Biblical Theme Map
Biblical Theme Map: Galatians (English → Sanskrit)
PRD Phase 1, Step 3 — Companion to 09_cross_reference_analysis.md
Curriculum: Galatians 1–6
Core passage: Galatians 2:15–21
Purpose: This document maps Galatians’ theme architecture — how its doctrines connect internally, to the Old Testament roots that ground them, to their New Testament development elsewhere (especially Romans, this pipeline’s other completed curriculum), and to the specific Sanskrit-language collision points already identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md and 08_core_glossary.md. It governs how Phase 2 translators should understand thematic continuity across chapters so that no chapter’s terminology is chosen in isolation from the letter’s single controlling argument.
1. Galatians’ Place in the Canon and in This Pipeline
Galatians is Paul’s most compressed, most polemical treatment of the relationship between law and grace — written to a crisis (Judaizing teachers requiring circumcision and Torah-observance of Gentile believers) rather than composed as a systematic exposition like Romans. Where Romans unfolds justification by faith across sixteen chapters with pastoral breadth (sin, salvation, sanctification, providence, Israel’s future, ethics), Galatians drives the same core doctrine — and several others Romans only touches — through a single sustained argument in six chapters, reaching its most concentrated statement at Galatians 2:15-21. Because this pipeline already holds a completed Romans Language Package, Galatians functions doctrinally as Romans’ argument intensified and its blind spots filled: flesh versus Spirit (barely lexicalized in the Romans TM despite Romans 8’s dependence on it), freedom versus slavery, the Abrahamic promise’s logical priority to the Law, and the cross as the ground of a wholly new identity all receive their sharpest formulation here.
2. Central Thesis and Theme Architecture
Galatians 2:15-21 is the letter’s theological hinge: Paul’s own testimony (“we…believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law,” v.16) pivots directly into the crucifixion-with-Christ language of v.20 (“I have been crucified with Christ… the life I now live… I live by faith in the Son of God”), and closes with the logical guardrail of v.21 (“if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose”). Every other doctrine in the letter either feeds into this passage (chapters 1 and the first half of chapter 2 establish Paul’s authority to make this claim and defend it against a rival “gospel”) or flows out of it (chapters 3-6 unpack, defend, and apply it through Scripture, allegory, and ethics).
[Paul's Apostleship & the True Gospel] (chs. 1-2:14)
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GALATIANS 2:15-21 — JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH,
NOT WORKS OF THE LAW; CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
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[Abrahamic Promise [Law's Purpose [Adoption, Sonship,
& the Law's & the Curse] Heirship, Two
Chronological Covenants]
Priority] (ch.3) (ch.3) (ch.4)
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[Freedom in Christ] → [Flesh vs. Spirit] →
[Fruit of the Spirit] → [Faith Working
through Love] (ch.5)
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[Bearing One Another's Burdens] →
[New Creation, Boasting only in the Cross] (ch.6)
3. Theme Clusters
3.1 The Gospel: Singular and Unchangeable
Galatians location: 1:6-12, 2:5,14 OT roots: No direct OT precedent for “gospel” as a technical term, but the concept of a single, authoritative divine word not subject to human alteration echoes Deuteronomy 4:2 / 12:32 (“you shall not add to or take from” the covenant word) and the prophetic formula “thus says the LORD.” NT development: Parallels 2 Corinthians 11:4 (a “different Jesus,” “different spirit,” “different gospel”) and 2 Peter 2:1 (false teachers). Within this pipeline, directly extends the Romans doctrine registry’s “gospel” entry (High risk) into a sharper exclusivity claim. Galatians’ specific contribution: Where Romans presents the gospel positively (its content and power, Romans 1:16-17), Galatians presents it polemically, defined partly by what it excludes (Galatians 1:7’s “there is no other one”). This is new argumentative territory requiring the new term अन्यः सुसमाचारः (Critical risk, mārga-pluralism collision). Sanskrit anchor terms: सुसमाचारः [REUSED], अन्यः सुसमाचारः [new], शप्तः [new]. Cross-reference: doctrine_risk_registry.json “gospel” entry (High) is insufficient on its own for Galatians 1; the exclusivity claim pushes this specific sub-theme to Critical for Galatians purposes.
