Core Glossary

Core Glossary — 1 Corinthians

Purpose

This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, spanning 1 Corinthians chapters 1–16, with the core passage (15:1–11) integrated within its chapter (15) row set. Terms already present in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked Reused and their Romans-established Azerbaijani rendering is carried forward exactly, per the hard rule that established renderings must not be altered. New terms proposed for this curriculum are marked New and are candidates for addition to translation memory (with version increment) before Phase 2 translation begins.

Risk tiers follow the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions: Critical (human theologian review, every occurrence), High (human theologian review), Medium (native speaker review recommended), Low (automated review sufficient).

Glossary Table

#	English Term	Azerbaijani Rendering	Status	Risk	Chapter(s)	Risk Reason (grounded)
1	Gospel	Müjdə	Reused	High	1, 9, 15	Keep distinct from bare İncil (contested-book association); 15:1–11 is the creedal core of the gospel content.
2	Grace	Lütf	Reused	High	1, 3, 15, 16	Must remain the cause, not the reward, of labor/effort (15:10 triple-χάρις verse); guard against mərhəmət/kərəm merit-adjacent framing.
3	Faith	İman	Reused	High	2, 12, 13, 15, 16	Object of faith (Christ, the resurrection fact) must stay explicit; not generic creedal assent.
4	Righteousness	Salehlik	Reused	Critical	(background to chs. 1, 6)	Never collapse into saleh əməllər; underlies “bought with a price” and sanctification logic in ch. 6.
5	Justification	Saleh sayılma	Reused	Critical	6	Forensic declaration; connects to “you were washed, sanctified, justified” cluster (6:11), not implied elsewhere in this glossary’s chapter list but doctrinally present.
6	Salvation	Xilas	Reused	Critical	1, 15	Present-tense reality (15:2 “being saved”); never a deferred, Imamate-intercession-style hope.
7	Apostle	Həvari	Reused	Medium	1, 4, 9, 12, 15	”The Twelve” and “all the apostles” (15:5–9) must be taught as a closed eyewitness college, not a Shia Imamate-style ongoing succession — sharpened by the coincidental “Twelve” numerical overlap with the Twelve Imams.
8	Called / Calling	Çağırılmış / Çağırış	Reused	High	1, 7	Extended in ch. 7 to cover calling to remain in one’s present life-state (marriage/singleness), not only calling to salvation.
9	Holy	Müqəddəs	Reused	High	1, 3, 6, 7	Used in at least three distinct senses across the book (corporate calling 1:2, temple-indwelling 3:16/6:19, household set-apartness 7:14) — risk of readers flattening these into one sense.
10	Saints	Müqəddəslər	Reused	High	1, 16	Corporate designation for all believers; not an övliyalar-style venerated elite.
11	Sanctification	Təqdisetmə	Reused	High	1, 6, 7	Distinguish personal sanctification (6:11) from the narrower “household sanctification” sense (7:14) — same Azerbaijani term, different scope, requires teaching-note disambiguation.
12	Fellowship	Ünsiyyət	Reused	Low/High*	1, 10	Low risk as general fellowship (1:9); *risk rises to High in 10:16’s sacramental “participation” sense, which needs supplementary teaching-note vocabulary beyond the general term.
13	Church	Kilsə	Reused	Medium	1, 15 (church of God)	Distinct from mosque-modeled or clergy-mediated religious community; Paul persecuted “the church of God” (15:9).
14	Holy Spirit	Müqəddəs Ruh	Reused	Critical	2, 3, 6, 12	Must be taught as the third divine Person, not Cəbrail; dense pneumatology in ch. 2 and the indwelling-temple claims of chs. 3 and 6 heighten the stakes.
15	Resurrection	Diriliş	Reused	Critical	15 (whole chapter)	Core doctrine of the book; must presuppose real, prior death (15:3–4) — direct confrontation with Qur’an 4:157’s no-death reading; never göyə qaldırılma.
16	Lord	Rəbb	Reused	Critical	throughout, esp. 15:11, 16:22	Exclusive, supreme lordship; e.g. “our Lord Jesus Christ” framing runs throughout the letter’s greetings and closing.
17	Son of God / Christ	Məsih / Allahın Oğlu	Reused	Critical	throughout	Məsih must always carry full Davidic/atoning content, not a bare honorific; “Christ died… was raised” (15:3–4) is the letter’s doctrinal spine.
18	Peace	Sülh	Reused	Medium	1, 7 (implicit peace themes)	Relational peace, not merely absence of conflict.

Notes on Glossary Maintenance

Version control: All “New” terms above are candidates for insertion into translation_memory.json (version increment required) before any Phase 2 segment translation of 1 Corinthians begins, per the Language Package’s translation memory load-and-enforcement instructions.
Reused terms: All terms marked “Reused” must be entered into 1 Corinthians-specific translation memory with the Romans-established Azerbaijani rendering unchanged; no alternative renderings are permitted regardless of context within 1 Corinthians.
Escalation: All Critical-risk new terms (rows 46 [as High, see note], 63, 64, 65, 70, 82, plus all Critical-risk Reused terms) require human theologian review at every occurrence, consistent with the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json risk-tier conventions. Row 63 (Head Covering) and row 64 (Lord’s Supper) are flagged Critical for cultural sensitivity even though the underlying doctrine is not itself a Critical-tier Christological or salvific claim — this reflects the same PRD principle the baseline applies to politically/culturally live terms (cf. Romans’ treatment of “Israel”).
Full-book coverage confirmation: Every chapter of 1 Corinthians (1–16) is represented in this glossary by at least one term, consistent with the PRD’s full-book coverage mandate.

