Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 1 Corinthians (English–Dogri)
Glossary Table
| English Term | Greek (transliteration) | Dogri Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine Category | Status | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion) | खरी खबर | khari khabar | High | Gospel | Reused (Romans TM) | Never सुसमाचार as default |
| grace | χάρις (charis) | बिना कमाई दित्ती दया | bina kamai ditti daya | Critical | Grace | Reused (Romans TM) | Never मन्नत दा फल / पुण्य |
| faith / believe | πίστις / πιστεύω (pistis / pisteuō) | भरोसा | bharosa | High | Faith | Reused (Romans TM) | Object of faith always specified |
| salvation / saved | σωτηρία / σῴζω (sōtēria / sōzō) | उद्धार | uddhar | Critical | Salvation | Reused (Romans TM) | Never मुक्ति; never a mannat-boon frame |
| called | κλητός (klētos) | सद्देआ होया | saddea hoya | High | Divine Calling | Reused (Romans TM) | Context-sensitive per baseline |
| calling | κλῆσις (klēsis) | सद्द | sadd | High | Divine Calling / Vocation (1 Cor 7) | Reused (Romans TM) | Extends to life-situation calling in ch.7 |
| holy | ἅγιος (hagios) | पवित्तर | pavittar | High | Sanctification | Reused (Romans TM) | Not शुद्ध (ritual purity) |
| saints | ἅγιοι (hagioi) | पवित्तर लोक | pavittar lok | High | Sainthood | Reused (Romans TM) | Not साधु |
| sanctification / sanctified | ἁγιασμός / ἁγιάζω (hagiasmos / hagiazō) | पवित्तरता | pavittarta | High | Sanctification / Church Discipline | Reused (Romans TM) | Note 7:14’s distinct “household” nuance |
| church | ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia) | कलीसिया | kalisiya | Medium | Church as God’s People | Reused (Romans TM) | Never मंदर |
| fellowship / participation | κοινωνία (koinōnia) | संगत | sangat | Low/High | Christian Fellowship / Lord’s Supper | Reused (Romans TM) | High when used technically for Supper-participation (10:16) |
| Holy Spirit | Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον (Pneuma Hagion) | पवित्तर आत्मा | pavittar aatma | Critical | Spiritual Gifts / Sanctification | Reused (Romans TM) | Never शक्ति; never bare परमात्मा |
| God | θεός (theos) | परमेश्वर | Parmeshwar | Critical | God | Reused (Romans TM) | Never भगवान |
| Jesus / Christ / Messiah | Ἰησοῦς Χριστός (Iēsous Christos) | यीशु मसीह | Yishu Masih | Critical | Messianic Promise / Lordship | Reused (Romans TM) | Never ईसा; never treat as one avatar among many |
| Lord | κύριος (kyrios) | प्रभु | prabhu | Critical | Lordship of Christ | Reused (Romans TM) | Never महाराजा |
| resurrection (of Christ / believers) | ἀνάστασις (anastasis) | मुर्दघरा चा जिंदा होना | murdaghara cha jinda hona | Critical | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | Reused (Romans TM) | Never पुनर्जन्म |
| apostle | ἀπόστολος (apostolos) | भेजेआ होया | bhejea hoya | Medium | Apostleship | Reused (Romans TM) | Not दूत |
| covenant | διαθήκη (diathēkē) | नियम | niyam | High | Lord’s Supper (new covenant) | Reused (Romans TM) | Base for compound नवां नियम |
| prophecy | προφητεία (prophēteia) | भविष्यवाणी | bhavishyavani | Low | Order in Worship | Reused (Romans TM) | Distinct from astrology |
| power of God | δύναμις θεοῦ (dynamis theou) | परमेश्वर दी सामर्थ | Parmeshwar di samarth | High | Cross as Wisdom and Power | Reused (Romans TM) | Never शक्ति |
| sin | ἁμαρτία (hamartia) | पाप | paap | High | Church Discipline and Holiness | Reused (Romans TM) | Not भिट्ट |
| division / schism | σχίσμα (schisma) | फूट | phut | High | Christian Unity vs. Factionalism | New (1 Cor) | Guard against replicating gotra/clan factionalism inside the church |
| wisdom (of God / of the world) | σοφία (sophia) | बुद्धी | buddhi | High | Cross as Wisdom and Power | New (1 Cor) | Not ज्ञान/jnana-marga (self-attained enlightenment) |
| foolishness (of the cross) | μωρία (mōria) | मुर्खता | murkhata | Medium | Cross as Wisdom and Power | New (1 Cor) | — |
| cross | σταυρός (stauros) | क्रूस | kroos | Critical | Cross as Wisdom and Power | New (1 Cor) | Distinct from Bahu Fort bali-stone sacrificial imagery |
| mystery | μυστήριον (mystērion) | भेद | bhed | High | Cross as Wisdom and Power; Resurrection | New (1 Cor) | Not रहस्य (occult/esoteric connotation) |
| spiritual person / natural person | πνευματικός / ψυχικός (pneumatikos / psychikos) | आत्मिक मनुक्ख / सांसारिक मनुक्ख | aatmik mankhu / sansarik mankhu | High | Cross as Wisdom and Power | New (1 Cor) | ψυχικός must not evoke ātman/paramātman metaphysics |
| fleshly / carnal | σάρκινος / σαρκικός (sarkinos / sarkikos) | मास-लोह् वाली सोच | maas-loh wali soch | Medium | Christian Unity vs. Factionalism | New (1 Cor) | Immaturity diagnosis, distinct from पाप itself |
| temple of God | ναός θεοῦ (naos theou) | परमेश्वर दा मंदर | Parmeshwar da mandar | Critical | Church Discipline and Holiness | New (1 Cor) | Distinct from कलीसिया and from literal Raghunath Mandir/Bahu Fort shrines; used metaphorically only |
| fire (testing works) | πῦρ (pyr) | अग्गी कन्नै परख | aggi kannai parakh | Medium | Church Discipline and Holiness | New (1 Cor) | Eschatological testing, not judgment of salvation status |
| steward | οἰκονόμος (oikonomos) | भण्डारी | bhandari | Medium | Christian Unity vs. Factionalism | New (1 Cor) | — |
| servant (of Christ) | ὑπηρέτης (hypēretēs) | सेवक | sevak | Medium | Christian Unity vs. Factionalism | New (1 Cor) | Not सेवादार (Sikh gurdwara-service association) |
