Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 2 Corinthians (English → Assamese)
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, across all 13 chapters of 2 Corinthians. It extends — and never contradicts — the Romans baseline translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json. Terms already fixed by the baseline are listed first for reference and reuse; NEW terms introduced by 2 Corinthians follow, organized by curriculum doctrine, with full risk documentation per the destination-language requirements.
Part A — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (No Change)
These terms recur throughout 2 Corinthians and MUST use the Romans baseline rendering without modification.
| Term | Assamese | Risk (baseline) | Key 2 Cor. occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | সুসমাচাৰ | High | 2:12; 4:3-4; 9:13; 11:4 |
| grace | অনুগ্ৰহ | High | 1:2; 4:15; 6:1; 8:1,9; 9:8,14; 12:9; 13:14 |
| faith | বিশ্বাস | High | 1:24; 4:13; 5:7; 8:7; 10:15; 13:5 |
| righteousness | ধাৰ্মিকতা | Critical | 3:9; 5:21; 6:7,14; 9:9-10; 11:15 |
| salvation | পৰিত্ৰাণ | Critical | 1:6; 2:15; 6:2; 7:10 |
| apostle | প্ৰেৰিত | Medium | 1:1; 11:5,13; 12:11-12 |
| holy | পবিত্ৰ | High | 1:12 (v.l.); 7:1; 13:12 |
| saints | পবিত্ৰ লোক | High | 1:1; 8:4; 9:1,12; 13:13 |
| sanctification/holiness | পবিত্ৰীকৰণ | High | 7:1 |
| glory | মহিমা | High | 3:7-11,18; 4:4,6,17; 8:19,23 |
| church | মণ্ডলী | Medium | 1:1; 8:1,18-19,23-24; 11:8,28; 12:13 |
| covenant | নিয়ম | High | 3:6,14 (base for “new/old covenant” below) |
| sin | পাপ | High | 5:21; 11:7 |
| God | ঈশ্বৰ | Critical | throughout |
| Jesus / Christ / Lord | যীচু / খ্ৰীষ্ট / প্ৰভু | Critical | throughout |
| Holy Spirit | পবিত্ৰ আত্মা | Critical | 1:22; 3:3,6,8,17-18; 5:5; 13:14 |
| Father | পিতা | Critical | 1:2-3; 6:18; 11:31; 13:14 |
| resurrection | পুনৰুত্থান | Critical | 4:14; 5:15 |
| thanksgiving | ধন্যবাদ | Low | 1:11; 2:14; 4:15; 8:16; 9:11-12,15 |
| fellowship | সহভাগিতা | Low | 6:14; 8:4; 13:13-14 |
| power_of_god | ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি | High | 4:7; 6:7; 12:9; 13:4 |
| law | বিধান | High | 3:6-15 (background contrast term) |
| imputed_righteousness | আৰোপিত ধাৰ্মিকতা | Critical | 5:19-21 (direct thematic parallel) |
| christian_identity_in_christ | (doctrine ref.) | High | 5:17; 12:2; 13:5 |
Part B — New Terms Introduced in 2 Corinthians
Doctrine: Reconciliation with God
| Term | Greek / Translit. | Literal Meaning | Assamese Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| reconciliation | καταλλαγή / katallagē | exchange of enmity for friendship | মিলন | milon | Critical | Must always be paired with “ঈশ্বৰৰ সৈতে” (with God); never a bare social-peacemaking word. God is the initiating, offended party who reconciles the offender — reverses ordinary reconciliation direction. |
| reconcile (verb) | καταλλάσσω / katallassō | to change, exchange enmity for peace | মিলন কৰা / মিলাই দেওঁ | milon kôra | Critical | 5:18-20; 2 Cor’s central soteriological verb. |
| ministry of reconciliation | διακονία τῆς καταλλαγῆς | service of reconciling | মিলনৰ সেৱকাই | milonor sewokai | Critical | Compound of two high-stakes terms; apostolic commission concept. |
| not counting trespasses (imputation, negative) | μὴ λογιζόμενος / mē logizomenos | not reckoning/crediting to an account | অপৰাধ গণনা নকৰা | oporadh gônona nôkôra | Critical | Forensic mirror-image of baseline’s আৰোপিত ধাৰ্মিকতা; same accounting-metaphor register required. |
| ambassador | πρεσβεύω / presbeuō | envoy bearing a sovereign’s authority | (খ্ৰীষ্টৰ) প্ৰতিনিধি / দূত | protinidhi | High | Distinct from প্ৰেৰিত (apostle, unique founding office); conveys delegated representative voice for all believers’ witness. |
Doctrine: New Creation in Christ
| Term | Greek / Translit. | Literal Meaning | Assamese Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new creation | καινὴ κτίσις / kainē ktisis | a new act/order of creation | নতুন সৃষ্টি | notun srishti | Critical | Must not be assimilated to rebirth/reincarnation, nor to the cyclical Puranic srishti-sthiti-pralaya cosmology. Mandatory translator note: one-time, non-repeating transformation in union with Christ. |
| old things passed away | τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν | the ancient/former things went away | পুৰণি বস্তু গৈছে | — | High | Paired with new creation term; do not detach. |
| according to the flesh | κατὰ σάρκα / kata sarka | in a fleshly/worldly manner | মাংসিক দৃষ্টিৰে | — | Medium | Denotes a worldly evaluative standard, not matter-as-evil dualism. |
| the love of Christ / love | ἀγάπη / agapē | self-giving, covenantal love | প্ৰেম | prem | High | Must be distinguished from Radha-Krishna prema-bhakti (romantic-devotional love); this is Christ’s self-giving, substitutionary, covenantal love (5:14; 13:14). |
| one died for all / all died | εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν | one on behalf of/instead of all died | এজনে সকলোৰে বাবে মৃত্যুবৰণ কৰিলে | — | Critical | Substitutionary/representative death; must not be softened to mere moral example. |
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
| Term | Greek / Translit. | Literal Meaning | Assamese Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| comfort / consolation | παράκλησις, παρακαλέω | calling alongside; comfort/encouragement | সান্ত্বনা | santôna | Medium | Distinguish from meditative/devotional calm; relational comfort from a personal God. Context-sensitive with baseline’s উৎসাহিত কৰা (exhort/build up). |
| affliction / suffering | θλῖψις / thlipsis | pressure, crushing | দুখ-কষ্ট | dukh-kôsṭô | Medium | NEVER ক্লেশ (klesh) — avoid Yogic/Buddhist “afflictions binding to rebirth” collision. |
| sufferings of Christ | παθήματα τοῦ Χριστοῦ | things suffered by Christ | খ্ৰীষ্টৰ দুখ-কষ্ট | — | High | Believers’ fellowship in Christ’s sufferings; not ascetic merit-suffering (tapasya) earning spiritual status. |
| treasure in jars of clay | θησαυρὸς ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν | treasure in earthenware vessels | মৃৎপাত্রত থোৱা সম্পদ | — | Low | Metaphor for fragile human ministers carrying divine glory. |
| outer man / inner man | ἔξω/ἔσω ἄνθρωπος | outward/inward person | বাহ্যিক মানুহ / আন্তৰিক মানুহ | — | Medium | Distinct from multi-layered Vedantic kosha anthropology. |
