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Ephesians 2:11–12 recalls Gentiles’ former alienation from Israel’s covenantal privileges, ", "classification": "METAPHOR", "definition": "In the New Testament “uncircumcision” recurrently functions as a Jewish designation or metonym for Gentiles; Ephesians 2:11–12 recalls Gentiles’ former alienation from Israel’s covenantal privileges, but this ethnic/covenantal usage should not be collapsed into a universal equation “uncircumcision = uncleanness.”", "not_always": "Physical uncircumcision and moral uncleanness are not identical categories.", "scope_note": "The term can denote physical status or Gentile identity; moral impurity must be established from the passage rather than assumed from the label.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001162", "statement": "In the New Testament “uncircumcision” recurrently functions as a Jewish designation or metonym for Gentiles; Ephesians 2:11–12 recalls Gentiles’ former alienation from Israel’s covenantal privileges, but this ethnic/covenantal usage should not be collapsed into a universal equation “uncircumcision = uncleanness.”", "asserted_classifications": [ "METAPHOR" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 4, "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN", "status": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED", "public_wording_class": "STRONGLY_SUPPORTED_PATTERN", "scope_limitation": "The term can denote physical status or Gentile identity; 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therefore the legacy claim", "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION", "definition": "First Corinthians 7:19, Galatians 5:6 and 6:15, and Colossians 3:11 explicitly deny that physical circumcision or uncircumcision determines what counts before God in Christ; therefore the legacy claim “uncircumcision = out of covenantal relationship with God and his people” cannot be carried forward as a New Covenant rule.", "not_always": "Physical uncircumcision does not by itself define a person’s saving standing under the New Covenant.", "scope_note": "The New Testament preserves Israel’s historical circumcision covenant while explicitly refusing physical circumcision/uncircumcision as the basis of standing in Christ.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001163", "statement": "First Corinthians 7:19, Galatians 5:6 and 6:15, and Colossians 3:11 explicitly deny that physical circumcision or uncircumcision determines what counts before God in Christ; therefore the legacy claim “uncircumcision = out of covenantal relationship with God and his people” cannot be carried forward as a New Covenant rule.", "asserted_classifications": [ "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 1, "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION", "status": "ESTABLISHED", "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES", "scope_limitation": "The New Testament preserves Israel’s historical circumcision covenant while explicitly refusing physical circumcision/uncircumcision as the basis of standing in Christ.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": null, "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "COVENANT", "SOTERIOLOGY", "ECCLESIOLOGY", "ISRAELOLOGY" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001779", "osis_start": "1Cor.7.19", "osis_end": "1Cor.7.19", "display_label": "1 Corinthians 7:19", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001780", "osis_start": "Gal.5.6", "osis_end": "Gal.5.6", "display_label": "Galatians 5:6", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001781", "osis_start": "Gal.6.15", "osis_end": "Gal.6.15", "display_label": "Galatians 6:15", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001782", "osis_start": "Col.3.11", "osis_end": "Col.3.11", "display_label": "Colossians 3:11", "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": [] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] } ], "lexeme_mappings": [], "canonical_relationships": [], "negative_guardrails": [] }