | Universal spiritual death and depravity | ”we all” (Paul, Jewish and Gentile believers) | Allusion: Genesis 3:1-19 (the Fall); Psalm 14:1-3 / Psalm 53:1-3 (universal corruption, directly quoted at Romans 3:10-12) | High. Direct thematic parallel to baseline doctrine universal_human_accountability (Romans 1:18–3:20). Ensure “morts,” “péché,” and “convoitises” carry the same weight as the Romans 3 treatment of Psalm 14/53. |
| Ephesians 2:4-9 | Grace, mercy, salvation by faith not works | God, “us” | Thematic parallel (not direct quotation): Genesis 15:6 (“Abraham believed… counted to him as righteousness,” quoted at Romans 4:3); Habakkuk 2:4 (“the righteous shall live by faith,” quoted at Romans 1:17) | Critical. This is the doctrinal core of “Salvation by Grace through Faith.” No direct OT citation occurs in the passage itself, but the underlying Genesis 15:6 / Habakkuk 2:4 faith-righteousness formula, already governing the baseline’s justice imputée / justification entries, must inform how “grâce,” “foi,” and “œuvres” are taught alongside this passage. |
| Ephesians 2:12 | ”Covenants of promise” | Israel, Gentiles | Allusion: Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:1-14 (Abrahamic covenant); Exodus 19:5-6 (Mosaic covenant); 2 Samuel 7:12-16 (Davidic covenant) | Medium. Alliance(s) [TM-REUSE, High]; requires brief OT covenant-history orientation for low-literacy French readers, per baseline’s fulfillment_of_prophecy doctrine note. |
| Ephesians 2:13, 17 | Peace to those “far off” and “near” | Christ, Jew and Gentile | Direct near-quotation: Isaiah 57:19 (“Peace, peace, to the far and to the near”) | High. Paix [TM-REUSE, Low in baseline but High here due to doctrinal weight]. Render “ceux qui étaient loin” / “ceux qui étaient près” so the Isaiah 57:19 echo is recognizable to a reader who knows that verse from the Ésaïe/Isaïe text. |
| Ephesians 2:14 | ”He himself is our peace” | Christ | Allusion: Isaiah 9:6 (“Prince of Peace”); Micah 5:5 (“he shall be their peace”) | Medium. Reinforces paix as relational-covenantal, not merely psychological (baseline note). |
| Ephesians 2:14 | The “dividing wall” broken down | — | Historical/architectural allusion to the Jerusalem Temple’s Court-of-the-Gentiles barrier (background, not a scriptural citation per se; cf. Numbers 1:51 concept of graduated sacred space) | Medium. Mur de séparation [NEW, Glossary #73]. Footnote recommended explaining the literal Temple wall for readers unfamiliar with second-Temple architecture. |
| Ephesians 2:15 | ”One new man” / abolishing the law’s dividing function | Christ, Jew and Gentile | Typological reversal of Genesis 11:1-9 (Babel’s scattering of peoples) resolved in a unified new humanity; background Genesis 1:26-27 (one humanity in God’s image) | Critical. Un seul homme nouveau [NEW, Critical, Glossary #76]. Direct doctrinal parallel to baseline’s unity_of_jews_and_gentiles (High risk, Romans 3:29-30; 9-11; 15:7-12). |
| Ephesians 2:16 | Reconciliation through the cross | Christ | Background: Leviticus 16 (Day of Atonement reconciliation pattern); typologically fulfilled | High. Réconciliation / croix [NEW, Critical for croix, Glossary #78]. |
| Ephesians 2:19 | Gentiles as “fellow citizens” and household members | Gentiles | Allusion: Isaiah 56:6-8 (foreigners joined to the LORD, welcomed at his house) | Medium. Reinforces the universal-scope-of-gospel doctrine already High-risk in the baseline. |