| sexual immorality | πορνεία (porneia) | व्यभिचार | vyabhichar | High | Church Discipline and Holiness | New (1 Cor) | Not भिट्ट (ritual impurity) |
| deliver to Satan (discipline) | παραδοῦναι τῷ Σατανᾷ | शैतान दे हवाले करना | Shaitan de havale karna | High | Church Discipline and Holiness | New (1 Cor) | Restorative discipline, not curse |
| leaven | ζύμη (zymē) | खमीर | khameer | Medium | Church Discipline and Holiness | New (1 Cor) | Needs Passover-background bridge note |
| our Passover [Christ] | τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν (to pascha hēmōn) | अपना फसह | apna phasah | Critical | Church Discipline and Holiness / Cross | New (1 Cor) | Distinct from ongoing Bahu Fort animal-sacrifice (bali) tradition |
| bought with a price | ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς | मुल्ल देइयै खरीदे गे | mull deiyai kharide ge | High | Church Discipline and Holiness | New (1 Cor) | One-time completed purchase, not mannat exchange |
| marriage | γάμος (gamos) | ब्याह | byah | Low | Marriage and Singleness | New (1 Cor) | — |
| virgin / unmarried | παρθένος / ἄγαμος (parthenos / agamos) | कुंवारी / अणब्याहा | kunwari / anbyaha | Medium | Marriage and Singleness | New (1 Cor) | Guard against izzat-linked status stigma |
| separation / divorce | χωρισμός (chōrismos) | अलग होना | alag hona | Medium | Marriage and Singleness | New (1 Cor) | Not तलाक (Islamic-procedure association) |
| food sacrificed to idols | εἰδωλόθυτα (eidōlothyta) | मूर्ति गी चढ़ाया खाणा | murti gi chadhaya khana | Critical | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | New (1 Cor) | NEVER प्रसाद |
| idol | εἴδωλον (eidōlon) | मूर्ति | murti | Critical | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | New (1 Cor) | Same word as Raghunath Mandir/Bahu Fort images — used accurately, flagged for pastoral care |
| knowledge | γνῶσις (gnōsis) | गिआन | gyan | Medium | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | New (1 Cor) | Not jnana-marga liberating-knowledge path |
| conscience | συνείδησις (syneidēsis) | अंतरात्मा | antaratma | Medium | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | New (1 Cor) | Ordinary moral conscience, not ātman metaphysics |
| right / liberty | ἐξουσία (exousia) | अधिकार | adhikar | Medium | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | New (1 Cor) | — |
| stumbling block | πρόσκομμα / σκάνδαλον | ठोकर | thokar | Medium | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | New (1 Cor) | — |
| self-control | ἐγκράτεια (egkrateia) | आपे उपर काबू | aape upar kaabu | Medium | Christian Liberty (ch.9) | New (1 Cor) | Not ascetic tapasya/merit-mortification |
| idolatry | εἰδωλολατρία (eidōlolatria) | मूर्ति पूजा | murti puja | Critical | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | New (1 Cor) | Names the region’s own dominant devotional practice directly; theologian review required |
| demon | δαιμόνιον (daimonion) | दुष्ट आत्मा | dusht aatma | Critical | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | New (1 Cor) | Not भूत-प्रेत (folk-ghost association); parallels/contrasts पवित्तर आत्मा |
| table of the Lord / table of demons | τράπεζα κυρίου / τράπεζα δαιμονίων | प्रभु दा मेज़ / दुष्ट आत्मां दा मेज़ | Prabhu da mez / dusht aatmaan da mez | Critical | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat / Lord’s Supper | New (1 Cor) | Mutually exclusive covenantal allegiances |
| head / headship | κεφαλή (kephalē) | सिर / मुखियापन | sir / mukhiyapan | High | Order in Worship | New (1 Cor) | Teach against izzat-linked domination reading; Christlike servant-headship |
| cover the head | κατακαλύπτω (katakalyptō) | सिर ढकणा | sir dhakna | Medium | Order in Worship | New (1 Cor) | Cultural bridge: existing dupatta/chunni practice |
| Lord’s Supper | κυριακὸν δεῖπνον (kyriakon deipnon) | प्रभु दा भोज | Prabhu da bhoj | Critical | The Lord’s Supper | New (1 Cor) | Distinct from langar/prasad-sharing traditions |
| body and blood (of Christ) | σῶμα καὶ αἷμα (sōma kai haima) | सरीर ते खून | sarir te khoon | Critical | The Lord’s Supper | New (1 Cor) | Distinct from Bahu Fort animal-blood-sacrifice (bali) |
| new covenant | καινὴ διαθήκη (kainē diathēkē) | नवां नियम | navaan niyam | High | The Lord’s Supper | New (1 Cor) | Compound on baseline नियम |
| unworthily | ἀναξίως (anaxiōs) | अयोग्य ढंगे | ayogya dhange | Medium | The Lord’s Supper | New (1 Cor) | — |
| discerning the body | διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα (diakrinōn to sōma) | सरीर गी पछानना | sarir gi pachanna | High | The Lord’s Supper | New (1 Cor) | — |
| spiritual gifts | χαρίσματα (charismata) | आत्मिक दान | aatmik daan | Medium | Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ | Reused (Romans TM) | Not वरदान |
| body of Christ | σῶμα Χριστοῦ (sōma Christou) | मसीह दा सरीर | Masih da sarir | High | Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ | New (1 Cor) | — |
| members (of the body) | μέλη (melē) | अंग | ang | Medium | Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ | New (1 Cor) | — |
| love | ἀγάπη (agapē) | निस्वार्थ प्यार | nisvarth pyar | Critical | Love as the Greater Way | New (1 Cor) | Never bare प्यार alone (romantic risk) or प्रेम alone (prema-bhakti risk) |
| tongues | γλῶσσα (glōssa) | अनजाणी भाशा | anjani bhasha | High | Order in Worship | New (1 Cor) | Distinct from folk trance/oracle speech |
