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Cross-Reference Analysis

Cross-Reference Analysis: 1 John (Full Book) — OT/NT Connections, Messianic References, Typology, and Cross-Curriculum Parallels

Methodology

This document traces every Old Testament quotation and allusion, every messianic reference, every typological connection, and every substantive parallel to the Romans curriculum (the only other language package currently deployed for Punjabi in this pipeline) across the entire book of 1 John, chapter by chapter. Unlike Romans, 1 John contains very few formally introduced OT quotations (“as it is written,” etc.); its OT connections are almost entirely allusive — echoes of narrative (Cain and Abel), covenant vocabulary (steadfast love/hesed), legal principle (the two-or-three-witnesses rule), and cosmology (light/darkness from creation). This document treats allusion with the same rigor as direct quotation, since allusive material still carries doctrinal and translation weight.

Citation normalization convention: All Scripture references in this document use the English-normalized “Book Chapter:Verse” form (e.g., “Genesis 15:6,” “Romans 3:23,” “1 John 4:7-21”) for cross-reference indexing purposes, matching the convention used in the Romans baseline package. This is distinct from the Punjabi Bible in-text citation format required by 12_ai_translation_requirements.md (e.g., ਰੋਮੀਆਂ 3:23), which governs how references appear inside the translated Punjabi text itself. See Section F below for the full Punjabi citation-form table for 1 John.


Section A: Chapter-by-Chapter OT/NT Cross-Reference Matrix

Chapter 1

PassageThemeRelated Character(s)OT/NT ConnectionTranslation Sensitivity
1 John 1:1Eternal Word / Incarnation(the Word/Logos — no named character)Genesis 1:1 (“In the beginning”); John 1:1-4,14Render “the Word of life” as ਜੀਵਨ ਦਾ ਬਚਨ — NEVER ਸ਼ਬਦ (Shabad-Guru collision). Must tie explicitly to ਦੇਹਧਾਰਨ (Incarnation, reused from baseline).
1 John 1:5God is LightGenesis 1:3-4 (creation light); Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 60:19-20; Psalm 27:1; 1 Timothy 6:16ਚਾਨਣ required — NEVER ਜੋਤ (Sikh Ten-Gurus divine-light-transmission doctrine). Ontological claim, same grammatical directness as “God is Love.”
1 John 1:6-7Fellowship / walking in lightGenesis 3:8 (lost Edenic fellowship, contrastive echo); Amos 3:3; John 8:12ਸੰਗਤ (fellowship, Medium per glossary); ਚਾਲ ਚੱਲਣਾ (walk) is a behavioral idiom — translate for meaning.
1 John 1:7Blood cleanses from sinLeviticus 17:11 (life is in the blood; sacrificial atonement principle); Hebrews 9:22ਲਹੂ (blood) must be understood as Christ’s atoning, sacrificial blood, not a ritual substance with independent power.
1 John 1:8-10Universal sinfulness; confessionPsalm 32:5; Proverbs 28:13; 1 Kings 8:46 (“there is no one who does not sin”); Romans 3:23 (direct cross-curriculum parallel)Must preserve the same unsoftened universality that Romans’ “universal_human_accountability” doctrine requires — no caste- or community-based exemption implied.
1 John 1:9Forgiveness of sinPsalm 103:3; Micah 7:19ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰਨਾ (forgive) — correct for ἀφίημι specifically; must not be treated as a substitute for the distinct, broader forensic doctrine of justification (ਧਰਮੀ ਠਹਿਰਾਇਆ ਜਾਣਾ).