| Ephesians 2:20 | ”Cornerstone” — apostles/prophets as foundation, Christ as cornerstone | Christ | Direct testimonia quotation/allusion: Isaiah 28:16 (“a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone”) and Psalm 118:22 (“The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone”) — the identical OT stone-testimonia quoted at Romans 9:33, 1 Peter 2:6-8, Matthew 21:42, Acts 4:11 | Critical (cross-curriculum lock required). See Part C rendering-consistency rule #1 below. Note: Ephesians 2:20 applies the stone image positively (foundation-building), whereas Romans 9:33 applies the same underlying testimonia, combined with Isaiah 8:14, negatively (a stone of stumbling for unbelieving Israel) — the two applications must not be lexically conflated. |
| Ephesians 2:21-22 | Church as a “holy temple,” “dwelling place of God” | God, the church | Allusion: Ezekiel 37:26-28 (God’s sanctuary set among his people forever); 1 Kings 8:10-13 (Solomon’s temple dedication, glory-cloud filling); Exodus 25:8 (“that I may dwell among them”) | High. Temple [NEW, High, Glossary #82]. Same Protestant-”temple”-as-building-only / Catholic-”temple”-as-OT-referent collision documented in 07_semantic_analysis.md; requires explicit teaching gloss distinguishing the metaphorical, corporate-people sense here. |
Chapter 3 (3:1–21)
Reviewed in full. Chapter 3 is doctrinally dense (the Mystery of Christ, Paul’s stewardship) but contains fewer direct OT citations than chapters 1–2 and 4–6; its OT connection is primarily typological/thematic rather than quotational.
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 3:3-9 | The mystery “hidden for ages,” now revealed | God, Paul | Allusion: Daniel 2:19-23, 28-30 (mystery revealed by God alone, not by human wisdom); Genesis 1:1 (creation horizon, v.9’s “God who created all things”) | Critical. Reuse mystère [Glossary #52] exactly. |
| Ephesians 3:6 | Gentiles as “fellow heirs,” “fellow members,” “fellow partakers” of the promise | Gentiles, Israel | Fulfillment allusion: Genesis 12:3 and Genesis 22:18 (“in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” / “in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed”) — the Abrahamic promise, also foundational to Romans 4 and Galatians 3:8 (future curriculum) | Critical. Co-héritiers / membres du même corps / coparticipants [NEW, Critical, Glossary #85]. This is the single most concentrated NT statement of the Abrahamic promise’s Gentile fulfillment; mandatory theologian review. |
| Ephesians 3:10 | Rulers and authorities (benign, observing) in the heavenly places | Angelic hosts | Allusion: Job 38:7; Daniel 7:10 (heavenly court observing God’s works) | High. Principautés et autorités [NEW, High, Glossary #87]. Context (not lexicon) distinguishes this benign sense from 6:12’s hostile sense — same French phrase, opposite valence; must be flagged in every occurrence. |
| Ephesians 3:14-15 | ”Every family [patria] in heaven and on earth” named from the Father | God the Father | Wordplay allusion to Genesis 12:3’s “families of the earth”; the Father as source of all fatherhood/family | Low-Medium. No direct quotation; note for teaching continuity with baseline’s Père entry. |
| Ephesians 3:20-21 | Closing doxology | God | Formal parallel (NT, not OT): Romans 11:33-36; Jude 24-25 | Low. Doxological register; no OT quotation. |
Chapter 4 (4:1–32)
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 4:4-6 | Sevenfold unity confession | God, Spirit, Christ | Formal parallel to OT Shema-style monotheistic confession: Deuteronomy 6:4 (“The LORD is one”) echoed structurally in “one God and Father of all” | High. See 07_semantic_analysis.md Ch.4 entry; render as a fixed fixed-consistency unit. |
| Ephesians 4:8 | ”He ascended… he gave gifts to men” | Christ | Direct quotation: Psalm 68:18 (LXX/MT Psalm 68:19) — the letter’s clearest formal OT citation, applied messianically to Christ’s ascension | Critical (cross-curriculum lock required). See Part C rule #4. Messianic/typological: the victorious divine king ascending Mount Zion with captives and receiving tribute is reapplied to Christ’s ascension and gift-giving to the church. |