| thorn in the flesh | σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί | a stake/thorn in the body | গাত এটা কাঁইট | — | Medium | Symbolic affliction; avoid over-literalizing into medical diagnosis debate. |
| messenger of Satan | ἄγγελος Σατανᾶ | Satan’s envoy | শয়তানৰ দূত | — | Medium | Reuses দূত (messenger), distinct from প্ৰেৰিত (apostle). |
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
| Term | Greek / Translit. | Literal Meaning | Assamese Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new covenant | καινὴ διαθήκη | new covenant/testament | নতুন নিয়ম | notun niyôm | High | Reuses baseline নিয়ম exactly; new modifier combination. |
| old covenant | παλαιὰ διαθήκη | old covenant/testament | পুৰণি নিয়ম | purani niyôm | High | Paired contrast term. |
| letter (of the law) | γράμμα / gramma | written text/code | আক্ষৰিক বিধান | akkhôrik bidhan | Critical | Must differ from পত্র/চিঠি (ἐπιστολή, “letter” as correspondence, same chapter). Contrast is with merely external/literalistic law-keeping, not a devaluing of বিধান itself. |
| Spirit (life-giving, vs. letter) | πνεῦμα / pneuma | Spirit | আত্মা (reuse পবিত্ৰ আত্মা) | — | Critical | Paired with letter/গ্ৰামমা above; 3:6 pairing is doctrinally load-bearing. |
| veil | κάλυμμα / kalymma | covering | আবৰণ | aboron | Medium | Moses-veil typology (Exodus 34); distinct from devotional face-veiling customs. |
| image (of God / into which we are transformed) | εἰκών / eikōn | image, likeness | স্বৰূপ | sôrup | High | NEVER মূৰ্তি (idol/physical image) — critical forbidden substitution; consistent with Genesis 1:27 Assamese Bible usage (ঈশ্বৰৰ স্বৰূপে). |
| transformed | μεταμορφούμεθα / metamorphoumetha | to change form | ৰূপান্তৰিত হওঁ | rupantorito hôû | High | Must be distinguished from a deity’s shape-shifting/avatar-assumption of different forms; this is the Spirit’s gradual, moral, Christ-ward transformation. |
| letters of recommendation | ἐπιστολαὶ συστατικαί | letters of introduction | পৰিচয়-পত্ৰ | porichoy-patrô | Low | Distinct Greek word (ἐπιστολή) from γράμμα above. |
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
| Term | Greek / Translit. | Literal Meaning | Assamese Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sincerity | ἁπλότης, εἰλικρίνεια | simplicity/singleness; unmixed purity | সততা | sotota | High | Must not be confused with ritual purity (শুচি, rejected); this is moral integrity/transparency of motive. |
| commend / commendation | συνιστάνω / synistanō | to present, credential | নিজৰ পৰিচয় দিয়া | — | Medium | Self-presentation vs. self-promotion tension throughout 3-6, 10-12. |
| boast / boasting | καύχησις, καυχάομαι | to glory, take pride | শ্লাঘা (কৰা) | slagha (kôra) | Medium | Context-sensitive: negative self-exaltation (rejected) vs. legitimate “boasting in the Lord” (affirmed, 10:17). Kept distinct from মহিমা (glory, God’s own attribute). |
| peddlers of God’s word | καπηλεύοντες τὸν λόγον | hucksters/profiteers of the word | ঈশ্বৰৰ বাক্য বেচি খোৱা লোক | — | Medium | Commercial-corruption metaphor for false teachers. |
| fear of the Lord | φόβος τοῦ κυρίου | reverential dread | প্ৰভুৰ ভয় | prôbhur bhoy | High | Distinguish from ritual appeasement-fear of a wrathful/capricious deity (cf. Kamakhya-tradition propitiation); this is covenantal reverence before Christ the judge. |
| judgment seat of Christ | βῆμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ | tribunal bench of Christ | খ্ৰীষ্টৰ বিচাৰৰ আসন | — | High | Personal righteous evaluation for reward, not impersonal karma-phala accounting. |
| false apostles | ψευδαπόστολοι | counterfeit sent-ones | ভুৱা প্ৰেৰিত | bhua prerito | Critical | Compound with baseline প্ৰেৰিত; must not be read through Satradhikar guru-succession legitimacy disputes. |
| super-apostles | οἱ ὑπερλίαν ἀπόστολοι | super-eminent apostles | অতিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ প্ৰেৰিত | — | High | Paul’s sarcastic label for rival teachers’ self-inflated claims; translator note on ironic tone required. |
Doctrine: Generosity and Grace in Giving
| Term | Greek / Translit. | Literal Meaning | Assamese Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grace (applied to giving) | χάρις / charis | unmerited favor, here as generous impulse | অনুগ্ৰহ (reuse) | anugrôh | High | Same baseline term; new application requires the merit-transaction contrast (see দান note below) to be explicit. |
| collection / gift | λογία, δωρεά | gathering; free gift | দান-সংগ্ৰহ / বৰদান | dan-songrôh | High | দান (giving) is a major merit-earning category in Assamese Hindu dana practice (charitable giving generating punya); every occurrence must anchor to grace already received (8:9), not a merit-generating transaction. |
| equality | ἰσότης / isotēs | fairness, balance | সমানতা | xomanôta | Low | Material sharing among churches. |
| cheerful giver | δότην ἱλαρόν | joyful giver | আনন্দৰে দান দিওঁতা | — | Medium | 9:7; paired with দান caution above. |
| fellowship in ministry | κοινωνία τῆς διακονίας | shared participation in service | সহভাগিতা আৰু সেৱকাই | — | Medium | Reuses baseline সহভাগিতা + সেৱকাই compound. |
| indescribable gift | δωρεὰ ἀνεκδιήγητος | inexpressible gift | অবৰ্ণনীয় বৰদান | — | Low | 9:15, doxological close of giving section. |
Doctrine: Power in Weakness
| Term | Greek / Translit. | Literal Meaning | Assamese Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| weakness | ἀσθένεια / astheneia | lack of strength, frailty | দূৰ্বলতা | durbôlôta | High | Must not be read as fatalistic low-karma status; a deliberate site of divine strategy. |
| power made perfect in weakness | ἡ δύναμίς μου ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ τελεῖται | my power is completed in weakness | মোৰ শক্তি দূৰ্বলতাতে সম্পূর্ণ হয় | — | Critical | Anchor verse (12:9) for this curriculum’s central paradox doctrine; reuses ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি pattern applied personally to Christ. Dedicated translator note mandatory. |
| grace is sufficient | ἀρκεῖ ἡ χάρις μου | my grace suffices | মোৰ অনুগ্ৰহেই যথেষ্ট | — | High | Reuses baseline অনুগ্ৰহ. |
| boast in weaknesses | καυχήσομαι ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις | I will glory in my weaknesses | মই দূর্বলতাতে শ্লাঘা কৰিম | — | High | Paired with শ্লাঘা (boasting) term above. |
Doctrine: Genuine versus False Apostleship