Chapter 2

PassageThemeRelated Character(s)OT/NT ConnectionTranslation Sensitivity
1 John 2:1-2Advocate; propitiationJesus Christ (“the Righteous One”)Job 16:19-21 (heavenly witness/advocate imagery); Leviticus 16 (Day of Atonement); Isaiah 53:11-12; Romans 3:25 (hilastērion, direct parallel); Romans 8:34 (Christ interceding)ਪ੍ਰਾਸਚਿਤ requires mandatory explanatory gloss every occurrence. ਵਕੀਲ (Advocate) must be kept distinct from ਵਿਚੋਲਗੀ (Romans’ general “intercession”).
1 John 2:7-8Old/new commandment of loveLeviticus 19:18 (“love your neighbor as yourself”); John 13:34-35ਹੁਕਮ requires the mandatory Sikh-ਹੁਕਮ distinction gloss established in the 1 John glossary.
1 John 2:9-11Love/hate of brother; light/darknessLeviticus 19:17-18; Amos 5:15ਭਰਾ (brother) — must be framed as spiritual, not biradari/caste, kinship.
1 John 2:15-17Do not love the world; threefold desireEve (typological, unnamed)Genesis 3:6 (fruit good for food = lust of flesh; pleasant to eyes = lust of eyes; desirable for wisdom = pride) — a direct typological parallel; Ecclesiastes 2:1-11Strong typological link; teaching notes should make the Genesis 3:6 echo explicit to ground “world” (ਸੰਸਾਰ) as a moral system opposed to God, not the illusory (maya) realm of Hindu cosmology.
1 John 2:18-23Antichrist”the antichrist”; false teachers (contrast: Christ)Daniel 7:25; Daniel 11:36-37 (self-exalting king type); 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 (man of lawlessness); Matthew 24:5,24; 2 John 7 (parallel Johannine text)ਮਸੀਹ-ਵਿਰੋਧੀ names a doctrinal category (denial of the incarnate Christ), never a generic rival religious teacher or persecutor.
1 John 2:20,27Anointing1 Samuel 16:13 (anointing of David); Isaiah 61:1 (Spirit’s anointing on the Servant); Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2 (Pentecost fulfillment)ਮਸਹ shares a root with ਮਸੀਹ but must not be read as conferring elite/esoteric status — it is given to every believer, countering the false teachers’ claim.
1 John 2:29Righteous practice; born of GodGenesis 15:6 (cf. Romans 4:3 — contrastive parallel: Abraham’s imputed righteousness vs. 1 John’s practiced righteousness)Do NOT conflate with Romans 4’s forensic ਲੇਖੇ ਲਾਈ ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ. Here ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ describes ethical fruit evidencing new birth, not credited legal status. Flag for theologian review to prevent doctrinal blending.

Chapter 3

PassageThemeRelated Character(s)OT/NT ConnectionTranslation Sensitivity
1 John 3:1-2Children of GodHosea 1:10; Deuteronomy 14:1; John 1:12ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦੇ ਬੱਚੇ — keep distinct from ਦੱਤਕ ਪੁੱਤਰਤਾ (Romans 8:15,23).
1 John 3:4-5Sin as lawlessness; Christ’s sinlessnessJesus ChristIsaiah 53:9 (“he had done no violence”); background concept of ਬਿਵਸਥਾ (Mosaic law, reused from Romans baseline)Keep ਬਿਵਸਥਾ usage identical to Romans; never drift toward ਧਰਮ.
1 John 3:8Devil sinning “from the beginning”Devil / serpentGenesis 3:1-15 (serpent’s deception); John 8:44ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ must be taught as a personal, malevolent agent — not impersonal karma or a metaphor for moral failure.
1 John 3:12Cain and AbelCain, Abel (named OT characters)Genesis 4:1-16 (direct narrative reference); Hebrews 11:4 (typological development)Explicit OT narrative citation — the clearest named-character cross-reference in 1 John. Use established Punjabi Bible Society OT proper-name forms (ਕਾਇਨ, ਹਾਬਲ); verify against the Punjabi OT translation in use before finalizing.
1 John 3:13World’s hatred of believersJohn 15:18-19ਸੰਸਾਰ gloss applies again; moral hostility, not cosmic illusion.
1 John 3:16-17Laying down life; compassionJesus ChristIsaiah 53:12 (“poured out his life”); John 10:11,15 (Good Shepherd); Deuteronomy 15:7-11 (open hand to the poor brother); Romans 5:8 (direct parallel: “Christ died for us”)Rendering-consistency rule: pair with Romans 5:8’s ਪਿਆਰ + sacrificial-death vocabulary; see Section D.
1 John 3:23Command to believe and loveDeuteronomy 6:4-5 (Shema — love God); Leviticus 19:18 (love neighbor); Matthew 22:37-40 (two great commandments); Romans 13:8-10 (love fulfills the law, direct parallel)Same ਹੁਕਮ/ਪਿਆਰ pairing must be used consistently with the Romans rendering of the “love fulfills the law” theme.