Critical Risk Terms

Righteousness

Approved rendering: Salehlik
Transliteration: sah-lehk-LEEK
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: saleh əməllər (righteous deeds, as the ground itself)
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Background to the ‘washed, sanctified, justified’ cluster in 1 Corinthians 6:11 and the sanctified-bodily-living argument of ch. 6; never collapse into saleh əməllər.

Justification

Approved rendering: Saleh sayılma
Transliteration: sah-LEHKH sah-yuhl-MAH
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: günahların bağışlanması (forgiveness of sins, alone)
Original: δικαίωσις / ἐδικαιώθητε
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Appears in the 6:11 cluster (‘you were justified’); full phrase required, never abbreviated to forgiveness alone.

Salvation

Approved rendering: Xilas
Transliteration: khee-LAHS
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: nicat (Persian-influenced, Imamate-intercession framing), cənnətə girmək (entering paradise)
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζεσθε
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Corinthians 15:2’s present-passive ‘you are being saved’ must be preserved as an ongoing present reality, never flattened toward nicat-style deferred, Imamate-intercession-tied hope.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: Müqəddəs Ruh
Transliteration: myoo-kad-DASS ROOKH
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: Cəbrail (the archangel Gabriel)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον / τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Dense pneumatology in 1 Corinthians 2:10-14 (‘the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God’) and indwelling-temple claims in chs. 3 and 6 heighten the need for explicit first-use Trinity-Person teaching; never Cəbrail.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: Diriliş
Transliteration: dee-ree-LEESH
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: göyə qaldırılma (being raised to heaven, without dying)
Original: ἀνάστασις / ἐγήγερται
Category: Eschatology

Inherited from Romans package. The core doctrine of 1 Corinthians 15 (Christ’s individual resurrection, 15:1-11, extended to the general resurrection of believers, 15:12-58); must always presuppose the real, prior death and burial of 15:3-4 — direct confrontation with Qur’an 4:157.

Lord

Approved rendering: Rəbb
Transliteration: RAHBB
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ağa (master, non-divine)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Governs the letter’s greetings and closing (‘our Lord Jesus Christ’) and the confession echoed at 1 Corinthians 12:3 (‘no one can say İsa Rəbdir except by the Holy Spirit’).

Son Of God

Approved rendering: Allahın Oğlu
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN oh-loo
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Allahın sevimli qulu (God’s beloved servant)
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Assumed background throughout 1 Corinthians; must never be softened to a servant euphemism.

Messiah

Approved rendering: Məsih
Transliteration: mah-SEEKH
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: sadəcə bir peyğəmbər (merely a prophet)
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. The subject of the letter’s creedal core (1 Corinthians 15:3-4, ‘Christ died… was raised’); must always carry full Davidic-covenant, atoning-savior content.

Intercession

Approved rendering: Vasitəçilik
Transliteration: vah-see-tah-chee-LEEK
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Rejected alternatives: şəfaət (Shia Imam intercession), təvəssül (mediated access through a saint or Imam)
Original: (implicit: εἷς κύριος … διʼ οὗ τὰ πάντα)
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Though 1 Corinthians does not use this term as densely as Romans, the underlying Christ-alone-mediator logic of 8:6 (‘one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things’) requires the same discipline against şəfaət/təvəssül.

Jesus

Approved rendering: İsa
Transliteration: ee-SAH
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: bare ‘İsa Peyğəmbər’ (Prophet Jesus, without Məsih)
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. Always paired with Məsih throughout 1 Corinthians, including the creedal core of 15:1-11.

God

Approved rendering: Allah
Transliteration: ahl-LAHKH
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Tanrı (Turkish convention, not the settled Azerbaijani IBT usage)
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Consistent IBT usage throughout 1 Corinthians.

Father

Approved rendering: Ata
Transliteration: ah-TAH
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: Yaradan (Creator, avoiding relational language)
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Background to the ‘one God, the Father’ formula of 1 Corinthians 8:6.

Head Covering

Approved rendering: Baş örtüyü (ilə örtünmə)
Transliteration: BASH ur-tu-YEW (ee-LAH ur-tun-MAH)
Doctrine: Head Covering and Gender Order in Worship
Original: κατακαλύπτω / ἀκατακάλυπτος
Category: Worship

New term. 1 Corinthians 11:4-13. CRITICAL for cultural sensitivity: intersects the live, politically contested contemporary Azerbaijani hijab debate. Requires explicit human-theologian-reviewed teaching notes distinguishing Paul’s first-century argument from the modern controversy at every occurrence.

