Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 2 John (English–Czech)
This glossary extends the baseline Romans translation_memory.json for the 2 John curriculum. All terms already present in the baseline are reused exactly as recorded (see “Baseline Cross-Reference” column) and are never re-defined or altered here. All other terms are new to this curriculum and must be added to translation memory before Phase 2 begins. Risk tiers and review routing follow the same conventions as the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json.
Terms Reused Exactly from Baseline (No Modification)
| English Term | Czech Rendering | Risk (baseline) | Doctrine (baseline) | 2 John Occurrence(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grace | milost | High | Grace | 1:3 | Part of grace-mercy-peace triad; do not alter. |
| peace | pokoj | Medium | Peace with God | 1:3 | Part of grace-mercy-peace triad; do not alter. |
| father | Otec | Critical | Adoption into God’s Family / God | 1:1, 1:3, 1:4, 1:9 | God as personal Father; also occurs relationally re: the Son. |
| jesus | Ježíš | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 1:3, 1:7 | Standard, stable proper name. |
| god | Bůh | Critical | Deity of Christ | 1:3, 1:9 | Standard, unambiguous. |
| son_of_god | Syn Boží | Critical | Sonship of Christ / Deity of Christ | 1:3, 1:9 | Applies to Christ’s unique divine Sonship, invoked implicitly at 1:9 (“the Father and the Son”). |
| incarnation | vtělení | Critical (High in registry) | Incarnation | 1:7 | Directly invoked by “Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί.” |
| fellowship | společenství | Low | Christian Fellowship | (contrast term at 1:11) | NOTE: the negative usage of κοινωνέω at 1:11 (complicity in evil works) must NOT be rendered with this warm, positive term — see “má podíl na” below as a new, distinct entry for that specific negative sense. |
| election | vyvolení | High | Effectual Calling | (word-family cross-reference for ἐκλεκτή at 1:1, 1:13) | The adjective ἐκλεκτή (“elect lady/sister”) shares this root; see new entry “vyvolená” below for its distinct personal-honorific usage in this letter. |
New Terms — 2 John Curriculum (To Be Added to Translation Memory)
| English Term | Czech Rendering | Original (Greek) | Transliteration | Doctrine Risk | Doctrine Category | Occurrence(s) | Notes / Forbidden Drift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| truth | pravda | ἀλήθεια | alētheia | High | Walking in Truth and Love | 1:1(x2), 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 | Ordinary Czech word for factual/legal truth; theological sense (gospel reality lived out) must be built up from scratch, not assumed. NEVER let “pravda” register only as a factual-correctness claim divorced from the gospel content and the life it produces. |
| love | láska | ἀγάπη | agapē | High | Walking in Truth and Love | 1:1, 1:3, 1:5, 1:6 | Dominant Czech association is romantic/family love; self-giving, obedience-defined ἀγάπη must be actively distinguished. NEVER let “láska” register only in its popular romantic sense without the obedience/commandment link of 1:6 being made explicit. |
| commandment | přikázání | ἐντολή | entolē | Medium | Walking in Truth and Love / Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:4, 1:5, 1:6(x2) | Residual traction from “Desatero přikázání”; must avoid a legalistic rule-list reading and instead teach the single love-commandment sense. |
| walking (ethical conduct) | chodit / žít (v pravdě, v lásce) | περιπατέω | peripateō | Medium-High | Walking in Truth and Love | 1:4, 1:6(x2) | Biblical idiom for lifestyle/conduct; must be glossed as “way of life” on first use to avoid a literal-ambulation misreading. |
| world (Johannine sense) | svět | κόσμος | kosmos | Medium | Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation | 1:7 | Ordinary Czech “svět” is neutral/geographic; Johannine antagonistic sense (world opposed to God) requires explicit teaching. |
| deceiver | svůdce | πλάνος | planos | High | Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation | 1:7(x2) | Established Bible-tradition rendering, but ordinary Czech “svůdce/svádět” strongly connotes romantic seduction. NEVER let “svůdce” register in its romantic-seduction sense; actively teach the false-teacher/doctrinal-deception sense. |
| antichrist | antikrist | ἀντίχριστος | antichristos | Critical | Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation | 1:7 | Transliterated loanword heavily used in Czech secular horror/heavy-metal/occult pop culture as a shock trope. NEVER let “antikrist” register as a horror-genre villain caricature; must be re-anchored to its precise Johannine referent — present-tense denial of Christ’s real incarnation, active in false teachers, not a future end-times supervillain. |
