Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Ephesians — English → Dogri
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, drawn from every chapter of Ephesians (1–6) including the core passage (2:1-10). Terms marked “Reused — Romans TM” carry forward the exact baseline rendering from translation_memory.json and must not be altered. Terms marked “New — Ephesians” are proposed additions requiring the same theologian/native-speaker review routing conventions as the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json. Risk tiers and review routing follow the baseline’s definitions exactly:
- Critical — Human theologian review required for every occurrence.
- High — Human theologian review required.
- Medium — Native speaker review recommended.
- Low — Automated review sufficient.
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline
| English Term | Dogri Term | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine (Ephesians) | Baseline Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grace | बिना कमाई दित्ती दया | bina kamai ditti daya | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | translation_memory.json |
| faith | भरोसा | bharosa | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | translation_memory.json |
| salvation | उद्धार | uddhar | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | translation_memory.json |
| righteousness | धरमीपन | dharmipan | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | translation_memory.json |
| gospel | खरी खबर | khari khabar | High | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | translation_memory.json |
| holy | पवित्तर | pavittar | High | Church as Body of Christ / Household Codes | translation_memory.json |
| saints | पवित्तर लोक | pavittar lok | High | Church as Body of Christ | translation_memory.json |
| sanctification | पवित्तरता | pavittarta | High | Walking in Newness of Life | translation_memory.json |
| adoption | गोद लैने आह् पुत्तर बनाना | god laine aah puttar banana | High | Election and Predestination in Christ | translation_memory.json |
| church | कलीसिया | kalisiya | Medium | Church as Body of Christ | translation_memory.json |
| calling / called | सद्द / सद्देआ होया | sadd / saddea hoya | High | Election and Predestination in Christ | translation_memory.json |
| election | परमेश्वर दी चोन | Parmeshwar di chon | High | Election and Predestination in Christ | translation_memory.json |
| gentiles | गैर-यहूदी | gair-yahudi | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | translation_memory.json |
| lord | प्रभु | prabhu | Critical | Household Codes (contrast with मालिक) / Christ’s headship | translation_memory.json |
| holy_spirit | पवित्तर आत्मा | pavittar aatma | Critical | Gifts for Building Up the Church / Spiritual Warfare | translation_memory.json |
| father | पिता | pita | Critical | Election and Predestination in Christ | translation_memory.json |
| abba | अब्बा | Abba | High | (background; not directly in Ephesians text but consistency-relevant) | translation_memory.json |
| peace | शान्ति | shanti | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles / Armor of God | translation_memory.json |
| spiritual_gifts | आत्मिक दान | aatmik daan | Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | translation_memory.json |
| fellowship | संगत | sangat | Low | Church as Body of Christ | translation_memory.json |
| power_of_god | परमेश्वर दी सामर्थ | Parmeshwar di samarth | High | Election and Predestination / Spiritual Warfare | translation_memory.json |
| exhort | हौसला देना | hausla dena | Low | Gifts for Building Up the Church | translation_memory.json |
| jesus | यीशु | Yishu | Critical | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | translation_memory.json |
| god | परमेश्वर | Parmeshwar | Critical | (all doctrines) | translation_memory.json |
| sin | पाप | paap | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | translation_memory.json |
| imputed_righteousness | गिनी गेई धरमीपन | gini gei dharmipan | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith (Eph 2:8-9) | translation_memory.json |
B. New Terms Introduced by Ephesians
| English Term | Original (Greek) | Transliteration | Dogri Term | Dogri Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Key Passages | Alternatives Rejected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dead (in sin) | νεκρός | nekros | मरे होए | mare hoye | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:1, 2:5 | — | Spiritual, not karmic, deadness; must not read as residue of a past life. |
| trespass | παράπτωμα | paraptōma | अपराध | aparadh | Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:1, 2:5 | भिट्ट (ritual impurity, rejected per baseline sin entry) | Specific-act nuance distinct from पाप. |
| walk (conduct) | περιπατέω | peripateō | चलणा | chalna | Medium | Walking in Newness of Life | 2:2, 2:10, 4:1, 4:17, 5:2, 5:8, 5:15 | — | Governing metaphor across the whole book; ongoing conduct, not a single ritual walk/pilgrimage. |
| age / course (of this world) | αἰών | aiōn | इस दुनिया दा चलन | is duniya da chalan | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:2 | जुग (rejected — evokes Hindu cyclical yuga cosmology) | Linear present epoch, not a cosmic cycle. |