| Ephesians 4:9-10 | ”He also descended… he ascended far above all the heavens” | Christ | Continuing allusion to Psalm 68’s context; possible secondary echo of Psalm 139:8 (God’s presence in “the depths”) | High. Tied to Incarnation/Resurrection/Ascension doctrine complex; keep consistent with baseline résurrection entry’s insistence on a real, historical (not merely spiritual/metaphorical) event. |
| Ephesians 4:24 | ”New self, created after the likeness of God” | Believer | Allusion: Genesis 1:26-27 (“in the image of God”); Genesis 5:1 | Critical. Le vieil homme / l’homme nouveau [NEW, Critical, Glossary #100]. Must be disambiguated in teaching from 2:15’s corporate “un seul homme nouveau.” |
| Ephesians 4:25 | ”Speak the truth with his neighbor” | Believers | Direct quotation: Zechariah 8:16 (“Speak the truth to one another”) | Medium. Minor collocation; render with the same “vérité” vocabulary the French Zacharie text uses, if a future Minor Prophets curriculum exists. |
| Ephesians 4:26 | ”Be angry and do not sin” | Believers | Direct quotation: Psalm 4:4 (LXX numbering; MT Psalm 4:4/5) | Medium. Direct citation; low ambiguity, but pastoral care needed to avoid either excusing sinful anger or forbidding all anger — the OT text itself permits controlled anger. |
| Ephesians 4:28 | ”Let the thief no longer steal” | Believers | Allusion: Exodus 20:15 (eighth commandment) | Low. Direct ethical allusion, low translation risk. |
| Ephesians 4:30 | ”Do not grieve the Holy Spirit” | Holy Spirit | Allusion: Isaiah 63:10 (“they grieved his Holy Spirit”) | High. Reinforces the Spirit’s personhood (baseline note); this is one of only two OT texts (with Genesis 6:3, less directly) attributing “grief” to God’s Spirit — a valuable teaching anchor. |
Chapter 5 (5:1–33)
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 5:1-2 | Imitating God; Christ’s self-offering | God, Christ | Allusion: Leviticus 19:2 (“Be holy, for I… am holy”); sacrificial vocabulary of Exodus 29:18, Leviticus 1:9 (“a pleasing aroma”), Genesis 8:21, echoed also in Psalm 40:6-8 | Medium. Offrande et sacrifice [NEW, Glossary #106]. OT sacrificial background should be briefly taught for a biblically low-literacy readership. |
| Ephesians 5:3-5 | Vice list culminating in idolatry | Believers | Allusion: Exodus 20:3-17 (Decalogue, esp. commandments 6-10); explicit equation of greed with idolatry echoes prophetic critique (e.g., Ezekiel 33:31) | Medium. Cupidité… idolâtrie [NEW, Glossary #107]. Retain the “greed = idolatry” link explicitly. |
| Ephesians 5:8-14 | Light and darkness identity | Believers | Allusion: Isaiah 9:2 (“the people who walked in darkness have seen a great light”); Isaiah 60:1-3 | High. Lumière / ténèbres [NEW, High, Glossary #108]. |
| Ephesians 5:14 | ”Awake, O sleeper… Christ will shine on you” | Christ | Composite quotation formula (“it says”), drawing on Isaiah 60:1 (“Arise, shine, for your light has come”) and Isaiah 26:19 (“Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust”) — likely an early Christian hymn fragment built on these Isaiah texts | High. Not a verbatim single-verse quotation; flag as a composite/paraphrastic citation. French rendering should still echo Ésaïe’s “Lève-toi… resplendis” vocabulary where the hymn draws on Isaiah 60:1, to preserve recognizability. |
| Ephesians 5:18 | Contrast with drunkenness | Believers | Allusion: Proverbs 23:20-21, 29-35; Proverbs 31:4-5 | Low-Medium. Standard wisdom-tradition allusion. |
| Ephesians 5:19 | ”Psalms, hymns, spiritual songs” | Believers | Allusion: 1 Chronicles 16:8-36 (Davidic worship instruction); Psalm 33:2-3 | Low. Standard worship vocabulary. |