| confess | vyznávat | ὁμολογέω | homologeō | High | Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation | 1:7 | Some traction from “vyznání víry” but specific confessional content (incarnation) must be spelled out for a low-biblical-literacy reader. |
| flesh (in incarnation formula) | tělo (v “přicházející v těle”) | σάρξ | sarx | Critical | Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation / Incarnation | 1:7 | Must be rendered as part of the fixed phrase “Ježíš Kristus přicházející v těle” and explicitly cross-referenced to the baseline vtělení doctrine; never softened to a symbolic/spiritual-only coming. |
| full reward | plná odměna | μισθὸς πλήρης | misthos plērēs | Medium-High | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:8 | Ordinary Czech “odměna” is transactional/merit-coded (wage, bonus, prize). NEVER let “odměna” imply salvation is earned; this concerns eschatological reward for faithful perseverance, not the basis of salvation (cf. baseline grace/works distinction, Romans 4:4–5; 11:5–6). |
| goes on ahead (doctrinal overreach) | kdo zachází dále / kdo překračuje (Kristovo učení) | προάγω | proagō | High | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:9 | No single stable Czech equivalent; risk of being misread as commendable “progress.” Requires an explicit gloss identifying this as doctrinal abandonment disguised as advancement. |
| abide / remain (in teaching) | zůstávat / trvat | μένω | menō | High | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:2, 1:9(x2) | Ordinary Czech sense is purely physical/spatial (staying in a place); theological sense of persevering doctrinal/relational union must be built up. |
| the teaching of Christ | učení Kristovo | διδαχή (τοῦ Χριστοῦ) | didachē (tou Christou) | High | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:9, 1:10 | Ordinary Czech “učení” also denotes vocational apprenticeship (“jde na učení”). NEVER let “učení” register as trade-curriculum training; this is the substantive, saving apostolic gospel content about Christ. |
| receive into house (hospitality withheld) | nepřijímejte ho do domu | λαμβάνειν εἰς οἰκίαν | lambanein eis oikian | Medium-High | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment | 1:10 | General hospitality is a valued Czech social norm; this instruction is scoped specifically to a known incarnation-denying false teacher, not to hospitality in general — requires an explicit scope-limiting gloss to avoid an anti-hospitable or xenophobic misreading. |
| greeting formula (“say Greetings/rejoice”) | (ani ho) nezdravte | χαίρειν (λέγειν) | chairein (legein) | High | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment | 1:10, 1:11 | Modern Czech “zdravit” reads as a trivial social nicety; the ancient greeting formula carried the weight of formal public endorsement/blessing. Must be explained as a deliberate act of doctrinal non-endorsement, not mere unfriendliness. |
| participate in / share in (negative, complicity) | má podíl na / podílí se na | κοινωνέω | koinōneō | Medium-High | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment | 1:11 | Shares a root with the baseline’s positive “fellowship”/společenství term. NEVER render this negative complicity sense with “společenství,” which carries a warmly positive connotation inappropriate here. |
| evil works | zlé skutky | ἔργα πονηρά | erga ponēra | Medium | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment | 1:11 | Standard vocabulary; ensure the reader connects “evil works” to the specific doctrinal offense (incarnation-denial and its endorsement), not unrelated general wrongdoing. |
| elder | starší | πρεσβύτερος | presbyteros | Medium | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ (ecclesial authority) | 1:1 | Ordinary Czech word simply means “an older person”; the specific teaching-office sense needs active explanation given low institutional-religious literacy. |
| elect lady / elect sister (personal honorific) | vyvolená | ἐκλεκτή | eklektē | High | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment (identity of the addressee) / cross-reference to baseline Election doctrine | 1:1, 1:13 | Same root as baseline’s High-risk “vyvolení” (election doctrine, Romans 9–11). Must be cross-referenced so readers neither miss the doctrinal resonance nor over-import the full election controversy onto a personal greeting; requires a bridging translator note. |