3.2 Apostolic Authority Grounded in Direct Revelation, Not Human Tradition
Galatians location: 1:1,11-24 OT roots: The prophetic call narrative pattern (Jeremiah 1:4-10; Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1-3) — a personal, historically located divine commissioning, not an inherited office. NT development: Parallels Acts 9 (Paul’s Damascus-road commissioning) and 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 (Paul’s direct revelations). Within this pipeline, sharpens Romans 1:1’s “called to be an apostle” by explicitly denying any human intermediary (Galatians 1:1,12). Galatians’ specific contribution: Introduces the तradition/paramparā collision (पैतृकी परम्परा, High risk) not present in Romans, since Galatians 1:14 explicitly names Paul’s former “traditions of the fathers” as the thing superseded. Sanskrit anchor terms: प्रेषितः [REUSED], प्रकाशनम् [new], पैतृकी परम्परा [new].
3.3 Justification by Faith Apart from Works of the Law
Galatians location: 2:15-21; 3:1-14, 21-26 OT roots: Genesis 15:6 (Abraham’s faith credited as righteousness); Habakkuk 2:4 (“the righteous shall live by faith”); Psalm 143:2 (no one justified before God by their own righteousness). NT development: This is Galatians’ point of maximal overlap with Romans (3:20-28; 4:1-25; 5:1). The letter’s core passage (2:15-21) is this pipeline’s second full treatment of the justification doctrine already Critical-tier in the Romans registry. Galatians’ specific contribution: Coins विधेः कर्माणि (“works of the law,” Critical risk) as a term Romans never needed in this precise form, because Galatians’ crisis is specifically about boundary-marking Torah observance (circumcision, food laws) as a badge of covenant membership, not works-righteousness in the abstract. Sanskrit anchor terms: धर्मीति निर्णयः [REUSED], धार्मिकता [REUSED], विश्वासः [REUSED], विधेः कर्माणि [new].
3.4 The Abrahamic Promise’s Priority to the Law
Galatians location: 3:6-9, 15-18, 29 OT roots: Genesis 12:1-3, 7; 13:15; 15:6; 17:1-8; 18:18; 22:18; 24:7 — the Abrahamic covenant of promise, unilateral and grace-based, predates Sinai by centuries (Galatians 3:17’s 430-year note, cf. Exodus 12:40-41). NT development: Parallels Romans 4’s entire Abraham argument, but Galatians adds a distinct legal-logical point absent from Romans: a later covenant (Sinai) cannot annul an earlier one (Abraham) (Galatians 3:15,17-18) — an argument from covenant chronology, not merely from Abraham’s example. Galatians’ specific contribution: Introduces प्रतिज्ञा (“promise,” High risk, Nyāya-syllogism collision) and वंशः (“seed/offspring,” High risk, singular/plural exegetical fidelity) as load-bearing new terms this exact argument requires. Sanskrit anchor terms: अब्राहामः [REUSED], प्रतिज्ञा [new], वंशः [new]. Doctrine registry note: Romans has no distinct “Abrahamic Covenant” registry entry (only “davidic_covenant”); Phase 2 should add one for Galatians, modeled on the existing covenant entry’s structure.
3.5 The Law’s Temporary, Custodial Purpose
Galatians location: 3:10-13, 19-25 OT roots: Deuteronomy 27:26 (covenant curse for disobedience); Deuteronomy 21:23 (curse of one hanged); Leviticus 18:5 (life through doing). NT development: Parallels Romans 3:19-20 (law brings knowledge of sin, not righteousness) and Romans 7:7-13 (law’s role in exposing sin), but Galatians uniquely develops the paidagōgos (temporary guardian) image — a structural, time-bound metaphor absent from Romans. Galatians’ specific contribution: शापः (curse, High risk, Puranic śāpa-reversibility collision) and अनुशासकः (guardian, High risk, guru-paramparā collision) are new to this pipeline and central to this cluster alone. Sanskrit anchor terms: विधिः [REUSED], शापः [new], अनुशासकः [new].