| Term | Greek / Translit. | Literal Meaning | Assamese Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satan disguised as angel of light | ὁ Σατανᾶς μετασχηματίζεται εἰς ἄγγελον φωτός | Satan transforms himself into a light-messenger | শয়তান পোহৰৰ দূত বুলি ছদ্মবেশ লয় | — | Critical | দূত (messenger/angel) here distinct from প্ৰেৰিত (apostle); warns against deceptive luminous spiritual phenomena. |
| another Jesus / different spirit / different gospel | ἄλλον Ἰησοῦν, ἕτερον πνεῦμα, ἕτερον εὐαγγέλιον | a different Jesus/spirit/gospel | আন এজন যীচু / আন এক আত্মা / আন এক সুসমাচাৰ | — | Critical | Illegitimate counterfeits, not equally valid alternatives; direct guard against religious pluralism reading. |
| deceitful workers | ἐργάται δόλιοι | fraudulent laborers | প্ৰবঞ্চক কৰ্মী | — | High | 11:13. |
| serpent deceived Eve | ὁ ὄφις ἐξηπάτησεν Εὕαν | the serpent deceived Eve | সাপে হৱাক ভুলাইছিল | — | Medium | Typological reference; requires OT narrative context given low OT literacy assumption. |
| signs of an apostle | σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου | authenticating marks of an apostle | প্ৰেৰিতৰ চিন | — | Medium | Reuses baseline প্ৰেৰিত. |
| visions and revelations | ὀπτασίαι καὶ ἀποκαλύψεις | sights and disclosures | দৰ্শন আৰু প্ৰকাশ | dorxôn aru prôkax | High | দৰ্শন carries strong Hindu/Vaishnavite devotional-practice association (darshan of an image/guru); mandatory distinguishing note at first use. |
Other Load-Bearing Terms (General)
| Term | Greek / Translit. | Literal Meaning | Assamese Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| idols | εἴδωλα / eidōla | images/likenesses (of false gods) | মূৰ্তি / প্ৰতিমা | murti / protima | Critical | Direct collision with active Assamese image-worship traditions; must retain 6:16’s own contrast with the temple of the living God intact every time. |
| temple of the living God | ναὸς θεοῦ ζῶντος | sanctuary of the living God | জীৱন্ত ঈশ্বৰৰ মন্দিৰ | — | High | Distinct usage from “church” (মণ্ডলী), where মন্দিৰ is forbidden; here used only because passage’s contrast with idols is explicit and must remain so. |
| unequally yoked | ἑτεροζυγέω / heterozygeō | mismatched yoking | অসম যুঁৱলিত নিবন্ধ কৰা | — | Medium | Agricultural metaphor (যুঁৱলি, yoke); doctrinal force (call to distinct separation) must not be flattened. |
| Beliar | Βελίαρ | (proper name, = Satan) | বিলিয়াৰ | Biliyar | Medium | Alternate biblical name for শয়তান; retain transliteration with gloss at first use. |
| god of this age | ὁ θεὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου | the god of this present age (= Satan) | এই যুগৰ (ছদ্মবেশী) দেৱতা | — | Critical | Polemical unmasking of Satan’s false worship-claim; NOT a concession of real other gods (দেৱতা) alongside ঈশ্বৰ. |
| repentance | μετάνοια / metanoia | change of mind/purpose | মন পালটন | mon paltôn | High | NEW baseline-extending entry; distinguish from ritual penance/prayaschitta (merit-earning expiation rite); this is inward reorientation from godly grief. |
| godly grief / worldly grief | λύπη κατὰ θεόν / ἡ τοῦ κόσμου λύπη | grief according to God / worldly grief | ঈশ্বৰ অনুসৰি দুখ / জগতৰ দুখ | — | Medium | 7:9-10 contrast pair. |
| cleanse ourselves | καθαρίζω / katharizō | to purify | নিজকে শুচি কৰা | — | Medium | Follow immediately with পবিত্ৰতা language to keep moral sense primary over ritual sense. |
| third heaven | τρίτος οὐρανός | third heaven | তৃতীয় স্বৰ্গ | — | Medium | Not a claim paralleling Puranic multi-tiered loka cosmology. |
| paradise | παράδεισος / paradeisos | paradise, garden | পৰমদেশ | poromdesh | High | NEVER equate with Puranic Swarga (temporary heavenly reward-realm within the rebirth cycle); this is the eternal, unmediated presence of God. |
| examine / test yourselves | ἑαυτοὺς πειράζετε, δοκιμάζετε | put to the test | নিজকে পৰীক্ষা কৰক | — | Medium | Self-examination of genuine faith, not ritual self-mortification (tapasya). |
| Christ in you | Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν | Christ within you | তোমালোকৰ অন্তৰত খ্ৰীষ্ট | — | High | Union-with-Christ language; ties to baseline “christian_identity_in_christ” doctrine. |
| Trinitarian benediction | ἡ χάρις… ἡ ἀγάπη… ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος | grace, love, fellowship of the Holy Spirit | অনুগ্ৰহ… প্ৰেম… পবিত্ৰ আত্মাৰ সহভাগিতা | — | Critical | 13:14; anchor verse for Trinitarian doctrine in this curriculum, parallel in importance to Romans 8:28/10:9 in cross-document consistency. Three persons must remain textually distinct. |
| holy kiss | φίλημα ἅγιον | sacred/holy kiss | পবিত্ৰ চুমা | — | Low-Medium | First-century Mediterranean greeting custom; footnote at first occurrence, not a prescribed ritual gesture. |
| fragrance of Christ | ὀσμὴ / εὐωδία Χριστοῦ | Christ’s aroma | খ্ৰীষ্টৰ সুবাস | — | Low-Medium | Potential positive cultural bridge (incense/offering imagery) but must retain Christ’s own sacrifice as referent. |
Risk Summary for 2 Corinthians New-Term Set
| Risk Tier | Count (new terms) | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 13 | Human theologian |
| High | 18 | Human theologian |
| Medium | 16 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 6 | Automated review |
Note: All Critical and High counts above are in addition to the pre-existing baseline Critical/High terms reused from Romans (Part A), which retain their original baseline risk tier and review routing unchanged.
This glossary must be merged into an updated translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json in the next Phase 1 step before any Phase 2 segment translation begins.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিকতা
Transliteration: dharmikôta
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্ম, পুণ্য, ন্যায়
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 3:9; 5:21; 6:7,14; 9:9-10; 11:15. 5:21’s ‘we might become the righteousness of God in him’ requires the imputed (credited) sense, never self-achieved conduct. NEVER ধৰ্ম.
Justification
Approved rendering: ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণ্য কৰা
Transliteration: dharmik buli gonyô kôra
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ক্ষমা পোৱা, পুণ্য লাভ কৰা
Inherited from Romans package. Background forensic-declaration concept underlying 5:21’s double exchange (Christ made sin, believers made righteousness); no direct standalone occurrence but the compound phrase’s forensic register must match 5:21’s rendering.