| Ephesians 5:21-33 | Mutual submission; husband-wife relationship as Christ-church typology | Christ, church, husbands, wives | Direct quotation: Genesis 2:24 (“a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”) at v.31; typological reading in v.32 identifying this text’s ultimate referent as Christ and the church | Critical. See Part C rule #2. Se soumettre [NEW, Critical, #111]; mystère [reuse #52/#113]; une seule chair [#114]. This is the letter’s most culturally sensitive passage in the French context (see 07_semantic_analysis.md notes on contemporary French debate and Catholic sacramental-marriage theology grounded partly in this very verse). |
Chapter 6 (6:1–24)
| Passage | Theme | Related Character(s) | OT/NT Connection | Translation Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 6:2-3 | ”Honor your father and mother… that it may go well with you” | Children, parents | Direct quotation: Exodus 20:12 / Deuteronomy 5:16 (the fifth commandment, with its attached promise) | Critical (cross-curriculum lock required). See Part C rule #3. Paul explicitly calls this “the first commandment with a promise” — the Decalogue reference must be unmistakable to French readers. |
| Ephesians 6:4 | Fathers instructed not to provoke; to raise children “in the discipline and instruction of the Lord” | Fathers | Allusion: Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (Shema instruction to teach children); Proverbs 22:6 | Low-Medium. |
| Ephesians 6:5-9 | Slaves and masters; shared heavenly Master | Slaves, masters, Christ | Allusion/contrast: Leviticus 25:39-46 (Israelite servitude regulations); typological reversal of Exodus 1-15 (Israel’s own slavery and deliverance — the gospel’s ultimate liberation from slavery to sin, cf. Galatians 5:1, future curriculum) | Critical. Esclaves [NEW, Critical, Glossary #118]; see 07_semantic_analysis.md’s mandatory French-historical-sensitivity note (Code Noir, Taubira law). |
| Ephesians 6:11, 13 | ”The whole armor of God” | Believers, God | Typological source: Isaiah 59:17 (“he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head… he put on garments of vengeance”); Isaiah 11:4-5 (the Messiah’s belt of righteousness and faithfulness); background also Wisdom of Solomon 5:17-20 (deuterocanonical; present in Catholic Bible de Jérusalem but absent from Protestant canons — a canon-sensitivity note for footnotes, not for the main translated text) | Critical. L’armure de Dieu [NEW, Critical, Glossary #121]. Isaiah’s images are originally Yahweh’s own war-gear (the Divine Warrior motif); Paul transfers them to the church, itself a striking typological move worth flagging for teaching. |
| Ephesians 6:12 | Hostile spiritual powers | Satan and hostile spirits | Allusion: Daniel 10:12-13, 20-21 (angelic conflict/princes of nations); Daniel 7:1-14 (cosmic powers); background 2 Kings 6:15-17 (the unseen spiritual realm) | Critical. Les principautés, les autorités… [NEW, Critical, Glossary #123]. Contrast explicitly with 3:10’s benign use of the same vocabulary. |
| Ephesians 6:14a | ”Belt of truth” | Believers | Typological echo of Isaiah 11:5 (“righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins”) | Medium. |
| Ephesians 6:14b | ”Breastplate of righteousness” | Believers | Direct typological echo: Isaiah 59:17 (“he put on righteousness as a breastplate”) | High. Reuses baseline justice [TM-REUSE, High]. |
| Ephesians 6:15 | ”Shoes… the gospel of peace” | Believers | Typological echo: Isaiah 52:7 (“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace”) | Medium. Reuses baseline Évangile / paix [TM-REUSE]. |