3.6 Union with Christ: Crucifixion, New Identity
Galatians location: 2:19-20; 3:27 (clothed with Christ); 5:24; 6:14 OT roots: No direct OT precedent; the closest typological anticipation is the substitutionary sacrificial system (Levitical sin/guilt offerings) and the Isaiah 53 suffering-servant pattern, applied by extension to the cross’s curse-bearing function (Galatians 3:13). NT development: Direct parallel to Romans 6:1-11 (dead to sin, alive to God, buried and raised with Christ) — but Galatians 2:20’s first-person, intensely personal “I have been crucified” register is unique in its rhetorical force among Paul’s letters. Galatians’ specific contribution: ख्रीष्टेन सह क्रूशितः (Critical risk, jñāna-yoga/Advaita ego-dissolution collision) is this pipeline’s first formal treatment of crucifixion-union language at this depth. Sanskrit anchor terms: क्रूशः/क्रूशितः [new], परमेश्वरस्य पुत्रः [REUSED], विश्वासः [REUSED].
3.7 Adoption, Heirship, and the Spirit of Sonship
Galatians location: 3:26-29; 4:1-7, 21-31
OT roots: Israel as God’s “firstborn son” (Exodus 4:22; Hosea 11:1); the Isaac/Ishmael inheritance narrative (Genesis 15-21).
NT development: Direct parallel to Romans 8:14-17,23 (Spirit of adoption, Abba-cry, fellow heirs) — Galatians 4:4-7 and Romans 8:15 share the identical Abba-Father construction and must render it verbatim identically per the cross-document consistency rule already established in the Romans package.
Galatians’ specific contribution: Develops the heir/slave contrast (4:1-7) and the Hagar/Sarah two-covenants allegory (4:21-31) at a depth and narrative concreteness Romans never reaches, introducing उत्तराधिकारी (heir, High risk, Mīmāṃsā adhikāra-eligibility collision) as a genuinely new term this pipeline previously lacked (see Backward-Harmonization Flags, 09_cross_reference_analysis.md Section F).
Sanskrit anchor terms: पुत्रत्वेन स्वीकरणम् [REUSED], अब्बा…पिता [REUSED], उत्तराधिकारी [new], दासः [new].
3.8 Freedom in Christ
Galatians location: 2:4; 4:21-31 (climax at 4:31); 5:1,13 OT roots: The Exodus deliverance from Egyptian slavery (Exodus 1-15) as Israel’s foundational liberation narrative; echoed structurally (not textually cited) in Galatians’ slavery/freedom antithesis. NT development: No single Romans parallel of comparable density; Romans 6:15-23 (slaves of sin versus slaves of righteousness) is the nearest conceptual analog, but Galatians’ “freedom” vocabulary (ἐλευθερία) has no Romans TM precedent at all. Galatians’ specific contribution: स्वतन्त्रता (Critical risk — the single most mokṣa-adjacent new term in this package) is unique to Galatians in this pipeline and requires the heaviest “this is not liberation-from-saṃsāra” annotation discipline outside the Holy Spirit/flesh cluster. Sanskrit anchor terms: स्वतन्त्रता/स्वतन्त्रः [new], दासत्वस्य युगम् [new].
3.9 Flesh versus Spirit
Galatians location: 3:3; 4:23,29; 5:13,16-21,24-25; 6:8
OT roots: No direct OT precedent for this precise ethical antithesis; distantly anticipated by the “heart of stone / heart of flesh” contrast (Ezekiel 36:26) and the flesh/spirit distinction in Isaiah 31:3 (“the Egyptians are man, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit”) — both using “flesh” for creaturely weakness rather than moral corruption per se, a narrower background sense than Paul’s fully-developed ethical category.
NT development: Direct, dense parallel to Romans 8:1-13 — but as flagged in 09_cross_reference_analysis.md Section F, the Romans TM never lexicalized “flesh” at all. Galatians 5 is therefore this pipeline’s first full treatment of this antithesis.
Galatians’ specific contribution: शरीरम् for σάρξ (CRITICAL risk — the single highest-stakes new lexical decision in this package, rivaling the baseline’s treatment of “Holy Spirit”) must not collapse into Sāṃkhya’s puruṣa/prakṛti dualism or Advaita’s ātman/deha distinction.
Sanskrit anchor terms: शरीरम् [new], पवित्र आत्मा [REUSED], शरीरस्य इच्छाः [new], शरीरस्य कर्माणि [new].
