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CLASSIFICATIONS.md — etc7-16 Origins of ECT

Per-item classification audit trail. Each E-item classified Cond. or ECT and each N-item receives a full Tree 3/4 walkthrough with tool-verified parsing for Gate 2.

E-Item Classifications

E3 (Ezek 18:4) -- "The soul (hannephesh) that sinneth, it shall die (thamuth)" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "die" (muth H4191) applied to the soul (nephesh). Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): hannephesh hachote'th -- "the soul that sins." Subject is a literal human being (the sinning person). PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: thamuth = Qal Impf 3fs of muth (H4191); hannephesh = Noun fs Abs of nephesh (H5315). The grammar unambiguously states the nephesh dies. No alternative parsing. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic prophecy -- direct speech from God ("Thus saith the Lord GOD"). PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E5 (Matt 10:28, soul destroyed), E7 (Job 34:14-15, all flesh perishes), E17 (Psa 146:4, thoughts perish). No conflicting E-items. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E5 (Matt 10:28) -- "Fear him which is able to destroy (apolesai) both soul and body in gehenna" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "destroy" (apollymi G622) applied to soul and body. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Implied human souls/bodies as objects of destruction. The one who destroys is God. Subject of destruction = literal humans. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: apolesai = Aor Act Inf of apollymi (G622); psychen = Acc Sg F of psyche (G5590); soma = Acc Sg N of soma (G4983). Both psyche and soma in accusative as objects of apolesai. Grammar unambiguously states God is able to destroy soul and body. No alternative parsing. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Jesus' direct teaching to disciples. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E3 (Ezek 18:4, soul dies), E14 (Rom 6:23, wages = death). No conflicting E-items. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E7 (Job 34:14-15) -- "If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "perish" (gava H1478) applied to all flesh; "turn again unto dust." Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): "All flesh" and "man" -- literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Conditional statement (if God withdraws → perishing). Grammar supports the reading without ambiguity. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Elihu's speech, direct theological assertion. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E34 (Gen 3:19, dust to dust), E6 (Ecc 12:7, dust returns). PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E9 (1 Tim 6:16) -- "Who only (monos) hath immortality (athanasian)" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- God "only" has immortality; by implication, others lack it -- cessation vocabulary direction. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): God -- the statement is about God's exclusive attribute. The implication for humans (they lack immortality) concerns literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: monos = A-NSM of monos (G3441); echon = V-PAP-NSM Pres Act Ptcp of echo (G2192); athanasian = N-ASF of athanasia (G110). "The only one having immortality" -- grammar unambiguously attributes immortality exclusively to God. No alternative parsing. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Pauline epistle, doxological declaration. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E10 (1 Cor 15:53-54, mortals put on immortality), E11 (Rom 2:7, seeking immortality), E13 (Gen 3:22-24, tree of life barred). PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E10 (1 Cor 15:53-54) -- "This mortal (thneton) must put on (endysasthai) immortality (athanasian)" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Mortals acquire immortality at resurrection; implies they do not currently possess it. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): "This mortal" (to thneton touto) -- substantival adjective referring to the mortal human. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: thneton = A-NSN of thnetos (G2349); endysasthai = V-AMN Aor Mid Inf of endyo (G1746); athanasian = N-ASF of athanasia (G110). "This mortal must put on immortality." Grammar unambiguous: endyo = to clothe oneself with something not currently worn. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Pauline epistle, doctrinal exposition on resurrection. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E9 (God alone has athanasia), E11 (seeking aphtharsia). PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E11 (Rom 2:7) -- "To them who seek (zetousin) for... immortality (aphtharsian), eternal life" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Humans seek immortality (implying they do not possess it). Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Those who seek -- literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: zetousin = V-PAP-DPM Pres Act Ptcp of zeteo (G2212); aphtharsian = N-ASF of aphtharsia (G861). Dative participle modifying "those who." The present active participle "seeking" implies ongoing pursuit of something not yet obtained. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Pauline epistle. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E9, E10, E12. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E12 (2 Tim 1:10) -- "Christ... hath brought life and immortality (aphtharsian) to light through the gospel" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Immortality brought to light (implying it was not previously accessible). Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Christ brings immortality; recipients are humans who hear the gospel. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: photisantos = V-AAP-GSM Aor Act Ptcp of photizo (G5461); zoen = N-ASF of zoe (G2222); aphtharsian = N-ASF of aphtharsia (G861). "Having illuminated life and incorruption through the gospel." Grammar supports: Christ made immortality known/available. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Pauline epistle. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E9, E10, E11. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E13 (Gen 3:22-24) -- "Lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Access to immortality barred; man prevented from living forever. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Adam -- literal human. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Purpose clause: pen ("lest") + sequence of Qal perfects with waw-consecutive. Grammar states purpose of expulsion is to prevent living forever. No alternative parsing. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Narrative report of divine action with direct divine speech. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E9, E10, E11, E14. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E14 (Rom 6:23) -- "The wages of sin is death (thanatos); but the gift of God is eternal life (zoe aionios)" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "death" as wage of sin; death vs. life contrast. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Universal statement about human sin and its consequence. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: thanatos = N-NSM of thanatos (G2288); zoe = N-NSF of zoe (G2222); aionios = A-NSF of aionios (G166). Nominal clause: wages = death; gift = eternal life. Grammar is unambiguous antithetical parallelism: death contrasts with life. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Pauline epistle. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E16 (John 3:16, perish vs. life), E3 (Ezek 18:4, soul dies). PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E15 (1 John 5:11-12) -- "He that hath not the Son of God hath not life" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Those without Christ do not have life. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Those without the Son -- literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: me echon = negative participle, "the one not having"; zoen = N-ASF of zoe (G2222); ouk echei = "does not have." Grammar is unambiguous: not having the Son = not having life. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Johannine epistle. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E14, E16, E9. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E16 (John 3:16) -- "Should not perish (apoletai) but have everlasting life" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "perish" (apollymi G622) as alternative to everlasting life. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): "Whosoever believeth" / "the world" -- literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: apoletai = Aor Mid Subj of apollymi (G622) in hina-me purpose clause; zoen aionion = Acc Sg F. "In order that... not perish but have eternal life." Grammar: apollymi in middle voice = to perish. Antithesis is perish vs. have life. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Jesus' direct teaching (Gospel discourse). PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E14, E15, E5. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E17 (Psa 146:4) -- "In that very day his thoughts perish (abdu)" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "perish" (abad H6) applied to thoughts at death. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): The person who dies -- "his" refers to the son of man (v.3). Literal human. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: abdu = Verb Qal Perf 3p of abad (H6, "perish"); eshtonotav = Noun fp Abs + 3ms suffix of eshtonoth ("thoughts"). Grammar unambiguous: thoughts perish on the day of death. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Psalm of instruction, direct assertion. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E18, E19, E21. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E18 (Ecc 9:5) -- "The dead know not any thing" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- The dead lack knowledge -- unconscious death. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): "The dead" (hammethim) -- literal human dead. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: hammethim = Art + Qal Ptcp mp of muth (H4191); einam yodim = negative particle + Qal Ptcp mp of yada (H3045, "know"); meumah = Noun fs Abs ("something/anything"). Grammar: "the dead ones — they do not know anything." Unambiguous negation. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom literature -- Qoheleth's observation. Didactic. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E17, E19, E21. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E19 (Ecc 9:10) -- "There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in sheol" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Comprehensive negation of post-mortem activity/consciousness. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Whoever goes to sheol -- literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: ein = negative existential particle; maase = deed; cheshbon = reckoning; daath = knowledge; chokmah = wisdom; bishol = "in sheol." Four nouns negated by ein: no deed, no reckoning, no knowledge, no wisdom in sheol. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Wisdom literature -- didactic. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E17, E18, E21. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E21 (Psa 6:5) -- "In death there is no remembrance of thee" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- No remembrance in death -- unconscious death. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): The psalmist and by extension all who die. Literal human. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Negative existential: "in death there is no remembrance." Unambiguous. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Psalm of supplication, direct assertion. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E17, E18, E19. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E24 (Mal 4:1-3) -- "All the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up... ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "burn up," "stubble," "ashes" -- destruction vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): "All the proud," "all that do wickedly," "the wicked" -- literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser unavailable for Malachi. From Hebrew text: the wicked become qash (stubble), the day burns (lahat) them, they become epher (ashes). Grammar supports destruction reading. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic prophecy -- direct prophetic speech ("Thus saith the LORD of hosts"). PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E25 (Psa 37:20, consume into smoke), E40 (2 Pet 2:6, ashes). PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E25 (Psa 37:20) -- "The wicked shall perish... they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "perish" (abad H6), "consume" (kalah H3615) -- destruction vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): "The wicked" (reshaim) -- literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: yobedu = Qal Impf 3mp of abad (H6, "perish"); kalu = Qal Perf 3p of kalah (H3615, "be complete/consumed"); beashan = "in smoke." The wicked perish and are consumed into smoke. Unambiguous. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Psalm of instruction (wisdom psalm). PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E24, E3, E14. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E26 (Oba 1:16) -- "They shall be as though they had not been" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "as though they had not been" -- cessation/extinction language. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): The nations judged in Obadiah's prophecy. Applicable to human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): kelow hayu = "as if they had not been." Grammar unambiguous: existence negated. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle -- direct prophetic speech. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E24, E25, E14. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E27 (2 Thess 1:9) -- "Punished with everlasting destruction (olethron aionion) from the presence of the Lord" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "destruction" (olethros G3639) -- destruction vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): "Those who know not God and obey not the gospel" (v.8) -- literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: olethron = N-ASM of olethros (G3639); aionion = A-ASM of aionios (G166). "Everlasting destruction." Paul's chosen word for eschatological punishment is olethros (destruction), not basanismos (torment). Grammar unambiguous. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Pauline epistle. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E14, E16, E5. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E30 (1 Cor 15:26) -- "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Death itself is "destroyed" (katargeitai, G2673). Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Death personified as an enemy. The theological implication concerns all who die. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): katargeitai = Pres Pass Ind of katargeo (G2673). Death is destroyed/abolished. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Pauline epistle, doctrinal. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E31 (Isa 25:8), E32 (Rev 21:4). PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E31 (Isa 25:8) -- "He will swallow up death in victory" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Death "swallowed up" -- destruction of death. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Death personified. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): billa (Piel perfect of bala H1104) = "swallow up/destroy." Unambiguous. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Prophetic oracle -- Isaiah's eschatological prophecy. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E30, E32. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E34 (Gen 3:19) -- "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Return to dust = cessation. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Adam -- literal human being, addressed directly. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): Parser output: aphar = Noun ms Abs (dust); attah = PersPron 2ms (you); tashub = Qal Impf 2ms of shub (H7725, "return"). "Dust you are, and to dust you will return." Unambiguous. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Narrative with direct divine speech -- God's sentence on Adam. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E7, E6, E17. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E40 (2 Pet 2:6) -- "Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes (tephroo G5077), condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "ashes" (tephroo) -- destruction vocabulary. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Cities and their inhabitants. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): tephrosoas = Aor Act Ptcp of tephroo (G5077, "reduce to ashes"). Unambiguous: the result is ashes. This is identified as an "example" (hupodeigma) of eschatological judgment. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Petrine epistle. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E24, E27, E14. Jude 1:7 calls the same event "eternal fire" — the result of that "eternal fire" is ashes. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E45 (Acts 2:34) -- "David is not ascended into the heavens" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Righteous David is not in heaven -- the dead are unconscious, not in a conscious afterlife. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): David -- literal human being. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): ou anebe = "did not ascend." Unambiguous negation. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Peter's Pentecost sermon, direct teaching. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E17, E18, E19. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