Chapter 4 (1–6, plus Core Passage 7–21)

PassageThemeRelated Character(s)OT/NT ConnectionTranslation Sensitivity
1 John 4:1-3Testing the spiritsFalse prophetsDeuteronomy 13:1-5; Deuteronomy 18:20-22; 1 Kings 22:19-23 (Micaiah vs. false prophets); Matthew 7:15-20ਆਤਮਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਰਖਣਾ — strictly Christological test (v.2-3), never generic paranormal discernment or guru/sant-authenticity testing by miracle or lineage.
1 John 4:2-3Confession of the incarnationJesus ChristIsaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6; John 1:14Direct tie to ਦੇਹਧਾਰਨ; compound rendering ਯਿਸੂ ਮਸੀਹ ਸਰੀਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਇਆ is Critical.
1 John 4:7-21 (Core Passage)God is Love; sending of the Son; propitiation; mutual abiding; confidence in judgmentJesus Christ (the “only Son”)Exodus 34:6-7 (hesed, God’s steadfast love revealed to Moses); Deuteronomy 7:7-8 (God’s initiating, unearned electing love); Genesis 22:8 (“God will provide” — typological echo of the Father providing his own Son); Isaiah 53; Romans 5:8; Romans 8:31-39 (assurance parallel); Romans 3:25 (propitiation parallel); Romans 10:9-13 (confession parallel)Heaviest cross-curriculum load in the letter — see full treatment in Section D. Every element (love, propitiation, abiding, confession, confidence) carries an established or newly-introduced Critical/High term requiring gloss consistency with Romans.
1 John 4:19God’s initiating loveDeuteronomy 7:7-8; Romans 5:8Rendering-consistency rule with Romans 5:8’s “while we were still sinners” logic — see Section D.
1 John 4:20-21Loving brother and God togetherLeviticus 19:18; Matthew 22:39; Romans 13:9-10ਭਰਾ framed across caste/qaum lines, consistent with Romans’ “unity_of_jews_and_gentiles” doctrine logic applied to a Punjabi social context.

Chapter 5

PassageThemeRelated Character(s)OT/NT ConnectionTranslation Sensitivity
1 John 5:1Believing Jesus is the Christ; born of GodMatthew 16:16 (Peter’s confession); Romans 10:9 (confession parallel)See Section D rendering-consistency rule; do not harmonize this confession’s wording with Romans 10:9’s distinct “Jesus is Lord” formula.
1 John 5:4-5Overcoming the worldGenesis 3:15 (protoevangelium — seed crushing the serpent); Romans 8:37 (“more than conquerors”)Typological link to Genesis 3:15; comparison-not-substitution rule regarding the Khalsa “five thieves” ideal already flagged in the glossary applies here.
1 John 5:6-8Three witnesses: water, blood, spiritDeuteronomy 19:15 (two-or-three-witnesses legal principle); John 19:34 (water and blood from Christ’s side); Exodus 17:6 (water from the rock, typological echo)Legal-witness framework, not a ritual triad; requires careful exposition per the glossary’s High-risk flag.
1 John 5:9-12God’s testimony; eternal life in the SonPsalm 19:7-9; John 3:16,36ਸਦੀਪਕ ਜੀਵਨ mandatory clarifying gloss (see glossary).
1 John 5:13Assurance / purpose statement of the letterJohn 20:31 (parallel Johannine purpose statement)Mirrors Romans’ “assurance_of_salvation” doctrine; keep ਭਰੋਸਾ vocabulary aligned.
1 John 5:16-17Sin unto deathNumbers 15:30-31 (deliberate/presumptuous sin); 1 Samuel 2:25 (Eli’s sons — no available intercession); Hebrews 10:26-27 (parallel NT warning)Exegetically sensitive category; do not import Catholic mortal/venial framework or a karma-style fatal-sin scale. Flag for theologian review as already noted in the glossary.
1 John 5:21Keep from idolsExodus 20:3-4; Deuteronomy 4:15-19; Isaiah 44:9-20; Psalm 115:4-8; 1 Corinthians 10:14ਮੂਰਤੀਆਂ carries a live double resonance (Hindu murti-puja / Sikh aniconism) — teach both the literal and the broader “rival ultimate devotion” sense.

Section B: Messianic References Summary

1 John assumes rather than re-argues the messianic identity of Jesus established narratively in the Gospel of John and doctrinally in Romans 1:2-4 and 9:5. Its distinctive contribution is the confessional test: right belief about the Messiah’s incarnate identity is the boundary marker of authentic faith.

