CLASSIFICATIONS.md — Per-Item Audit Trail¶

Study: Who Possesses Immortality?¶

This document contains the full Tree 3/4 classification walkthrough for every E-item classified as Cond. or ECT, and every N-item. Parser tool output was used for Gate 2 (Grammar) verification.

E-Item Classifications (Tree 3)¶

E1 (1 Tim 6:16) -- "God alone has immortality" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- No destruction vocabulary applied to wicked in this verse. V2 -- No conscious-torment vocabulary. However, this verse uses immortality vocabulary to establish who possesses it (God alone), which by exclusion establishes that no creature has it. The statement has positional force: "only" (monos) excludes all others from possessing immortality. Candidate: COND. (establishes that immortality is not inherent in humans).
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): God is the subject — not a symbolic entity. This verse describes a literal divine attribute. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: monos (G3441, A-NSM Nom Sg M) + echon (G2192, V-PAP-NSM Pres Act Ptcp Nom Sg M) + athanasiān (G110, N-ASF Acc Sg F). The present active participle echon denotes ongoing possession. Monos is attributive — "the only one having." The grammar unambiguously supports exclusive attribution. No alternative parsing. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic doxological formula. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E24 (1 Tim 1:17 — God as aphthartos), E23 (Rom 1:23 — God aphthartos vs. man phthartos), E27 (John 5:26 — Father has life in himself). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E2 (1 Cor 15:42) -- "Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Corruption" (phthora) describes the present condition, not destruction of the wicked specifically. V2 -- No conscious-torment vocabulary. Neither V1 nor V2 triggered for wicked's fate. This is a descriptive contrast between present and resurrection states.
Result: Neutral. Both sides accept this describes the resurrection transformation.

E3 (1 Cor 15:50) -- "Corruption cannot inherit incorruption" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- No destruction vocabulary applied to the wicked. V2 -- No torment vocabulary. This states the necessity of transformation — both sides agree.
Result: Neutral. Observational statement about incompatibility of corruption and incorruption.

E4 (1 Cor 15:53-54) -- "This mortal must put on immortality" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Mortal" (thnetos) describes present human condition as liable to die; "put on" (endyo) immortality implies current non-possession. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): "This mortal" (touto to thneton) — substantival, referring to mortal humans. Literal human beings. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: thneton (G2349, A-NSN Nom Sg N) used substantivally; endysasthai (G1746, V-AMN Aor Mid Inf) — aorist middle infinitive, "to clothe oneself with"; athanasiān (G110, N-ASF Acc Sg F) — accusative direct object. The grammar unambiguously shows immortality as the object acquired by the mortal subject via a verb of clothing/acquisition. No alternative parsing. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic theological argument. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E1 (God alone has immortality — humans must acquire it), E5 (humans seek immortality), E6 (Christ brought immortality to light). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E5 (Rom 2:7) -- "Those who seek immortality receive eternal life" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Immortality is something sought (non-possession implied). Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): Those who by patient well-doing seek — literal human beings. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: zetousin (G2212, V-PAP-DPM Pres Act Ptcp Dat Pl M — "seeking"); aphtharsian (G861, N-ASF Acc Sg F). Present active participle = ongoing seeking. The grammar shows aphtharsia as the object of active seeking. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E1, E4 (immortality not presently possessed). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E6 (2 Tim 1:10) -- "Christ abolished death, brought life and immortality to light" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Abolished death" uses destruction vocabulary, but applied to death itself, not to the wicked. V2 -- No torment vocabulary. This describes Christ's salvific work — both sides accept it.
Result: Neutral. Observational statement about Christ's work that both sides accept.