E46 (1 Cor 15:18) -- "Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished" -- Classified: Cond.

  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- "perished" (apolonto, apollymi G622) -- destruction vocabulary in conditional argument. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1 (Subject): Dead believers -- literal human beings. PASS.
  • Gate 2 (Grammar): apolonto = Aor Mid Ind 3p of apollymi (G622). Paul's conditional argument: IF no resurrection THEN the dead have perished. This logic works only if the dead are not already in conscious bliss. PASS.
  • Gate 3 (Genre): Didactic -- Pauline epistle. PASS.
  • Gate 4 (Harmony): Consistent with E17, E18, E45. PASS.
  • Result: All gates pass. Classification: Cond. stands.

N-Item Classifications

N1 -- "No biblical text defines death as 'separation of soul from body'" -- Based on: E34, E6, E17, E18, E8 -- Classified: Cond.

  • Gate 0 (Foundation):
  • N-Test 1 (Universal agreement): Would an ECT scholar agree that no verse uses the phrase "separation of soul from body" as a definition of death? YES — the observation is about what the text does NOT say. Both sides can verify by search. PASS.
  • N-Test 2 (No interpretation): Is this the only possible conclusion? YES — either a text defining death as "separation of soul from body" exists or it does not. It does not. PASS.
  • N-Test 3 (Zero added concepts): Does this add nothing beyond source E-items? YES — E34 defines death as return to dust; E6 as dust/spirit separation (ruach, not psyche); E17/E18 as unconsciousness; E8 uses pneuma not psyche. The observation states what these verses say and what no verse says. PASS.
  • Step 1 Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- The absence of the "separation" definition removes the key premise enabling ongoing consciousness after death. Candidate: COND.
  • Step 2 Validation Gates:
  • Gate 1: Applies to all human death. PASS.
  • Gate 2: N/A (absence observation).
  • Gate 3: Based on didactic texts. PASS.
  • Gate 4: Consistent with all death-state E-items. PASS.
  • Result: Classification: Cond. stands.