1 John ReferenceMessianic ClaimOT BackgroundCross-Curriculum Note
1 John 2:22Denial that “Jesus is the Christ” = the mark of the antichrist(assumes the whole OT messianic promise trajectory)Directly parallels Romans’ “messianic_promise” doctrine (Critical risk) — the same absolute exclusivity applies.
1 John 4:2-3Confession that Jesus Christ has come in the fleshIsaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6-7Parallels Romans 1:3’s “seed of David according to the flesh” — different vocabulary, same incarnational referent.
1 John 4:15; 5:1,5Confession that Jesus is the Son of God / the Christ2 Samuel 7:12-16 (Davidic covenant, assumed background); Psalm 2:7Cross-reference to Romans’ “davidic_covenant” and “sonship_of_christ” doctrines.
1 John 5:20”He is the true God and eternal life”Daniel 7:13-14 (Son of Man authority); Isaiah 9:6 (“Mighty God”)Direct doctrinal parallel to Romans 9:5 (“Christ, who is God over all”) — both are maximal deity claims requiring equally direct, unsoftened rendering.

Section C: Typological Connections

Type (OT)Antitype/Fulfillment (1 John)Notes
The serpent’s deception (Genesis 3:1-15)The devil as spiritual father of murder and lies (1 John 3:8,12); antichrist deception (1 John 2:18-23; 4:1-6)Establishes the devil as a personal agent throughout the letter, not a symbol for impersonal moral failure.
Eve’s threefold temptation (Genesis 3:6: food/flesh, eyes, wisdom/pride)The world’s threefold desire (1 John 2:16: lust of flesh, lust of eyes, pride of life)One of the letter’s clearest structural typological echoes; worth teaching explicitly to ground “the world” (ਸੰਸਾਰ) as a moral-spiritual system rather than samsara-style illusion.
Cain’s murder of righteous Abel (Genesis 4:1-16)Hatred of a brother as spiritual murder (1 John 3:12,15)Direct named-character reference; the negative type for Doctrine 4 (Love for the Brethren).
The Day of Atonement sacrifice (Leviticus 16)Christ as ἱλασμός/propitiation (1 John 2:2; 4:10)Same typological root as Romans 3:25’s ἱλαστήριον — see Section D for the rendering-consistency implications.
Abraham offering Isaac; “God will provide” (Genesis 22:1-14, esp. v.8)God the Father sending his only Son (1 John 4:9-10)The Father, not the worshiper, provides the sacrifice — reinforces the letter’s insistence that love/atonement originates with God, not human devotion.
The Passover lamb’s blood (Exodus 12) and sacrificial blood generally (Leviticus 17:11)The cleansing blood of Jesus (1 John 1:7; 5:6,8)Grounds ਲਹੂ as atoning, not merely ritual, blood.
The two-or-three-witnesses rule (Deuteronomy 19:15)The threefold testimony of water, blood, and Spirit (1 John 5:6-8)Legal-evidentiary type, not a devotional or ritual triad.
The tree of life (Genesis 2:9; 3:22-24)Eternal life possessed in the Son (1 John 5:11-13)Lost access at the Fall, restored in Christ; consummated in Revelation 22:2,14.
The serpent-crushing “seed” (Genesis 3:15)Overcoming the world/the evil one (1 John 5:4-5,18-19)Establishes cosmic-conflict framing for Doctrine 7 (Overcoming the World).

Section D: Parallels to Romans — Cross-Curriculum Consistency

Because Punjabi learners will move between the Romans and 1 John curricula within the same Bible study pipeline, every shared theme below requires a specific consistency rule so that the same Greek concept is never rendered two different ways across the two curricula without an explicit, documented reason.

