Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Philippians — English → Bavarian
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, covering the entire book (chapters 1-4) with the core passage (2:1-11) given priority treatment. Terms already recorded in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked Baseline (reused exactly); genuinely new Philippians vocabulary is marked New (proposed) and requires native-speaker dialect confirmation before Phase 2 use, per the baseline’s standing orthography caveat. Risk tiers and definitions follow the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json conventions exactly (Critical / High / Medium / Low).
Reused Baseline Terms (unchanged — enforce exactly)
| Term | Bavarian rendering | Risk | Doctrine link in Philippians | Key references |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | Evangelium | Low (baseline: Low/Medium) | Partnership in the Gospel; Joy in Suffering | 1:5, 1:7, 1:12, 1:27, 2:22, 4:3, 4:15 |
| grace | Gnad | High | Grace-root of χαρίζομαι (“graciously gave,” 2:9) and χάρις (“granted,” 1:29) | 1:2, 1:7, 1:29, 2:9, 4:23 |
| faith | Glaam | Medium | Righteousness by Faith vs. Law | 1:25, 1:27, 2:17, 3:9, 3:19 |
| righteousness | Gerechtigkeit | Critical | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law | 1:11, 3:6, 3:9 |
| salvation | Erlösung | High | Contentment; Suffering doctrine background | 1:19, 1:28, 2:12 |
| apostle | Apostl | Low | (technical office; contrast non-technical 2:25) | 1:1 |
| called / calling | beruafa / Beruafung | Medium/High | Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ | 3:14 |
| holy | heilig | Medium | (background to saints/sanctification) | 1:1 |
| saints | Heiling | High | Christian identity, collision with the “name above every name” (2:9) | 1:1, 4:21-22 |
| sanctification | Heiligung | Medium | (background) | — |
| resurrection | Aufersteh’ng | Medium | Kenosis hymn (implicit); ch. 3 resurrection hope | 3:10-11, 3:21 |
| lord | Herr | High/Critical (core passage) | Lordship of Christ; core passage 2:11 confession | 1:2, 2:11, 2:19, 2:24, 2:29, 3:20, 4:1, 4:4-5, 4:10, 4:23 |
| son_of_god / deity of Christ concept | (Sohn vo Gott framework) | Critical | Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ | 2:6 |
| incarnation | Menschwerdung | Medium/Critical (as applied here) | Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ | 2:7 |
| peace | Friad | Low | Contentment | 1:2, 4:7, 4:9 |
| thanksgiving | Dank | Low | Contentment; Partnership | 1:3, 4:6 |
| fellowship | Gmoaschaft | Medium/High (extended) | Partnership in the Gospel; Unity | 1:5, 2:1, 3:10, 4:14 |
| church | Kirch | High | (background, 3:6) | 3:6 |
| law | Gsetz | High | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law | 3:5-6, 3:9 |
| glory | Herrlichkeit | Medium | Core passage 2:11; ch. 3 body-transformation | 1:11, 2:11, 3:19, 3:21, 4:19-20 |
| power_of_god | Kraft vo Gott | Medium | Pressing on; Contentment (4:13) | 3:10, 4:13 |
| messiah / Christ | Christus (as name, per transliteration standard); Messias (title/OT-fulfillment sense) | Medium/Critical | Incarnation; throughout | throughout |
| israel | Israel | Medium | Paul’s pedigree (background to Righteousness doctrine) | 3:5 |
| jesus | Jesus | Low | throughout | throughout |
| god | Gott | Critical | throughout | throughout |
| holy_spirit | Heiliger Geist | Medium | Unity (2:1 fellowship of the Spirit) | 1:19, 2:1 |
| father | Voda | Medium | Core passage 2:11 | 2:11, 4:20 |
| exhort | ermahna (root) | Low | Core passage 2:1 (παράκλησις) | 2:1, 4:2 |
| imputed_righteousness | zuagrechnete Gerechtigkeit (framework) | Critical | Righteousness by Faith (3:9 parallel to Romans 4:3) | 3:9 |
| obedience_of_faith (framework, distinguished) | Gehorsam vom Glaam (root, re-applied) | High | Christ’s unique obedience (2:8) vs. believers’ faith-obedience | 2:8 |
| adoption | Kindschaft | Medium | ”Children of God” (2:15) | 2:15 |
New Philippians-Specific Terms (proposed — pending native-speaker confirmation)
| Term (English gloss) | Greek | Transliteration | Proposed Bavarian | Risk | Doctrine | Grounded risk reason | Primary refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| self-emptying (kenosis) | ἐκένωσεν | ekenōsen | Selbstentleerung / hod sich selba entleert | Critical | Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis) | No native Boarisch coinage exists (register-gap, same pattern as baseline’s Rechtfertigung); mistranslation risks implying Christ ceased being divine (quasi-Arian reading) rather than voluntarily not exploiting divine privilege. | 2:7 |
| form of God | μορφῇ θεοῦ | morphē theou | Gstalt vo Gott | Critical | Deity of Christ / Incarnation | Must not be softened to “resembled God”; states essential, eternal deity, the doctrinal starting point of the whole hymn. | 2:6 |
| not a thing to be grasped | ἁρπαγμὸν | harpagmon | ned als was zum Festhoitn/Ausnutzn | Critical | Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ | The single highest-consequence mistranslation point in the letter; error here risks diminishing Christ’s deity rather than describing his voluntary non-exploitation of it. | 2:6 |
| equality with God | ἴσα θεῷ | isa theō | gleich mit Gott | Critical | Deity of Christ | Same tier as baseline’s Deity of Christ doctrine; co-equal divine status must not be softened. | 2:6 |
| form of a servant | μορφὴν δούλου | morphēn doulou | Knechtsgstalt | High | Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ | ”Knecht” carries genuine Bavarian rural farm-servant social-class resonance (an asset for lowliness) but risks reducing a Christological claim to a socio-economic one if not clearly tied to voluntary divine self-lowering. | 2:7 |
| likeness of men | ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων | homoiōmati anthrōpōn | gleich wia a Mensch / Menschengestalt | High | Incarnation | Must affirm real, genuine humanity (no docetism); reuse baseline Menschwerdung framework. | 2:7 |
| humbled himself / humility | ἐταπείνωσεν / ταπεινοφροσύνη | etapeinōsen / tapeinophrosynē | hod sich selba demüatigt / Demuat | High (2:8), Medium (2:3, general humility) | Unity and Humility in the Church | Bavarian Catholic culture’s existing rich “Demut” vocabulary is an asset, but risks defaulting to social servility/performance rather than Christ’s voluntary other-centered self-lowering. | 2:3, 2:8 |
| obedient unto death | ὑπήκοος μέχρι θανάτου | hypēkoos mechri thanatou | gehorsam bis in Tod | High | Unity/Humility; distinguished from believers’ obedience-of-faith | Must be clearly distinguished from the baseline’s obedience_of_faith (believers’ faith-produced obedience) — this is Christ’s unique, unrepeatable redemptive obedience. | 2:8 |
| highly exalted | ὑπερύψωσεν | hyperypsōsen | hod’n hoch dahoiwa | High | Lordship of Christ | Ties directly to baseline’s Lordship of Christ (High); the hymn’s reversal must be rendered with full force. | 2:9 |
| name above every name | ὄνομα … ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα | onoma … hyper pan onoma | der Nam, der über alle Nam is | Medium | Lordship of Christ; collision with saints/Namenstag culture | Risks being heard as one venerable name among the many locally beloved patron-saint names central to Altbayern Namenstag folk piety, rather than Christ’s uniquely supreme name. | 2:9 |
| every knee bow | γόνυ κάμψῃ | gony kampsē | s’Kniä beugn | Medium | Lordship of Christ | Positive resonance with live Bavarian Catholic genuflection practice (Kniebeuge), but must retain universal cosmic scope, not just liturgical gesture. | 2:10 |
| every tongue confess | ἐξομολογήσηται | exomologēsētai | bekenna | High | Lordship of Christ; core passage v.11 | Forbidden substitution: any beicht- root (cognate to sacramental Confession, “Beichte”) would turn the universal cosmic acclamation into “everyone will go to confession.” | 2:11 |
| Jesus Christ is Lord (fixed confession) | Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός | Kyrios Iēsous Christos | ”Da Jesus is da Herr.” (mandatory verbatim, per baseline Romans 10:9 consistency rule) | Critical | Lordship of Christ | Cross-document consistency mandatory; no deviation permitted. | 2:11 |
| joy / rejoice | χαρά / χαίρω | chara / chairō | Freid / si freun | High | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment | Forbidden substitution: never “Gaudi” (festival merriment register); Paul’s joy is Spirit-given and compatible with suffering, the opposite register. | 1:4, 1:18, 1:25, 2:2, 2:17-18, 2:28-29, 3:1, 4:1, 4:4, 4:10 |
| servant/slave (of Christ) | δοῦλος | doulos | Knecht | Medium | Unity and Humility; background to 2:7 | Genuine social resonance with historic Bavarian farm-servant class; must read as honorific voluntary self-designation, not menial insult. | 1:1 |