3.10 The Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians location: 5:22-23 OT roots: Wisdom-literature “fruit” imagery for the outcome of a righteous or wicked life (Psalm 1:3; Proverbs 11:30); prophetic promise of an inward-transforming Spirit (Ezekiel 36:26-27; Joel 2:28-29). NT development: Parallel to Romans 5:5’s Spirit-poured-out love and Romans 8:9-11’s indwelling-Spirit life, but Galatians alone supplies the nine-fold enumerated list contrasted structurally with the “works of the flesh” catalogue (5:19-21). Galatians’ specific contribution: पवित्रस्य आत्मनः फलम् (CRITICAL — stacking the ātman-Brahman collision with the karmaphala collision) is the heaviest single-term annotation burden identified anywhere in this package. Sanskrit anchor terms: पवित्र आत्मा [REUSED], फलम् [new — with mandatory karmaphala-distinguishing note].
3.11 Faith Working through Love
Galatians location: 5:6, 13-14
OT roots: Leviticus 19:18 (“love your neighbor as yourself”), embedded within the Levitical holiness code.
NT development: Direct parallel to Romans 13:8-10’s use of the same Leviticus verse as “the law’s fulfillment.” As established in 09_cross_reference_analysis.md Section E.5, this is the first formal Sanskrit decision on ἀγάπη across the whole pipeline.
Galatians’ specific contribution: प्रेम for ἀγάπη (High risk, Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava bhakti-rasa collision) and the combined phrase प्रेम्णा सक्रियः विश्वासः uniquely integrate faith and love as a single, indivisible reality — a point Romans states but does not develop with comparable density.
Sanskrit anchor terms: विश्वासः [REUSED], प्रेम [new], सामीप्यस्थः जनः [new, “neighbor”].
3.12 Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Galatians location: 6:1-5, 9-10 OT roots: Proverbs’ communal-wisdom ethic (e.g., Proverbs 27:17); the broader OT “love of neighbor” ethic (Leviticus 19:18, again). NT development: Parallels Romans 15:1 (“we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak”) and Romans 12:15 (shared joy/sorrow); a practical outworking of the “faith working through love” cluster above. Galatians’ specific contribution: The deliberate βάρος/φορτίον (shared burden vs. one’s own load) lexical distinction is unique to this passage and requires careful preservation in Sanskrit (भारः vs. स्वकीयः भारः). Sanskrit anchor terms: भाराणि वहत [new], स्वकीयः भारः [new], ख्रीष्टस्य विधिः [new].
3.13 Circumcision and the New Creation
Galatians location: 5:2-6,11; 6:12-15 OT roots: Genesis 17:9-14 (the Abrahamic circumcision sign); prophetic critique of merely outward circumcision (Jeremiah 4:4; 9:25-26; Deuteronomy 10:16, 30:6’s “circumcise your heart”). NT development: Parallel to Romans 2:25-29 (circumcision of the heart, not the flesh) and Romans 4:9-12 (Abraham justified before circumcision) — but Galatians pushes to the sharpest possible formula, “neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but a new creation” (6:15). Galatians’ specific contribution: नवीना सृष्टिः (CRITICAL — Śaiva pañcakṛtya cyclical-cosmology collision and Advaita provisional-reality/māyā collision) is a wholly new term for this pipeline, naming a decisive, non-cyclical transformation of identity. Sanskrit anchor terms: त्वक्च्छेदः/अत्वक्च्छेदः [new], नवीना सृष्टिः [new].
4. Canonical Trajectory: The Whole-Bible Arc Behind Galatians
Galatians’ argument only makes sense set against this longer canonical line, which Phase 2 translator notes should make explicit wherever space allows:
- Genesis (promise): God unilaterally promises Abraham blessing, offspring, and blessing-to-the-nations (Genesis 12, 15, 17, 22) — received by faith alone (Genesis 15:6), centuries before any law is given.
- Exodus/Sinai (law): The Law is given to a people already redeemed (Exodus 20), not as the means of that redemption — but it also establishes a covenant structure of blessing and curse (Deuteronomy 27-28) that exposes transgression.
- Prophets (faith and hope amid law’s exposure of sin): Habakkuk 2:4 anchors righteousness in faith even under covenant strain; Isaiah 54:1 and the broader Isaianic hope anticipate a barren people’s future fruitfulness and a renewed Jerusalem.
- Christ (fulfillment): Born “in the fullness of time” (Galatians 4:4), Christ is the singular “seed” in whom the Abrahamic promise culminates (Galatians 3:16), and he absorbs the Law’s covenant curse in his crucifixion (Galatians 3:13; Deuteronomy 21:23), ending the Law’s custodial jurisdiction (Galatians 3:24-25) for all who believe.