| lady (address, non-divine) | paní | κυρία | kyria | Medium | (Epistolary framing — guards against Lordship collision) | 1:5 | Same root as baseline’s Critical “Pán” (Lord). Must never be capitalized or rendered in a way that echoes the divine-Lordship title; keep visibly and grammatically distinct from Pán. |
| mercy | milosrdenství | ἔλεος | eleos | Medium | (Epistolary greeting triad, alongside baseline grace/peace) | 1:3 | Stable Czech theological word; low secular-collision risk, but easily conflated with milost (grace) as generic “kindness” — teach the grace/mercy distinction (unmerited favor vs. withheld deserved judgment). |
| joy | radost | χαρά | chara | Low | (Epistolary framing; bookends the letter with 1:4) | 1:4 (verb ἐχάρην), 1:12 | Standard vocabulary; low risk, minor value in noting the inclusio with 1:4. |
| sister (metaphorical/ecclesial) | sestra | ἀδελφή | adelphē | Low-Medium | Christian Fellowship (church as extended family) | 1:13 | Ordinary word for a biological sister; needs a brief clarifying note that this likely designates a sister congregation, not necessarily a literal family relation. |
Doctrine Risk Summary for 2 John (New Terms Only)
| Risk Tier | Count | Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 2 | antikrist, tělo (in incarnation formula) |
| High | 9 | pravda, láska, svůdce, vyznávat, kdo zachází dále, zůstávat/trvat, učení Kristovo, nezdravte (χαίρειν formula), vyvolená |
| Medium-High | 4 | chodit/žít (περιπατέω), plná odměna, nepřijímejte do domu, má podíl na |
| Medium | 6 | přikázání, svět, zlé skutky, starší, paní, milosrdenství |
| Low / Low-Medium | 2 | radost, sestra |
All Critical and High risk terms above require human theologian review per the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json review-routing convention; Medium-High and Medium terms require native speaker review; Low terms require automated review only. This distribution will be formalized into a dedicated doctrine_risk_registry.json update for the 2 John curriculum in a subsequent Phase 1 step.
Critical Risk Terms
Father
Approved rendering: Otec
Transliteration: patēr
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family / Deity and Sonship of Christ
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json; reused exactly, unmodified. God as personal Father; specific theological weight needs active teaching given generally low background religious literacy. 2 John occurrences: 1:1, 1:3, 1:4, 1:9 — 1:9’s either/or claim (‘has the Father… has… the Son’) adds doctrinal weight not present in Romans and must be flagged for theologian review at every occurrence in this letter.
Jesus
Approved rendering: Ježíš
Transliteration: Iēsous
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ / Deity and Sonship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς / יֵשׁוּעַ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json; reused exactly, unmodified. Standard and stable, though ‘Ježíš’/‘Ježíšmarjá’ also functions as a common secular interjection in colloquial Czech; formal doctrinal material must never echo this casual exclamatory register. 2 John occurrences: 1:3, 1:7 (within the fixed incarnation formula ‘Ježíš Kristus přicházející v těle’).
God
Approved rendering: Bůh
Transliteration: theos
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: θεός / אֱלֹהִים / יהוה
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json; reused exactly, unmodified. Standard and unambiguous, though ‘proboha’ functions as a common secular exclamation requiring register awareness. 2 John occurrences: 1:3, 1:9.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Syn Boží
Transliteration: huios theou
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json; reused exactly, unmodified. Full phrase required; unique, eternal, co-equal Sonship, never metaphorical, adoptive, or honorary. 2 John occurrences: 1:3 (explicit) and 1:9 (the bare ‘the Son,’ which context makes unambiguously refer to this same unique Sonship) — must remain visibly distinct from adoption-sonship vocabulary applied to believers elsewhere.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: vtělení
Transliteration: ho logos sarx egeneto
Doctrine: Incarnation (Christ Come in the Flesh)
Original: ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json (baseline risk tier: High); ESCALATED to Critical for this curriculum because in 2 John 1:7 the doctrine is not merely asserted but is the explicit target of denial by named ‘deceivers’ — a double translation burden (teaching new content while simultaneously defending it against denial) not present in Romans. Established theological term with very low everyday secular use; treat as content to be taught, not merely translated. Must always be paired with the fixed phrase ‘Ježíš Kristus přicházející v těle’ (2 John 1:7).