Romans Reference1 John ReferenceShared Theme/TermPunjabi Term(s)Consistency Rule
Romans 3:231 John 1:8-10Universal sinfulnessਪਾਪIdentical term and identically unsoftened universal scope in both curricula; no caste- or community-based exemption implied in either.
Romans 3:251 John 2:2; 4:10Propitiation (ἱλαστήριον/ἱλασμός)ਪ੍ਰਾਸਚਿਤThe Romans baseline translation_memory.json has no existing entry for this term. This 1 John package establishes ਪ੍ਰਾਸਚਿਤ as the canonical Punjabi rendering with mandatory gloss. Action required: retroactively add this entry to translation_memory.json, tagged for both curricula, so any future Romans 3:25 translation work uses the identical term and gloss.
Romans 4:3 (citing Genesis 15:6)1 John 2:29; 3:7Righteousness (δικαιοσύνη)ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ (shared root); ਲੇਖੇ ਲਾਈ ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ (Romans 4, forensic/imputed sense only)Use the same root term ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ in both curricula, but a translator note MUST accompany every 1 John occurrence clarifying that here the sense is ethical/practiced righteousness evidencing new birth — NOT the forensic imputed-righteousness sense reserved for ਲੇਖੇ ਲਾਈ ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ in Romans 4. Never use the compound ਲੇਖੇ ਲਾਈ ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ for 1 John’s usage.
Romans 5:5,8; 8:35,39; 12:9-10; 13:8-101 John 4:7-21 (throughout); 2:5,15; 3:1,10-11,14-18,23; 5:1-3Love (ἀγάπη)ਪਿਆਰThe Romans baseline translation_memory.json has no existing entry for “love” (ἀγάπη was apparently below the Romans curriculum’s flagging threshold). This 1 John package establishes ਪਿਆਰ as the canonical rendering, rejecting ਪ੍ਰੇਮ for its bhakti-devotional, devotee-initiated connotations. Action required: retroactively add ਪਿਆਰ to translation_memory.json as Critical risk, and apply it to all Romans ἀγάπη occurrences for full cross-curriculum consistency.
Romans 8:15,231 John 3:1-2,10; 5:2Sonship/childhood language (υἱοθεσία vs. τέκνα θεοῦ)ਦੱਤਕ ਪੁੱਤਰਤਾ (Romans) vs. ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦੇ ਬੱਚੇ (1 John)Keep strictly distinct per underlying Greek term. Romans’ υἱοθεσία emphasizes legal placement with full inheritance rights; John’s τέκνα emphasizes begetting/family resemblance (“born of God”). Never use interchangeably, even though both describe the believer’s relationship to God as Father.
Romans 8:26-27,341 John 2:1Intercession/Advocate (ἐντυγχάνω-family vs. παράκλητος)ਵਿਚੋਲਗੀ (Romans, general intercessory prayer/mediation) vs. ਵਕੀਲ (1 John, Christ’s specific forensic-advocate role before the Father when a believer sins)Do not merge these terms. ਵਿਚੋਲਗੀ names the act of interceding generally (including the Spirit’s and Christ’s); ਵਕੀਲ names the specific legal-defense image unique to 1 John 2:1.
Romans 8:28-391 John 3:19-24; 5:11-13Assurance of salvationਭਰੋਸਾ (from 1 John glossary) alongside baseline’s “assurance_of_salvation” doctrine frameworkBoth curricula must ground assurance identically: in God’s unchanging character and Christ’s finished work, never in gradual merit accumulation or accumulated meditative progress toward mukti.
Romans 9:51 John 5:20Deity of Christ (maximal claim)reuse baseline ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ, ਪ੍ਰਭੂ, ਯਿਸੂ exactlyBoth passages make undiluted deity claims (“God over all” / “the true God”); render with identical grammatical directness — no qualifying language in either curriculum.
Romans 10:9-131 John 4:15; 5:1,5Confession formulasਯਿਸੂ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਹੈ (Romans 10:9, fixed); ਯਿਸੂ ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਹੈ / ਯਿਸੂ ਮਸੀਹ ਹੈ (1 John, distinct wording)These are related but textually distinct confessions (Lord / Son of God / Christ). Do NOT harmonize into a single formula. Each occurrence renders its own verse’s specific confessional content, while each underlying term (ਪ੍ਰਭੂ, ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਮਸੀਹ) stays fixed to its own glossary entry.
Romans 1:3 (seed of David)1 John 4:2-3; 5:20Incarnation / messianic fulfillmentਦਾਊਦ ਦੀ ਅੰਸ (Romans only) / ਦੇਹਧਾਰਨ (shared)1 John does not repeat Davidic-descent vocabulary but assumes the same fulfillment framework. Teaching notes for 1 John should cross-link to Romans 1:3 for the OT covenant background even though ਦਾਊਦ ਦੀ ਅੰਸ itself does not recur in 1 John’s text.
Romans 8:371 John 5:4-5Overcoming/victory (νικάω)ਜਿੱਤ / ਸੰਸਾਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਜਿੱਤConsistent victory vocabulary across both curricula; both ground victory in union with Christ’s finished work, never in self-effort, asceticism, or detachment.
Romans 13:8-101 John 3:23; 4:20-21Love fulfilling/entailing the commandment(s)ਹੁਕਮ + ਪਿਆਰIdentical pairing of terms in both curricula when expressing “love is the fulfillment/content of the commandment.”