Salvation
Approved rendering: পৰিত্ৰাণ
Transliteration: poritran
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: মুক্তি, মোক্ষ, নিস্তাৰ
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 1:6; 2:15; 6:2 (‘day of salvation’); 7:10. NEVER মুক্তি or মোক্ষ.
God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ
Transliteration: Iswôr
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ভগৱান, পৰমেশ্বৰ
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs throughout 2 Corinthians. NEVER ভগৱান or পৰমেশ্বৰ.
Jesus
Approved rendering: যীচু
Transliteration: Yisu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ঈছা
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs throughout 2 Corinthians, climactically in 13:14 and polemically in 11:4 (‘another Jesus’). NEVER ঈছা.
Lord
Approved rendering: প্ৰভু
Transliteration: prôbhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: স্বামী, ঈশ্বৰ
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences include 5:11 (fear of the Lord) and 13:14. Must convey exclusive, supreme Lordship.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ আত্মা
Transliteration: pobitrô atma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্ম, পৰমাত্মা
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 1:22; 3:3,6,8,17-18; 5:5; 13:14. NEVER ব্ৰহ্ম or পৰমাত্মা; the 3:6 letter/Spirit pairing and the 13:14 benediction are both doctrinally load-bearing occurrences requiring full personal, co-equal Trinitarian force.
Father
Approved rendering: পিতা
Transliteration: pita
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ব্ৰহ্মা, সৃষ্টিকৰ্তা
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 1:2-3 (‘Father of mercies’); 6:18; 11:31; 13:14.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: পুনৰুত্থান
Transliteration: punoruththan
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: পুনৰ্জন্ম, পুনৰ্জীৱন
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 4:14; 5:15 (‘live for him who died and was raised’). NEVER পুনৰ্জন্ম.
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: আৰোপিত ধাৰ্মিকতা
Transliteration: aropitô dharmikôta
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: অৰ্জিত ধাৰ্মিকতা
Inherited from Romans package. Direct thematic parallel to 5:19’s non-imputation of trespasses and 5:21’s ‘becoming the righteousness of God.’ The forensic accounting register (গণনা/আৰোপিত) must match between this term and its negative mirror-image, ‘non_imputation_of_trespasses’ below.
Reconciliation
Approved rendering: মিলন
Transliteration: milon
Doctrine: Reconciliation with God
Rejected alternatives: সমঝোতা (mere negotiated settlement), শান্তি স্থাপন (generic peacemaking, insufficiently forensic)
NEW term. καταλλαγή (5:18-19). Must ALWAYS be paired with ঈশ্বৰৰ সৈতে (with God); ordinary Assamese মিলন denotes symmetrical social/family peacemaking between equals and carries no built-in sense of an offended sovereign initiating peace toward the offender. Direction of initiative (God → humanity, never the reverse) must never be softened. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence.
Reconcile
Approved rendering: মিলন কৰা / মিলাই দেওঁ
Transliteration: milon kôra
Doctrine: Reconciliation with God
NEW term. καταλλάσσω (5:18-20). The passive imperative ‘be reconciled to God’ (5:20, καταλλάγητε τῷ θεῷ) must render as RECEIVING an already-accomplished reconciliation, never as achieving one through human effort or devotion.
Ministry Of Reconciliation
Approved rendering: মিলনৰ সেৱকাই
Transliteration: milonor sewokai
Doctrine: Reconciliation with God
NEW compound term (διακονία τῆς καταλλαγῆς, 5:18) joining সেৱকাই (ministry/service) with মিলন (reconciliation); both component risks apply simultaneously — this names the apostolic commission to proclaim, not perform, God’s accomplished reconciliation.
Non Imputation Of Trespasses
Approved rendering: অপৰাধ গণনা নকৰা
Transliteration: oporadh gônona nôkôra
Doctrine: Reconciliation with God
Rejected alternatives: ক্ষমা কৰা (forgiveness alone loses the accounting-metaphor register)
NEW term (μὴ λογιζόμενος τὰ παραπτώματα, 5:19). Must use the same forensic accounting register (গণনা) as baseline আৰোপিত ধাৰ্মিকতা to preserve the matched theological pair — this is the negative mirror-image (non-crediting of sin) of imputed righteousness (crediting of righteousness).
New Creation
Approved rendering: নতুন সৃষ্টি
Transliteration: notun srishti
Doctrine: New Creation in Christ
Rejected alternatives: নতুন জীৱন (too weak, loses creation-act theology), নতুন আৰম্ভণি (mere ‘fresh start’, self-help register)
NEW critical term (καινὴ κτίσις, 5:17). সৃষ্টি carries strong Puranic cosmological freight (Brahma’s cyclical srishti-sthiti-pralaya). Mandatory translator note at first occurrence: this is a decisive, one-time, non-repeating transformation of the individual in union with Christ, NOT a repeatable cosmic cycle-stage and NOT punarjanma (rebirth).
Substitutionary Death
Approved rendering: এজনে সকলোৰে বাবে মৃত্যুবৰণ কৰিলে, সেয়ে সকলো মৰিলে
Transliteration: ejône sokolore babe mrityubôrôn kôrile
Doctrine: New Creation in Christ
Rejected alternatives: উদাহৰণ স্বৰূপে মৰিলে (mere moral-example death, explicitly rejected)
NEW term (εἷς ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀπέθανεν, 5:14). Must preserve substitutionary/representative logic — connects directly to baseline imputed_righteousness; must not be softened into mere moral example.
Letter Of The Law
Approved rendering: আক্ষৰিক বিধান
Transliteration: akkhôrik bidhan
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
Rejected alternatives: পত্র/চিঠি (reserved exclusively for ἐπιστολή, ordinary correspondence, e.g. 3:1)
NEW term (γράμμα, 3:6, ‘the letter kills’). Must differ visibly from পত্র/চিঠি used elsewhere in the same chapter for a different Greek word. The contrast is with a merely external, condemning use of the law, NOT a devaluing of বিধান (the Law itself, baseline High-risk term) generally.
Spirit Life Giving
Approved rendering: আত্মা (জীৱনদায়ী)
Transliteration: atma (jibondayi)
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
NEW application of πবিত্ৰ আত্মা framework (πνεῦμα ζωοποιεῖ, 3:6). The 3:6 letter/Spirit pairing is doctrinally load-bearing and must be preserved as a matched pair with letter_of_the_law.
False Apostles
Approved rendering: ভুৱা প্ৰেৰিত
Transliteration: bhua prerito
Doctrine: Genuine versus False Apostleship
NEW compound (ψευδαπόστολοι, 11:13) of established প্ৰেৰিত with ভুৱা (false/counterfeit). Must not be read through the lens of Satradhikar guru-succession legitimacy disputes within Ekasarana Dharma — a fundamentally different institutional framework.