E7 (Ezek 18:4, 20) -- "The soul that sinneth, it shall die" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Die" (muth, H4191) — death vocabulary applied to the nephesh (soul). Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): The nephesh (soul) — referring to literal human persons (the sinning individual). PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: hannephesh (H5315, Noun.fs.Abs with article — "the soul") + hachote't (chata, Verb.Qal.Ptcp.fs — "the sinning one") + hi' (PersPron.3fs — "she/it") + tamut (muth, Verb.Qal.Impf.3fs — "shall die"). The nephesh is the grammatical subject of the verb "die." The Qal imperfect tamut is the standard form for dying. No alternative parsing — the soul is the subject of dying. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle — direct speech of God ("Thus says the Lord GOD"). Didactic direct-speech prophecy. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E8 (God can destroy soul), E21 (living soul died), E22 (nephesh met — dead soul). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E8 (Matt 10:28) -- "God is able to destroy both soul and body in gehenna" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Destroy" (apollymi, G622) applied to the soul (psyche). Destruction vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): Jesus speaking to the twelve about literal human judgment. The souls/bodies to be destroyed are literal human persons. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: apolesai (G622, V-AAN Aor Act Inf — "to destroy") + kai psychen kai soma (both soul [G5590, N-ASF] and body [G4983, N-ASN]) + en geenne (in gehenna [G1067, N-DSF]). Active voice infinitive with God as the agent. The verb apollymi means "to destroy fully." Both soul and body are direct objects of destruction. No alternative parsing — the grammar is straightforward. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Gospel — didactic instruction from Jesus to his disciples. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E7 (soul can die), E21 (living soul died). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E9 (Gen 2:7 + Gen 1:20-21) -- "Man became a living soul; same term used for animals" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- No destruction vocabulary. V2 -- No torment vocabulary. This is a creation-formula observation that both sides accept.
Result: Neutral. Observational statement about the creation formula.

E10 (Gen 3:22-24) -- "Man barred from tree of life lest he live forever" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- The purpose clause "lest he live forever" implies man will NOT live forever without the tree — mortality/cessation implied. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): Adam — literal human being. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: pen (Conj — "lest") + yishlach (shalach, Verb.Qal.Impf.3ms — "he send forth") + wachay (chayah, Verb.Qal.Perf.3ms — "and live") + leolam (olam, Noun.ms.Abs — "to eternity"). The pen clause is a purpose clause of prevention — God acts to prevent Adam from living forever. The grammar unambiguously shows that without the tree of life, Adam would not live forever. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Genesis narrative — historical report of divine action. Didactic. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E1 (God alone has immortality), E4 (mortals must acquire immortality). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E11 (Rom 6:23) -- "Wages of sin is death; gift of God is eternal life" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Death" (thanatos) as the wages/penalty of sin. Death vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): Universal human subjects — sinners receive death; believers receive life. Literal humans. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: opsonia (G3800, N-NPN — "wages") + hamartias (G266, N-GSF — "of sin") + thanatos (G2288, N-NSM — "death"); charisma (G5486, N-NSN — "gift") + theou (G2316, N-GSM — "of God") + zoe aionios (G2222 + G166 — "eternal life"). The binary is grammatically exhaustive: two subjects (sin/God), two wages (death/eternal life). No third option is stated. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E12 (John 3:16 — perish vs. life), E13 (1 John 5:11-12 — no life apart from Christ). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E12 (John 3:16) -- "Perish vs. have everlasting life" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Perish" (apollymi, G622) — destruction vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): "Whoever believes" — literal human beings. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: apoletai (G622, V-2AMS-3S Aor Mid Subj — "should perish") + eche (G2192, V-PAS-3S Pres Act Subj — "may have") + zoen aionion (eternal life). The construction hina me apoletai all' eche presents two mutually exclusive alternatives: perishing or having eternal life. The grammar is straightforward. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Gospel — didactic discourse by Jesus. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E11 (death vs. life), E13 (no life apart from Christ). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E13 (1 John 5:11-12) -- "He that hath not the Son hath not life" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Absolute negation of life apart from Christ — those without Christ "hath not life." Cessation/non-possession of life. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): Those who have or do not have the Son — literal human beings. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): ouk echei ten zoen — "does not have the life." Present active indicative with negative particle. The statement is absolute. No alternative parsing. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Johannine epistle — didactic. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E11, E12. No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E14 (Job 34:14-15) -- "If God gathers spirit and breath, all flesh perishes" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Perish" (gawa, expire) + "return to dust" — death/cessation vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): "All flesh" (kol-basar) and "man" (adam) — literal humans and all living creatures. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: yigwa' (gawa, Verb.Qal.Impf.3ms — "expire") + kol-basar (all flesh) + yashub (shub, Verb.Qal.Impf.3ms — "return") + al-aphar (unto dust). The conditional "if God gathers his spirit and breath" governs the result "all flesh expires and man returns to dust." Grammar straightforward. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom literature — Elihu's direct theological speech. Didactic discourse. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E29 (Ps 104:29 — take away breath = death), E30 (Acts 17:25 — God gives all life). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E15 (Ecc 9:5) -- "The dead know not anything" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Unconsciousness in death — cessation vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): "The dead" (hammetim) — literal dead humans. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): hammetim enam yod'im me'umah — "the dead know not anything." Standard Hebrew negation. Grammar unambiguous. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom literature — Qoheleth's observation. Didactic. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E16 (Ps 146:4 — thoughts perish), E32 (Ps 115:17 — dead don't praise), E33 (Ecc 9:10 — no work in sheol). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E16 (Ps 146:4) -- "His breath goeth forth; in that very day his thoughts perish" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Thoughts perish" (abad) — cessation of consciousness. Destruction/cessation vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): A human ruler/person whose breath departs — literal human. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): tetse rucho (breath goes out) + abdu eshtonotayv (his thoughts perish, abad Qal Perfect). Abad = perish/be lost. Applied to thoughts at the moment of death. Grammar clear. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Psalm — didactic wisdom observation within a praise psalm. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E15, E32, E33. No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E17 (1 Cor 15:21-22) -- "By man came death; by man came resurrection" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Death" mentioned, but as a universal fact, not as punishment of the wicked specifically. V2 -- No torment. This is an observational statement about Adam/Christ typology both sides accept.
Result: Neutral.