N2 -- "Destruction vocabulary for the wicked's fate spans all genres (OT, Gospels, epistles, Revelation); torment vocabulary (basanizo/basanismos) for human eschatological fate is confined to Revelation's apocalyptic genre" -- Based on: word study data for G622, G3639, G684, G2288, G928, G929 across all E-items -- Classified: Cond.

  • Gate 0 (Foundation):
  • N-Test 1 (Universal agreement): Would an ECT scholar agree on this distribution? YES — it is an observable fact that apollymi, olethros, apoleia, and thanatos appear across all genres while basanizo/basanismos for human eschatological fate appear only in Revelation. This can be verified by concordance. PASS.
  • N-Test 2 (No interpretation): Is this the only possible conclusion? YES — it is a factual distribution, not an interpretation. PASS.
  • N-Test 3 (Zero added concepts): Does this add nothing beyond the E/N evidence? YES — it states the observable distribution pattern. PASS.
  • Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- The confinement of torment vocabulary to a single apocalyptic genre while destruction vocabulary spans all genres. Candidate: COND.
  • Gates: All PASS (observable pattern, didactic epistles confirm destruction vocabulary).
  • Result: Classification: Cond. stands.

N3 -- "Basanizo/basanismos never co-occurs with aionios in the NT" -- Based on: word study data G928, G929, G166 -- Classified: Neutral.

  • Gate 0 (Foundation):
  • N-Test 1: Would an ECT scholar agree? YES — this is verifiable by concordance search. PASS.
  • N-Test 2: Only possible conclusion? YES — either they co-occur or they do not. They do not. PASS.
  • N-Test 3: Zero added concepts? YES — pure lexical observation. PASS.
  • Vocabulary Scan: Neither V1 nor V2 — this is a factual observation about co-occurrence patterns.
  • Result: Classification: Neutral (factual observation both sides must accept).

N4 -- "Gehenna vocabulary = apollymi (destroy, Matt 10:28), never basanizo (torment)" -- Based on: word study data G1067, G622, G928 -- Classified: Cond.

  • Gate 0 (Foundation):
  • N-Test 1: Would an ECT scholar agree? YES — verifiable by concordance. No passage applies basanizo to gehenna. PASS.
  • N-Test 2: Only possible conclusion? YES — factual co-occurrence pattern. PASS.
  • N-Test 3: Zero added concepts? YES. PASS.
  • Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- Destruction vocabulary (apollymi) is the word used with gehenna. Candidate: COND.
  • Gates: PASS.
  • Result: Classification: Cond. stands.

N5 -- "The phrase 'immortal soul' never appears in Scripture" -- Based on: comprehensive word study of athanasia G110, aphtharsia G861, aphthartos G862, psyche G5590, nephesh H5315 -- Classified: Cond.

  • Gate 0 (Foundation):
  • N-Test 1: Would an ECT scholar agree? YES — the specific phrase does not appear. This is verifiable. PASS.
  • N-Test 2: Only possible conclusion? YES — either it appears or it does not. PASS.
  • N-Test 3: Zero added concepts? YES — pure textual observation. PASS.
  • Vocabulary Scan: V1 -- The absence of "immortal soul" supports the position that souls are not inherently immortal. Candidate: COND.
  • Gates: PASS.
  • Result: Classification: Cond. stands.

N6 -- "Rev 20:10 applies basanizo to three non-human/symbolic entities (devil, beast, false prophet); Rev 20:15 uses ballo (cast) for humans at the lake of fire" -- Based on: E44 (Rev 20:10), word study data -- Classified: Neutral.

  • Gate 0 (Foundation):
  • N-Test 1: Would an ECT scholar agree on the subject identification? YES — the text names the three subjects; both sides can read the verse. PASS.
  • N-Test 2: Only possible conclusion? YES — the text states who is tormented. PASS.
  • N-Test 3: Zero added concepts? YES. PASS.
  • Vocabulary Scan: Neither V1 nor V2 exclusively — this is a factual observation about which verb is applied to which subject.
  • Result: Classification: Neutral (factual observation about textual subjects and verbs).

End of classification walkthroughs.