Power Made Perfect In Weakness
Approved rendering: মোৰ শক্তি দূৰ্বলতাতে সম্পূর্ণ হয়
Transliteration: mor xôkti durbôlôtate sompurnô hôy
Doctrine: Power in Weakness
NEW anchor term (ἡ δύναμίς μου ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ τελεῖται, 12:9) for this curriculum’s central paradox doctrine. Reuses ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি pattern applied personally to Christ; MANDATORY dedicated translator note explicitly disclaiming any karma-phala reading — weakness here is chosen and purposeful, not a karmic consequence being endured.
Satan As Angel Of Light
Approved rendering: শয়তান পোহৰৰ দূত বুলি ছদ্মবেশ লয়
Transliteration: xoytan pohoror dut buli chôdmôbex loi
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Discernment
NEW term (ὁ Σατανᾶς μετασχηματίζεται εἰς ἄγγελον φωτός, 11:14). দূত (messenger/angel) is explicitly distinct from প্ৰেৰিত (apostle); this warns against deceptive impersonation of a genuine heavenly being, NOT a concession that such phenomena are simply self-authenticating.
Another Jesus Different Spirit Gospel
Approved rendering: আন এজন যীচু / আন এক আত্মা / আন এক সুসমাচাৰ
Transliteration: an ejôn Yisu / an ek atma / an ek xusomacar
Doctrine: Genuine versus False Apostleship
NEW term (ἄλλον Ἰησοῦν, ἕτερον πνεῦμα, ἕτερον εὐαγγέλιον, 11:4). Must communicate these as illegitimate counterfeits, NOT equally valid alternatives — a direct guard against a religious-pluralism reading in a culture generally accommodating of multiple valid spiritual paths.
Idols
Approved rendering: মূৰ্তি / প্ৰতিমা
Transliteration: murti / protima
Doctrine: Holiness and Separation from Idolatry
NEW term (εἴδωλα, 6:16). Direct collision with active Assamese image-worship traditions (Durga Puja, Kamakhya, Vaishnavite murti traditions outside Ekasarana practice specifically). The passage’s own contrast with the temple of the living God (see next entry) must remain intact every time this term occurs.
God Of This Age
Approved rendering: এই যুগৰ (ছদ্মবেশী) দেৱতা
Transliteration: ei jugor (chôdmôbexi) debôta
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Discernment
NEW term (ὁ θεὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, 4:4), Paul’s polemical name for Satan. MANDATORY translator note: this is a polemical unmasking of Satan’s usurped, false claim to worship — NOT a concession that other true দেৱতা exist alongside ঈশ্বৰ. In a culture with an active দেৱতা pantheon, this requires the clearest possible framing every time.
Trinitarian Benediction
Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ … প্ৰেম … পবিত্ৰ আত্মাৰ সহভাগিতা
Transliteration: anugrôh … prem … pobitrô atmar xohobhagita
Doctrine: Trinitarian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: compressed/blended single-clause renderings that flatten the three Persons
NEW anchor term (13:14). Names all three Persons of the Trinity distinctly — grace (Son), love (Father), fellowship (Spirit). Must NEVER be flattened into an undifferentiated divine force (as in some devotional-idiom or Trimurti-adjacent readings) nor rendered as three separate deities. Cross-document consistency anchor, parallel in importance to Romans 8:28/10:9.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: সুসমাচাৰ
Transliteration: xusomacar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: ভাল খবৰ, শুভবাৰ্তা
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 2:12; 4:3-4; 9:13; 11:4, including the polemical ‘different gospel’ (ἕτερον εὐαγγέλιον, 11:4), which must read as an illegitimate counterfeit, not an alternative valid proclamation.
Grace
Approved rendering: অনুগ্ৰহ
Transliteration: anugrôh
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: কৃপা, দয়া, বৰ, সৌভাগ্য, পুণ্য
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 1:2; 4:15; 6:1; 8:1,9; 9:8,14; 12:9; 13:14. In the giving chapters (8-9) the merit-vs-grace contrast against দান (dana, a punya-generating Hindu category) must always be explicit.
Faith
Approved rendering: বিশ্বাস
Transliteration: biswax
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: শ্ৰদ্ধা, ভক্তি
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 1:24; 4:13; 5:7; 8:7; 10:15; 13:5. NEVER ভক্তি (bhakti).
Holy
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ
Transliteration: pobitrô
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: শুচি, নিৰ্মল
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 7:1; 13:12 (holy kiss).
Saints
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ লোক
Transliteration: pobitrô lok
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: সন্ত, ভক্ত
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 1:1; 8:4; 9:1,12; 13:13, repeatedly regarding the Jerusalem collection.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰীকৰণ
Transliteration: pobitrikoron
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: শুচিকৰণ, সংস্কাৰ
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrence: 7:1, ‘perfecting holiness’.
Glory
Approved rendering: মহিমা
Transliteration: môhima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: দেৱজ্যোতি, তেজ
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 3:7-11,18; 4:4,6,17; 8:19,23 — central to the Moses-veil/ministers-of-glory argument of chapters 3-4.
Covenant
Approved rendering: নিয়ম
Transliteration: niyôm
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: চুক্তি, বন্দোবস্ত
Inherited from Romans package. Base term for the ‘new covenant’/‘old covenant’ contrast central to chapter 3 (3:6,14). Never চুক্তি.
Sin
Approved rendering: পাপ
Transliteration: pap
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: অধৰ্ম, অশুচিতা
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 5:21 (Christ ‘made sin’ for us, forensic/representative sense); 11:7.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি
Transliteration: Iswôror xôkti
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: বল
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 4:7; 6:7; 12:9 (applied personally to Christ); 13:4. Always paired with ঈশ্বৰৰ/খ্ৰীষ্টৰ.
Law
Approved rendering: বিধান
Transliteration: bidhan
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: ধৰ্ম, নিয়ম
Inherited from Romans package. Background contrast term for the letter/Spirit argument of chapter 3 (3:6-15). Must not be devalued wholesale by the ‘letter kills’ contrast — see ‘letter_of_the_law’ entry below.
Ambassador
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ প্ৰতিনিধি / দূত
Transliteration: khristor protinidhi
Doctrine: Reconciliation with God
NEW term (πρεσβεύω, 5:20). Distinct from প্ৰেৰিত (apostle, the unique founding office); conveys delegated representative voice extended to all believers’ gospel witness, bearing Christ’s own authority, not the apostolic office itself.
Old Things Passed Away
Approved rendering: পুৰণি বস্তু গৈছে
Transliteration: purôni bôstu goisé
Doctrine: New Creation in Christ
NEW term (τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν, 5:17b). Paired directly with new_creation; must never be detached from it in translation or footnoting.
Agape Love
Approved rendering: প্ৰেম
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: New Creation in Christ
NEW term (ἀγάπη, 5:14; 13:14). Must be distinguished from Radha-Krishna prema-bhakti, the passionate romantic-devotional love central to Assamese Vaishnavite/Ekasarana piety. This is Christ’s self-giving, substitutionary, covenantal love, not devotional longing.