- Spirit given (the church age): The promised Spirit (Galatians 3:14; cf. Ezekiel 36:26-27; Joel 2:28-29) is poured out on believers, producing adoption’s Abba-cry (Galatians 4:6) and organic fruit (Galatians 5:22-23) in place of law-code compliance.
- New creation (inaugurated, awaiting consummation): Old identity-markers (circumcision, ethnicity, social status) are relativized (Galatians 3:28; 6:15) as believers already participate in the “new creation” Christ has inaugurated, with its full unveiling still future (paralleling Romans 8:18-25’s “whole creation” hope, though Galatians does not develop the cosmic dimension as fully as Romans).
5. Named Curriculum Doctrines Mapped to Theme Clusters
| Curriculum Doctrine (as given) | Theme Cluster (§3) | Primary Chapters | Risk Tier | Governing Sanskrit Term(s) |
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| Justification by Faith | 3.3 | 2-3 | Critical | धर्मीति निर्णयः, धार्मिकता, विश्वासः |
| The True Gospel versus False Gospels | 3.1 | 1-2 | Critical | सुसमाचारः, अन्यः सुसमाचारः |
| Paul’s Apostleship | 3.2 | 1-2 | High | प्रेषितः, प्रकाशनम् |
| Law and Grace | 3.3, 3.5 | 2-3, 5 | Critical/High | विधिः, अनुग्रहः |
| Crucified with Christ | 3.6 | 2, 5-6 | Critical | ख्रीष्टेन सह क्रूशितः |
| The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | 3.4 | 3 | High | प्रतिज्ञा, वंशः, अब्राहामः |
| The Law’s Purpose | 3.5 | 3 | High | शापः, अनुशासकः |
| Adoption and Sonship | 3.7 | 3-4 | High | पुत्रत्वेन स्वीकरणम्, अब्बा…पिता, उत्तराधिकारी |
| Freedom in Christ | 3.8 | 2, 4-5 | Critical | स्वतन्त्रता |
| Circumcision and the New Creation | 3.13 | 5-6 | Critical | त्वक्च्छेदः, नवीना सृष्टिः |
| Flesh versus Spirit | 3.9 | 3, 4-6 | Critical | शरीरम्, पवित्र आत्मा |
| Fruit of the Spirit | 3.10 | 5 | Critical | पवित्रस्य आत्मनः फलम् |
| Faith Working through Love | 3.11 | 5 | High | प्रेम, प्रेम्णा सक्रियः विश्वासः |
| Bearing One Another’s Burdens | 3.12 | 6 | Low-Medium | भाराणि वहत, ख्रीष्टस्य विधिः |
6. Cross-Scripture Thematic Connections Beyond Direct Quotation
- John 1:12-13 (receiving Christ, becoming “children of God,” born not of flesh but of God) — thematically parallel to Galatians’ adoption cluster (3.7); useful for translator background, though not a Galatians cross-reference proper.
- 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 (spiritual gifts, χαρίσματα) contrasted structurally with Galatians 5:22-23’s “fruit” — the Romans TM’s “spiritual_gifts” entry (आत्मिकं वरदानम्, Medium risk) and Galatians’ new “fruit” term (फलम्) name two distinct but complementary categories: gifts are given/distributed for service, fruit is grown/matured in character. Translator notes should keep these two categories distinct rather than conflating them under a single “spiritual endowment” gloss.
- Ephesians 2:8-9 (“by grace you have been saved, through faith… not a result of works”) — the New Testament’s other most concentrated grace-not-works statement, doctrinally identical in substance to Galatians 2:15-21 though outside this curriculum’s scope; useful as an internal-canon confirmation that Galatians’ argument is not idiosyncratic to a local crisis but represents settled apostolic doctrine.
- Philippians 3:3-9 (Paul’s own testimony renouncing confidence in law-righteousness and circumcision) — a first-person parallel to Galatians 1:13-14’s autobiographical material, reinforcing that Paul’s argument is grounded in his own reversed self-assessment, not abstract theory.