| overseers | ἐπίσκοποι | episkopoi | Aufseher / Gmoavorsteher | High | Church order (background) | Forbidden substitution: never “Bischof” — imports the full diocesan-hierarchy apparatus (Erzbistum München und Freising) onto a local house-church office. | 1:1 |
| deacons | διάκονοι | diakonoi | Diakon (with clarifying gloss) | Medium | Church order (background) | Modern Bavarian Catholic permanent-diaconate office is a closer but still imperfect match; needs a scope-clarifying gloss. | 1:1 |
| partnership in the gospel | κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον | koinōnia eis to euangelion | Gmoaschaft am Evangelium | High | Partnership in the Gospel | Risks reducing to warm camaraderie alone, losing the concrete financial/material partnership sense confirmed at 4:15-16. | 1:5 |
| day of Christ | ἡμέρα Χριστοῦ | hēmera Christou | da Tag vom Christus | Medium | (eschatological background) | Could be diluted among the many liturgical “days” of the Bavarian Catholic calendar unless marked singular/final. | 1:6, 1:10 |
| suffering granted as grace-gift | ἐχαρίσθη (of suffering) | echaristhē | is enk gschenkt wordn (as grace) | High | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment | Ties suffering directly to the charis root; must not lose this striking connection given Grace’s already-High devotional-transaction risk in the baseline. | 1:29 |
| work out your own salvation | κατεργάζεσθε τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν | katergazesthe tēn heautōn sōtērian | erarbeits enk enkere Erlösung (paired always with 2:13) | High | Grace vs. works (cross-doctrine risk) | Exceptionally vulnerable, standing alone, to a Bavarian Catholic works-righteousness/votive-merit reading; must always be paired with 2:13’s “God who works in you.” | 2:12-13 |
| Pharisee (historical self-designation) | Φαρισαῖος | Pharisaios | Pharisäer | Medium | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law | Modern colloquial usage has drifted to mean “hypocrite”; Paul’s usage here is an honorable, non-pejorative pre-conversion credential. | 3:5 |
| pressing on / pursuing the goal | διώκω / σκοπόν / βραβεῖον | diōkō / skopon / brabeion | noch was jong / s’Ziel / da Priis | Medium | Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ | Positive resonance with Bavarian Alpine mountaineering culture (summit-pressing) as a natural metaphor; “Priis” risks a secular-lottery/Tombola reading if the athletic-race context is not retained. | 3:12-14 |
| citizenship in heaven | πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς | politeuma en ouranois | s’Bürgerrecht im Himmi | High | Citizenship in Heaven | Bavaria’s unusually strong, self-conscious regional identity (Freistaat Bayern, “I bin a Bayer, ned a Deitscher”) creates a genuine competing-identity collision risk; alternatively risks flattening into modern legal-immigration “Bürgerrecht” vocabulary. | 3:20 |
| Savior | σωτήρ | sōtēr | Heiland | Medium | Citizenship in Heaven; Salvation (extends baseline) | Traditional Bavarian/Alpine Christmas-carol title for Christ, devotionally warm (Herrgottswinkel crib tradition); must stay visibly distinct from the baseline’s forbidden abstract noun “Heil.” | 3:20 |
| contentment / self-sufficient | αὐτάρκης | autarkēs | Gnügsamkeit | High | Contentment in All Circumstances | Forbidden substitution: never “Autarkie” — this cognate loanword carries specific Nazi-era national-economic-self-sufficiency contamination, directly analogous to the baseline’s documented “Heil” risk. | 4:11 |
| I have learned the secret / been initiated | ἔμαθον … μεμύημαι | emathon … memyēmai | i hob’s gliannt … i bin eingweiht | Medium | Contentment in All Circumstances | Borrowed Greco-Roman mystery-cult initiation vocabulary, deliberately repurposed by Paul; mainly a teaching-note item, no live modern Bavarian mystery-cult competitor. | 4:12 |
| strengthened for all things | ἐνδυναμοῦντί με | endynamounti me | durch den, der mi stark macht | High | Contentment; Power of God | Frequently misused as detachable self-help/motivational vocabulary; the dependency clause (“in him who strengthens me”) must remain prominent. | 4:13 |
| giving and receiving (accounting idiom) | δόσεως καὶ λήμψεως | doseōs kai lēmpseōs | Gebn und Nehma (auf Rechnung) | Medium | Partnership in the Gospel | Risks softening into a vague mutual-gift-custom (cf. Namenstag gift-giving) rather than Paul’s specific bookkeeping metaphor for material gospel-ministry support. | 4:15 |
| fragrant offering / acceptable sacrifice | ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας … θυσίαν δεκτήν | osmēn euōdias … thysian dektēn | a Opfer, wo guat riacht, und Gott gfollt | Medium | Partnership in the Gospel | Strong resonance with Catholic Mass-sacrifice theology (Messopfer) is an asset for vividness but must stay clearly metaphorical (the Philippians’ gift), not conflated with the literal Eucharistic sacrifice. | 4:18 |
| rubbish/dung | σκύβαλα | skybala | Mist / Dreck | Low | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law | Bavarian dialect’s earthy register actually well-suited to Paul’s deliberately crude rhetorical force — an asset, not a risk. | 3:8 |
| mind of Christ / same mind | φρονέω (φρόνημα) | phroneō | Gsinnung / Denkweis | Medium | Unity and Humility in the Church | Modern political usage of “Gesinnung” (ideological loyalty-testing, e.g. Gesinnungsprüfung) risks importing an unwanted conformity-test overtone; prefer Denkweis where ambiguity is a concern. | 1:7, 2:2, 2:5, 3:15, 3:19, 4:2, 4:10 |
| empty conceit | κενοδοξία | kenodoxia | eitle Ehr / Einbildung | Low-Medium | Unity and Humility (foil to Kenosis) | Shares the kenos root with 2:7’s ekenōsen — a deliberate Pauline wordplay (empty self-glory vs. Christ’s self-emptying) lost in translation; flag for teaching notes. | 2:3 |
| your messenger (non-technical) | ὑμῶν ἀπόστολον | hymōn apostolon | Sendbot / Boten | Low-Medium | Partnership in the Gospel (contrast with technical Apostl) | Must not default to the baseline’s technical apostleship term reserved for the office; this is a generic “sent one.” | 2:25 |
| circumcision / confidence in the flesh | περιτομή / πεποίθησις ἐν σαρκί | peritomē / pepoithēsis en sarki | Beschneidung / s’Vertraun aufs Fleisch | Low-Medium | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law | Doctrinally essential background term; not a live cultural flashpoint in Bavaria, low collision risk beyond precision. | 3:2-4 |
| fellowship of his sufferings / conformed to his death | κοινωνίαν παθημάτων / συμμορφιζόμενος τῷ θανάτῳ | koinōnian pathēmatōn / symmorphizomenos tō thanatō | Gmoaschaft in sein Leidn / gleichgformt mit seim Tod | Medium-High | Joy in Suffering; echoes Kenosis morph- root | The paradox (resurrection power AND shared suffering) must not be resolved by dropping either half; shares vocabulary root with the ch. 2 hymn. | 3:10 |
| perfected/mature | τετελείωμαι / τέλειοι | teteleiōmai / teleioi | vollendt / reif | Low-Medium | Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ | Mild collision with Catholic sacramental-completion language (e.g. Confirmation/Firmung); must read as ongoing maturity, not a one-time completed rite. | 3:12, 3:15 |
Summary Statistics
| Risk Tier | Count (new + reused-and-extended entries above) | Review routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 6 | Human theologian review, every occurrence |
| High | 15 | Human theologian review |
| Medium | 20 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 6 | Automated review (native-speaker orthography spot-check still required per baseline) |
Forbidden substitutions introduced by this curriculum (in addition to the baseline’s existing list):
- ἐξομολογήσηται (“confess,” 2:11): never use any beicht- root (sacramental Confession collision)
- αὐτάρκης (“content,” 4:11): never use “Autarkie” (Nazi-era national-economic-autarky contamination)
- ἐπίσκοπος (“overseer,” 1:1): never use “Bischof” (diocesan-hierarchy over-import)
- ὑμῶν ἀπόστολον (“your messenger,” 2:25, non-technical): never default to technical “Apostl”
- χαρά/χαίρω (“joy/rejoice,” throughout): never use “Gaudi” (festival-merriment register mismatch)
Cross-reference: 07_semantic_analysis.md for full verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter argumentation behind every entry above.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: Gerechtigkeit
Transliteration: Gerechtigkeit
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Borrowed standard-German abstraction with no native Boarisch coinage; retained rather than inventing a folk term. Philippians 3:6-9 is Paul’s clearest single-passage juxtaposition of law-righteousness and faith-righteousness anywhere in his letters — see righteousness_from_the_law and righteousness_through_faith_in_christ.
