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it does not deny the serious compromises and failures narrated in Genesis.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": null, "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "SOTERIOLOGY", "PERSEVERANCE" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001171", "osis_start": "2Pet.2.6", "osis_end": "2Pet.2.9", "display_label": "2 Peter 2:6–9", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001173", "osis_start": "Gen.19.15", "osis_end": "Gen.19.29", "display_label": "Genesis 19:15–29", "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-000243", "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference", "title": "2 Peter 2:7 righteous Lot", "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://biblehub.com/2_peter/2-7.htm", "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://biblehub.com/2_peter/2-7.htm" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] }, { "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000774", "label": "Lot is not established as a formal type of the backslider", "classification": "TYPE", "definition": "The legacy “Lot = type of backslider” proposal lacks inspired typological identification and conflicts with the controlling NT description of righteous Lot.", "not_always": "Lot’s narrative may warn against compromised choices, but warning/application is not the same as a formally established type.", "scope_note": "Lot’s narrative may warn against compromised choices, but warning/application is not the same as a formally established type.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000774", "statement": "Scripture does not identify Lot as a formal type of the backslider; 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Genesis records morally compromised choices and hesitation, but 2 Peter’s later inspired interpretation explicitly calls him righteous and uses him as an example of divine rescue rather than apostasy." } ] }