- James 2:14-26 (faith and works) — commonly perceived as in tension with Galatians; translator notes should clarify this is not a doctrinal contradiction within this Language Package’s scope: James addresses whether a professed faith without any resulting works is real/living faith, while Galatians addresses whether works of the law (specifically Torah-observance as a badge of covenant membership) can ground justification. The two letters answer different questions and must not be harmonized or contrasted carelessly in translator annotation.
- Hebrews 8-10 (the Law as a “shadow,” a better covenant established in Christ, the obsolescence of the old cultic system) — a canonical companion to Galatians’ law’s-purpose cluster (3.5), reinforcing the temporary, custodial reading of the Mosaic law without this curriculum needing to reproduce Hebrews’ priesthood-typology argument in full.
7. Sanskrit-Specific Cross-Cutting Collision Map
Organizing the whole letter’s risk profile by which classical philosophical system is chiefly implicated clarifies where Phase 2 review effort should concentrate:
| Classical System Chiefly Implicated | Galatians Themes Affected | Representative New Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Pūrva Mīmāṃsā (karma/karmaphala, vidhi, adhikāra) | Justification by Faith, Law’s Purpose, Adoption/Heirship | विधेः कर्माणि, शरीरस्य कर्माणि, उत्तराधिकारी |
| Advaita Vedānta (ātman-Brahman identity, māyā/provisional creation) | Fruit of the Spirit, Circumcision and the New Creation, Crucified with Christ | पवित्रस्य आत्मनः फलम्, नवीना सृष्टिः, ख्रीष्टेन सह क्रूशितः |
| Sāṃkhya-Yoga (puruṣa/prakṛti, tattva enumeration, siddhi) | Flesh versus Spirit (background, ch.4’s “elemental principles”) | शरीरम्, जगतः तत्त्वानि (background term, ch.4) |
| Bhagavad Gītā avatāra theology (4.7-8) | Incarnation/Fullness of Time (background to Adoption/Sonship) | कालस्य पूर्णता, देहधारणम् [REUSED] |
| Varṇāśrama-dharma / dharmaśāstra social theory | Unity of Jews and Gentiles (3:28), Adoption/Heirship | उत्तराधिकारी, the ch.3:28 unity formula |
| Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava bhakti-rasa theology | Faith Working through Love | प्रेम |
| Puranic narrative logic (śāpa reversibility) | The True Gospel versus False Gospels, The Law’s Purpose | शप्तः, शापः |
| Śaiva Siddhānta cyclical cosmology (pañcakṛtya) | Circumcision and the New Creation | नवीना सृष्टिः |
| Mokṣa/mukti liberation theology (all mārgas) | Freedom in Christ | स्वतन्त्रता |
8. Summary Table: Theme → Doctrine → Risk → Governing Sanskrit Term
| Theme Cluster | Named Doctrine | Risk | Governing Sanskrit Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| §3.1 | The True Gospel versus False Gospels | Critical | अन्यः सुसमाचारः |
| §3.2 | Paul’s Apostleship | High | प्रेषितः, प्रकाशनम् |
| §3.3 | Justification by Faith | Critical | धर्मीति निर्णयः, विधेः कर्माणि |
| §3.4 | The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | High | प्रतिज्ञा, वंशः |
| §3.5 | The Law’s Purpose | High | शापः, अनुशासकः |
| §3.6 | Crucified with Christ | Critical | ख्रीष्टेन सह क्रूशितः |
| §3.7 | Adoption and Sonship | High | उत्तराधिकारी, पुत्रत्वेन स्वीकरणम् |
| §3.8 | Freedom in Christ | Critical | स्वतन्त्रता |
| §3.9 | Flesh versus Spirit | Critical | शरीरम् |
| §3.10 | Fruit of the Spirit | Critical | पवित्रस्य आत्मनः फलम् |
| §3.11 | Faith Working through Love | High | प्रेम |
| §3.12 | Bearing One Another’s Burdens | Low-Medium | भाराणि वहत |
| §3.13 | Circumcision and the New Creation | Critical | नवीना सृष्टिः |
This document must be loaded alongside 09_cross_reference_analysis.md, 07_semantic_analysis.md, 08_core_glossary.md, and the baseline Romans Language Package before any Phase 2 Galatians translation work begins. All Critical and High risk theme-doctrine pairings above require the same human-theologian/Sanskrit-scholar review routing established in doctrine_risk_registry.json, extended per the new-term entries in 08_core_glossary.md.