Justification
Approved rendering: Rechtfertigung
Transliteration: Rechtfertigung
Doctrine: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Retained for curriculum completeness as the doctrinal background to Philippians 3:9’s righteousness-by-faith statement, even though Philippians does not use the specific Greek noun dikaiōsis; readers should expect this to read as a borrowed ‘churchy word,’ not a native expression, per the baseline’s central register-gap finding.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Sohn vo Gott
Transliteration: Sohn vom Gott
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ (background framework)
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. This framework is the doctrinal background against which Philippians 2:6’s ‘form of God’ (see form_of_god) must be read; conveys eternal, unique, co-equal Sonship, never metaphorical or adoptive.
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: zuagrechnete Gerechtigkeit
Transliteration: zuagrechnate Gerechtigkeit
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: verdiante Gerechtigkeit
Original: δικαιοσύνην … διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ (Phil 3:9, parallel framework to Rom 4:3)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Forbidden substitution ‘verdiante Gerechtigkeit’ remains in force. Philippians 3:9 states this positively as the counterpart to the rejected law-righteousness of 3:6, directly parallel to the baseline’s Romans 4:3 entry — see righteousness_through_faith_in_christ, which must be treated with the same Critical rigor.
Kenosis Self Emptying
Approved rendering: Selbstentleerung
Transliteration: Selbstentleerung
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: a folksy native dialect coinage implying Christ ceased being divine
Original: ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:7 (ekenōsen). No native Boarisch coinage exists; borrowed wholesale from standard German with dialect pronunciation, per the baseline’s established register-gap pattern for Rechtfertigung/Gerechtigkeit. Must never be read as Christ ceasing to be God — he voluntarily set aside the outward exercise of divine privilege, not divine nature itself. Human theologian review mandatory every occurrence.
Form Of God
Approved rendering: Gstalt vo Gott
Transliteration: Gstalt vo Gott
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: hod ausgschaut wia Gott (mere resemblance reading, rejected)
Original: ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:6 (en morphē theou hyparchōn). Must never be softened to ‘resembled’ or ‘represented’ God; states full, eternal, essential divine being, the doctrinal starting point of the whole hymn. Ties directly to son_of_god and god entries above.
Not A Thing To Be Grasped
Approved rendering: ned als was zum Festhoitn/Ausnutzn ogseng
Transliteration: ned als was zum Festhoitn/Ausnutzn ogseng
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: hod’s ned versuacht, Gott gleich zum wern (Arian/subordinationist inversion — Christ rightly declining a status he did not possess — FORBIDDEN, matches the Jehovah’s Witness NWT distortion)
New — Philippians 2:6 (ouch harpagmon hēgēsato). The single highest-consequence mistranslation point in the whole hymn. Must convey Christ voluntarily not exploiting a divine status he already, genuinely possessed — never that he declined to seize a status he lacked. Human theologian review mandatory every occurrence; cross-reference 05_translation_landscape.md §4 for the documented Jehovah’s Witness NWT distortion this must not echo.
Equality With God
Approved rendering: gleich mit Gott
Transliteration: gleich mit Gott
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:6 (isa theō). Co-equal divine status must never be softened; same tier and rigor as the Deity of Christ doctrine generally.
Jesus Christ Is Lord Confession
Approved rendering: Da Jesus is da Herr.
Transliteration: Da Jesus is da Herr.
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ and the Universal Confession
Rejected alternatives: any softened, qualified, or reworded variant
Original: Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:11 (Kyrios Iēsous Christos), Philippians’ own version of the baseline’s mandatory-verbatim Romans 10:9 confession. MANDATORY VERBATIM CONSISTENCY: no deviation permitted from this fixed form across any document in this language package.
Fruit Of Righteousness
Approved rendering: Frucht vo da Gerechtigkeit
Transliteration: Frucht vo da Gerechtigkeit
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
New — Philippians 1:11 (karpon dikaiosynēs). Righteousness (baseline Gerechtigkeit, Critical) as the root producing visible godly fruit; reinforces that ethical fruit follows from, and does not constitute, forensic righteousness.
Righteousness From The Law
Approved rendering: Gerechtigkeit, de vom Gsetz kummt
Transliteration: Gerechtigkeit, de vom Gsetz kummt
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: δικαιοσύνη ἡ ἐκ νόμου
Category: Salvation
New — Philippians 3:6, 3:9 (dikaiosynē hē ek nomou). Law-based, self-achieved righteousness — the foil Paul explicitly rejects. The single clearest Pauline statement of this doctrine; treat with the same Critical rigor as the baseline’s Gerechtigkeit/Gsetz entries.
Righteousness Through Faith In Christ
Approved rendering: Gerechtigkeit durch’n Glaam an Christus
Transliteration: Gerechtigkeit durch’n Glaam an Christus
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: δικαιοσύνην … διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ
Category: Salvation
New — Philippians 3:9 (dikaiosynēn … dia pisteōs Christou). The doctrine’s positive statement, directly parallel to the baseline’s imputed_righteousness (Romans 4) entry; treat with the same Critical-tier rigor.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: Gnad
Transliteration: Gnod
Doctrine: Grace
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Must render as wholly unmerited, apart from any devotional transaction (pilgrimage vows, votive practice). Philippians 1:29 and 2:9 extend this root into ‘suffering granted as grace’ and ‘graciously gave the name’ respectively — the charis connection must remain visible in both extensions; see suffering_granted_as_grace and name_above_every_name entries below.
Salvation
Approved rendering: Erlösung
Transliteration: Erlesung
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: Heil (Nazi-era contamination risk, acute in Bavaria specifically)
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. ‘Heil’ remains forbidden. Philippians 2:12’s ‘work out your own salvation’ must always be paired with 2:13’s ‘God who works in you’ to prevent a Bavarian Catholic works-righteousness/votive-merit misreading; see work_out_your_own_salvation and god_who_works_in_you entries below. Also occurs at 1:19, 1:28.