Section E: Rendering-Consistency Rules for Shared Quotations and Allusions

  1. No formal OT quotation formula exists in 1 John (unlike Romans’ frequent “as it is written”). All OT connections in 1 John are allusive. Do not introduce a quotation-formula translation (e.g., “ਜਿਵੇਂ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੈ”) where the source text does not use one; render allusions as flowing text, with translator notes carrying the cross-reference rather than an in-text citation marker.
  2. Named OT characters (Cain, Abel — 1 John 3:12): use the established Punjabi Old Testament translation forms exactly as they appear in the standard Punjabi Bible (Punjabi Bible Society Old Testament); do not coin new transliterations. Confirm exact Gurmukhi spellings against the existing Punjabi OT text before Phase 2 begins.
  3. Terms shared verbatim with Romans (ਪਾਪ, ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ, ਦੇਹਧਾਰਨ, ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ, ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਆਤਮਾ, ਪਿਤਾ, ਯਿਸੂ, ਮਸੀਹ, ਨਿਹਚਾ, ਮੁਕਤੀ/ਮੁਕਤੀਦਾਤਾ) must use the exact baseline rendering with no deviation, per the baseline’s Glossary Enforcement Priority Order.
  4. Newly coined terms in this package that retroactively affect Romans (ਪਿਆਰ for love; ਪ੍ਰਾਸਚਿਤ for propitiation) must be added to translation_memory.json before Phase 2 begins for either curriculum, with a note that they apply cross-curriculum, and any already-translated Romans segments containing ἀγάπη or ἱλαστήριον should be flagged for a consistency audit.
  5. Typological echoes without verbal quotation (e.g., Genesis 3:6 behind 1 John 2:16; Genesis 22:8 behind 1 John 4:9-10) should be surfaced in study-note material, not forced into the base translation text as if 1 John were directly quoting; over-literalizing an allusion risks manufacturing a false direct-quotation appearance.
  6. The Deuteronomy 19:15 legal-witness background to 1 John 5:6-8 must be taught explicitly in any accompanying notes, since without it “water, blood, and Spirit” as three witnesses reads as strange or ritualistic to a reader unfamiliar with Torah legal procedure.

Section F: Citation Form Reference Table

Book (English)Normalized Citation Form (this document / cross-reference indexing)Established Punjabi Bible In-Text Citation Form
1 John1 John 4:7-211 ਯੂਹੰਨਾ 4:7-21
RomansRomans 3:23ਰੋਮੀਆਂ 3:23
GenesisGenesis 15:6ਉਤਪਤ 15:6
ExodusExodus 20:3-4ਕੂਚ 20:3-4
LeviticusLeviticus 16ਲੇਵੀਆਂ 16
NumbersNumbers 15:30-31ਗਿਣਤੀ 15:30-31
DeuteronomyDeuteronomy 19:15ਬਿਵਸਥਾ ਸਾਰ 19:15
1 Samuel1 Samuel 16:131 ਸਮੂਏਲ 16:13
PsalmsPsalm 27:1ਜ਼ਬੂਰ 27:1
ProverbsProverbs 28:13ਕਹਾਉਤਾਂ 28:13
IsaiahIsaiah 7:14ਯਸਾਯਾਹ 7:14
DanielDaniel 7:13-14ਦਾਨੀਏਲ 7:13-14
HoseaHosea 1:10ਹੋਸ਼ੇਆ 1:10
AmosAmos 3:3ਆਮੋਸ 3:3
JoelJoel 2:28-29ਯੋਏਲ 2:28-29
MatthewMatthew 16:16ਮੱਤੀ 16:16
John (Gospel)John 1:1-4ਯੂਹੰਨਾ 1:1-4
2 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians 2:3-42 ਥੱਸਲੁਨੀਕੀਆਂ 2:3-4
HebrewsHebrews 9:22ਇਬਰਾਨੀਆਂ 9:22
RevelationRevelation 21:23ਪਰਕਾਸ਼ ਦੀ ਪੋਥੀ 21:23

Verse numbers remain Arabic numerals in all forms, consistent with the baseline’s YouVersion-alignment rule. Book-name forms must be verified against the same Punjabi Bible edition used for the Romans curriculum before Phase 2 begins, to guarantee identical citation conventions across both curricula.


This document extends 07_semantic_analysis.md and 08_core_glossary.md. Section D’s flagged consistency actions (ਪਿਆਰ and ਪ੍ਰਾਸਚਿਤ retroactive additions) must be resolved in translation_memory.json before Phase 2 segment translation begins for either the 1 John or Romans curriculum.

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