Antichrist
Approved rendering: antikrist
Transliteration: antichristos
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: antikrist jako hororová, okultní nebo heavy-metalová popkulturní postava, antikrist výhradně jako budoucí eschatologická superpostava bez přítomného, trvajícího naplnění
Original: ἀντίχριστος
Category: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
NEW TERM. CRITICAL and specific to Czech secular culture: unlike most unfamiliar terms in this Language Package, ‘antikrist’ is already familiar — but in exactly the wrong register (horror-film titles, black/death-metal band and album names, occult-aesthetic branding), entirely detached from serious doctrinal content. Must be actively re-anchored on every occurrence to John’s precise referent: present-tense denial of Christ’s real, bodily incarnation, active in specific false teachers, not a future supervillain or edgy aesthetic. Never omit the corrective gloss. Occurrence: 1:7.
Flesh
Approved rendering: tělo (v těle)
Transliteration: sarx (en sarki)
Doctrine: Incarnation (Christ Come in the Flesh)
Rejected alternatives: tělo pojaté symbolicky nebo výhradně duchovně (docetický výklad)
Original: σάρξ (ἐν σαρκί)
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Real, physical human nature; part of the fixed doctrinal formula ‘Ježíš Kristus přicházející v těle’ affirming Christ’s genuine bodily incarnation against docetic denial — this is the doctrinal crux of the entire letter. Must be rendered only within this fixed phrase and cross-referenced to ‘vtělení’; never softened to a merely spiritual or symbolic ‘coming.’ Zero tolerance for paraphrase drift. Occurrence: 1:7.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: milost
Transliteration: charis
Doctrine: Grace
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json; reused exactly, unmodified. Established Kralice-tradition term, still used in ordinary Czech for judicial mercy/clemency; needs explicit unpacking as unmerited divine favor, built from scratch rather than assumed. 2 John occurrence: 1:3, as part of the grace-mercy-peace apostolic greeting triad alongside the new term ‘milosrdenství’ (mercy) — teach the distinction between the two rather than letting either absorb the other.
Election
Approved rendering: vyvolení
Transliteration: eklogē
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: vyvolení v běžném, sekulárním smyslu úspěchu nebo výběru (např. sportovní výběr, výběrové řízení)
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json; reused exactly, unmodified. God’s sovereign, gracious choice (Romans 9-11). 2 John 1:1 and 1:13 use the related adjective ἐκλεκτή (‘elect lady/sister’) as a personal/congregational honorific rather than direct soteriological argument — see the new entry ‘elect_lady’ below, which must carry a bridging note cross-referencing this doctrine without over-importing the full Romans 9-11 controversy onto a greeting.
Christ
Approved rendering: Kristus
Transliteration: Christos
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Kristus jako pouhé příjmení bez titulárního mesiášského významu
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
NEW TERM for this curriculum (a distinct key from the baseline’s parallel Old Testament category ‘messiah’/Mesiáš). Used throughout 2 John as part of the title ‘Jesus Christ’ and in the phrase ‘the teaching of Christ’ (1:9-10), asserting that authoritative doctrine is inseparably his. Render consistently as ‘Kristus’ per established Czech Bible-translation convention; ensure it is never read merely as a surname detached from its titular, messianic force. Occurrences: 1:3, 1:7, 1:9 (x2, in ‘učení Kristovo’).
Truth
Approved rendering: pravda
Transliteration: alētheia
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Rejected alternatives: pravda pouze ve smyslu faktické, soudní nebo žurnalistické správnosti
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Walking in Truth and Love
NEW TERM. Not mere factual accuracy but the revealed gospel reality received from the Father and the corresponding way of life it produces; a governing category for the whole letter (5x in vv.1-4 alone). Ordinary Czech ‘pravda’ denotes factual/legal/journalistic truth with no automatic theological referent; must be actively taught as gospel content lived out, always attached to its source (‘pravda, kterou jsme přijali od Otce’) rather than left as an abstract noun. Occurrences: 1:1 (x2), 1:2, 1:3, 1:4.
Love
Approved rendering: láska
Transliteration: agapē
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Rejected alternatives: láska pouze v romantickém nebo rodinném citovém smyslu
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Walking in Truth and Love
NEW TERM. Covenantal, self-giving, obedience-shaped love, defined by John as inseparable from walking in God’s commandments (1:6). Czech ‘láska’ is overwhelmingly associated with romantic or family affection in ordinary usage (song, film, greeting-card register); must never be presented alone — always co-occur with the obedience-definition of 1:6 in the same sentence or the immediately following clause. Occurrences: 1:1, 1:3, 1:5, 1:6.