Saints
Approved rendering: Heiling
Transliteration: de Heiling
Doctrine: Sainthood
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Must always be glossed ‘alle Gläubign’ for a general audience per the baseline forbidden-substitution rule. Philippians opens (1:1) and closes (4:21-22) with this corporate address, and the risk is sharpened at 2:9’s ‘name above every name,’ which could be misheard as one more venerated saint’s name among many Namenstag favorites rather than Christ’s uniquely supreme name.
Lord
Approved rendering: Herr
Transliteration: Herr
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 2:9-11 is this book’s fullest statement of Christ’s exclusive, supreme lordship, culminating in the mandatory-verbatim confession — see jesus_christ_is_lord_confession. Also occurs at 1:2, 2:19, 2:24, 2:29, 3:20, 4:1, 4:4-5, 4:10, 4:23.
Church
Approved rendering: Kirch
Transliteration: Kircha
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: Gmoa (secular-administrative default, rejected)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Defaults overwhelmingly to the physical parish building and Kirchweih/Kirwa festival culture. Philippians’ single occurrence (3:6, Paul’s pre-conversion persecution of ‘the church’) is a background reference; no new Philippians-specific nuance beyond the baseline’s institutional-default risk.
Law
Approved rendering: Gsetz
Transliteration: Gsötz
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (baseline doctrine tag retained unchanged). In Philippians this term functions as the foil against which the Righteousness by Faith versus the Law doctrine is defined (3:5-6, 3:9); Catholic natural-law resonance must not obscure Paul’s specific Mosaic-Torah referent here.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: Gehorsam vom Glaam
Transliteration: Gehorsam vom Gloam
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Original: ὑπακοὴ πίστεως (framework); cf. ὑπήκοος (2:8)
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Believers’ obedience flows from faith and never earns standing. Philippians 2:8 describes Christ’s own obedience unto death (see obedient_unto_death below), which must be kept clearly distinct from this believer’s-faith-produced-obedience framework — Christ’s is unique and unrepeatable, not a pattern others replicate identically.
Form Of A Servant
Approved rendering: Knechtsgstalt
Transliteration: Knechtsgstalt
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: μορφὴν δούλου
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:7 (morphēn doulou). ‘Knecht’ carries genuine rural-Bavarian farm-servant (Dienstboten) social-class resonance, an asset for lowliness, but must always be paired with explicit voluntary-divine framing so hearers grasp a Christological claim, not merely a socio-economic description of a poor laborer.
Likeness Of Men
Approved rendering: gleich wia a Mensch
Transliteration: gleich wia a Mensch
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: ἐν ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:7 (en homoiōmati anthrōpōn genomenos). Must affirm real, genuine humanity — no docetism, no mere outward appearance. Reuses the baseline Menschwerdung framework.
Humbled Himself
Approved rendering: hod sich selba demüatigt
Transliteration: hod sich selba demüatigt
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:8 (etapeinōsen heauton). Continues the self-emptying of v.7 to the point of death; grounds the humility ethic of 2:1-5 Christologically and must be read as the pattern believers imitate, not merely one example among others.
Obedient Unto Death
Approved rendering: gehorsam bis in Tod
Transliteration: gehorsam bis in Tod
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: ὑπήκοος μέχρι θανάτου
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:8 (hypēkoos mechri thanatou). Christ’s total, voluntary, unrepeatable redemptive obedience; must be clearly distinguished from believers’ faith-produced obedience (see obedience_of_faith above).
Highly Exalted
Approved rendering: hod’n hoch dahoiwa
Transliteration: hod’n hoch dahoiwa
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ and the Universal Confession
Original: ὑπερύψωσεν
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:9 (hyperypsōsen). The hymn’s complete reversal of the preceding downward movement; must not be softened into a modest promotion.
Every Tongue Confess
Approved rendering: bekenna
Transliteration: bekenna
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ and the Universal Confession
Rejected alternatives: any ‘beicht-’ root (e.g. beichten) — FORBIDDEN
Original: πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσηται
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:11 (exomologēsētai). FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION: any beicht- root is the direct cognate of sacramental Confession and would turn the universal cosmic acclamation of Christ’s lordship into ‘everyone will go to confession.’ Human theologian review mandatory every occurrence.
Humility
Approved rendering: Demuat
Transliteration: Demuat
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη
Category: Sanctification
New — Philippians 2:3, 2:8 (tapeinophrosynē / etapeinōsen). Bavarian rural Catholic culture’s existing rich ‘Demut’ value-vocabulary is a genuine asset but risks defaulting to social servility/performed modesty rather than Paul’s Christ-modeled, other-centered mindset; must be anchored explicitly to 2:6-8 every occurrence.
Fellowship Of His Sufferings
Approved rendering: Gmoaschaft in sein Leidn / gleichgformt mit seim Tod
Transliteration: Gmoaschaft in sein Leidn / gleichgformt mit seim Tod
Doctrine: Resurrection Hope and Bodily Transformation
New — Philippians 3:10 (koinōnian pathēmatōn autou … symmorphizomenos tō thanatō autou). The paradox of wanting both resurrection power AND shared suffering must not be resolved by dropping either half; the morph- root deliberately echoes the ch. 2 hymn’s morphē/ekenōsen vocabulary — flag for teaching notes.
Joy
Approved rendering: Freid
Transliteration: Freid
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Rejected alternatives: Gaudi (festival-merriment register — FORBIDDEN)
Original: χαρά
Category: Faith
New — the emotional key of the whole letter (chara). FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION: ‘Gaudi’ (fun, Volksfest/Oktoberfest revelry register) must never substitute; Paul’s joy is Spirit-given and explicitly compatible with suffering. Occurs at 1:4, 1:25, 2:2, 4:1, and throughout.
Rejoice
Approved rendering: si freun
Transliteration: si freun
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Rejected alternatives: Gaudi-register phrasing — FORBIDDEN
Original: χαίρω / συγχαίρω
Category: Faith
New — chairō/synchairō, mutual shared joy. Shares the same forbidden-substitution caution as joy above. Occurs at 1:18, 2:17-18, 2:28-29, 3:1, 4:4, 4:10.
Overseers
Approved rendering: Aufseher / Gmoavorsteher
Transliteration: Aufseher / Gmoavorsteher
Doctrine: Church Order and Leadership (Overseers and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: Bischof — FORBIDDEN (imports the full Erzbistum München und Freising diocesan apparatus)
Original: ἐπίσκοποι
Category: Church
New — Philippians 1:1 (episkopoi). FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION: never ‘Bischof.’ Paul’s referent is a local first-century house-church overseer role, not a developed diocesan hierarchy.
Partnership In The Gospel
Approved rendering: Gmoaschaft am Evangelium
Transliteration: Gmoaschaft am Evangelium
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Church
New — Philippians 1:5 (koinōnia eis to euangelion). Risks reading as warm spiritual camaraderie alone; must retain the concrete financial/material partnership sense confirmed at 4:15-16 — see giving_and_receiving below.
Worthy Of The Gospel Citizen Conduct
Approved rendering: füahrts eng auf, wia’s si ghört fürs Evangelium
Transliteration: füahrts eng auf, wia’s si ghört fürs Evangelium
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
New — Philippians 1:27 (axiōs tou euangeliou politeuesthe). The verb root (politeuomai) is the same civic-citizenship root as politeuma at 3:20 — first hint of the Citizenship in Heaven doctrine’s vocabulary; the civic undertone is easily lost in a purely ethical-conduct translation and should be cross-referenced with 3:20.
Suffering Granted As Grace
Approved rendering: is enk gschenkt wordn (als Gnad)
Transliteration: is enk gschenkt wordn (als Gnad)
Doctrine: Grace, Including Suffering as a Grace-Gift
Original: ἐχαρίσθη
Category: Faith
New — Philippians 1:29 (echaristhē, ‘it has been granted’). Suffering itself is tied to the charis (grace) root — a striking Pauline move that must not lose its visible connection to ‘Gnad,’ while guarding against a devotional-merit reframing (suffering as meritorious devotion) given the baseline’s already-High risk for grace generally.
