Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Price
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Price as cost/value language rather than an intrinsic symbol
Biblical price language ordinarily denotes cost, valuation, or consideration paid; this semantic value does not by itself create a separate symbolic code “price = worth.”
Context control: Cost/value is lexical and transactional language; theological significance depends on the transaction described by the passage.
Biblical price language ordinarily denotes cost, valuation, or consideration paid; this semantic value does not by itself create a separate symbolic code “price = worth.”
Grade 4: Recurrent canonical motif or strong thematic patternScope: Cost/value is lexical and transactional language; theological significance depends on the transaction described by the passage.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
- BibleHub/BibleGateway reference — Price/value and bought-with-a-price language: 1 Corinthians 6:20 — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
Redemptive purchase price in the New Testament
The New Testament explicitly says believers were bought with a price and elsewhere identifies redemption not with silver or gold but with Christ’s precious blood, supporting a costly-redemption/ownership motif rather than a generic assertion of human market worth.
Context control: The texts emphasize the cost of redemption and consequent belonging to God; they do not define a person’s intrinsic worth by a commercial price.
The New Testament explicitly says believers were bought with a price and elsewhere identifies redemption not with silver or gold but with Christ’s precious blood, supporting a costly-redemption/ownership motif rather than a generic assertion of human market worth.
Grade 2: Explicit later canonical correspondenceScope: The texts emphasize the cost of redemption and consequent belonging to God; they do not define a person’s intrinsic worth by a commercial price.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
- BibleHub/BibleGateway reference — Price/value and bought-with-a-price language: 1 Corinthians 6:20 — Accessed/verified 2026-09-20
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