Walking
Approved rendering: chodit / žít
Transliteration: peripateō
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Rejected alternatives: chodit v čistě fyzickém smyslu chůze bez idiomatického významu
Original: περιπατέω
Category: Walking in Truth and Love
NEW TERM. Biblical idiom for one’s ongoing, observable manner of life, not literal ambulation. A reader with low exposure to biblical idiom may default to the literal physical sense. Must be glossed on first use as ‘way of life’ (e.g. ‘žít v pravdě/lásce’), never left as an untaught literal calque. Occurrences: 1:4, 1:6 (x2).
Deceiver
Approved rendering: svůdce
Transliteration: planos
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: svůdce v dominantním, moderním romantickém smyslu (svůdce žen, sváděč), podvodník (rendering seen in some B21 editions) — podceňuje doktrinální závažnost ve prospěch pouhé finanční nečestnosti
Original: πλάνος
Category: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
NEW TERM. A false teacher actively propagating error about Christ’s nature — the letter’s central named threat. ‘Svůdce’ is the established Bible-tradition rendering (BKR, ČEP), but ordinary Czech ‘svůdce/svádět’ today carries a dominant romantic-seduction connotation, risking trivialization of a grave doctrinal warning into a romance trope. Must always be immediately anchored to the specific doctrinal content denied (Christ’s coming in the flesh), never left as an unqualified noun. Occurrences: 1:7 (x2).
Confess
Approved rendering: vyznávat
Transliteration: homologeō
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: vyznávat jako obecné, neurčité náboženské přitakání bez konkrétního obsahu
Original: ὁμολογέω
Category: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
NEW TERM. To publicly and formally acknowledge, often under scrutiny or cost; here the specific christological confession the deceivers refuse to make. Some traction from ‘vyznání víry’ (creed), but the specific content required — that Jesus Christ came in the flesh — must always be spelled out (‘vyznávat, že Ježíš Kristus přišel v těle’), never left as a bare verb. Occurrence: 1:7.
Full Reward
Approved rendering: plná odměna
Transliteration: misthos plērēs
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Rejected alternatives: odměna chápaná jako mzda či zásluha podmiňující samo spasení
Original: μισθὸς πλήρης
Category: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
NEW TERM. An eschatological reward for faithful perseverance in the truth, distinct from wages that purchase salvation itself. Ordinary Czech ‘odměna’ is strongly transactional/merit-coded (wage, bonus, prize); must always carry a clause distinguishing this reward from the basis of salvation, cross-referencing the baseline’s Critical grace/works distinction (Romans 4:4-5, 11:5-6). Occurrence: 1:8.
Goes On Ahead
Approved rendering: kdo zachází dále / kdo překračuje (Kristovo učení)
Transliteration: proagō
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Rejected alternatives: kdo zachází dále v pozitivním smyslu chvályhodného duchovního pokroku
Original: προάγω
Category: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
NEW TERM. To run ahead of or beyond received apostolic teaching while presenting the departure as spiritual progress; a false ‘progressive’ spirituality that abandons Christ’s teaching. No single stable Czech word carries this exact sense; rendered periphrastically. Modern secular culture treats ‘going further’ (pokrok) as inherently positive, risking a reading that commends the very thing John condemns. Requires a mandatory translator gloss identifying this as doctrinal abandonment disguised as advancement — never left to stand alone. Occurrence: 1:9.
Abide Remain
Approved rendering: zůstávat / trvat
Transliteration: menō
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Rejected alternatives: zůstávat výhradně v prostorovém, fyzickém smyslu setrvání na místě
Original: μένω
Category: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
NEW TERM. To persevere steadfastly in a relational or doctrinal state — here, in the apostolic teaching about Christ — not merely physical remaining in a place. Ordinary Czech usage is entirely physical/spatial (‘zůstat doma’); must always be paired with a relational/doctrinal object (‘zůstávat v učení Kristově’), never left with only a locative complement. Occurrences: 1:2, 1:9 (x2).