| interpretation | ἑρμηνεία / διερμηνεύω (hermēneia / diermēneuō) | तर्जुमा / अर्थ करना | tarjuma / arth karna | Medium | Order in Worship | New (1 Cor) | — |
| edification / building up | οἰκοδομή (oikodomē) | उन्नति / निर्माण | unnati / nirman | Low | Order in Worship | New (1 Cor) | Cf. Romans “mutual_edification” doctrine |
| order (in worship) | τάξις (taxis) | तरतीब | tartib | Medium | Order in Worship | New (1 Cor) | Distinct from व्यवस्था (Mosaic Law) |
| disorder | ἀκαταστασία (akatastasia) | बे-तरतीबी | be-tartibi | Low | Order in Worship | New (1 Cor) | — |
| firstfruits | ἀπαρχή (aparchē) | पहला फल | pahla phal | High | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | Guarantees a future harvest — believers’ own resurrection |
| last Adam | ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ (ho eschatos Adam) | आखरी आदम | aakhri Adam | High | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | Federal-headship typology, not avatar-descent cycle |
| natural body / spiritual body | σῶμα ψυχικόν / σῶμα πνευματικόν | सुभाविक सरीर / आत्मिक सरीर | subhavik sarir / aatmik sarir | High | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | Affirms real transformed body, not escape-from-body moksha |
| perishable / imperishable | φθαρτόν / ἄφθαρτον (phtharton / aphtharton) | नाशवान / अविनाशी | nashvaan / avinashi | High | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | अविनाशी collides with eternal-ātman concept; teach as granted future bodily transformation, not eternally pre-existing soul |
| sting of death / victory | κέντρον θανάτου / νῖκος | मौत दा डंग / जित्त | maut da dang / jitt | High | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | Death as a defeated personal enemy |
| collection (for saints) | λογία (logia) | चन्दा | chanda | Low-Medium | Christian Unity (closing) | New (1 Cor) | — |
| holy kiss | φίλημα ἁγίῳ (philēma hagiō) | पवित्तर बुसी | pavittar busi | Medium | Christian Fellowship (closing) | New (1 Cor) | Culturally substitute a warm greeting equivalent in teaching notes |
| accursed | ἀνάθεμα (anathema) | श्राप | shrap | Medium-High | Church Discipline and Holiness | New (1 Cor) | Covenantal warning, not folk-curse practice |
| Maranatha | Μαρὰν ἀθά (Maran atha) | मरानाथा | Maranatha | Low | Resurrection of Christ and Believers (closing hope) | New (1 Cor) | Preserved transliteration, per baseline “Abba” pattern |
| received / handed down (tradition) | παραλαμβάνω / παραδίδωμι | लैना / सौंपना | laina / saumpna | High | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | NEVER परम्परा (avoid guru-parampara association) |
| appeared (resurrection) | ὤφθη (ōphthē) | दिखाई दित्ता | dikhai ditta | Critical | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | NEVER दर्शन (temple/shrine devotional viewing) |
| fallen asleep (death) | ἐκοιμήθησαν (ekoimēthēsan) | सो गे | so gae | Medium | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | Hope-filled euphemism, not folk ancestor-spirit framing |
| preach / proclaim | κηρύσσω (kēryssō) | प्रचार करना | prachar karna | Medium | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | — |
| at one time (simultaneity) | ἐφάπαξ (ephapax) | इक्को बारी | ikko baari | Medium | Resurrection of Christ and Believers | New (1 Cor) | Distinct from the theological “once for all” atonement sense elsewhere |
| least / worthy | ἐλάχιστος / ἱκανός | सारें ना छोटा / योग्य | saarein na chota / yogya | Low-Medium | Resurrection of Christ and Believers (Paul’s testimony) | New (1 Cor) | — |
| untimely/abnormally born | τῷ ἐκτρώματι (tō ektrōmati) | अधूरे जनमे बच्चे वरगा | adhure janme bachche varga | Medium | Resurrection of Christ and Believers (Paul’s testimony) | New (1 Cor) | Pastoral sensitivity re: miscarriage imagery |
| labored (hard work) | ἐκοπίασα (ekopiasa) | सख्त मजूरी कीती | sakht majoori kiti | Medium | Grace (Paul’s testimony, 15:10) | New (1 Cor) | Fruit of grace, not merit precondition |
Terms Requiring Mandatory Human Theologian Review (Critical Risk)
The following new or contextually-extended terms are assessed Critical risk and require human theologian review before Phase 2 deployment, consistent with the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json routing convention:
- cross (σταυρός → क्रूस)
- temple of God (ναός θεοῦ → परमेश्वर दा मंदर) — both corporate (3:16) and individual-body (6:19) senses
- our Passover [Christ] (τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν → अपना फसह)
- food sacrificed to idols (εἰδωλόθυτα → मूर्ति गी चढ़ाया खाणा)
- idol (εἴδωλον → मूर्ति)
- idolatry (εἰδωλολατρία → मूर्ति पूजा)
- demon (δαιμόνιον → दुष्ट आत्मा)
- table of the Lord / table of demons (τράπεζα κυρίου / δαιμονίων)
- Lord’s Supper (κυριακὸν δεῖπνον → प्रभु दा भोज)
- body and blood (σῶμα καὶ αἷμα → सरीर ते खून)
- love (ἀγάπη → निस्वार्थ प्यार)
- appeared [resurrection] (ὤφθη → दिखाई दित्ता)
Terms Requiring Native Speaker Review (High Risk)
Division/schism, wisdom, spiritual/natural person, headship, tongues, discerning the body, body of Christ, firstfruits, last Adam, natural/spiritual body, perishable/imperishable, sting of death/victory, received/handed down, sexual immorality, bought with a price, food-related conscience/knowledge/liberty triad, new covenant — see 07_semantic_analysis.md for full detail per term.