E18 (1 Cor 15:26) -- "The last enemy destroyed is death" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Destroyed" (katargeo) applied to death itself, not to the wicked. Both sides agree death is the last enemy to be abolished.
Result: Neutral. Both ECT and conditionalist scholars accept this statement.

E19 (1 Cor 15:18) -- "If no resurrection, the dead in Christ are perished" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Perished" (apollymi) applied to dead believers — destruction/cessation vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): "Those fallen asleep in Christ" — literal dead believers. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: apolonto (G622, V-2AMI-3P Aor Mid Ind Pl 3rd — "perished"). Aorist middle indicative — they have perished. The grammar is clear: without resurrection, dead believers have been destroyed. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Pauline epistle — didactic argument (reductio ad absurdum). PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E11, E12 (death vs. life binary). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E20 (Luke 20:35-36) -- "Those who attain the resurrection can no longer die" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Neither can they die any more" — immortality is a quality of the resurrection state, not the present state. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): Those accounted worthy of the resurrection — literal human beings. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): oute apothanein eti dynantai — "neither can they die anymore." Standard Greek construction. The inability to die is predicated of the resurrection state, not the present. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Gospel — Jesus' didactic response to the Sadducees. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E4 (mortal puts on immortality at resurrection), E1 (God alone currently has immortality). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E21 (Rev 16:3) -- "Every living soul died in the sea" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Died" (apothnesko) applied to psyche (soul). Death vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): "Every living soul" (pasa psyche zosa) in the sea — marine creatures. Not literal wicked humans in final judgment. FAIL — subject is sea creatures, not humans facing eschatological judgment.
Step 3 (Reclassification): Gate 1 fails because the subjects are marine creatures, not humans facing final judgment. However, the observation that psyche can die is a factual textual observation both sides must accept. Corrected observation: "The term psyche (soul) can be the subject of dying." Re-enter V1/V2: this is a factual vocabulary observation. Neither positional vocabulary applies to a factual observation about word usage.
Result: Reclassified to Neutral. The observation that psyche/soul can die is a textual fact both sides accept; the positional implications are drawn elsewhere (E7, E8).

E22 (Lev 21:11, Num 6:6) -- "Nephesh met — dead soul used for corpses" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Dead" (met) applied to nephesh (soul). However, this is a lexical observation about word usage, not a direct statement about the fate of the wicked. Both sides accept that nephesh is used for corpses in these passages.
Result: Neutral. A textual/lexical observation both sides accept.

E23 (Rom 1:23) -- "Glory of the incorruptible God changed into corruptible images" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- No destruction vocabulary for the wicked. V2 -- No torment. Observational contrast between God (aphthartos) and creatures (phthartos).
Result: Neutral.

E24 (1 Tim 1:17) -- "The King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1/V2 -- Neither destruction nor torment vocabulary. Divine doxology.
Result: Neutral.

E25 (1 Cor 15:52) -- "The dead raised incorruptible, we shall be changed" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1/V2 -- No destruction or torment vocabulary for the wicked. Describes resurrection transformation.
Result: Neutral.