Teaching Of Christ
Approved rendering: učení Kristovo
Transliteration: didachē tou Christou
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Rejected alternatives: učení jako řemeslné/učňovské vzdělávání (‘jde na učení’)
Original: διδαχὴ τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
NEW TERM. The objective, received body of authoritative apostolic instruction about and from Christ — the content to be preserved, not private spiritual experience or personal interpretation. Ordinary Czech ‘učení’ also commonly denotes vocational apprenticeship/trade training, a register collision risking a flattened trade-curriculum reading. Must always carry an explicit clarifier (‘apostolské poselství o Kristu a od Krista, nikoli řemeslo’) at first substantive use per document. Occurrences: 1:9, 1:10.
Receive Into House
Approved rendering: nepřijímejte ho do domu
Transliteration: lambanein eis oikian
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Rejected alternatives: nepřijímejte ho do domu jako obecný, neomezený zákaz hostinnosti vůči cizincům nebo hostům
Original: λαμβάνειν εἰς οἰκίαν
Category: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
NEW TERM. Refusal of hospitality/patronage specifically to a known incarnation-denying false teacher — a scoped instruction, not a general prohibition on hospitality. General hospitality is a positive, culturally valued Czech social norm; must always carry an explicit scope-limiting gloss (a specific, known, doctrine-specific false teacher, not strangers or travelers in general). Occurrence: 1:10.
Greeting Formula
Approved rendering: (ani ho) nezdravte
Transliteration: chairein (legein)
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Rejected alternatives: nezdravte jako pouhá běžná nezdvořilost bez formálního doktrinálního významu
Original: χαίρειν (λέγειν)
Category: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
NEW TERM. The standard formal Hellenistic greeting/farewell formula (‘rejoice!’), functioning as a social seal of legitimacy/blessing; withholding it is a deliberate act of doctrinal discipline. Modern Czech ‘zdravit’ reads as a trivial social nicety; the ancient formula’s weight as public non-endorsement — comparable to withholding a formal certification of someone’s ministry — must be explicitly unpacked every time. Occurrences: 1:10, 1:11.
Participate In Evil Works
Approved rendering: má podíl na / podílí se na (zlých skutcích)
Transliteration: koinōneō
Doctrine: Doctrinal Complicity Warning (Negative Koinōnia)
Rejected alternatives: má společenství s — nesprávně evokuje baseline pozitivní ‘společenství’ (fellowship) a obrací varování v pozvání ke společenství
Original: κοινωνέω
Category: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
NEW TERM. To become a genuine partner/participant in another’s wrongdoing by formally endorsing them — complicity in a false teacher’s doctrinal harm through the act of greeting. Shares a root with the baseline’s positive ‘fellowship’/společenství term. HARD FENCE: must NEVER be rendered with ‘společenství’; always state the negative object (‘zlých skutcích’) in the same clause. Occurrence: 1:11.
Elect Lady
Approved rendering: vyvolená
Transliteration: eklektē (kyria / adelphē)
Doctrine: The Elect Lady and the Language of Election
Rejected alternatives: vyvolená jako pouhý osobní titul bez jakéhokoli vztahu k nauce o vyvolení, vyvolená jako úplné znovuotevření sporu o Boží vyvolení z Římanům 9-11 v kontextu osobního pozdravu
Original: ἐκλεκτή (κυρία / ἀδελφή)
Category: Church
NEW TERM. A personal/congregational honorific sharing its root exactly with the baseline’s High-risk ‘vyvolení’ (election, Romans 9-11), applied here as a term of address rather than direct soteriological argument. Risk is bidirectional: readers may miss the doctrinal resonance entirely, or over-import the full election controversy onto a warm greeting. Requires a bridging translator note at every occurrence (1:1, 1:13) that neither collapses nor severs the connection to the baseline election entry.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: pokoj
Transliteration: eirēnē
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: pokoj ve smyslu pouhého klidu či nepřítomnosti hluku
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json; reused exactly, unmodified. Ordinary Czech ‘pokoj’ commonly means simple quiet or absence of disturbance (‘Dej mi pokoj’); distinguish from the relational, covenantal sense. 2 John occurrence: 1:3, in the grace-mercy-peace greeting triad.
Commandment
Approved rendering: přikázání
Transliteration: entolē
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Rejected alternatives: přikázání chápané výhradně jako součást Desatera, tedy uzavřený seznam pravidel
Original: ἐντολή
Category: Walking in Truth and Love
NEW TERM. A directive from God; in this letter summarized as the single command to love one another, received ‘from the beginning,’ not a new invention. Residual traction from ‘Desatero přikázání’ (Ten Commandments) may bias readers toward a legalistic, multi-rule reading; must be actively taught as a single, love-summarizing, relationally received command. Occurrences: 1:4, 1:5, 1:6 (x2).