Lords Supper

Approved rendering: Rəbbin Süfrəsi
Transliteration: rab-BEEN sewf-ra-SEE
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: κυριακὸν δεῖπνον
Category: Sacraments

New term. 1 Corinthians 11:20. CRITICAL: risk of assimilation into Shia nəzir-style commemorative food-offering practice (Ashura/Karbala-linked, believed to transfer blessing through distribution); must be taught as a Christ-instituted, once-for-all-atonement-commemorating ordinance.

Body And Blood

Approved rendering: Bədən və qan
Transliteration: ba-DAN vah GAHN
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: σῶμα καὶ αἷμα
Category: Sacraments

New term. 1 Corinthians 11:24-27. Render literally per Christ’s words of institution, without paraphrase; teaching notes must distinguish the symbolic-memorial meaning from Karbala-associated blood-ritual/mourning practices (matam).

Manifestation Of The Spirit

Approved rendering: Ruhun aşkar olması
Transliteration: roo-HOON ash-KAHR ohl-mah-SUH
Doctrine: Manifestation of the Spirit
Rejected alternatives: zühur (the specific Shia eschatological term for the Twelfth Imam’s awaited reappearance/Mahdi’s zühur)
Original: φανέρωσις τοῦ Πνεύματος
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 12:7. CRITICAL: zühur must never be used — it would import Mahdist eschatological associations entirely foreign to Paul’s meaning (the Spirit’s ordinary, ongoing gift-manifestation for the common good).

Died Buried

Approved rendering: Öldü / Dəfn olundu
Transliteration: ul-DEW / DAFN oh-loon-DOO
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ἀπέθανεν / ἐτάφη
Category: Eschatology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. Render with unqualified plainness; burial functions as doctrinal reinforcement of the real-death requirement and must not be omitted as a minor narrative detail — direct confrontation with Qur’an 4:157.

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: Müjdə
Transliteration: myuzh-DAH
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: İncil (bare, unqualified), yaxşı xəbər (generic good news)
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (the core passage) Müjdə names the fixed, transmitted apostolic creed (‘Christ died, was buried, was raised, appeared’) — keep as defined content ‘received’ and ‘delivered,’ not a devotional feeling.

Grace

Approved rendering: Lütf
Transliteration: LYUTF
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: mərhəmət (mercy), kərəm (Persian-influenced ‘divine generosity’, often devotional/mystical)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Corinthians 15:10’s triple-χάρις verse is a prime ‘grace vs. merit’ escalation point; Lütf must remain the cause, never the reward, of Paul’s labor.

Faith

Approved rendering: İman
Transliteration: ee-MAHN
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: etiqad (doctrinal conviction/creed)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Corinthians 15:2, 11 the object of İman is explicitly the historical resurrection facts of 15:3-5, not generic creedal assent.

Called

Approved rendering: Çağırılmış
Transliteration: chah-guh-ruhl-MUSH
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: dəvət olunmuş (invited)

Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Corinthians 7:15-24 extended to cover remaining in one’s present marital/social state as itself a sphere of God’s calling, not only a call to salvation in the abstract.

Calling

Approved rendering: Çağırış
Transliteration: chah-guh-RUHSH
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: dəvət

Inherited from Romans package. Noun form; retains the sovereign-summons sense throughout 1 Corinthians 1:1-2, 1:9, 7:17-24.

Holy

Approved rendering: Müqəddəs
Transliteration: myoo-kad-DASS
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: təmiz (ritually clean)
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package. Used in at least three distinct senses across 1 Corinthians (corporate calling 1:2, temple-indwelling 3:16/6:19, household set-apartness 7:14); teaching notes must disambiguate per occurrence.

Saints

Approved rendering: Müqəddəslər
Transliteration: myoo-kad-dass-LAIR
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: övliyalar (venerated holy figures, shrine/ziyarat association)
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Corporate designation for all believers (1 Corinthians 1:2, 16:1’s ‘collection for the saints’); not an övliyalar-style venerated elite.

Sanctification

Approved rendering: Təqdisetmə
Transliteration: tag-dees-et-MAY
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: paklanma (ritual purification)
Original: ἁγιασμός / ἡγιάσθητε
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package. The 6:11 personal-transformation sense must be kept distinct from 7:14’s narrower household set-apartness sense; the same Azerbaijani word covers both, creating a real disambiguation risk.

Glory

Approved rendering: Ehtişam
Transliteration: eh-htee-SHAHM
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: nur (divine light, Shia Nur-i Məhəmmədi association)
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Recurs in ‘image and glory of God’ (11:7) and ‘glorify God in your body’ (6:20); never nur.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: Allahın qüdrəti
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN kewd-rah-TEE
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: Allahın qəzəbi (God’s wrath)
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Central to 1 Corinthians 1:18, 24’s paradox — God’s power revealed in the crucified Christ.

Law

Approved rendering: Qanun
Transliteration: kah-NOON
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: şəriət (Islamic religious law)
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Referenced at 1 Corinthians 15:56 (‘the power of sin is the law’) and background to 9:9, 9:20; never şəriət, and kept distinct from Nizam (worship order, ch. 14).