Full-Book Coverage Confirmation
Every chapter of 1 Corinthians (1–16) is represented in this glossary by at least one term, either newly introduced or reused from the baseline Romans translation memory. No chapter was silently omitted.
Critical Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: बिना कमाई दित्ती दया
Transliteration: bina kamai ditti daya
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: मन्नत दा फल (a boon granted in response to a vow, as sought at Vaishno Devi shrine; never use), पुण्य (merit earned through right action, never use)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL: in 1 Corinthians 15:10, grounds Paul’s entire apostolic identity and effortful labor (‘by the grace of God I am what I am’); must resist collapse into either पुण्य (earned merit) or the mannat vow-for-boon transactional logic.
Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhar
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति (liberation from the rebirth cycle, never use), मनोकामना पूरी होना (a wish/boon granted, as through a vow at Vaishno Devi, never use)
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Used in 1 Corinthians 1:18, 15:2; never मुक्ति and never framed as a wish granted through a shrine vow.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्तर आत्मा
Transliteration: pavittar aatma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति (goddess-power, e.g. at Vaishno Devi and Bahu Fort, never use), परमात्मा alone (Hindu universal Self, never use)
Original: Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Central to 1 Corinthians 2:10-14 (spiritual discernment) and 12:4-13 (unified source of all gifts, guarding against a rival-spirits reading).
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parmeshwar
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: भगवान (broad Hindu deity usage, avoid for doctrinal precision)
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Never भगवान, which could evoke any of the region’s actively worshipped deities.
Jesus
Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yishu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा (used in Muslim/Urdu-influenced contexts; reserve for interfaith-dialogue framing only)
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Combined with मसीह as यीशु मसीह throughout 1 Corinthians.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: masih
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Central to the resurrection creed of 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; not one of several divine or avatar figures venerated locally.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: महाराजा (a title strongly associated with the historic Dogra royal dynasty, avoid as the primary term for Christ’s Lordship)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout 1 Corinthians (1:2, 8:6, 10:21, 11:20, 15:58) and at the Lordship confession of 12:3, which must be rendered with identical force to Romans 10:9 per cross-document consistency rules.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: मुर्दघरा चा जिंदा होना
Transliteration: murdaghara cha jinda hona
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation, never use)
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package. Foundational to 1 Corinthians 15:4,12-58 for both Christ’s and believers’ resurrection. Never पुनर्जन्म.
Cross
Approved rendering: क्रूस
Transliteration: kroos
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: generic sacrifice/altar language that could merge with the Bahu Fort Kali shrine’s bali stone imagery, avoid
Original: σταυρός
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
CRITICAL: transliterated to keep the specific Roman-execution-instrument-turned-atonement-symbol referent historically specific and non-substitutable (1:17-18, 2:2). Never softened toward generic sacrifice language.
Temple Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दा मंदर
Transliteration: Parmeshwar da mandar
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Rejected alternatives: bare मंदर unqualified (literal collision with Raghunath Mandir/Bahu Fort), never abbreviate
Original: ναός θεοῦ
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness
CRITICAL: metaphorical only, applied to the corporate church (3:16-17) and to the individual believer’s body (6:19-20). Must never be abbreviated to bare मंदर, and must be sharply distinguished from कलीसिया (church-as-assembly) and from any literal shrine. No physical structure, mannat vow, or prasad practice is in view in either occurrence.
Our Passover
Approved rendering: अपना फसह
Transliteration: apna phasah
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Rejected alternatives: framing that associates this with the Bahu Fort Kali shrine’s ongoing animal-sacrifice (bali) tradition, never use
Original: τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness
CRITICAL: Christ identified as the fulfillment of the Passover sacrifice (5:7) — historical, once-for-all, finished, never a repeatable ritual offering renewed to secure ongoing favor.
Food Sacrificed To Idols
Approved rendering: मूर्ति गी चढ़ाया खाणा
Transliteration: murti gi chadhaya khana
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: प्रसाद (consecrated food returned to devotees after presentation to a deity at Vaishno Devi, Raghunath Mandir, or household puja — an active, positive, everyday category — NEVER use)
Original: εἰδωλόθυτα
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
CRITICAL: Paul’s food-versus-participation distinction (8:4,8 vs. 10:14-21) must be preserved with special pastoral care for converts still embedded in Hindu family life. Every occurrence in chs. 8 and 10 requires mandatory human theologian AND native-speaker pastoral-sensitivity review.
Idol
Approved rendering: मूर्ति
Transliteration: murti
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἴδωλον
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
CRITICAL: the same everyday word for the images at Raghunath Mandir and Bahu Fort. Used accurately for Paul’s monotheistic claim (8:4-6); teaching material must make explicit that this names locally worshipped images directly, not abstract ancient idols alone.
Idolatry
Approved rendering: मूर्ति पूजा
Transliteration: murti puja
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
CRITICAL: names, without euphemism, the practice central to Raghunath Mandir, Bahu Fort, and household puja in the target audience’s own extended families (10:14). Human theologian and pastoral-sensitivity review required.
Demon
Approved rendering: दुष्ट आत्मा
Transliteration: dusht aatma
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: भूत-प्रेत (folk-ghost/ancestor-spirit connotation, NEVER use)
Original: δαιμόνιον
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
CRITICAL: built to parallel and contrast with पवित्तर आत्मा (Holy Spirit) (10:20-21); the spiritual reality behind pagan idol-worship, not local ghost-belief.