E26 (Mal 4:1-3) -- "Wicked shall be stubble, ashes under feet, neither root nor branch" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Burn up" (ba'ar), "stubble," "ashes," "neither root nor branch" — destruction/cessation vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): "All the proud and all that do wickedly" — literal wicked humans. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): wehayah lahem qash (they shall be stubble) + welibat otam (and it shall burn them up) + lo' ya'azob lahem shoresh we'anaph (it shall leave them neither root nor branch). Grammar unambiguous — the wicked are the subject of burning and becoming ashes. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle — direct-speech prophecy ("saith the LORD of hosts"). Didactic. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E34 (Ps 37:9-10 — wicked shall not be), E11 (wages of sin is death). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E27 (John 5:26) -- "The Father has life in himself; gave the Son to have life in himself" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1/V2 -- Neither destruction nor torment. Describes divine self-existent life.
Result: Neutral. Both sides accept this describes divine self-existent life.

E28 (Isa 25:8) -- "He will swallow up death in victory" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Swallow up death" — destruction of death itself, not of the wicked. Both sides agree death will be abolished.
Result: Neutral.

E29 (Ps 104:29) -- "Thou takest away their breath, they die and return to dust" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Die" (gawa) + "return to dust" — death/cessation vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): Creatures whose breath God takes away — living beings generally, including humans. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): toseph rucham (you take their spirit/breath) + yigva'un (they expire) + we'el-apharam yeshubun (to their dust they return). Grammar clear. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Creation psalm — didactic praise. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E14 (Job 34:14-15), E30 (Acts 17:25). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E30 (Acts 17:25-28) -- "God gives to all life and breath; in him we live and move and have our being" -- Classified: Neutral

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1/V2 -- Neither destruction nor torment vocabulary for the wicked. This states God's sustaining of all life — both sides accept.
Result: Neutral. Observational statement about divine sustaining.

E31 (Gen 2:17) -- "In the day thou eatest thou shalt surely die" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Surely die" (moth tamuth) — death as the penalty for sin. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): Adam — literal human being. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): moth tamuth — infinitive absolute + imperfect of muth. Strongest Hebrew expression of certainty about dying. Grammar unambiguous. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Genesis narrative — divine command. Didactic. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E11 (wages of sin is death), E10 (barred from tree of life). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E32 (Ps 115:17) -- "The dead praise not the LORD" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Dead are silent, unable to praise — cessation of activity. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): "The dead" — literal dead humans. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): lo' hammetim yehallu-Yah — "the dead do not praise Yah." Standard Hebrew negation. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Psalm — didactic observation within praise psalm. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E15, E16, E33. No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E33 (Ecc 9:10) -- "No work, device, knowledge, wisdom in sheol" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Comprehensive negation of consciousness/activity in death. Cessation. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): Universal — all who go to sheol. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): 'ein ma'aseh wecheshbon weda'ath wechokmah bishe'ol — fourfold negation. Grammar clear. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom literature — Qoheleth's observation. Didactic. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E15, E16, E32. No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E34 (Ps 37:9-10) -- "The wicked shall not be; his place shall be empty" -- Classified: Cond.

Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "Shall not be" (we'ein rasha') + "his place... not be" — cessation of existence. Candidate: COND.
Step 2 Validation Gates:
Gate 1 (Subject): "The wicked" — literal wicked humans. PASS.
Gate 2 (Grammar): we'od me'at we'ein rasha' — "yet a little while and there is no wicked one." Grammar clear — the wicked cease to exist. PASS.
Gate 3 (Genre): Psalm — didactic wisdom observation. PASS.
Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E26 (Mal 4:1-3 — ashes), E11 (wages of sin is death). No conflict. PASS.
Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

N-Item Classifications (Tree 4)¶

N1 -- "No creature possesses immortality" -- Based on: E1 -- Classified: Cond.

Gate 0 (Foundation):
N-Test 1 (Universal agreement): Would an ECT scholar agree that "God alone has immortality" (E1) means no creature possesses it? An ECT scholar would argue that "alone" means "self-existently" — adding a qualifier not in the text. This is a point of disagreement. FAIL.
Result: Gate 0 fails at N-Test 1. Reclassified as I-tier. → Tree 2: Source test — derived from E1 (text-derived). Direction test — an ECT reader would dispute this conclusion from E1, claiming "alone" means "self-existent." The claim aligns with E1 but conflicts with the ECT reading. → I-A (Evidence-Extending). Position: Cond.

Reclassified: N1 → I6 (I-A, Cond.)

N2 -- "Immortality is acquired at resurrection, not presently possessed" -- Based on: E4, E5, E1 -- Classified: Cond.