| Ephesians 6:16 | ”Shield of faith” | Believers | No specific single OT source-text; general Divine-Warrior/protection imagery (cf. Psalm 18:2, Psalm 91:4 “shield”) | Medium. Reuses baseline foi [TM-REUSE]. |
| Ephesians 6:17a | ”Helmet of salvation” | Believers | Direct typological echo: Isaiah 59:17 (“a helmet of salvation on his head”) | High. Reuses baseline salut [TM-REUSE]. |
| Ephesians 6:17b | ”Sword of the Spirit… the word of God” | Believers, Holy Spirit | Allusion: Isaiah 49:2 (“he made my mouth like a sharp sword”); cf. Hebrews 4:12 (NT parallel, future curriculum) | High. |
| Ephesians 6:19-20 | ”Ambassador in chains” | Paul | Allusion (functional, not textual): the ambassadorial/sent-one pattern of OT prophetic commissioning (cf. Isaiah 6:8, Jeremiah 1:7) | Medium. Cross-reference baseline apôtre. |
PART B — Messianic References and Typology Summary
| Type | Reference(s) in Ephesians | OT Root | Theological Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enthronement typology | Ephesians 1:20-22 | Psalm 110:1; Psalm 8:6 | Christ’s resurrection-exaltation fulfills both the Davidic king’s enthronement (Ps 110) and humanity’s original dominion mandate (Ps 8/Genesis 1). Direct doctrinal support for Deity/Lordship of Christ (baseline Critical/High). |
| Divine Warrior typology | Ephesians 6:10-20 | Isaiah 59:17; Isaiah 11:4-5; Exodus 15:3 (“the LORD is a warrior”) | Yahweh’s own battle-armor in Isaiah is now worn by the church in union with the risen Christ — the cosmic conflict Christ inaugurated by his resurrection (1:20-22) continues through the church’s spiritual warfare. |
| Temple typology | Ephesians 2:19-22 | Exodus 25:8; 1 Kings 8; Ezekiel 37:26-28 | The church, not a physical building, is the eschatological fulfillment of God’s ancient desire to dwell among his people — anticipates Revelation 21:3, 22 (God’s dwelling with humanity, no temple needed because God himself is present). |
| Marriage typology | Ephesians 5:22-33 | Genesis 2:24; Hosea 1-3 (marriage covenant metaphor for God/Israel); Song of Songs (canonical marriage-love poetry) | Genesis 2:24’s “one flesh” union is revealed to have always anticipated, typologically, the Christ-church relationship — culminating eschatologically in Revelation 19:7-9, 21:2, 9 (the marriage supper/bride of the Lamb, future curricula). |
| New Humanity / Second Adam typology | Ephesians 2:15; 4:22-24 | Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 3 (the Fall); implicit contrast with Romans 5:12-19’s Adam/Christ typology (baseline curriculum) | The “old self”/“new self” and “one new man” language echoes the Adam-humanity pattern already treated typologically in Romans 5; Ephesians applies it both corporately (Jew/Gentile, 2:15) and individually (4:22-24). |
| Exodus/Redemption typology | Ephesians 1:7; 6:5-9 | Exodus 12 (Passover); Exodus 1-15 (deliverance from slavery) | Christ’s blood-redemption (1:7) and the gospel’s ultimate liberation from slavery to sin (implicit contrast in 6:5-9) both draw on Israel’s foundational deliverance story. |
| Wisdom/Mystery typology | Ephesians 1:9-10; 3:3-10 | Daniel 2:19-47; Proverbs 8:22-31 (Wisdom personified, present at creation) | The “mystery” Paul stewards is presented as the climactic disclosure of a plan hidden since before creation — echoing both Daniel’s revealed mystery and Wisdom’s role in creation. |
PART C — Rendering-Consistency Rules for Shared and Cross-Curriculum Quotations
Because this document’s French translation_memory.json will govern all curricula in this language pipeline (Romans already completed; Ephesians in progress; future curricula anticipated), the following quotations require a locked, identical French rendering wherever they recur, regardless of which curriculum’s document is being translated.