Table Of Lord Demons
Approved rendering: प्रभु दा मेज़ / दुष्ट आत्मां दा मेज़
Transliteration: Prabhu da mez / dusht aatmaan da mez
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: τράπεζα κυρίου / τράπεζα δαιμονίων
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
CRITICAL: two mutually exclusive covenantal meal-fellowships (10:21); directly engages Duggar temple-offering and communal-feast culture (e.g. shared prasad meals at Vaishno Devi or temple festivals).
Lords Supper
Approved rendering: प्रभु दा भोज
Transliteration: Prabhu da bhoj
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Rejected alternatives: langar-style Sikh communal-meal framing, avoid, prasad-sharing framing, avoid
Original: κυριακὸν δεῖπνον
Category: The Lord’s Supper
CRITICAL: Christ’s own unique, unrepeatable-in-origin institution (11:20); built from ordinary words (भोज = feast/meal) rather than an opaque loanword, then actively fenced from both langar and prasad-sharing in teaching material — three distinct fencing statements are required (langar, prasad, bali).
Body And Blood
Approved rendering: सरीर ते खून
Transliteration: sarir te khoon
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Rejected alternatives: framing that associates this with the Bahu Fort Kali shrine’s ongoing animal-blood-sacrifice (bali) tradition, never use
Original: σῶμα καὶ αἷμα
Category: The Lord’s Supper
CRITICAL: Christ’s own once-for-all self-giving, symbolically remembered (11:24-25), not a repeated blood offering.
Love
Approved rendering: निस्वार्थ प्यार
Transliteration: nisvarth pyar
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Rejected alternatives: bare प्यार (romantic/familial affection only, avoid as default), प्रेम (prema-bhakti devotional connotation toward Krishna/Vishnu, well-known through Vaishnava worship at Raghunath Mandir, avoid as the unqualified default)
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Love as the Greater Way
CRITICAL: the qualifying compound is required throughout 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 to convey agapē’s self-giving, covenantal, others-oriented character. Never drop the qualifier for cadence or poetic effect; any such shortening requires mandatory theologian review before approval. Highest public-visibility risk in the letter given this chapter’s frequent use at weddings outside Christian contexts.
Appeared Resurrection
Approved rendering: दिखाई दित्ता
Transliteration: dikhai ditta
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Rejected alternatives: दर्शन (the Duggar region’s central devotional category for beholding a deity’s image at a shrine such as Vaishno Devi or Raghunath Mandir, NEVER use, even in casual paraphrase, footnotes, or sermon illustration language)
Original: ὤφθη
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
CRITICAL: a real, verifiable, bodily appearing to specific named witnesses (15:5-8), evidentiary in force — the opposite rhetorical move from an ongoing, repeatable devotional-viewing practice.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: खरी खबर
Transliteration: khari khabar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: सुसमाचार (a Hindi Christian loanword; avoid as the default rendering so this curriculum reads as Dogri, not Hindi with Devanagari spelling)
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. खरी खबर is preferred over सुसमाचार. In 1 Corinthians this is the fixed, apostolically-verified message of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection ‘according to the Scriptures’ (15:3-4, 15:1-2, 15:11), never a generalized positive announcement or a teaching among several. Confirm against the BSI Dogri Bible.
Faith
Approved rendering: भरोसा
Transliteration: bharosa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा (generalized devotional reverence, too broad)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Corinthians 15:2,11,14,17 the object of faith is specifically the historical, apostolically-attested gospel content of vv.3-8; always specify the object in context.
Called
Approved rendering: सद्देआ होया
Transliteration: saddea hoya
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: सद्दा दित्ता (invited, too weak)
Original: κλητός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive in 1 Corinthians: 1:1 (called to apostleship), 1:2 (called to be saints), 1:24 (called, elect), 7:17-24 (extended to one’s life-situation at conversion).
Calling
Approved rendering: सद्द
Transliteration: sadd
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Extended in 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 to one’s God-given social/marital life-situation at conversion; must not be read as an inherited Dogra Rajput lineage-station or caste-bound duty (धरम).
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्तर
Transliteration: pavittar
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध (ritual purity, e.g. before temple darshan, avoid as a substitute)
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Set apart for God, morally pure; distinct from ritual purity before temple worship.
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्तर लोक
Transliteration: pavittar lok
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: साधु (an ascetic holy man, never use for the corporate sense)
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Corinthians 1:2’s address to all believers; not a special renunciant class.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: पवित्तरता
Transliteration: pavittarta
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धिकरण (ritual purification rites, avoid as a substitute)
Original: ἁγιασμός / ἁγιάζω
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Used at 1:2 and 6:11 for personal salvation-sanctification. NOTE: 7:14 uses the same word family in a distinct, narrower ‘household consecration’ sense (an unbelieving spouse’s status through a believing spouse); this must be explicitly distinguished in teaching from the personal-sanctification sense at every occurrence to prevent confusion.
Covenant
Approved rendering: नियम
Transliteration: niyam
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: समझौता (a negotiated deal/contract, too transactional)
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Serves as the base for the compound नवां नियम (new covenant) at 1 Corinthians 11:25.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दी सामर्थ
Transliteration: Parmeshwar di samarth
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति (associated with goddess-power devotion, as at Bahu Fort’s Kali shrine and Vaishno Devi, avoid as the primary term)
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Central to 1 Corinthians 1:18,24 (the cross as God’s power).
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: paap
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: भिट्ट (ritual impurity/pollution, avoid as a substitute)
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Distinguished from भिट्ट throughout the sexual-immorality material of chapters 5-6.
Division Schism
Approved rendering: फूट
Transliteration: phut
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Rejected alternatives: generic disagreement language that would soften the body-rupturing sense, avoid
Original: σχίσμα
Category: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Names the seriousness of the party-loyalty rupture at 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 3:1-9, 4:6-7. Guard against churches unconsciously replicating Dogra society’s own gotra/biraderi clan-based factional loyalty inside the congregation; teaching material should use the audience’s own social intuition of factional loyalty as an explicit warning illustration, not leave the parallel implicit.