Gate 0 (Foundation):
N-Test 1 (Universal agreement): Would an ECT scholar agree this follows from E4 (mortal must put on immortality), E5 (humans seek immortality), E1 (God alone has it)? An ECT scholar would say the "putting on" applies to the body only, not the soul. This is a point of disagreement. FAIL.
Result: Gate 0 fails at N-Test 1. Reclassified as I-tier. → Tree 2: Source test — all components from E/N (text-derived). Direction test — aligns with E-items but ECT disputes the scope (body vs. whole person). However, the claim uses only vocabulary and concepts from E1, E4, E5. → I-A (Evidence-Extending). Position: Cond.

Reclassified: N2 → I7 (I-A, Cond.)

N3 -- "The human soul is mortal" -- Based on: E7, E8, E21 (reclassified to Neutral), E22 -- Classified: Cond.

Gate 0 (Foundation):
N-Test 1 (Universal agreement): Would an ECT scholar agree that E7 (soul that sins dies), E8 (God can destroy soul), E22 (nephesh used for corpses) together mean the soul is mortal? An ECT scholar would argue these refer to spiritual death or to the body, not to the soul's essential nature. This is a point of disagreement. FAIL.
Result: Gate 0 fails at N-Test 1. Reclassified as I-tier. → Tree 2: Source test — all components from E-items (text-derived). Direction test — aligns with E-items but requires systematization. → I-A (Evidence-Extending). Position: Cond.

Reclassified: N3 → I8 (I-A, Cond.)

N4 -- "Without resurrection, the dead have no existence" -- Based on: E19 -- Classified: Cond.

Gate 0 (Foundation):
N-Test 1 (Universal agreement): Would an ECT scholar agree that "the dead in Christ are perished" (E19, 1 Cor 15:18) means they have no existence? An ECT scholar would say "perished" means "lost their hope of glorification," not "ceased to exist." This is a point of disagreement. FAIL.
Result: Gate 0 fails at N-Test 1. Reclassified as I-tier. → Tree 2: Source test — derived from E19 (text-derived). Direction test — aligns with E19 as read, but ECT reads apollymi differently. → I-B (Competing-Evidence) — because both sides can cite the same verse with different readings of apollymi.

Reclassified: N4 → I9 (I-B, Cond.)

N5 -- "Human life depends on God's sustaining breath" -- Based on: E14, E29, E30 -- Classified: Neutral

Gate 0 (Foundation):
N-Test 1 (Universal agreement): Would an ECT scholar agree that Job 34:14-15 (E14), Ps 104:29 (E29), and Acts 17:25 (E30) teach that human life depends on God's sustaining? Yes — both sides accept divine sustaining of life. PASS.
N-Test 2 (No interpretation): Is this the only possible conclusion? Yes — the texts directly state that withdrawal of breath = death. PASS.
N-Test 3 (Zero added concepts): Does this add anything beyond what E14, E29, E30 state? No — it summarizes their content. PASS.
Gate 0 PASSES. Proceed to Tree 3.
Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1/V2 — Neither destruction of wicked nor torment vocabulary. This is a general theological observation about the dependence of life on God.
Result: Classification: Neutral stands. Both sides accept this.

Summary of Reclassifications¶

Original ID	Original Tier	New ID	New Tier	Reason
E21	E (Cond.)	E21	E (Neutral)	Gate 1 fail — subject is sea creatures, not humans in eschatological judgment. Textual observation both sides accept.
N1	N (Cond.)	I6	I-A (Cond.)	Gate 0 N-Test 1 fail — ECT scholars dispute that "alone" excludes all derived immortality
N2	N (Cond.)	I7	I-A (Cond.)	Gate 0 N-Test 1 fail — ECT scholars dispute scope (body vs. whole person)
N3	N (Cond.)	I8	I-A (Cond.)	Gate 0 N-Test 1 fail — ECT scholars dispute meaning of soul's death
N4	N (Cond.)	I9	I-B (Cond.)	Gate 0 N-Test 1 fail — ECT scholars read apollymi as "lost hope" not "ceased to exist"

Classifications completed: 2026-06-03 Parser tools used: greek_parser.py (1 Tim 6:16, 1 Cor 15:53, Matt 10:28, Rom 2:7, Rom 6:23, John 3:16, 1 Cor 15:18), hebrew_parser.py (Ezek 18:4, Gen 2:7, Gen 3:22, Job 34:14-15)