Work Out Your Own Salvation
Approved rendering: erarbeits enk enkere Erlösung
Transliteration: erarbeits enk enkere Erlösung
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: κατεργάζεσθε τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν
Category: Salvation
New — Philippians 2:12 (katergazesthe tēn heautōn sōtērian meta phobou kai tromou). Exceptionally vulnerable, standing alone, to a Bavarian Catholic works-righteousness/votive-merit reading; must always be paired with 2:13 (god_who_works_in_you) in the same segment or immediately adjacent, and flagged for human theologian review every occurrence.
God Who Works In You
Approved rendering: Gott, der in enk wirkt
Transliteration: Gott, der in enk wirkt
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν
Category: God
New — Philippians 2:13 (ho energōn en hymin). The necessary theological counterweight to 2:12; God’s grace-work precedes and enables believers’ effort. Must be translated in the same or immediately adjacent segment to 2:12 for doctrinal safety.
Citizenship In Heaven
Approved rendering: s’Bürgerrecht im Himmi
Transliteration: s’Bürgerrecht im Himmi
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Rejected alternatives: a purely bureaucratic Staatsbürgerschaft/immigration-legal rendering
Original: τὸ πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς
Category: Eschatology
New — Philippians 3:20 (to politeuma en ouranois). Bavaria’s unusually strong, self-conscious regional identity (Freistaat Bayern, ‘I bin koa Deitscha, i bin a Bayer’) creates a genuine competing-identity collision risk; must retain Paul’s evocative civic-belonging metaphor addressed to a proud Roman colonial city, relativizing rather than competing with regional pride. Human theologian review recommended.
Contentment Self Sufficient
Approved rendering: Gnügsamkeit
Transliteration: Gnügsamkeit
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Rejected alternatives: Autarkie — FORBIDDEN (Nazi-era national-economic-autarky contamination, sharpened by Munich’s historic role as the movement’s headquarters)
Original: αὐτάρκης
Category: Faith
New — Philippians 4:11 (autarkēs). FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION: never ‘Autarkie.’ Must convey Christ-dependent contentment (v.13), not Stoic self-sufficiency achieved by willpower alone.
Strengthened For All Things
Approved rendering: durch den, der mi stark macht
Transliteration: durch den, der mi stark macht
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με
Category: God
New — Philippians 4:13 (en tō endynamounti me). The most-quoted verse of the letter; frequently misused as detachable self-help/motivational vocabulary. The dependency clause (‘in him who strengthens me’) must remain prominent, not detachable as a stand-alone boast.
Medium Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: Evangelium
Transliteration: Evangelium
Doctrine: Gospel
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. The formal, liturgically borrowed term used identically to standard German in Bavarian Catholic Mass; preferred over the folk-paraphrase ‘de guade Nachricht’ for curriculum consistency. In Philippians occurs at 1:5, 1:7, 1:12, 1:27, 2:22, 4:3, 4:15 and is doctrinally Low-risk per the Philippians doctrine_risk_registry (Gospel Proclamation), reflecting its stability even as the surrounding partnership/suffering content around it carries higher risk.
Faith
Approved rendering: Glaam
Transliteration: Gloam
Doctrine: Faith
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Personal trust in Christ, not generic folk-Catholic religiosity. Recurs throughout Philippians (1:25, 1:27, 2:17, 3:9, 3:19) and is the positive counterpart term in the righteousness_through_faith_in_christ compound at 3:9.
Called
Approved rendering: beruafa
Transliteration: beruaft
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλητός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive across senses. In Philippians 3:14 the operative sense is God’s upward summons in Christ Jesus toward the eschatological goal, paired with ‘calling’ below and with the_goal/the_prize/press_on_pursue vocabulary.
Calling
Approved rendering: Beruafung
Transliteration: Berufung
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Shares the standard German career-vocation homonym risk; in Philippians 3:14 (‘the prize of the calling’) must convey a sovereign summons, not a career-vocation notion.
Holy
Approved rendering: heilig
Transliteration: hoalig
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Set apart for God and morally pure; background term for Philippians 1:1’s ‘saints’ address.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: Heiligung
Transliteration: Heiligung
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. The Spirit’s ongoing work of making believers holy; background to Philippians 2:15’s blameless-children-of-God language.
Adoption
Approved rendering: Kindschaft
Transliteration: Kindschaft
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: Adoption (bare, legal-procedural)
Original: υἱοθεσία / τέκνα θεοῦ
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Register-gap term borrowed as-is from standard German. Philippians 2:15 expresses this concept as ‘children of God’ (tekna theou) — full son/child-status with complete inheritance rights, not reduced status compared to a biological child.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: Aufersteh’ng
Transliteration: Auferstehung
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: ἀνάστασις / ἐξανάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package. Must never suggest reincarnation or a cyclical rebirth. Philippians 3:11 uses the intensified compound exanastasis for believers’ future resurrection (see resurrection_out_from below, which reuses this same rendering); 3:21 extends the concept into bodily transformation (see transform_lowly_body).
Incarnation
Approved rendering: Menschwerdung
Transliteration: Menschwerdung
Doctrine: Incarnation
Original: ἐν ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Well-established via Catholic Christmas liturgy even in dialect-speaking parishes. Philippians 2:7 states this doctrine in Pauline terms as ‘taking the likeness of men’ (see likeness_of_men); must never suggest mere outward disguise (no docetism).
Fellowship
Approved rendering: Gmoaschaft
Transliteration: Gemoaschoft
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. The ‘Gmoa’ root risks defaulting to the secular civil-municipality sense unless the compound is used deliberately. Philippians extends this term into concrete financial/material partnership (1:5, 4:14-16) — a nuance the baseline’s Romans-derived entry does not fully anticipate; see partnership_in_the_gospel and giving_and_receiving below.
Glory
Approved rendering: Herrlichkeit
Transliteration: Herrlichkeit
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. God’s radiant presence and honor. Occurs at Philippians 1:11 (fruit of righteousness), 2:11 (to the glory of God the Father, core passage), 3:19, 3:21 (believers’ bodies transformed into conformity with Christ’s glorious body), 4:19-20.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: Kraft vo Gott
Transliteration: Kroft vom Gott
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Original: δύναμις (cf. 3:10, 4:13)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Sovereign, saving capability. Philippians 3:10 applies this to ‘the power of his resurrection’ (see fellowship_of_his_sufferings) and 4:13 to Christ-dependent sufficiency (see strengthened_for_all_things) — the most-quoted verse of the letter, at risk of detachable self-help misuse.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Messias
Transliteration: Messias
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. The Anointed One; ‘Christus’ is used as Christ’s proper name/title throughout Philippians per the baseline’s transliteration standard, while ‘Messias’ is reserved for explicit title/OT-fulfillment contexts.
Israel
Approved rendering: Israel
Transliteration: Israel
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Modern Staatsräson sensitivity applies equally here. Philippians 3:5 lists ‘of the people of Israel’ as part of Paul’s honorable pre-conversion pedigree, which he reprioritizes but does not repudiate — care is needed to avoid an unintended supersessionist reading.
God
Approved rendering: Gott
Transliteration: Herrgott
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. ‘Herrgott’ reserved for culturally warm, folk-devotional contexts only, per baseline caution against profanity register-bleed; plain ‘Gott’ is primary. Used throughout Philippians.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Heiliger Geist
Transliteration: Heiliga Geist
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: πνεῦμα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. The personal third Person of the Trinity. Philippians 1:19 and 2:1’s ‘fellowship of the Spirit’ (see fellowship_of_the_spirit below) both depend on this rendering remaining personal, not an impersonal force.
Father
Approved rendering: Voda
Transliteration: Voter
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Named at the close of the core-passage hymn (2:11, ‘to the glory of God the Father’) and again at 4:20; Trinitarian harmony (the Son’s exaltation glorifies, not rivals, the Father) must be preserved.
