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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000576",
  "slug": "yoke",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/yoke/",
  "canonical_name": "Yoke",
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    "METAPHOR",
    "IMAGE"
  ],
  "modules": [],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000157",
      "label": "Galatians explicitly uses yoke as a metaphor for slavery, while Jesus uses his yoke positively for discipleship; the ima",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Galatians explicitly uses yoke as a metaphor for slavery, while Jesus uses his yoke positively for discipleship; the image is context-dependent.",
      "not_always": "Servitude/slavery is explicit in Galatians 5:1, but Matthew 11:29-30 demonstrates that yoke imagery can also be positive.",
      "scope_note": "Servitude/slavery is explicit in Galatians 5:1, but Matthew 11:29-30 demonstrates that yoke imagery can also be positive.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000157",
          "statement": "Galatians explicitly uses yoke as a metaphor for slavery, while Jesus uses his yoke positively for discipleship; the image is context-dependent.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Servitude/slavery is explicit in Galatians 5:1, but Matthew 11:29-30 demonstrates that yoke imagery can also be positive.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "Full legacy wording remains subject to TSP-S3 unless the S2 statement exactly exhausts it.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "SOTERIOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000259",
              "osis_start": "Gal.5.1",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Galatians 5:1",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "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",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
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                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001249",
      "label": "Second Corinthians 6:14–16 uses unequal yoking as a metaphor for binding association with unbelief and idolatry and immediately explains the concern through the language of partner…",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "Second Corinthians 6:14–16 uses unequal yoking as a metaphor for binding association with unbelief and idolatry and immediately explains the concern through the language of partnership, fellowship, accord, and agreement. Relational association or fellowship is therefore a valid contextual yoke-image, while the frozen Galatians/Matthew anchor shows that yoke remains multivalent rather than a fixed symbol.",
      "not_always": "Yoke imagery may denote slavery, discipleship, burden, subjection, or relational association according to context.",
      "scope_note": "The fellowship/association sense is explicit in the 2 Corinthians 6 argument and should not be generalized to every yoke text.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-001249",
          "statement": "Second Corinthians 6:14–16 uses unequal yoking as a metaphor for binding association with unbelief and idolatry and immediately explains the concern through the language of partnership, fellowship, accord, and agreement. Relational association or fellowship is therefore a valid contextual yoke-image, while the frozen Galatians/Matthew anchor shows that yoke remains multivalent rather than a fixed symbol.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR",
            "IMAGE"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The fellowship/association sense is explicit in the 2 Corinthians 6 argument and should not be generalized to every yoke text.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "ECCLESIOLOGY",
            "SANCTIFICATION"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001941",
              "osis_start": "2Cor.6.14",
              "osis_end": "2Cor.6.16",
              "display_label": "2 Corinthians 6:14–16",
              "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": [
    {
      "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0116",
      "title": "Yoke",
      "canonical_statement": "Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: Second Corinthians 6:14–16 uses unequal yoking as a metaphor for binding association with unbelief and idolatry and immediately explains the concern through the language of partnership, fellowship, accord, and agreement. Relational association or fellowship is therefore a valid contextual yoke-image, while the frozen Galatians/Matthew anchor shows that yoke remains multivalent rather than a fixed symbol.",
      "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "CONFIRMED_CONTEXTUAL_RELATION"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}