Sufferings Of Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ দুখ-কষ্ট
Transliteration: khristor dukh-kôsṭô
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW term (παθήματα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 1:5). Believers’ fellowship in Christ’s sufferings, not atonement-addition; must not be read as ascetic merit-suffering (tapasya) earning spiritual power or status.
New Covenant
Approved rendering: নতুন নিয়ম
Transliteration: notun niyôm
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
NEW combination of baseline নিয়ম (καινὴ διαθήκη, 3:6). The covenant of the Spirit inaugurated by Christ, contrasted with the old covenant of the letter.
Old Covenant
Approved rendering: পুৰণি নিয়ম
Transliteration: purôni niyôm
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
NEW term (παλαιὰ διαθήκη, 3:14). The Mosaic covenant, read ‘with a veil’ apart from Christ; must not be rendered as inferior or discarded Scripture, only as fulfilled/superseded in Christ.
Image
Approved rendering: স্বৰূপ
Transliteration: sôrup
Doctrine: Transformation into Christ’s Image
Rejected alternatives: মূৰ্তি (idol/physical image — CRITICAL FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION)
NEW term (εἰκών, 3:18; 4:4). NEVER মূৰ্তি. Consistent with established Assamese Bible usage for Genesis 1:27 (ঈশ্বৰৰ স্বৰূপে).
Transformed
Approved rendering: ৰূপান্তৰিত হওঁ
Transliteration: rupantôrito hôû
Doctrine: Transformation into Christ’s Image
NEW term (μεταμορφούμεθα, 3:18). Must be distinguished from a deity’s shape-shifting/avatar-assumption of different forms; this is the Spirit’s gradual, moral, single-direction, Christ-ward transformation of believers. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence.
Sincerity
Approved rendering: সততা
Transliteration: sotota
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
Rejected alternatives: শুচি (ritual/ceremonial purity, reserved by baseline for non-theological cleanliness contexts)
NEW term (ἁπλότης/εἰλικρίνεια, 1:12; 2:17). Transparency of motive before God, not ritual fitness to enter sacred space (a live category in Namghar entry customs).
Fear Of The Lord
Approved rendering: প্ৰভুৰ ভয়
Transliteration: prôbhur bhoy
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
NEW term (φόβος τοῦ κυρίου, 5:11 — within the core passage). Distinguish from ritual appeasement-fear of a wrathful/capricious deity (cf. Kamakhya-tradition propitiation rites); this is covenantal reverence before Christ the coming judge, motivating ministry integrity, not blood-sacrifice-avoiding dread.
Judgment Seat Of Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ বিচাৰৰ আসন
Transliteration: khristor bicaror axôn
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
NEW term (βῆμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 5:10). Christ’s personal evaluation of believers’ works, for reward, not salvation-status; must not be framed as an impersonal karma-phala accounting mechanism.
Super Apostles
Approved rendering: অতিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ প্ৰেৰিত
Transliteration: otisrestho prerito
Doctrine: Genuine versus False Apostleship
NEW term (οἱ ὑπερλίαν ἀπόστολοι, 11:5; 12:11). Paul’s sarcastic, self-deprecating label for rival teachers’ self-inflated claims, NOT an honorific Paul affirms. Mandatory translator note on ironic tone.
Collection Gift
Approved rendering: দান-সংগ্ৰহ / বৰদান
Transliteration: dan-songrôh
Doctrine: Generosity and Grace in Giving
NEW term (λογία/δωρεά, chs. 8-9). দান is a major merit-earning religious category in Assamese Hindu practice (dana generating punya, especially to Brahmins/institutions). Every occurrence must be anchored to grace already received (8:9) rather than left to imply a merit-generating transaction.
Weakness
Approved rendering: দূৰ্বলতা
Transliteration: durbôlôta
Doctrine: Power in Weakness
NEW term (ἀσθένεια, 11:30; 12:5,9-10; 13:4). Must not be read as fatalistic low-karma status; this is a deliberate site of divine strategy, not evidence of karmic deficit.
Grace Is Sufficient
Approved rendering: মোৰ অনুগ্ৰহেই যথেষ্ট
Transliteration: mor anugrôhei jôthestô
Doctrine: Power in Weakness
NEW term (ἀρκεῖ ἡ χάρις μου, 12:9). Reuses baseline অনুগ্ৰহ exactly; Christ’s direct first-person answer to Paul’s request must be retained (not reduced to third-person narration).
Boast In Weakness
Approved rendering: মই দূর্বলতাতে শ্লাঘা কৰিম
Transliteration: moi durbôlôtate xlagha kôrim
Doctrine: Power in Weakness
NEW term (καυχήσομαι ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις, 12:9-10). Paired with the boasting entry; must retain the paradox rather than reading as false modesty or fatalistic resignation.
Deceitful Workers
Approved rendering: প্ৰবঞ্চক কৰ্মী
Transliteration: probônchôk kôrmi
Doctrine: Genuine versus False Apostleship
NEW term (ἐργάται δόλιοι, 11:13). Directly precedes false_apostles in the same verse; both must read with equal severity.
Visions And Revelations
Approved rendering: প্ৰভুৰ দৰ্শন আৰু প্ৰকাশ
Transliteration: prôbhur dorxôn aru prôkax
Doctrine: Genuine versus False Apostleship
NEW term (ὀπτασίαι καὶ ἀποκαλύψεις κυρίου, 12:1). দৰ্শন carries a strong Hindu/Vaishnavite devotional-practice association (darshan of an image or guru, a devotee-initiated ritual act). MANDATORY distinguishing note at first occurrence: this is God-initiated, sovereignly given, NOT devotee-initiated or cultivated through devotional discipline.
Temple Of The Living God
Approved rendering: জীৱন্ত ঈশ্বৰৰ মন্দিৰ
Transliteration: jibontô Iswôror mondir
Doctrine: Holiness and Separation from Idolatry
NEW term (ναὸς θεοῦ ζῶντος, 6:16). EXCEPTIONAL use of মন্দিৰ, otherwise forbidden for ‘church’ per baseline. Used here ONLY because the passage’s contrast with idols is explicit in the same verse and must remain so; never treat as a general synonym for মণ্ডলী.
Repentance
Approved rendering: মন পালটন
Transliteration: mon paltôn
Doctrine: Repentance and Godly Grief
NEW term for this Language Package (μετάνοια, 7:9-10). Must be distinguished from প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত (prayaschitta), a self-administered merit-earning expiatory rite to remove karmic debt; this is an inward reorientation of mind and will produced by godly grief, not a ritual payment.
Paradise
Approved rendering: পৰমদেশ
Transliteration: poromdex
Doctrine: Genuine versus False Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: স্বৰ্গ (generic ‘heaven’, risks Swarga assimilation)
NEW term (παράδεισος, 12:4), an established rendering distinct from generic স্বৰ্গ. Must NEVER be equated with Puranic Swarga, a temporary heavenly reward-realm within the rebirth cycle from which one eventually returns; this is the eternal, unmediated presence of God.