Sin

Approved rendering: Günah
Transliteration: goo-NAHKH
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: xəta (mistake/error)
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package. ‘Christ died for our sins’ (1 Corinthians 15:3) is the atonement-anchoring occurrence in this book; also 15:56, ‘the sting of death is sin.‘

Election

Approved rendering: Seçilmə
Transliteration: say-cheel-MAY
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: qismət (fate/fortune), yazı (fatalistic decree)
Original: ἐξελέξατο
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. God’s deliberate, status-reversing choosing of ‘the foolish,’ ‘the weak,’ ‘the low and despised’ (1 Corinthians 1:26-29); never qismət/yazı-style fatalism.

Divisions Factions

Approved rendering: Bölünmələr / Parçalanmalar
Transliteration: bœ-lun-mə-LAHR / par-cha-lan-ma-LAHR
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Rejected alternatives: firqələr (Islamic pejorative term for splinter sects with a distinct creed/law)
Original: σχίσματα / ἔριδες
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 3:3, 11:18. Paul addresses relational strife within one body, not the formation of rival religious sects; firqə would misrepresent this as sect-formation.

Wisdom

Approved rendering: Hikmət
Transliteration: heek-MAT
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: σοφία
Category: Christology

New term. 1 Corinthians 1:17-30, 2:6-7. Heavily loaded with Qur’anic/prophetic and Sufi mystical-wisdom-tradition associations; must be explained on first use and paired tightly with Səfehlik to preserve Paul’s deliberate paradox.

Foolishness

Approved rendering: Səfehlik
Transliteration: sah-fah-LEEK
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: μωρία
Category: Christology

New term. 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, 27. Must stay tightly paired with Hikmət so the rhetorical paradox (‘God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom’) survives translation.

Cross

Approved rendering: Çarmıx
Transliteration: char-MUHKH
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: xaç (carries Armenian/Georgian ethnic-Christian and Armenia-Azerbaijan geopolitical association)
Original: σταυρός
Category: Christology

New term. 1 Corinthians 1:17-18, 23. Çarmıx is the established, doctrinally clean crucifixion-instrument term; never soften into a generic ‘suffering’ euphemism.

Mystery

Approved rendering: Sirr
Transliteration: SEER
Doctrine: Mystery of Revealed Wisdom
Original: μυστήριον
Category: Faith

New term. 1 Corinthians 2:1, 2:7, 4:1, 13:2, 15:51. Sirr carries strong bātinī/Sufi/Shia hidden-knowledge connotations restricted to Imams, saints, or initiates; Paul’s mystery moves the opposite direction — from hidden to openly proclaimed to all believers.

Natural Spiritual Person

Approved rendering: Cismani insan / Ruhani insan
Transliteration: jees-mah-NEE een-SAHN / roo-hah-NEE een-SAHN
Doctrine: Mystery of Revealed Wisdom
Original: ψυχικὸς ἄνθρωπος / πνευματικός
Category: Sanctification

New term. 1 Corinthians 2:14-15. Risk of being misread through the Islamic rūh/nafs/jism tripartite anthropology rather than Paul’s actual point: Spirit-enabled versus Spirit-absent discernment.

Temple

Approved rendering: Məbəd
Transliteration: mah-BAHD
Doctrine: The Church and Body as Temple of the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: məscid (mosque)
Original: ναός
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 6:19-20. God’s Spirit literally indwelling a corporate group and an individual physical body has no clean tanzih-compatible parallel and must be taught directly.

Sexual Immorality

Approved rendering: Əxlaqsızlıq (cinsi əxlaqsızlıq)
Transliteration: akh-lahk-suhz-LUHK (jeen-SEE akh-lahk-suhz-LUHK)
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Rejected alternatives: zina (Islamic ḥadd criminal-legal category with prescribed state punishment)
Original: πορνεία
Category: Sin

New term. 1 Corinthians 5:1. Zina imports a criminal-legal framework foreign to Paul’s restorative church-discipline argument.

Hand Over To Satan

Approved rendering: Şeytana təslim etmək
Transliteration: shay-tah-NAH tas-LEEM et-MAKH
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: παραδοῦναι τῷ Σατανᾷ
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 5:5. Must be framed as restorative discipline aimed at repentance (‘so that his spirit may be saved’), not a curse-pronouncement; especially sensitive given Azerbaijani honor-shame social dynamics around communal exclusion.

Bought With A Price

Approved rendering: Bir qiymətlə satın alındınız
Transliteration: beer kee-mat-LAH sah-TUHN ah-luhn-duh-NUHZ
Doctrine: Sexual Purity and the Body United to Christ
Original: ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς
Category: Salvation

New term. 1 Corinthians 6:20. Commercial redemption-purchase image grounding sanctified bodily living; reinforces, never competes with, Salehlik/Xilas.

Food Offered To Idols

Approved rendering: Bütlərə qurban kəsilmiş ət/yemək
Transliteration: boot-lah-RAH koor-BAHN ka-seel-MEESH at / yeh-MAKH
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἰδωλόθυτον
Category: Ethics

New term. 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, 10:19-28. Strong risk of being read through halal/haram Islamic dietary-legal categories rather than Paul’s conscience-and-love argument; teaching notes must explicitly redirect.