Found In Appearance As A Man
Approved rendering: ausgschaut hod wia a Mensch
Transliteration: ausgschaut hod wia a Mensch
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
New — Philippians 2:8 (schēmati heuretheis hōs anthrōpos). Deliberately distinct root (schēma, outward observable appearance) from morphē (v.6, essential form); the contrast traces the movement from eternal deity to visible historical humanity. Mainly a translator’s-note preservation issue rather than a doctrinal collision risk.
Death On A Cross
Approved rendering: Kreiztod
Transliteration: Kreiztod
Doctrine: The Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
New — Philippians 2:8 (thanatou de staurou). The hymn’s nadir. Well-established via the crucifix’s central place in Bavarian Catholic devotional culture (the Herrgottswinkel), a genuine cultural asset rather than a risk.
Name Above Every Name
Approved rendering: der Nam, der über alle Nam is
Transliteration: der Nam, der über alle Nam is
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ and the Universal Confession
Original: τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:9 (to onoma to hyper pan onoma). Risks being heard as one venerable name among the many locally beloved patron-saint names central to Altbayern Namenstag folk piety, rather than Christ’s uniquely supreme name; uniqueness must stay explicit. Shares the charis root (echarisato) with grace.
Every Knee Bow
Approved rendering: s’Kniä beugn
Transliteration: s’Kniä beugn
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ and the Universal Confession
Original: πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ
Category: Christology
New — Philippians 2:10 (pan gony kampsē). Positive resonance with live Bavarian Catholic genuflection practice (Kniebeuge) before the Blessed Sacrament, but the universal cosmic scope — every knee, everywhere, not only at Mass — must not be lost.
Fellowship Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: Gmoaschaft vom Heiling Geist
Transliteration: Gmoaschaft vom Heiling Geist
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
New — Philippians 2:1 (koinōnia pneumatos). Combines baseline fellowship and holy_spirit terms. The Spirit’s own personal presence as the ground of believers’ unity, not merely social harmony; the ‘Gmoa’ root risk applies here as elsewhere.
Mind Of Christ Same Mind
Approved rendering: Denkweis
Transliteration: Denkweis
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Rejected alternatives: Gsinnung (risks importing modern political ‘Gesinnungsprüfung’ ideological-loyalty-testing overtone)
Original: φρονέω / φρόνημα
Category: Sanctification
New — Philippians 1:7, 2:2, 2:5 (hinge verse grounding the hymn), 3:15, 3:19, 4:2, 4:10 (phroneō/phronēma). A thread-word recurring across the whole letter. At 2:5 must not read as ‘imitate a good moral teacher’ — the hymn grounds this in Christ’s actual pre-existent deity.
Empty Conceit
Approved rendering: eitle Ehr
Transliteration: eitle Ehr
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: κενοδοξία
Category: Sanctification
New — Philippians 2:3 (kenodoxia). Shares the kenos root with 2:7’s ekenōsen — a deliberate Pauline wordplay (empty self-glory vs. Christ’s self-emptying) lost in translation; flag for teaching notes.
Servant Of Christ Doulos
Approved rendering: Knecht
Transliteration: Knecht
Doctrine: Christian Servanthood and Self-Designation
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
New — Philippians 1:1 (doulos). Paul and Timothy’s honorific self-designation, not a term of insult; genuine social resonance with the historic Bavarian Dienstboten farm-servant class. Anticipates form_of_a_servant at 2:7.
Deacons
Approved rendering: Diakon
Transliteration: Diakon
Doctrine: Church Order and Leadership (Overseers and Deacons)
Original: διάκονοι
Category: Church
New — Philippians 1:1 (diakonoi). Modern Bavarian Catholicism’s active permanent-diaconate office is a closer but still imperfect match; requires a clarifying gloss that Paul’s usage is broader/less formally ordained.
Day Of Christ
Approved rendering: da Tag vom Christus
Transliteration: da Tag vom Christus
Doctrine: Resurrection Hope and Bodily Transformation
Original: ἡμέρα Χριστοῦ
Category: Eschatology
New — Philippians 1:6, 1:10 (hēmera Christou). Could be diluted among the many liturgical ‘days’ (Feiertage, Namenstage) of the Bavarian Catholic calendar unless clearly marked as singular and final; qualify with ‘da letzte Tag’ or ‘wenn da Christus wiederkimmt’ where ambiguity is a concern.
To Live Is Christ To Die Is Gain
Approved rendering: Lebn is Christus, und Stervn is a Gwinn
Transliteration: Lebn is Christus, und Stervn is a Gwinn
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
New — Philippians 1:21 (to zēn Christos, kai to apothanein kerdos). ‘Gwinn’ (gain/profit) risks a cold, transactional/commercial register; must retain that this is joyful gain, foundational to both the Joy and Contentment doctrines.
Contending Together One Mind
Approved rendering: mit oana Seel gmeinsam kämpfa fürn Glaam ans Evangelium
Transliteration: mit oana Seel gmeinsam kämpfa fürn Glaam ans Evangelium
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
New — Philippians 1:27 (mia psychē synathlountes tē pistei tou euangeliou). Athletic/military team-struggle imagery; united struggle for gospel-faith, not solo heroics.
Blameless Children Of God
Approved rendering: ohne Tadel, als Kinder vo Gott ohne Flecka
Transliteration: ohne Tadel, als Kinder vo Gott ohne Flecka
Doctrine: Sanctification and Blameless Living
New — Philippians 2:15 (amemptoi … tekna theou amōma). Ties Christian identity (reusing baseline Kindschaft) to visible moral distinctiveness amid a ‘crooked generation’; must not read as sinless perfection or import unwanted comparison to formal confession/examination-of-conscience practice.
Poured Out As Libation
Approved rendering: ausgossn wia a Opfer
Transliteration: ausgossn wia a Opfer
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
New — Philippians 2:17 (spendomai). Cultic sacrificial imagery resonates with Bavarian Catholic Mass-sacrifice theology (an asset), but Paul’s self-offering here is metaphorical, distinct from the literal Eucharistic sacrifice.
Your Messenger Non Technical
Approved rendering: Sendbot / Boten
Transliteration: Sendbot / Boten
Doctrine: Christian Servanthood and Self-Designation
Rejected alternatives: Apostl (technical office rendering — FORBIDDEN in this non-technical sense)
Original: ὑμῶν ἀπόστολον
Category: Church
New — Philippians 2:25 (hymōn apostolon). A lower-case, non-technical use of apostolos for a commissioned messenger, not one of the Twelve/Paul’s office. Must NOT default to the baseline’s technical Apostl rendering, reserved for the office of apostleship.
Dogs Evil Workers
Approved rendering: Hund / schlechte Oawaida
Transliteration: Hund / schlechte Oawaida
Doctrine: Confidence in Christ versus Confidence in the Flesh
New — Philippians 3:2 (kynes / kakous ergatas / katatomē). Polemical labels for those demanding circumcision of Gentile believers; the katatomē/peritomē wordplay is largely untranslatable — flag for teaching notes rather than literal rendering. Mostly a rhetorical-force issue.
Circumcision
Approved rendering: Beschneidung
Transliteration: Beschneidung
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: περιτομή
Category: Covenant
New — Philippians 3:3, 3:5 (peritomē). Not a live cultural flashpoint in Bavaria, but doctrinally essential background for the Righteousness by Faith versus the Law doctrine.
Confidence In The Flesh
Approved rendering: s’Vertraun aufs Fleisch
Transliteration: s’Vertraun aufs Fleisch
Doctrine: Confidence in Christ versus Confidence in the Flesh
Original: πεποίθησις ἐν σαρκί
Category: Covenant
New — Philippians 3:3-4 (pepoithēsis en sarki). The polemical target of chapter 3: reliance on ethnic/religious/ritual credentials rather than Christ. Must be read alongside righteousness and Gsetz as the negative foil Paul rejects.