Christ In You
Approved rendering: তোমালোকৰ অন্তৰত খ্ৰীষ্ট
Transliteration: tomalokor ôntôrôt Khristo
Doctrine: Self-Examination and Assurance of Faith
NEW term (Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν, 13:5). Union-with-Christ language; ties to baseline christian_identity_in_christ doctrine.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: প্ৰেৰিত
Transliteration: prerito
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: দূত, গুৰু
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 1:1; 11:5,13; 12:11-12. Base term for the compounds ‘false apostles’ (ভুৱা প্ৰেৰিত) and ‘super-apostles’ (অতিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ প্ৰেৰিত) below; must never be softened toward a generic Satradhikar guru-successor role.
Church
Approved rendering: মণ্ডলী
Transliteration: môndoli
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: মন্দিৰ, নামঘৰ
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 1:1; 8:1,18-19,23-24; 11:8,28; 12:13. NEVER নামঘৰ or মন্দিৰ for this sense — contrast the exceptional, contrast-bound use of মন্দিৰ under ‘temple_of_the_living_god’ below, which is licensed only because of its explicit idol-contrast.
According To The Flesh
Approved rendering: মাংসিক দৃষ্টিৰে
Transliteration: mangxik dristire
Doctrine: New Creation in Christ
NEW term (κατὰ σάρκα, 5:16). Denotes a worldly, external evaluative standard, not a body/soul dualism in which flesh/matter is inherently evil.
Comfort
Approved rendering: সান্ত্বনা
Transliteration: santôna
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW term (παράκλησις/παρακαλέω, 1:3-7 et al.). Distinguish from meditative/devotional calm sought through naam-kirtan or japa; this is relational comfort from a personal, active God amid real affliction. Anchor to ‘God of all comfort’ (1:3) at first occurrence.
Affliction
Approved rendering: দুখ-কষ্ট
Transliteration: dukh-kôsṭô
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
Rejected alternatives: ক্লেশ
NEW term (θλῖψις, throughout chs. 1, 4, 6-8, 11-12). ক্লেশ (klesha) is FORBIDDEN — this is the Yogic/Buddhist technical term for afflictions binding the soul to the rebirth cycle, the precise opposite of Paul’s claim that affliction is meaningful and productive of glory (4:17).
Outer Inner Man
Approved rendering: বাহ্যিক মানুহ / আন্তৰিক মানুহ
Transliteration: bahyik manuh / antôrik manuh
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW term (ἔξω/ἔσω ἄνθρωπος, 4:16). A two-part, not multi-layered, contrast; distinct from Vedantic body-soul (kosha) layered anthropology.
Thorn In The Flesh
Approved rendering: গাত এটা কাঁইট
Transliteration: gat eta kaint
Doctrine: Power in Weakness
NEW term (σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί, 12:7). Symbolic affliction given to keep Paul from pride; avoid over-literalizing into medical diagnosis debate.
Messenger Of Satan
Approved rendering: শয়তানৰ দূত
Transliteration: xoytanor dut
Doctrine: Power in Weakness
NEW term (ἄγγελος Σατανᾶ, 12:7). Reuses দূত (messenger), explicitly distinct from প্ৰেৰিত (apostle).
Guarantee Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: জামিন স্বৰূপে (আত্মা)
Transliteration: jamin sôrupe (atma)
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW term (ἀρραβών, 1:22; 5:5). The Spirit as God’s down-payment guaranteeing believers’ future inheritance; distinct from any karmic guarantee of future rebirth-status — this is a personal pledge from God himself.
Veil
Approved rendering: আবৰণ
Transliteration: aborôn
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
NEW term (κάλυμμα, 3:13-16). Moses’ veil typology (Exodus 34); distinct from any devotional face-veiling practice.
Commendation
Approved rendering: নিজৰ পৰিচয় দিয়া
Transliteration: nijôr porichoy diya
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
NEW term (συνιστάνω, 3:1; 5:12; 10:12,18). Self-presentation vs. self-promotion tension recurs across chapters 3-6 and 10-12.
Boasting
Approved rendering: শ্লাঘা
Transliteration: xlagha
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
NEW term (καύχησις/καυχάομαι, throughout). Context-sensitive: negative self-exaltation (rejected) versus legitimate ‘boasting in the Lord’ (10:17, affirmed) — these two senses must be visibly distinguished in Assamese, not flattened into one undifferentiated word. Kept distinct from মহিমা (glory, God’s own attribute).
Peddlers Of The Word
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰৰ বাক্য বেচি খোৱা লোক
Transliteration: Iswôror bakyô beci khowa lok
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
NEW term (καπηλεύοντες τὸν λόγον, 2:17). Commercial-corruption metaphor for false teachers who profiteer from God’s word.
Cheerful Giver
Approved rendering: আনন্দৰে দান দিওঁতা
Transliteration: anôndôre dan diûta
Doctrine: Generosity and Grace in Giving
NEW term (δότην ἱλαρόν, 9:7). Paired with collection_gift’s merit-transaction caution.
Fellowship In Ministry
Approved rendering: সহভাগিতা আৰু সেৱকাই
Transliteration: xohobhagita aru sewokai
Doctrine: Generosity and Grace in Giving
NEW compound (κοινωνία τῆς διακονίας, 8:4) reusing baseline সহভাগিতা + established সেৱকাই.
Serpent Deceived Eve
Approved rendering: সাপে হৱাক ভুলাইছিল
Transliteration: xape Howak bhulaisilo
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Discernment
NEW term (ὁ ὄφις ἐξηπάτησεν Εὕαν, 11:3). Typological warning requiring OT narrative context given the target audience’s assumed low OT literacy.
Signs Of An Apostle
Approved rendering: প্ৰেৰিতৰ চিন
Transliteration: preritor cin
Doctrine: Genuine versus False Apostleship
NEW term (σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου, 12:12). Reuses baseline প্ৰেৰিত.
Unequally Yoked
Approved rendering: অসম যুঁৱলিত নিবন্ধ কৰা
Transliteration: oxôm juwôlit nibôndhô kôra
Doctrine: Holiness and Separation from Idolatry
NEW term (ἑτεροζυγέω, 6:14). Familiar rural agricultural yoke (যুঁৱলি) image; the doctrinal force (call to distinct communal/marital/business separation) must not be flattened into vague caution about friendships.
Beliar
Approved rendering: বিলিয়াৰ
Transliteration: Biliyar
Doctrine: Holiness and Separation from Idolatry
NEW proper name (Βελίαρ, 6:15), an alternate biblical name for শয়তান (Satan). Retain transliteration with a brief gloss identifying it as শয়তান at first occurrence.
Godly Grief
Approved rendering: ঈশ্বৰ অনুসৰি দুখ
Transliteration: Iswôr ônuxôri dukh
Doctrine: Repentance and Godly Grief
NEW term (λύπη κατὰ θεόν, 7:9-10). Contrast pair with worldly_grief below; moderate risk of flattening the distinction if translated too generically.