Table Of The Lord

Approved rendering: Rəbbin süfrəsi / Cinlərin süfrəsi
Transliteration: rab-BEEN sewf-ra-SEE / jeen-lah-REEN sewf-ra-SEE
Doctrine: Idolatry and the Table of the Lord
Original: τράπεζα κυρίου / τράπεζα δαιμονίων
Category: Sacraments

New term. 1 Corinthians 10:21. Anticipates and must remain terminologically consistent with ch. 11’s Lord’s Supper terminology.

Cup Of Blessing

Approved rendering: Xeyir-dua kasası
Transliteration: khay-EER-doo-ah kah-sah-SUH
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and Sacramental Communion
Original: ποτήριον τῆς εὐλογίας
Category: Sacraments

New term. 1 Corinthians 10:16. A richer sacramental sense of κοινωνία than the general Ünsiyyət entry; needs supplementary teaching-note vocabulary distinguishing ordinary fellowship from this participatory act.

Discern The Body

Approved rendering: Bədəni düzgün ayırd etmək
Transliteration: ba-da-NEE dewz-GEWN ah-YUHRD et-MAKH
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα
Category: Sacraments

New term. 1 Corinthians 11:29. Must be taught as spiritual/relational discernment of the Supper’s significance and the church’s unity, not literal physical examination; connects forward to ch. 12.

Image And Glory Of God

Approved rendering: Surət (və Ehtişam)
Transliteration: soo-RAT (vah eh-htee-SHAHM)
Doctrine: Head Covering and Gender Order in Worship
Original: εἰκὼν καὶ δόξα θεοῦ
Category: Worship

New term. 1 Corinthians 11:7. May raise tanzih (anti-anthropomorphism) concerns when applied to a human being; clarify derivative honor/representation, not physical resemblance to God’s essence.

Body Of Christ

Approved rendering: Məsihin bədəni
Transliteration: mah-see-HEEN ba-da-NEE
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and Body of Christ
Original: σῶμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 6:15, 12:12-27. Organic, differentiated-member interdependence must be distinguished from the Islamic ummah model of community bound by shared law/creed.

Love

Approved rendering: Məhəbbət
Transliteration: ma-hab-BAT
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Ethics

New term. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 16:14. Məhəbbət (and its poetic register eşq) is the central term of the Sufi/Persianate literary-mystical tradition (Nizami, Füzuli), typically ecstatic and longing/suffering-mediated. Paul’s agapē is behaviorally defined and unsentimental; must be explicitly distinguished on every use.

Women Keeping Silent

Approved rendering: Qadınlar sussun (kontekstual)
Transliteration: kah-duhn-LAHR soos-SOON (kohn-teks-tooahl)
Doctrine: Women in the Assembly
Original: γυναῖκες … σιγάτωσαν
Category: Worship

New term. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35. Textually and interpretively complex; risk of confirming pre-existing patriarchal cultural assumptions or being read in unresolved tension with 11:5’s positive mention of women praying/prophesying; requires explicit human theologian review.

Last Adam

Approved rendering: Axırıncı Adəm / Adəmdə
Transliteration: ah-khuh-ruhn-JUH ah-DAM / ah-dam-DAH
Doctrine: Federal Headship of Adam and Christ
Original: ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ / ἐν τῷ Ἀδάμ
Category: Christology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:22, 45. Adəm is shared with Islamic tradition (Adəm peyğəmbər, a prophet), but the Pauline federal-headship typology has no Islamic theological parallel; do not assume shared doctrine from the shared name.

Spiritual Body Natural Body

Approved rendering: Ruhani bədən / Cismani (təbii) bədən
Transliteration: roo-hah-NEE ba-DAN / jees-mah-NEE (ta-bee-EE) ba-DAN
Doctrine: Eschatological Bodily Transformation
Original: σῶμα πνευματικόν / σῶμα ψυχικόν
Category: Eschatology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:44. Must be taught as a real, transformed, still-bodily existence, not a disembodied spirit; Islamic eschatology also affirms bodily resurrection at Qiyamah under a different framework.

Collection For The Saints

Approved rendering: Müqəddəslər üçün yığım
Transliteration: myoo-kad-dass-LAIR ew-CHEWN yuh-GHUHM
Doctrine: Sainthood
Original: λογεία εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 16:1. Reuses Müqəddəslər’s inherited High risk; ‘collection’ itself is a low-risk, practical-administrative term.

Tradition Received Delivered

Approved rendering: Ötürdüm … qəbul etdim
Transliteration: ur-tewr-DEWM … ka-BOOL et-DEEM
Doctrine: Gospel (Creedal Core)
Original: παρέδωκα / παρέλαβον
Category: Covenant

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:1, 3. Must be rendered so readers grasp a verifiable eyewitness-transmission chain, not devotional legend, given that many Azerbaijani readers encounter Scripture as clergy-mediated.

Appeared

Approved rendering: Göründü
Transliteration: gur-ewn-DEW
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Rejected alternatives: ruhani görüntü (spiritual vision, concedes ground to a non-bodily reading)
Original: ὤφθη
Category: Eschatology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:5-8. Must retain the ordinary sense of a visible, embodied appearance, the evidentiary backbone of the chapter’s argument.

Medium Risk Terms

Apostle

Approved rendering: Həvari
Transliteration: heh-vah-REE
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: peyğəmbər (prophet-messenger), imam (Shia infallible spiritual-political successor)
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Corinthians 15:5-9’s ‘all the apostles’ is a wider circle than the Twelve, defined by eyewitness resurrection testimony and closing with this generation — not an ongoing Imamate-style succession.