Wisdom
Approved rendering: बुद्धी
Transliteration: buddhi
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: ज्ञान / jnana-marga (the self-attained-enlightenment path of Hindu philosophy, avoid as default)
Original: σοφία
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
God’s wisdom revealed and given in the cross (1:18-24, 2:6-7), contrasted with the wisdom of this age; must not collapse into ज्ञान’s self-attained-enlightenment sense. No single Dogri word carries this paradox alone; rely on the built-in contrast with मुर्खता and सामर्थ.
Mystery
Approved rendering: भेद
Transliteration: bhed
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: रहस्य (occult/esoteric-initiate connotation live in regional tantric/folk practice, avoid)
Original: μυστήριον
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
A previously hidden divine plan, now openly disclosed to all believers (2:1,7, 15:51); must not be framed as esoteric knowledge reserved for initiated adepts.
Spiritual Natural Person
Approved rendering: आत्मिक मनुक्ख / सांसारिक मनुक्ख
Transliteration: aatmik mankhu / sansarik mankhu
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: any bare आत्मा-based coinage (risks the Hindu ātman/paramātman two-grades-of-soul reading), avoid
Original: πνευματικός / ψυχικός
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
The Spirit-indwelt believer versus the unregenerate person (2:14-15); anchored on मनुक्ख (person) rather than आत्मा (soul) alone to prevent a metaphysical-soul-hierarchy misreading.
Sexual Immorality
Approved rendering: व्यभिचार
Transliteration: vyabhichar
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Rejected alternatives: भिट्ट (ritual impurity, already rejected in baseline for sin, avoid)
Original: πορνεία
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness
Moral transgression before a personal God requiring church discipline (5:1, 6:9,13,18), not a purity-rite matter resolved by ritual cleansing.
Deliver To Satan
Approved rendering: शैतान दे हवाले करना
Transliteration: Shaitan de havale karna
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Rejected alternatives: folk curse-formula framing, avoid, caste-style permanent social boycott (हुक्का-पानी बंद / hukka-pani band) framing, avoid
Original: παραδοῦναι τῷ Σατανᾷ
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness
Formal, restorative church discipline aimed at repentance (5:5); human theologian review recommended. Must be distinguished from both folk cursing and caste-style social boycott, the nearest functional cultural analogies.
Bought With Price
Approved rendering: मुल्ल देइयै खरीदे गे
Transliteration: mull deiyai kharide ge
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Rejected alternatives: mannat vow-exchange framing (an ongoing negotiated exchange), avoid
Original: ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness
A completed, one-time act establishing God’s ownership over the believer’s body (6:20, 7:23), distinct from the mannat/vow-exchange economy guarded against elsewhere for grace and salvation.
Headship
Approved rendering: सिर / मुखियापन
Transliteration: sir / mukhiyapan
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Rejected alternatives: bare hierarchical-domination framing consistent with izzat-linked patriarchal authority, avoid
Original: κεφαλή
Category: Order in Worship
Christlike, self-giving headship order (11:3), not domination; must always co-occur with the Christlike qualification given the risk of being reheard through Dogra Rajput patriarchal honor-culture (izzat).
New Covenant
Approved rendering: नवां नियम
Transliteration: navaan niyam
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: καινὴ διαθήκη
Category: The Lord’s Supper
Compound built on the baseline नियम; seals the new covenant relationship established through Christ’s death (11:25).
Discerning The Body
Approved rendering: सरीर गी पछानना
Transliteration: sarir gi pachanna
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα
Category: The Lord’s Supper
Recognizing the significance of Christ’s body — and the unity of the church body — in the Supper (11:29); carries both a Christological and an ecclesial sense.
Communion Participation
Approved rendering: संगत (हिस्सेदारी)
Transliteration: sangat (hissedari)
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: κοινωνία (τοῦ αἵματος/σώματος)
Category: The Lord’s Supper
Elevated technical sense of the general baseline संगत, with the supplementary gloss हिस्सेदारी (‘sharing/participation’) where the technical sacramental sense of κοινωνία is active (10:16), distinct from ordinary social fellowship.
Body Of Christ
Approved rendering: मसीह दा सरीर
Transliteration: Masih da sarir
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: σῶμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
The church as Christ’s organic, unified, interdependent body (12:27), directly countering the factionalism named in chapters 1, 3-4.
Tongues
Approved rendering: अनजाणी भाशा
Transliteration: anjani bhasha
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Rejected alternatives: trance/possession-oracle speech framing associated with folk shrine practice, avoid conflating
Original: γλῶσσα
Category: Order in Worship
A genuine Spirit-gift (14:2-6,22-23,39) requiring interpretation for corporate benefit; must be distinguished from regional trance-speech or possession-oracle phenomena by function (edification vs. divination), not surface description alone.
Firstfruits
Approved rendering: पहला फल
Transliteration: pahla phal
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ἀπαρχή
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Christ’s resurrection guarantees believers’ own future bodily resurrection (15:20,23); must be taught as guaranteeing a certain future harvest, not an isolated unconnected event.
Last Adam
Approved rendering: आखरी आदम
Transliteration: aakhri Adam
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Rejected alternatives: avatar-descent repeatable-cycle framing, avoid
Original: ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Federal-headship typology (15:22,45): one representative man’s act determines the destiny of all united to him; must not be assimilated to avatar-theology’s repeatable-descent pattern. No vocabulary substitute is possible here; the typology must be taught explicitly.
Natural Spiritual Body
Approved rendering: सुभाविक सरीर / आत्मिक सरीर
Transliteration: subhavik sarir / aatmik sarir
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Rejected alternatives: moksha escape-from-body framing, avoid
Original: σῶμα ψυχικόν / σῶμα πνευματικόν
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
The present mortal body versus the future Spirit-transformed resurrection body (15:44); affirms continuity of a real transformed body, guarding against a Hindu soul-liberation-from-body (moksha) reading.