Worldly Grief
Approved rendering: জগতৰ দুখ
Transliteration: jôgôtôr dukh
Doctrine: Repentance and Godly Grief
NEW term (ἡ τοῦ κόσμου λύπη, 7:10). Produces death, contrasted with godly grief, which produces repentance and life; must remain visibly distinct from godly_grief.
Cleanse Ourselves
Approved rendering: নিজকে শুচি কৰা
Transliteration: nijôke xuci kôra
Doctrine: Repentance and Godly Grief
NEW term (καθαρίζω, 7:1). শুচি (ritual-adjacent cleanliness term, generally avoided for ‘holy’ per baseline) is contextually appropriate here but should be followed immediately by পবিত্ৰতা-register language so the moral/relational sense stays primary over a merely ceremonial-cleanliness sense.
Third Heaven
Approved rendering: তৃতীয় স্বৰ্গ
Transliteration: tritiyô sôrgô
Doctrine: Genuine versus False Apostleship
NEW term (τρίτος οὐρανός, 12:2). Paul’s Jewish apocalyptic reference to God’s own dwelling is not a claim paralleling the multi-tiered Puranic loka cosmology; avoid implying a hierarchy of attainable heavenly realms.
Examine Yourselves
Approved rendering: নিজকে পৰীক্ষা কৰা
Transliteration: nijôke porikkha kôra
Doctrine: Self-Examination and Assurance of Faith
NEW term (ἑαυτοὺς πειράζετε/δοκιμάζετε, 13:5). Self-examination of genuine বিশ্বাস (faith), not ritual self-mortification/austerity for merit (tapasya).
Fragrance Of Christ
Approved rendering: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ সুবাস
Transliteration: khristor xubax
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
NEW term (ὀσμή/εὐωδία Χριστοῦ, 2:14-16). May bridge naturally to Assamese devotional incense/offering imagery, but must retain that the pleasing aroma is Christ’s own sacrifice, not a human ritual offering.
Glory Fading
Approved rendering: মহিমা লোপ পাই যোৱা
Transliteration: môhima lop pai jowa
Doctrine: The New Covenant versus the Old
NEW application (δόξα καταργουμένη, 3:7-11) of baseline মহিমা; describes the temporary, fading glory of the old covenant ministry contrasted with the permanent glory of the new.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: ধন্যবাদ
Transliteration: dhonyôbad
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 1:11; 2:14; 4:15; 8:16; 9:11-12,15.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: সহভাগিতা
Transliteration: xohobhagita
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: বন্ধুত্ব, সমাজ
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Corinthians occurrences: 6:14; 8:4; 13:13-14 (‘fellowship of the Holy Spirit’).
Treasure In Jars Of Clay
Approved rendering: মৃৎপাত্রত থোৱা সম্পদ
Transliteration: mritpatrôt thowa sompôd
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW term (θησαυρὸς ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, 4:7). Metaphor for the gospel’s treasure carried by fragile human ministers.
Seal
Approved rendering: ছাব মৰা / চিহ্নিত কৰা
Transliteration: chab môra
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW term (σφραγίζω, 1:22). God’s ownership/authentication mark placed on believers.
Letters Of Recommendation
Approved rendering: পৰিচয়-পত্ৰ
Transliteration: porichoy-patrô
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
NEW term (ἐπιστολαὶ συστατικαί, 3:1). Distinct Greek word (ἐπιστολή) from γράμμα above; low doctrinal risk.
Equality In Giving
Approved rendering: সমানতা
Transliteration: xomanôta
Doctrine: Generosity and Grace in Giving
NEW term (ἰσότης, 8:13-14). Fairness/balance in material sharing among churches.
Indescribable Gift
Approved rendering: অবৰ্ণনীয় বৰদান
Transliteration: obôrnôniyô bôrdan
Doctrine: Generosity and Grace in Giving
NEW term (δωρεὰ ἀνεκδιήγητος, 9:15). Doxological close of the giving section, referring ultimately to God’s gift in Christ.
Holy Kiss
Approved rendering: পবিত্ৰ চুমা
Transliteration: pobitrô cuma
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and Greeting
Rejected alternatives: মংগলবাদ (domesticating substitution, loses textual fidelity)
NEW term (φίλημα ἅγιον, 13:12). Render literally with a footnote at first occurrence that this reflects a first-century Mediterranean greeting custom, not a prescribed ritual gesture.
Forgive Interpersonal
Approved rendering: ক্ষমা কৰা
Transliteration: khôma kôra
Doctrine: Reconciliation with God
NEW low-risk term (χαρίζομαι, 2:5-11). Ordinary interpersonal forgiveness among believers (the offender restored to fellowship); distinct from baseline’s rejected ‘ক্ষমা পোৱা’ for justification — here the ordinary register is appropriate.
Schemes Of Satan
Approved rendering: উপায়/ফন্দি
Transliteration: upay/fôndi
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Discernment
NEW low-risk term (νοήματα, 2:11).
Eternal Weight Of Glory
Approved rendering: অনন্ত মহিমাৰ ভাৰ
Transliteration: ônôntô môhimar bhar
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW application (αἰώνιον βάρος δόξης, 4:17) of baseline মহিমা; the outweighing eschatological reward for present affliction.
Earthly Tent House
Approved rendering: পৃথিৱীৰ তম্বু-স্বৰূপ ঘৰ (শৰীৰ)
Transliteration: prithibir tombu-sôrup ghor
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW low-risk metaphor (ἐπίγειος οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους, 5:1) for the mortal body.
Groan
Approved rendering: হুমুনিয়াহ পেলাওঁ
Transliteration: humuniyah pelaû
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW low-risk term (στενάζω, 5:2,4).
Naked
Approved rendering: উদং
Transliteration: udông
Doctrine: Suffering and Comfort in Ministry
NEW low-risk term (γυμνός, 5:3) — the intermediate bodiless state, contrasted with the future resurrection body.
Earnestness
Approved rendering: নিষ্ঠা / আগ্ৰহ
Transliteration: nistha / agroh
Doctrine: Repentance and Godly Grief
NEW low-risk term (σπουδή, 7:11).
Abundance Overflow
Approved rendering: উপচি পৰা (প্রাচুর্য)
Transliteration: upôci pôra (praxuryô)
Doctrine: Generosity and Grace in Giving
NEW low-risk term (περισσεία, 8:2; 9:8).
Weapons Of Warfare
Approved rendering: যুদ্ধৰ অস্ত্ৰ / দুর্গ
Transliteration: juddhor ôstrô / durgô
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Discernment
NEW low-risk term (ὅπλα τῆς στρατείας / ὀχυρώματα, 10:4).
Thought Captive
Approved rendering: প্ৰত্যেক চিন্তা বন্দী কৰি
Transliteration: prôtyek cinta bôndi kôri
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Discernment
NEW low-risk term (αἰχμαλωτίζοντες πᾶν νόημα, 10:5).
Approved
Approved rendering: স্বীকৃত/পৰীক্ষিত
Transliteration: swikritô/porikkhitô
Doctrine: Sincerity and Apostolic Authority
NEW low-risk term (δόκιμος, 10:18).
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