Church

Approved rendering: Kilsə
Transliteration: keel-SAY
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: məscid-vari icma (mosque-like religious community)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. ‘The church of God’ which Paul once persecuted (1 Corinthians 15:9); distinct from mosque-modeled or clergy-mediated community.

Peace

Approved rendering: Sülh
Transliteration: SYULKH
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: rahatlıq (inner calm/comfort)
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Implicit background to the unity concerns of chs. 1 and 7; relational, not merely psychological comfort.

Spiritual Gifts

Approved rendering: Ruhani hədiyyələr
Transliteration: roo-hah-NEE hah-dee-YAY-lair
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: kəramət (saint-or-Imam miraculous endowment, Shia/Sufi)
Original: χάρισμα / πνευματικά
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Corinthians 12 is this term’s doctrinal home base; also used of marital state as a gift in 7:7. Never kəramət — enforce with maximum force since ch. 12 is precisely the passage most at risk of that misreading.

Gentiles

Approved rendering: Millətlər
Transliteration: mil-lat-LAIR
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: kafirlər (unbelievers/infidels), bütpərəstlər (idolaters, archaic)
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Background to Jew/Greek distinctions in 1 Corinthians 1:22-24, 10:32, 12:13.

Covenant

Approved rendering: Əhd
Transliteration: AKHD
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: müqavilə (bare commercial contract)
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. ‘New covenant’ in Christ’s blood at the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:25); müqavilə rejected as too commercial.

David

Approved rendering: Davud
Transliteration: dah-VOOD
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: Δαυίδ
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Background to the Messianic fulfillment claims underlying ‘Christ’ in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4.

Israel

Approved rendering: İsrail
Transliteration: ees-rah-EEL
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. Israel’s wilderness history recounted as warning in 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; contemporary diplomatic-political association noted per the Romans baseline.

Boasting

Approved rendering: Öyünmək / Fəxr etmək
Transliteration: œ-yun-MAKH / fakhr et-MAKH
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: καυχάομαι
Category: Ethics

New term. 1 Corinthians 1:29, 31. Use Öyünmək for the forbidden self-glorying and a clearly Lord-directed phrase (‘Rəbdə fəxr etsin’) for the commanded form.

Reward

Approved rendering: Mükafat
Transliteration: mew-kah-FAHT
Doctrine: Apostolic Stewardship and Accountability
Original: μισθός
Category: Ministry

New term. 1 Corinthians 3:8, 14. A grace-enabled ministry commendation, never a condition for Xilas (salvation).

Stewards Of Mysteries

Approved rendering: Allahın sirlərinin idarəçiləri
Transliteration: ahl-lah-HUHN seer-lah-ree-NEEN ee-dah-ra-chee-lah-REE
Doctrine: Apostolic Stewardship and Accountability
Original: οἰκονόμους μυστηρίων θεοῦ
Category: Ministry

New term. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2. Reuses the sirr caution; ‘steward’ must stay administrative/accountable, never elevated toward a clerical-mediator gatekeeping role.

Leaven

Approved rendering: Maya
Transliteration: mah-YAH
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: ζύμη
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8. Requires a brief Passover-background teaching note, unfamiliar to most Azerbaijani readers.

Members Joined

Approved rendering: Üzvlər / Birləşmək
Transliteration: ewz-VLAIR / beer-lash-MAKH
Doctrine: Sexual Purity and the Body United to Christ
Original: μέλη / κολλώμενος
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 6:15-17. Establishes body-metaphor vocabulary ahead of its full corporate development in ch. 12; keep consistent across both chapters.

Marriage

Approved rendering: Nikah
Transliteration: nee-KAHKH
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: γάμος
Category: Relationships

New term. 1 Corinthians 7:1-40. Also names the specific Islamic legal marriage contract (mahr, dissolution procedures); teaching notes must clarify Paul’s mutual self-giving theology (7:4) diverges from that legal-contractual framework.

Idol

Approved rendering: Büt
Transliteration: BOOT
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἴδωλον
Category: Sin

New term. 1 Corinthians 8:4. Genuine point of resonance (shared condemnation of idolatry); ‘idols are nothing’ (8:4) must be read as the idol’s powerlessness, not license regarding food.

Knowledge

Approved rendering: Bilik
Transliteration: bee-LEEK
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Ethics

New term. 1 Corinthians 8:1 (‘knowledge puffs up, love builds up’). Keep distinct from Hikmət — a different Greek word and a different argument.

Stumbling Block

Approved rendering: Büdrəmə səbəbi / Maneə
Transliteration: bewd-ra-mah sa-ba-BEE / mah-nay-AH
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: πρόσκομμα
Category: Ethics

New term. 1 Corinthians 8:9, 13. Ensure consistent rendering across ch. 8’s idol-meat discussion and related liberty passages.

Idolatry

Approved rendering: Bütpərəstlik
Transliteration: boot-pah-rast-LEEK
Doctrine: Idolatry and the Table of the Lord
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sin

New term. 1 Corinthians 10:14. Legitimate here since the passage is genuinely about idol-worship itself; do not confuse with the Romans baseline’s rejection of ‘bütpərəstlər’ as a substitute for ‘gentiles’ — a different context.