| prince of the power of the air | ὁ ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος | ho archōn tēs exousias tou aeros | हवा दी हकूमत दा हाकम | hawa di hakumat da hakam | High | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | 2:2 | — | Personal devil, not an impersonal/placatable folk spirit. |
| devil / Satan | διάβολος / σατανᾶς | diabolos / satanas | शैतान | Shaitan | Medium | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | 4:27, 6:11 | — | Established regional loanword. |
| sons of disobedience | υἱοὶ τῆς ἀπειθείας | huioi tēs apeitheias | न मन्नने वाले | na mannde wale | Medium | Universal Human Accountability (Romans-linked) | 2:2, 5:6 | — | Descriptive, not a proper caste/class label. |
| lust / desire (sinful) | ἐπιθυμία | epithymia | बुरी लालसा | buri lalsa | Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:3, 4:22 | — | — |
| flesh (sinful nature) | σάρξ | sarx | पापमय सुभा | paapmay subha | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:3 | शरीर alone (reserved for literal, neutral body) | Not a body-is-evil dualism; keep distinct from literal “body” usage in 5:28-30. |
| children of wrath | τέκνα φύσει ὀργῆς | tekna physei orgēs | गुस्से दे औलाद | gusse de aulad | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:3 | — | — |
| wrath (God’s) | ὀργή | orgē | क्रोध | krodh | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:3, 5:6 | — | Righteous, judicial wrath, satisfied in Christ — never appeased by a mannat-style offering/vow. |
| mercy | ἔλεος | eleos | दया | daya | Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:4 | — | Distinct from, paired with, grace. |
| love | ἀγάπη / ἀγαπάω | agapē / agapaō | प्यार | pyar | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith / Household Codes | 2:4, 3:17-19, 4:2, 4:15-16, 5:2, 5:25, 5:28, 5:33 | ईश्क़/प्रेम-भक्ति (romantic/devotional longing, avoid as primary frame) | God’s initiating, sacrificial love moving toward the unworthy — direction reversed from devotee-to-deity bhakti longing. |
| made alive together (with Christ) | συζωοποιέω | syzōopoieō | मसीह कन्नै मिलकर नमीं जिंदगी मिली | Masih kannai milkar nawi jindagi mili | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:5 | पुनर्जन्म (never; reincarnation, forbidden per baseline resurrection entry) | Once-accomplished union with Christ’s resurrection, not a repeatable rebirth cycle. |
| raised/seated together (heavenly places) | συνεγείρω, συγκαθίζω | synegeirō, synkathizō | मसीह कन्नै उठाए ते बिठाए गे | Masih kannai uthaae te bithaae gaye | High | Election and Predestination in Christ | 2:6 | — | Positional/spiritual, not the believer’s own future bodily resurrection. |
| heavenly places | ἐπουράνιος | epouranios | अम्बर आह्ली जगहां | ambar aahli jagahan | High | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | 1:3, 2:6, 3:10, 6:12 | — | One realm under the one true God, not one abode among several deities’ domains (cf. Vaishno Devi/Trikuta associations). |
| riches (of grace/glory) | πλοῦτος | ploutos | भरपूर दौलत | bharpoor daulat | Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:7, 3:8, 3:16 | — | Figurative abundance; avoid prosperity-gospel drift. |
| kindness | χρηστότης | chrēstotēs | मेहरबानी | meharbani | Low-Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:7, 4:32 | — | — |
| gift | δῶρον | dōron | सौगात | saugat | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:8 | दान (rejected — implies a meritorious human religious donation, inverting the verse’s direction) | Salvation is God’s unilateral gift to us, never our offering to him. |
| works | ἔργον | ergon | कम्म | kamm | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:9 | पुण्य (merit, rejected per baseline grace entry) | Categorically excluded as the ground of salvation. |
| boast | καυχάομαι | kauchaomai | घमंड करना | ghamand karna | Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:9 | — | — |
| workmanship | ποίημα | poiēma | परमेश्वर दी रचना | Parmeshwar di rachna | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:10 | — | We are the product of God’s grace-work, not its architects. |
| create | κτίζω | ktizō | रचना / बनाना | rachna / banana | Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:10, 3:9, 4:24 | — | — |
| good works | ἔργα ἀγαθά | erga agatha | नेक कम्म | nek kamm | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 2:10 | — | Fruit and purpose of salvation, never its cause. |
| prepared beforehand | προετοιμάζω | proetoimazō | पहले थमां तैयार कीते | phele thamma taiyar kite | Medium | Election and Predestination in Christ | 2:10 | — | — |
| blessed / blessing | εὐλογητός / εὐλογία | eulogētos / eulogia | आशीष | aashish | Medium | Election and Predestination in Christ | 1:3 | बरकत (acceptable alternative, not preferred) | — |
| predestined | προορίζω | proorizō | पहले थमां ठहराना | phele thamma thehrana | Critical | Election and Predestination in Christ | 1:5, 1:11 | किस्मत (fate, never — per baseline election/providence entries) | Personal, relational, purposeful — not impersonal destiny. |
| redemption | ἀπολύτρωσις | apolytrōsis | छुटकारा | chhutkara | Critical | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 1:7, 1:14, 4:30 | मुक्ति (never; rebirth-cycle liberation, forbidden per baseline salvation entry) | Costly, blood-bought deliverance by Christ. |