Perishable Imperishable
Approved rendering: नाशवान / अविनाशी
Transliteration: nashvaan / avinashi
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Rejected alternatives: eternal, cyclically-reincarnating ātman metaphysics as the ground of अविनाशी, must be explicitly distinguished at every occurrence
Original: φθαρτόν / ἄφθαρτον
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
अविनाशी is also the standard Hindu term for the eternal, unchanging, never-born ātman. Here imperishability is a future, granted, one-time bodily transformation (15:42,50,53-54) — the opposite logic of an eternally pre-existing, cyclically-reincarnating soul. Mandatory contrastive gloss required at every occurrence, not only the first.
Sting Of Death Victory
Approved rendering: मौत दा डंग / जित्त
Transliteration: maut da dang / jitt
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Rejected alternatives: general ‘life goes on’ sentiment softening, avoid
Original: κέντρον θανάτου / νῖκος
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Death as a defeated personal enemy (15:26,54-57); victory-over-death language must not be softened, consistent with the personal (not cyclical/impersonal) framework insisted on elsewhere.
Received Handed Down
Approved rendering: लैना / सौंपना
Transliteration: laina / saumpna
Doctrine: Apostolic Tradition and Transmission
Rejected alternatives: परम्परा / गुरु-परम्परा (the open, evolving teacher-to-disciple lineage of revelation, NEVER use)
Original: παραλαμβάνω / παραδίδωμι
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
The fixed, once-given apostolic gospel and Supper content, passed intact from Christ and the apostles to the church (11:23, 15:1,3) — a closed, historical, eyewitness-verified deposit, not an open oral tradition capable of growth or reinterpretation.
Accursed
Approved rendering: श्राप
Transliteration: shrap
Doctrine: Covenantal Warning (Anathema)
Rejected alternatives: जादू-टोना-style folk-curse/sorcery framing, avoid
Original: ἀνάθεμα
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness
A solemn covenantal warning attached to love for Christ (16:22), echoing ch.5’s discipline seriousness; must be framed as theological warning, not a magical curse-formula analogous to regional folk-cursing practice.
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: कलीसिया
Transliteration: kalisiya
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: मंदर (temple, e.g. Raghunath Mandir/Bahu Fort, never use)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Must remain distinct both from मंदर and from the metaphorical ‘temple of God’ sense unique to 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 and 6:19 (see temple_of_god entry below).
Apostle
Approved rendering: भेजेआ होया
Transliteration: bhejea hoya
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत (generic messenger, too weak)
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Paul’s apostleship, defended throughout 1 Corinthians 1:1, 4:9, 9:1-2, and grounded in resurrection-eyewitness testimony at 15:9.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: आत्मिक दान
Transliteration: aatmik daan
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: वरदान (boon, carries the sense of a wish granted by a deity, avoid as the primary term)
Original: χαρίσματα
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Reinforced MORE insistently in 1 Corinthians 12-14 than in Romans, since these chapters catalogue specific named manifestations (tongues, healing, prophecy) in exactly the register वरदान occupies in regional shrine devotion (e.g. a boon of healing or a child, sought at Vaishno Devi).
Foolishness
Approved rendering: मुर्खता
Transliteration: murkhata
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: μωρία
Category: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
The cross’s paradoxical ‘foolishness’ to those perishing (1:18,23), contrasted sharply with परमेश्वर दी सामर्थ (power of God).
Fleshly Carnal
Approved rendering: मास-लोह् वाली सोच
Transliteration: maas-loh wali soch
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: σάρκινος / σαρκικός
Category: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Diagnoses spiritual immaturity behind Corinthian factionalism (3:1,3); distinct from पाप (sin) itself, which names moral guilt rather than a maturity level.
Fire Testing
Approved rendering: अग्गी कन्नै परख
Transliteration: aggi kannai parakh
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: πῦρ
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness
Eschatological testing of the quality of a minister’s work (3:13), not a threat to personal salvation status.
Steward
Approved rendering: भण्डारी
Transliteration: bhandari
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: οἰκονόμος
Category: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Ministers entrusted with God’s mysteries (4:1-2), accountable to God alone, not independent authorities to be factionally championed.
Servant
Approved rendering: सेवक
Transliteration: sevak
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Rejected alternatives: सेवादार (carries strong Sikh gurdwara-volunteer-service connotations salient in the Jammu-Punjab religious landscape, avoid)
Original: ὑπηρέτης
Category: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Ministers as subordinate helpers under Christ’s authority (4:1).
Leaven
Approved rendering: खमीर
Transliteration: khameer
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: ζύμη
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness
Metaphor for corrupting influence (5:6-8); requires a brief explanatory bridge to the Passover background, unfamiliar to Hindu-background learners.
Virgin Unmarried
Approved rendering: कुंवारी / अणब्याहा
Transliteration: kunwari / anbyaha
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: παρθένος / ἄγαμος
Category: Marriage and Singleness
Marital-status categories (7:8,25-38) addressed with equal dignity to marriage; must avoid any tone implying diminished honor/izzat, given Dogra Rajput culture’s strong marital-status-linked honor expectations. Teaching material should state equal dignity positively at every occurrence.
Separation Divorce
Approved rendering: अलग होना
Transliteration: alag hona
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Rejected alternatives: तलाक (carries strong Islamic-legal-procedure association in regional usage, avoid as default)
Original: χωρισμός / χωρίζεσθαι
Category: Marriage and Singleness
Descriptive Dogri for marital separation/divorce (7:10-15), covering Paul’s teaching on marital permanence and the ‘Pauline privilege.‘
Knowledge
Approved rendering: गिआन
Transliteration: gyan
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: jnana-marga liberating-knowledge path framing, avoid
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Ordinary doctrinal understanding, insufficient without love (8:1,7,10-11); not the Hindu jnana-marga path.
Conscience
Approved rendering: अंतरात्मा
Transliteration: antaratma
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: ātman-metaphysics ‘inner self/soul’ framing, avoid
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Ordinary moral awareness that can be genuinely wounded (8:7,10,12, 10:25-29); not Hindu ātman metaphysics — flag with a clarifying note wherever used.