Pharisee
Approved rendering: Pharisäer
Transliteration: Pharisäer
Doctrine: Confidence in Christ versus Confidence in the Flesh
Original: Φαρισαῖος
Category: Covenant
New — Philippians 3:5. Modern colloquial German/Bavarian usage has drifted so that ‘Pharisäer’ commonly means ‘hypocrite’; Paul uses it as a genuine, honorable pre-conversion credential, not a term of self-accusation — the historical, non-pejorative sense must be preserved.
Knowledge Of Christ
Approved rendering: s’Erkenna vom Christus
Transliteration: s’Erkenna vom Christus
Doctrine: Confidence in Christ versus Confidence in the Flesh
New — Philippians 3:8 (gnōsis Christou). Relational, experiential knowing, not abstract information; distinguish from any Gnostic-style esoteric-knowledge reading.
Press On Pursue
Approved rendering: noch was jong / weiterstreb’n
Transliteration: noch was jong / weiterstreb’n
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: διώκω
Category: Faith
New — Philippians 3:12, 3:14 (diōkō). Bavarian Alpine mountaineering culture (summit-pressing) offers a genuinely resonant natural metaphor, provided the goal (Christ, not personal achievement) stays explicit. Note diōkō also means ‘persecute’ at 3:6.
The Prize
Approved rendering: da Priis
Transliteration: da Priis
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: τὸ βραβεῖον
Category: Faith
New — Philippians 3:14 (to brabeion). Risks a secular lottery/raffle-prize reading (Lotto, Tombola, familiar Bavarian folk-festival features) unless clearly tied to the surrounding athletic-race metaphor.
Resurrection Out From
Approved rendering: Aufersteh’ng
Transliteration: Auferstehung
Doctrine: Resurrection Hope and Bodily Transformation
New — Philippians 3:11 (exanastasis), an intensified compound reusing the baseline resurrection rendering. Distinguish from the standard anastasis term; refers to the future bodily resurrection of believers.
Perfected Mature
Approved rendering: vollendt / reif
Transliteration: vollendt / reif
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: τετελείωμαι / τέλειοι
Category: Eschatology
New — Philippians 3:12, 3:15 (teteleiōmai / teleioi). Guards against a sinless-perfection misreading; mild collision with Catholic sacramental-completion language (e.g. Confirmation/Firmung) — must read as ongoing maturity, not a one-time completed rite.
Savior
Approved rendering: Heiland
Transliteration: Heiland
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Rejected alternatives: Heil (the baseline’s forbidden abstract noun, Nazi-era contaminated — must stay visibly distinct)
Original: σωτῆρα
Category: Salvation
New — Philippians 3:20 (sōtēra). The traditional Bavarian/Alpine Christmas-carol title for Christ (cf. Stille Nacht, the Herrgottswinkel crib tradition), devotionally warm and, as a personal title, carrying no Nazi-era contamination; must be kept visibly distinct from the baseline’s forbidden noun ‘Heil.‘
Transform Lowly Body
Approved rendering: hod’n gringan Leib verwandelt zu am Leib voller Herrlichkeit
Transliteration: hod’n gringan Leib verwandelt zu am Leib voller Herrlichkeit
Doctrine: Resurrection Hope and Bodily Transformation
Original: μετασχηματίσει τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως ἡμῶν σύμμορφον τῷ σώματι τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ
Category: Eschatology
New — Philippians 3:21 (metaschēmatisei to sōma tēs tapeinōseōs hēmōn symmorphon tō sōmati tēs doxēs autou). Ties resurrection and glory doctrines together; echoes the morph- root from the ch. 2 hymn again.
Virtue List
Approved rendering: wos wahr is, wos ehrbar is, wos gerecht is, wos rein is, wos liab is, wos an guadn Klang hod
Transliteration: wos wahr is, wos ehrbar is, wos gerecht is, wos rein is, wos liab is, wos an guadn Klang hod
Doctrine: Sanctification and Blameless Living
New — Philippians 4:8 (hosa estin alēthē…). A catalogue of Greco-Roman civic virtues, baptized for Christian use; a rare Pauline appeal to broadly-shared virtue-vocabulary.
Learned The Secret Initiated
Approved rendering: i hob’s gliannt … i bin eingweiht
Transliteration: i hob’s gliannt … i bin eingweiht
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: ἔμαθον … μεμύημαι
Category: Faith
New — Philippians 4:11-12 (emathon … memyēmai). Paul deliberately borrows Greco-Roman mystery-cult ‘initiation’ language and repurposes it for Christ-dependent contentment; mainly a teaching-note item, no live modern Bavarian mystery-cult competitor.
Shared In My Affliction
Approved rendering: mitanand gmoaschaftlich mittrogn in meiner Not
Transliteration: mitanand gmoaschaftlich mittrogn in meiner Not
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
New — Philippians 4:14 (synkoinōnēsantes mou tē thlipsei). A direct instance of the Partnership in the Gospel doctrine tied to Paul’s suffering; reuses the koinōn- root.
Giving And Receiving
Approved rendering: Gebn und Nehma (auf Rechnung)
Transliteration: Gebn und Nehma (auf Rechnung)
Doctrine: Sacrificial Generosity and Gospel-Partnership Giving
Original: εἰς λόγον δόσεως καὶ λήμψεως
Category: Church
New — Philippians 4:15 (eis logon doseōs kai lēmpseōs). A technical commercial bookkeeping/ledger idiom; risks being softened into a vague mutual-gift-exchange custom (cf. Bavarian Namenstag gift customs) rather than Paul’s specific accounting metaphor for real financial support of gospel ministry.
Fragrant Offering
Approved rendering: a Opfer, wo guat riacht, und Gott gfollt
Transliteration: a Opfer, wo guat riacht, und Gott gfollt
Doctrine: Sacrificial Generosity and Gospel-Partnership Giving
Original: ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας … θυσίαν δεκτήν
Category: Church
New — Philippians 4:18 (osmēn euōdias … thysian dektēn). Strong resonance with Bavarian Catholic Mass-sacrifice theology (Messopfer) is a vividness asset, but must stay clearly metaphorical — the Philippians’ gift, not the literal Eucharistic sacrifice.
Low Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: Apostl
Transliteration: Apoastl
Doctrine: Apostleship
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Reserved for the technical office (Philippians 1:1). Must NOT be used for the non-technical, generic ‘sent one’ sense at 2:25 (Epaphroditus) — see your_messenger_non_technical entry, a forbidden-substitution direction specific to this curriculum.
Peace
Approved rendering: Friad
Transliteration: Friade
Doctrine: Peace with God
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Relational peace with God, not mere psychological calm. Philippians 4:7 extends this into ‘the peace of God which surpasses all understanding’ — see peace_surpassing_understanding, which must not collapse into ordinary calm achievable by one’s own effort. Also occurs at 1:2, 4:9.
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: Dank
Transliteration: Donk
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Standard, low-risk term. Occurs at Philippians 1:3, 4:6; see also prayer_and_petition_with_thanksgiving below.
Jesus
Approved rendering: Jesus
Transliteration: Jesus
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Stable proper name form, used throughout Philippians.
Exhort
Approved rendering: ermahna
Transliteration: ermohna
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παράκλησις / παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive between admonishing and encouraging senses. The noun form of this root (paraklēsis) opens the core passage’s appeal at 2:1 — see encouragement below; also 4:2 (Euodia and Syntyche).
Encouragement
Approved rendering: Zuaspruch
Transliteration: Zuaspruch
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
New — Philippians 2:1 (paraklēsis). Shares its root with the baseline’s exhort entry. Must not collapse into a mere pep-talk; retain ‘in Christus’ as the explicit source of this comfort.
Comfort Of Love
Approved rendering: Tröstung vo da Liab
Transliteration: Tröstung vo da Liab
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
New — Philippians 2:1 (paramythion agapēs). Reinforces the core-passage appeal; love as the wellspring of comfort.