World
Approved rendering: svět
Transliteration: kosmos
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: svět pouze v neutrálním geografickém či planetárním smyslu
Original: κόσμος
Category: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
NEW TERM. In Johannine usage, humanity organized in opposition to God — the sphere into which false teaching about Christ spreads, not neutral geography. Ordinary Czech ‘svět’ is fully neutral (‘cestovat po světě’); the antagonistic sense must be explicitly taught. Occurrence: 1:7.
Evil Works
Approved rendering: zlé skutky
Transliteration: erga ponēra
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Original: ἔργα πονηρά
Category: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
NEW TERM. Actions flowing from a morally corrupt source — specifically the propagation of and endorsement given to incarnation-denying false doctrine. Standard vocabulary; ensure the reader connects this back to the specific doctrinal offense rather than assuming unrelated general wrongdoing. Occurrence: 1:11.
Elder
Approved rendering: starší
Transliteration: presbyteros
Doctrine: Eldership and Apostolic Authority
Rejected alternatives: starší pouze jako věkový popis (‘starší člověk’) bez úřadu či autority
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church
NEW TERM. The author’s self-designation, likely a title of recognized apostolic-era teaching authority, not merely a description of advanced age. Ordinary Czech ‘starší’ is fully secular; the ecclesial-office sense needs active teaching given very low institutional-religious literacy. Occurrence: 1:1.
Lady
Approved rendering: paní
Transliteration: kyria
Doctrine: Epistolary Address (κυρία) — guards against confusion with the Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: paní psáno s velkým počátečním písmenem tak, aby vizuálně evokovalo ‘Pán’
Original: κυρία
Category: Church
NEW TERM. A polite, honorific address to a woman (or personification of a local congregation); the feminine form of κύριος, but functionally distinct from it. Because κυρία shares a root with κύριος — the baseline’s Critical ‘Pán’ term for Christ’s exclusive divine Lordship — ‘paní’ must NEVER be capitalized or otherwise rendered to echo ‘Pán.’ Occurrence: 1:5.
Mercy
Approved rendering: milosrdenství
Transliteration: eleos
Doctrine: Apostolic Greeting: Grace, Mercy, and Peace
Rejected alternatives: milosrdenství jako pouhé synonymum milosti bez rozlišení nezasloužené laskavosti (milost) a zadržení zaslouženého soudu (milosrdenství)
Original: ἔλεος
Category: God
NEW TERM. God’s compassion in withholding deserved judgment; part of the apostolic grace-mercy-peace greeting triad (1:3). Stable, low-secular-collision Czech theological word, but easily conflated with ‘milost’ (grace) as generic kindness without explicit catechesis distinguishing the two. Occurrence: 1:3.
Low Risk Terms
Fellowship
Approved rendering: společenství
Transliteration: koinōnia
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package baseline translation_memory.json; reused exactly, unmodified for its POSITIVE sense only. Shared participation in Christ and other believers. HARD FENCE for this curriculum: 2 John 1:11 uses the related verb κοινωνέω in a NEGATIVE sense (complicity in a false teacher’s evil works); that occurrence must NEVER be rendered with this term — see the new entry ‘participate_in_evil_works’ below.
Joy
Approved rendering: radost
Transliteration: chara
Doctrine: Joy in Shared Faith and Truth
Original: χαρά
Category: Walking in Truth and Love
NEW TERM. Gladness rooted in the community’s faithfulness to truth and love; echoes between the letter’s opening (1:4, ἐχάρην) and closing (1:12). Standard vocabulary with minimal secular-drift risk; note the inclusio for teaching purposes. Occurrences: 1:4 (verb form ἐχάρην), 1:12.
Sister
Approved rendering: sestra
Transliteration: adelphē
Doctrine: Church as Extended Family
Rejected alternatives: sestra výhradně jako biologický, rodinný vztah
Original: ἀδελφή
Category: Church
NEW TERM. A literal or (more likely, given the letter’s personification pattern) metaphorical/ecclesial ‘sister’ congregation bound to the addressee by shared election and truth. Ordinary Czech word for a biological sister; needs a brief clarifying note so the reader does not assume a strictly literal family relationship. Occurrence: 1:13.
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