Head Headship

Approved rendering: Baş
Transliteration: BASH
Doctrine: Head Covering and Gender Order in Worship
Original: κεφαλή
Category: Relationships

New term. 1 Corinthians 11:3. Resonates with existing patriarchal family-headship norms; must be taught alongside Paul’s mutuality statements (11:11-12), never in isolation.

Remembrance

Approved rendering: Xatirə / Xatirələmə
Transliteration: khah-tee-RAH / khah-tee-ra-la-MAH
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ἀνάμνησις
Category: Sacraments

New term. 1 Corinthians 11:24-25 (‘do this in remembrance of me’). Straightforward term, doctrinally weighted by its Lord’s Supper context.

Unworthy Manner Judgment

Approved rendering: Layiqsiz şəkildə / Hökm
Transliteration: lah-yeek-SEEZ shah-keel-DAH / HUKM
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ἀναξίως / κρίμα
Category: Sacraments

New term. 1 Corinthians 11:27, 29, 34. Corrective church-discipline consequence, not damnation-level condemnation, consistent with the pastoral framing established in ch. 5.

Baptized

Approved rendering: Vəftiz olduq
Transliteration: vaf-TEEZ ohl-DOOK
Doctrine: Baptism into One Body
Original: ἐβαπτίσθημεν
Category: Sacraments

New term. 1 Corinthians 12:13. Settled, distinctively Christian Azerbaijani term for baptism; must not be confused with Islamic ritual ablution (dəstəmaz, ğüsl), a repeatable preparatory purity rite, versus a one-time incorporation into Christ’s body.

Tongues

Approved rendering: Dillər (ruhani dillər)
Transliteration: deel-LAIR (roo-hah-NEE deel-LAIR)
Doctrine: Tongues and Prophecy in Corporate Worship
Original: γλῶσσαι
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 12:10, 28, 30; chs. 13-14. No direct Islamic doctrinal parallel (a novelty risk); distinguish from ordinary multilingual ability and from ecstatic/trance folk-religious or Sufi zikr phenomena.

Interpretation Of Tongues

Approved rendering: Tərcümə / Şərh
Transliteration: tar-jew-MAH / SHARKH
Doctrine: Tongues and Prophecy in Corporate Worship
Original: ἑρμηνεία
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 12:10; 14:5, 13, 27. Keep consistent across chs. 12 and 14.

Healing Miracles

Approved rendering: Şəfa (bəxş etmə) / Möcüzələr
Transliteration: sha-FAH (bakhsh et-MAH) / mœ-jew-za-LAIR
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and Body of Christ
Original: ἰάματα / δυνάμεις
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 12:9-10, 28. Şəfa carries shrine-based folk-healing associations (ziyarat, pir/ocaq); teaching notes must clarify this is a Spirit-given church gift, not a saint-mediated practice.

Discerning Of Spirits

Approved rendering: Ruhları ayırd etmə
Transliteration: rookh-lah-RUH ah-YUHRD et-MAH
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and Body of Christ
Original: διακρίσεις πνευμάτων
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 12:10. Standard descriptive rendering; moderate risk from general spiritual-discernment ambiguity.

Hope

Approved rendering: Ümid
Transliteration: ew-MEED
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Faith

New term. 1 Corinthians 13:13. Islamic theology generally frames ultimate hope as contingent, pending divine mercy at Judgment; Paul’s ümid carries a more settled, resurrection-grounded confidence.

Firstfruits

Approved rendering: İlk bar / Nübar
Transliteration: EELK bahr / new-BAHR
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ἀπαρχή
Category: Eschatology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:20, 23. Requires OT agricultural-offering background explanation; Christ’s resurrection guarantees and previews believers’ future resurrection.

Perishable Imperishable

Approved rendering: Puç olan / Puç olmayan (ölməz)
Transliteration: POOCH oh-LAHN / POOCH ohl-mah-YAHN (ul-MAZ)
Doctrine: Eschatological Bodily Transformation
Original: φθαρτόν / ἄφθαρτον
Category: Eschatology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:42, 50, 53-54. Standard descriptive pairing.

Mortal Immortality

Approved rendering: Ölümlü / Ölməzlik
Transliteration: ul-yewm-LEW / ul-maz-LEEK
Doctrine: Eschatological Bodily Transformation
Original: θνητόν / ἀθανασία
Category: Eschatology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:53-54. Standard descriptive pairing.

Sting Of Death Victory

Approved rendering: Ölümün iynəsi (acısı) / Qələbə
Transliteration: ul-yew-MEWN eey-na-SEE (ah-juh-SUH) / ka-la-BAH
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: κέντρον τοῦ θανάτου / νῖκος
Category: Eschatology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:55-56. Rhetorical climax; ensure Qanun (not şəriət) remains in force in the passing mention of ‘the law.‘

Anathema

Approved rendering: Lənətlənmiş olsun
Transliteration: la-nat-lan-MEESH ohl-SOON
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Rejected alternatives: anafema (unnecessary transliteration when a native curse-formula register already exists)
Original: ἀνάθεμα
Category: Ethics

New term. 1 Corinthians 16:22. Recognizable curse-formula vocabulary (cognate with Islamic la’nat) is a point of resonance, but must stay tied specifically to failure to love Christ, not dissolve into a generic curse.

