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  "slug": "letter",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/letter/",
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    "IMAGE",
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  ],
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  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000124",
      "label": "Second Corinthians 3 explicitly contrasts the letter with the Spirit in Paul's discussion of the written Mosaic covenant",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Second Corinthians 3 explicitly contrasts the letter with the Spirit in Paul's discussion of the written Mosaic covenant and new-covenant ministry.",
      "not_always": "The legacy equation letter = Law of Moses needs contextual qualification: Paul's letter/Spirit contrast is covenantal and rhetorical, not a universal lexical equation.",
      "scope_note": "The legacy equation letter = Law of Moses needs contextual qualification: Paul's letter/Spirit contrast is covenantal and rhetorical, not a universal lexical equation.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000124",
          "statement": "Second Corinthians 3 explicitly contrasts the letter with the Spirit in Paul's discussion of the written Mosaic covenant and new-covenant ministry.",
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            "IMAGE"
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          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "The legacy equation letter = Law of Moses needs contextual qualification: Paul's letter/Spirit contrast is covenantal and rhetorical, not a universal lexical equation.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "Full legacy wording remains subject to TSP-S3 unless the S2 statement exactly exhausts it.",
          "theological_intersections": [
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            "PNEUMATOLOGY"
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000226",
              "osis_start": "2Cor.3.6",
              "osis_end": "2Cor.3.7",
              "display_label": "2 Corinthians 3:6-7",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
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              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000091",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: S2 high-certainty anchor loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S2 high-certainty anchor corpus, 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/",
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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                }
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          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000756",
      "label": "Letter/writing has ordinary non-Mosaic uses",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Greek gramma can denote a written character or writing; ordinary uses prevent a universal equation “letter = Law of Moses.”",
      "not_always": "In 2 Corinthians 3 the letter relates to the written Mosaic covenant/ministry; the word should not be universalized as a symbol for the law in every occurrence.",
      "scope_note": "In 2 Corinthians 3 the letter relates to the written Mosaic covenant/ministry; the word should not be universalized as a symbol for the law in every occurrence.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000756",
          "statement": "Galatians 6:11 uses “letters” for the large written characters Paul writes with his own hand, confirming that the noun itself does not intrinsically mean the Mosaic law; the covenantal “letter” sense in 2 Corinthians 3 is contextual.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION"
          ],
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          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "In 2 Corinthians 3 the letter relates to the written Mosaic covenant/ministry; the word should not be universalized as a symbol for the law in every occurrence.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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            "COVENANT",
            "PNEUMATOLOGY"
          ],
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            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001148",
              "osis_start": "Gal.6.11",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Galatians 6:11",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000226",
              "osis_start": "2Cor.3.6",
              "osis_end": "2Cor.3.7",
              "display_label": "2 Corinthians 3:6-7",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000234",
              "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference",
              "title": "Greek gramma (letter / writing)",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/greek/1121.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                {
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                }
              ]
            }
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          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000182",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "γράμμα",
      "transliteration": "gramma",
      "strongs_id": "G1121",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
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    {
      "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0067",
      "title": "Letter",
      "canonical_statement": "Reclassified according to the narrower S3 adjudicated contextual sense: Second Corinthians 3 explicitly contrasts the letter with the Spirit in Paul's discussion of the written Mosaic covenant and new-covenant ministry.",
      "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "RECLASSIFIED_CONTEXTUAL_RELATION"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}