| # | Shared OT Text | Occurrences (this + other curricula) | Locked French Rendering Rule | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psalm 118:22 / Isaiah 28:16 (cornerstone / rejected stone) | Ephesians 2:20 (positive, foundation image); Romans 9:33 (negative, stumbling-stone image, combined with Isaiah 8:14); also Matthew 21:42, Acts 4:11, 1 Peter 2:6-8 (future curricula) | Use “pierre angulaire” only for the positive foundation-stone application (Eph 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6); use “pierre d’achoppement” / “pierre de scandale” only for the negative stumbling-stone application (Romans 9:33). Do not use the same French phrase for both applications even though the underlying Hebrew text-family overlaps. | |
| 2 | Genesis 2:24 (one flesh) | Ephesians 5:31 (this curriculum); anticipated in future Matthew 19, Mark 10, 1 Corinthians 6/7 curricula | Lock “une seule chair” as the fixed rendering of μία σάρξ / “one flesh” across all future curricula quoting Genesis 2:24. | |
| 3 | Exodus 20:12 / Deuteronomy 5:16 (honor father and mother) | Ephesians 6:2-3 (this curriculum); anticipated in future Exodus, Deuteronomy, or Gospels (Decalogue) curricula | Lock “Honore ton père et ta mère” exactly matching the established French Decalogue wording (Segond/TOB Exodus 20:12), including the attached promise clause, so students recognize the verbatim Decalogue citation. | |
| 4 | Psalm 68:18/19 (ascended, gave gifts) | Ephesians 4:8 (this curriculum, sole occurrence to date) | Lock “il est monté… il a fait des captifs, il a fait des dons aux hommes”-style phrasing now, for consistency if a future Acts (ascension) or Psalms curriculum quotes Psalm 68:18 directly. | |
| 5 | Psalm 110:1 (seated at the right hand) | Ephesians 1:20 (this curriculum); anticipated in future Hebrews, 1 Corinthians 15, Acts 2 curricula | Lock “assis à sa droite” now for future-proofing; this is among the most-quoted OT verses in the NT and must never vary lexically across curricula. | |
| 6 | Psalm 8:6 (all things under his feet) | Ephesians 1:22 (this curriculum); anticipated in 1 Corinthians 15:27, Hebrews 2:6-8 (future curricula) | Lock “il a tout mis sous ses pieds” now for future-proofing. | |
| 7 | παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος / “old self” (shared Greek phrase, not an OT quotation but a fixed Pauline idiom) | Ephesians 4:22 (this curriculum); Romans 6:6 (baseline curriculum, already translated) | Retroactive consistency check required. Confirm the exact French rendering used for “our old self was crucified” in the already-completed Romans materials, and use the identical phrase “le vieil homme” in Ephesians 4:22. If Romans used a different rendering, flag for Phase 2 reconciliation across both curricula’s translation memory. | |
| 8 | ὑποτάσσω / “submit” (shared Greek verb, distinct referents) | Ephesians 5:21-24 (marriage); Romans 13:1 (baseline curriculum, civil authority) | Use the same base verb “se soumettre” / “être soumis à” in both curricula (lexical consistency), but attach mandatory, referent-specific teaching notes in each so that governmental-authority connotations from Romans 13 are not imported into the marriage relationship of Ephesians 5, or vice versa. | |
| 9 | Genesis 15:6 / Habakkuk 2:4 (faith counted as righteousness / the righteous shall live by faith) | Romans 4:3, 1:17 (baseline curriculum, direct quotations); Ephesians 2:8-9 (this curriculum, thematic parallel only — no direct quotation) | No lexical lock needed (no shared quotation), but the underlying doctrine must be taught as continuous: reinforce that Ephesians 2:8-9’s “grâce… par la foi… non par les œuvres” restates, without directly quoting, the same Genesis 15:6/Habakkuk 2:4 faith-righteousness principle already established for students in the Romans curriculum. | |
| 10 | Isaiah 57:19 (peace to far and near) | Ephesians 2:13, 17 (this curriculum, sole occurrence to date) | Lock “la paix à ceux qui étaient loin et à ceux qui étaient près”-style phrasing now, matching the French Ésaïe 57:19 wording, for future-proofing against any future Isaiah curriculum. |
This document feeds 10_biblical_theme_map.md and informs Phase 2 segment-level translator notes wherever a segment contains a direct OT quotation. All Critical-tier cross-references above require mandatory human theologian review per the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json routing convention.