Preach Proclaim

Approved rendering: Müjdələmək / elan etmək
Transliteration: myuzh-da-la-MAKH / eh-LAHN et-MAKH
Doctrine: Gospel (Creedal Core)
Rejected alternatives: danışmaq (generic ‘to talk’, loses herald-proclamation force)
Original: εὐαγγελίζομαι / κηρύσσω
Category: Salvation

New term. 1 Corinthians 1:23, 9:16-18, 15:1, 15:11. Verb form must stay cognate with Müjdə so readers see the noun-verb link.

The Twelve

Approved rendering: On İki (Həvari)
Transliteration: ohn ee-KEE (heh-vah-REE)
Doctrine: Apostleship and the Twelve
Original: οἱ δώδεκα
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:5. Requires explicit teaching-note clarification distinguishing this closed, non-repeatable eyewitness group from the Shia Twelve Imams — a striking numerical coincidence.

Fallen Asleep

Approved rendering: Vəfat etdi / yuxuya getdi (öldü mənasında)
Transliteration: va-FAHT et-DEE / yoo-khoo-YAH get-DEE (ul-DEW ma-nah-SUHN-dah)
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ἐκοιμήθησαν / κεκοιμημένων
Category: Eschatology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:6, 18, 20. Must be taught explicitly as a resurrection-hope euphemism, not soul-sleep-as-final-state or a reincarnation-adjacent category.

Untimely Born

Approved rendering: Vaxtsız doğulmuş biri kimi
Transliteration: vakht-SUHZ doh-ghool-MOOSH bee-REE kee-MEE
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: τῷ ἐκτρώματι
Category: Christology

New term. 1 Corinthians 15:8. No single-word Azerbaijani equivalent exists; teaching notes must explain the graphic, humbling force rather than letting it read as bland ‘unexpectedly.‘

Low Risk Terms

Fellowship

Approved rendering: Ünsiyyət
Transliteration: ewn-see-YAHT
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: qardaşlıq (brotherhood, generic/civic)

Inherited from Romans package. General sense in 1 Corinthians 1:9; risk rises to High only in 10:16’s richer sacramental participation sense — see cup_of_blessing entry below for that distinct nuance.

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: Şükran
Transliteration: shook-RAHN
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία / εὐχαριστῶ
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Corinthians 1:4’s opening thanksgiving; standard, low-risk term.

Exhort

Approved rendering: Nəsihət vermək
Transliteration: nah-see-HAHT ver-MAKH
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλῶ
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive across 1 Corinthians 1:10, 4:16, 16:15-16.

Virgin

Approved rendering: Bakirə
Transliteration: bah-kee-RAH
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: παρθένος
Category: Relationships

New term. 1 Corinthians 7:25-38. Standard term; teaching notes should clarify Paul’s broader ‘unmarried person’ application beyond strict virginity.

Conscience

Approved rendering: Vicdan
Transliteration: veej-DAHN
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Ethics

New term. 1 Corinthians 8:7, 10, 12. Standard, resonant term; the ‘weak conscience’ as a protected pastoral category is a distinctly Pauline pastoral move worth explaining.

Rights Authority

Approved rendering: Haqq / İxtiyar
Transliteration: HAHK / eekh-tee-YAHR
Doctrine: Apostleship and the Twelve
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Ministry

New term. 1 Corinthians 9:4-18. Distinguish from Allahın qüdrəti (dynamis/power of God); a different Greek word denoting a right to act, not divine power.

Edification

Approved rendering: İnkişaf etdirmək / Bina etmək
Transliteration: een-kee-SHAHF et-deer-MAKH / bee-NAH et-MAKH
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: οἰκοδομή / οἰκοδομεῖ
Category: Church

New term. 1 Corinthians 14:3-26. Consistent with the Romans baseline’s ‘Mutual Edification’ doctrine vocabulary (Qarşılıqlı inkişaf).

Order

Approved rendering: Nizam
Transliteration: nee-ZAHM
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: τάξις / εὐσχημόνως
Category: Worship

New term. 1 Corinthians 14:40 (‘let all things be done decently and in order’). Deliberately distinct from Qanun (Mosaic Law) to avoid confusing worship-order guidance with the Law doctrine.

Maranatha

Approved rendering: Marana ta
Transliteration: mah-rah-nah-TAH
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: Μαρανα θα
Category: Eschatology

New term. 1 Corinthians 16:22. Aramaic phrase retained untranslated/transliterated, per the same principle applied to Abba in the Romans baseline; gloss meaning (‘Rəbbimiz, gəl!’) in teaching notes only.

Ministry Service

Approved rendering: Xidmət
Transliteration: kheed-MAT
Doctrine: Christ-Centered Ministry
Original: διακονία
Category: Ministry

New term (consistent with Romans baseline mission vocabulary). 1 Corinthians 16:15. Consistent with Müjdə yayma xidməti / Məsih-mərkəzli xidmət.

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