Affection And Compassion
Approved rendering: Herzlichkeit und Barmherzigkeit
Transliteration: Herzlichkeit und Barmherzigkeit
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Rejected alternatives: a literal rendering of splanchna as ‘Eingeweide’ (entrails) — rejected as grotesque/comic in dialect register
New — Philippians 2:1 (splanchna kai oiktirmoi) and 1:8 (splanchna Christou, ‘the affection of Christ’). An idiomatic warmth-term is required in place of the literal organ-word; conveys visceral, relational warmth as grounds for unity.
United In Spirit
Approved rendering: oans im Gmüat
Transliteration: oans im Gmüat
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
New — Philippians 2:2 (sympsychoi). Rare NT compound intensifying the unity appeal.
Selfish Ambition
Approved rendering: Selbstsucht
Transliteration: Selbstsucht
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἐριθεία
Category: Sanctification
New — Philippians 2:3 (eritheia). Names the specific relational sin threatening Philippian unity; low collision risk in dialect usage.
Consider Others More Significant
Approved rendering: de Andern höcha ochtn wia se selba
Transliteration: de Andern höcha ochtn wia se selba
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
New — Philippians 2:3 (hēgoumenoi hyperechontas heautōn). Practical outworking of humility; grounds the hymn that follows.
Ones Own Interests Vs Others
Approved rendering: sei eigns Zeug / s’Zeug vo de Andern
Transliteration: sei eigns Zeug / s’Zeug vo de Andern
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
New — Philippians 2:4 (ta heautōn / ta heterōn). Straightforward; the underlying skopos root anticipates the_goal (3:14).
Defense And Confirmation Of Gospel
Approved rendering: Verteidigung und Bestätigung vom Evangelium
Transliteration: Verteidigung und Bestätigung vom Evangelium
Doctrine: Gospel Advance Amid Suffering
New — Philippians 1:7 (apologia kai bebaiōsis tou euangeliou). Frames Paul’s imprisonment as active gospel-ministry, not passive suffering.
Bonds Imprisonment
Approved rendering: Ketten / Gfangenschaft
Transliteration: Ketten / Gfangenschaft
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
New — Philippians 1:7, 1:13, 1:14, 1:17 (desmoi). The concrete circumstance generating the Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment doctrine; historically concrete, low collision risk.
Struggle Conflict
Approved rendering: Kampf
Transliteration: Kampf
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
New — Philippians 1:30 (agōn). Anticipates the athletic ‘pressing on’ imagery of chapter 3.
Grumbling And Disputing
Approved rendering: Gnatsch und Gstreit
Transliteration: Gnatsch und Gstreit
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
New — Philippians 2:14 (goggysmōn kai dialogismōn). Echoes Israel’s wilderness grumbling (OT allusion); practical outworking of the unity ethic from 2:1-4.
Lights In The World
Approved rendering: Liachter
Transliteration: Liachter
Doctrine: Sanctification and Blameless Living
New — Philippians 2:15 (phōstēres). Believers as visible points of light against a crooked generation.
Minister Epaphroditus
Approved rendering: Dianer
Transliteration: Dianer
Doctrine: Christian Servanthood and Self-Designation
Rejected alternatives: Diakon (too institutionally loaded for a lay courier)
New — Philippians 2:25 (leitourgos, of Epaphroditus). Temple-service-derived word for ministry; avoid the more institutionally loaded ‘Diakon’ since the referent is a lay courier, not an office-holder.
Risking His Life
Approved rendering: hod sei Lebn riskiert
Transliteration: hod sei Lebn riskiert
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
New — Philippians 2:30 (paraboleusamenos tē psychē). Epaphroditus’s costly service, a concrete example of the Partnership in the Gospel doctrine in action.
Zeal
Approved rendering: Eifer
Transliteration: Eifer
Doctrine: Confidence in Christ versus Confidence in the Flesh
New — Philippians 3:6 (zēlos). Here misdirected zeal (persecuting the church); even sincere religious zeal is not the same as righteousness.
Loss Gain
Approved rendering: Verlust / Gwinn
Transliteration: Verlust / Gwinn
Doctrine: Confidence in Christ versus Confidence in the Flesh
New — Philippians 3:7-8 (zēmia / kerdos). Commercial/accounting metaphor for Paul’s re-valuation of his former credentials as pure loss compared to knowing Christ.
Rubbish Dung
Approved rendering: Mist / Dreck
Transliteration: Mist / Dreck
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: σκύβαλα
Category: Salvation
New — Philippians 3:8 (skybala). Paul’s deliberately crude term of worthlessness; Bavarian dialect’s naturally earthy register is well-suited to preserving this rhetorical force — an asset, not a risk.
Lay Hold Of Grasp
Approved rendering: dawischn / packn
Transliteration: dawischn / packn
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
New — Philippians 3:12-13 (katalambanō). Paired with diōkō; the goal is not yet attained but actively pursued.
The Goal
Approved rendering: s’Ziel
Transliteration: s’Ziel
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: τὸ σκοπόν
Category: Faith
New — Philippians 3:14 (to skopon). Ties back to 2:4’s ones_own_interests_vs_others language.
Gentleness Reasonableness
Approved rendering: Sanftheit
Transliteration: Sanftheit
Doctrine: Prayer and Freedom from Anxiety
New — Philippians 4:5 (to epieikes). Forbearing gentleness toward others; practical fruit of the humility ethic from chapter 2.
Be Anxious For Nothing
Approved rendering: sorgts eng um nix
Transliteration: sorgts eng um nix
Doctrine: Prayer and Freedom from Anxiety
New — Philippians 4:6 (mēden merimnate). Freedom from anxious care, grounded in prayer; practical outworking of the Contentment doctrine.
Prayer And Petition With Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: mit Bet und Fleng, mit Dank dabei
Transliteration: mit Bet und Fleng, mit Dank dabei
Doctrine: Prayer and Freedom from Anxiety
New — Philippians 4:6 (proseuchē kai tē deēsei meta eucharistias). The prescribed antidote to anxiety; ties to baseline thanksgiving.
Peace Surpassing Understanding
Approved rendering: da Friad vo Gott, der über alln Verstand geht
Transliteration: da Friad vo Gott, der über alln Verstand geht
Doctrine: Prayer and Freedom from Anxiety
New — Philippians 4:7 (hē eirēnē tou theou hē hyperechousa panta noun). Extends the baseline peace_with_god doctrine into ordinary Christian experience; must not collapse into ordinary psychological calm achievable by one’s own effort.
Guard Your Hearts
Approved rendering: wird enkere Herzn bewacha, wia a Wach im Kastell
Transliteration: wird enkere Herzn bewacha, wia a Wach im Kastell
Doctrine: Prayer and Freedom from Anxiety
New — Philippians 4:7 (phrourēsei tas kardias hymōn). A military-garrison metaphor, easily lost in a bland ‘protect’; mainly a vividness/idiom-preservation issue.
Abound And Be In Need
Approved rendering: im Übafluss und in da Not, satt und hungrig
Transliteration: im Übafluss und in da Not, satt und hungrig
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
New — Philippians 4:12 (perisseuein kai hystereisthai, chortazesthai kai peinan). Concrete content of the Contentment doctrine — Paul has tested contentment in every material condition.
Will Supply All Your Need
Approved rendering: wird alle enkere Nöt stilln, noch seim Reichtum
Transliteration: wird alle enkere Nöt stilln, noch seim Reichtum
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
New — Philippians 4:19 (plērōsei pasan chreian hymōn kata to plouton autou). God’s abundant, sufficient provision; ties Contentment and Partnership doctrines together in the letter’s closing promise.
Knowledge And Discernment
Approved rendering: Erkenna und Urteilskraft
Transliteration: Erkenna und Urteilskraft
Doctrine: Sanctification and Blameless Living
New — Philippians 1:9 (epignōsis kai aisthēsis). Relational, applied knowledge, not mere information; Paul prays love would grow with discernment, guarding against sentimentalism.
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