Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Armour
Claim-level biblical evidence review with contextual controls, canonical relationships, and preserved interpretive history.
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Evidence grades apply to individual claims, not to the headword as a whole. Strong biblical identification is kept separate from plausible or traditional interpretations, and unsupported proposals remain visible as negative evidence rather than being silently removed.
Ephesians 6 explicitly develops armor as an extended metaphor for God-given equipment for spiritual conflict.
Ephesians 6 explicitly develops armor as an extended metaphor for God-given equipment for spiritual conflict.
Context control: Each armor item is controlled by Paul's own identifications; incidental military details are not independently symbolic.
Ephesians 6 explicitly develops armor as an extended metaphor for God-given equipment for spiritual conflict.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: Each armor item is controlled by Paul's own identifications; incidental military details are not independently symbolic.
Residual uncertainty: Full legacy wording remains subject to TSP-S3 unless the S2 statement exactly exhausts it.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: S2 high-certainty anchor loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S2 high-certainty anchor corpus, 2026-09-20
Canonical relationships
- Armour: Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: Ephesians 6 explicitly develops armor as an extended metaphor for God-given equipment for spiritual conflict.
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