Liberty Right
Approved rendering: अधिकार
Transliteration: adhikar
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Christian liberty (8:9, 9:4-6,12,18) must be exercised with love, not merely asserted as a right.
Stumbling Block
Approved rendering: ठोकर
Transliteration: thokar
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: πρόσκομμα / σκάνδαλον
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
An obstacle causing another to fall into sin (8:9,13); liberty must yield to love.
Self Control
Approved rendering: आपे उपर काबू
Transliteration: aape upar kaabu
Doctrine: Apostolic Self-Discipline in Ministry
Rejected alternatives: तपस्या / tapasya (ascetic self-mortification practiced for merit or liberation, avoid)
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Paul’s rigorous self-discipline (9:24-27) serves gospel ministry effectiveness, not merit-accumulation.
Cover Head
Approved rendering: सिर ढकणा
Transliteration: sir dhakna
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: κατακαλύπτω / ἀκατακάλυπτος
Category: Order in Worship
First-century head-covering practice (11:5-7,13); the existing dupatta/chunni practice offers a natural but carefully-framed cultural bridge, requiring native-speaker-reviewed framing.
Unworthily
Approved rendering: अयोग्य ढंगे
Transliteration: ayogya dhange
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ἀναξίως
Category: The Lord’s Supper
Warns against careless or divisive participation (11:27), not against personal unworthiness generally, which is universal.
Members
Approved rendering: अंग
Transliteration: ang
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: μέλη
Category: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Individual body parts, each with a distinct, indispensable function (12:12-27).
Interpretation
Approved rendering: तर्जुमा / अर्थ करना
Transliteration: tarjuma / arth karna
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: ἑρμηνεία / διερμηνεύω
Category: Order in Worship
Required companion gift to tongues (14:5,13,26-28); without it, tongues must be silent in the assembly.
Order
Approved rendering: तरतीब
Transliteration: tartib
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Rejected alternatives: व्यवस्था (baseline’s term for the Mosaic Law, avoid confusing worship-order with legal Law)
Original: τάξις
Category: Order in Worship
‘Let all things be done… in order’ (14:40); deliberately distinct from व्यवस्था.
Fallen Asleep
Approved rendering: सो गे
Transliteration: so gae
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ἐκοιμήθησαν
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
A hope-filled euphemism for death pointing to future bodily resurrection (15:6,18,20), not read through a folk-belief lens of ancestor spirits or the reincarnation cycle.
Preach Proclaim
Approved rendering: प्रचार करना
Transliteration: prachar karna
Doctrine: Gospel
Original: κηρύσσω
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Heraldic public proclamation of the unified, non-negotiable apostolic message (15:11).
At One Time
Approved rendering: इक्को बारी
Transliteration: ikko baari
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ἐφάπαξ
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Simultaneity of the five hundred witnesses (15:6); do not over-read as the atonement’s theological ‘once for all’ sense used elsewhere.
Untimely Born
Approved rendering: अधूरे जनमे बच्चे वरगा
Transliteration: adhure janme bachche varga
Doctrine: Apostleship
Original: τῷ ἐκτρώματι
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Paul’s self-deprecating image of unworthiness (15:8); doctrinally about unworthiness and grace, not a general comment on such births. Pastoral sensitivity required around miscarriage/premature-birth imagery.
Labored
Approved rendering: सख्त मजूरी कीती
Transliteration: sakht majoori kiti
Doctrine: Grace and Christian Labor
Rejected alternatives: merit-earning-labor framing that would suggest Paul re-earns standing through effort, avoid
Original: ἐκοπίασα
Category: Salvation
Effort is grace’s fruit, not its precondition (15:10).
Holy Kiss
Approved rendering: पवित्तर बुसी
Transliteration: pavittar busi
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and Generosity
Original: φίλημα ἁγίῳ
Category: Church Discipline and Holiness
A customary ancient-church greeting (16:20). Kissing is not a customary greeting gesture in Dogra culture; teaching notes should discuss a culturally appropriate equivalent (warm embrace or respectful greeting) rather than a literal instruction to kiss.
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Fellowship
Approved rendering: संगत
Transliteration: sangat
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: यारी-दोस्ती (casual friendship, too weak)
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. General sense used at 1:9, 16:19-20. See communion_participation (new term below) for the elevated technical sacramental sense of the same Greek word (κοινωνία) at 10:16.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhavishyavani
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Prioritized over uninterpreted tongues in corporate worship (1 Corinthians 14:1-5,24-25) for its intelligible, edifying character.
Marriage
Approved rendering: ब्याह
Transliteration: byah
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: γάμος / γαμεῖν
Category: Marriage and Singleness
Marriage is good and God-given but not obligatory (7:1-9).
Edification
Approved rendering: उन्नति / निर्माण
Transliteration: unnati / nirman
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: οἰκοδομή
Category: Order in Worship
The controlling criterion for all worship practices (14:3,5,12,26); cf. baseline’s related ‘mutual_edification’ doctrine (आपसी उन्नति).
Disorder
Approved rendering: बे-तरतीबी
Transliteration: be-tartibi
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: ἀκαταστασία
Category: Order in Worship
‘God is not a God of disorder but of peace’ (14:33); grounds the order-command theologically.
Least Worthy
Approved rendering: सारें ना छोटा / योग्य
Transliteration: saarein na chota / yogya
Doctrine: Apostleship
Original: ἐλάχιστος / ἱκανός
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Paul’s humility marker underscoring grace as the sole ground of his apostleship (15:9).
Collection
Approved rendering: चन्दा
Transliteration: chanda
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and Generosity
Original: λογία
Category: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
A gathered fund/offering for the Jerusalem saints (16:1-2); concrete cross-congregational generosity.
Maranatha
Approved rendering: मरानाथा
Transliteration: Maranatha
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: Μαρὰν ἀθά
Category: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Aramaic liturgical exclamation of eager expectation for Christ’s return (16:22), preserved as a transliteration following the same precedent as the baseline’s treatment of ‘Abba’.
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