| forgiveness | ἄφεσις | aphesis | माफी | maafi | Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 1:7 | — | Narrower than, and distinct from, justification (धर्मी ठहराए जाना). |
| mystery | μυστήριον | mystērion | भेद | bhed | High | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 1:9, 3:3-9, 5:32, 6:19 | रहस्य (rejected — Vedantic/esoteric-mystical connotation of hidden teaching for initiates) | The plan is now openly revealed to all, the opposite of esoteric secrecy. |
| fullness of the times | πλήρωμα τῶν καιρῶν | plērōma tōn kairōn | समां दी भरपूरी | samaan di bharpoori | Medium | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 1:10 | — | — |
| inheritance | κληρονομία | klēronomia | विरासत | virasat | High | Election and Predestination in Christ | 1:11, 1:14, 1:18 | — | Received through adoption/grace, not bloodline or caste birthright. |
| sealed | σφραγίζω | sphragizō | मोहर लाना | mohar launa | High | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 1:13, 4:30 | — | Invisible Spirit-mark of ownership, not a visible ritual/caste mark (tilak, sacred thread). |
| guarantee / down payment | ἀρραβών | arrabōn | जमानत | zamanat | High | Election and Predestination in Christ | 1:14 | — | God’s pledge to the believer — reverse direction from a mannat vow. |
| body (of Christ) | σῶμα (Χριστοῦ) | sōma (Christou) | मसीह दा शरीर | Masih da sharir | High | Church as Body of Christ | 1:22-23, 4:12, 4:16, 5:23, 5:30 | — | Organic spiritual union, not mere organizational metaphor. |
| fullness | πλήρωμα | plērōma | भरपूरी | bharpoori | High | Church as Body of Christ / Mystery of Christ | 1:23, 3:19, 4:13 | — | — |
| head | κεφαλή | kephalē | सिर | sir | High | Church as Body of Christ / Household Codes | 1:22, 4:15, 5:23 | — | Authoritative, self-giving source — not domineering control. |
| circumcision / uncircumcision | περιτομή / ἀκροβυστία | peritomē / akrobystia | खतना / बे-खतना | khatna / be-khatna | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 2:11 | — | — |
| dividing wall | τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ | to mesotoichon tou phragmou | बिच दी कंध | bich di kandh | High | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 2:14 | — | Extends to caste-wall (jaati) mentality. |
| reconciliation / reconcile | καταλλαγή / ἀποκαταλλάσσω | katallagē / apokatallassō | मेल-मिलाप | mel-milap | Critical | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 2:16 | — | God’s own initiative, not a negotiated or elder-mediated peace. |
| one new man / new humanity | εἷς καινὸς ἄνθρωπος | heis kainos anthrōpos | इक नमां मनुक्ख | ik nawa manukkh | High | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 2:15 | — | Genuinely new corporate identity superseding ethnic/caste categories. |
| access | προσαγωγή | prosagōgē | सीधी पुज्ज | sidhi pujj | High | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 2:18, 3:12 | — | Direct, unmediated — not priest-mediated shrine darshan. |
| foreigners / strangers | ξένοι, πάροικοι | xenoi, paroikoi | परदेसी | pardesi | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 2:19 | — | — |
| fellow citizens | συμπολῖται | sympolitai | साथी नागरिक | sathi nagarik | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 2:19 | — | — |
| household of God | οἰκεῖοι τοῦ Θεοῦ | oikeioi tou Theou | परमेश्वर दा घराणा | Parmeshwar da gharana | Medium | Church as Body of Christ | 2:19 | — | — |
| cornerstone | ἀκρογωνιαῖος | akrogōniaios | कोने दा मुक्ख पत्थर | kone da mukkh patthar | High | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 2:20 | — | Not one ritual foundation-stone among many (avoid shilanyas/bhoomi pujan conflation). |
| holy temple | ναὸς ἅγιος | naos hagios | पवित्तर निवास | pavittar nivas | Critical | Church as Body of Christ | 2:21 | मंदर (forbidden — per baseline church entry) | Church itself as God’s dwelling; extra care since text itself uses temple imagery. |
| dwelling place of God (through the Spirit) | κατοικητήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Πνεύματι | katoikētērion tou Theou en Pneumati | आत्मा राहें परमेश्वर दा बासा | aatma rahen Parmeshwar da baasa | Critical | Church as Body of Christ | 2:22 | — | Not analogous to prana-pratishtha idol-consecration ritual. |
| stewardship | οἰκονομία | oikonomia | जिम्मेदारी | jimmedari | Medium | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 3:2, 3:9 | — | — |
| unsearchable riches | ἀνεξιχνίαστος πλοῦτος | anexichniastos ploutos | अनगिनत दौलत | anginat daulat | Medium | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 3:8 | — | — |
| boldness / confident access | παρρησία | parrēsia | हिम्मत | himmat | Medium | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 3:12 | — | — |
| rooted and grounded (in love) | ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι | errizōmenoi kai tethemeliōmenoi | जड़ां लाई ते बुनियाद रक्खी | jaran laai te buniyad rakkhi | Low | Church as Body of Christ | 3:17 | — | — |
| fullness of God | πλήρωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ | plērōma tou Theou | परमेश्वर दी भरपूरी | Parmeshwar di bharpoori | High | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 3:19 | — | — |
| lowliness | ταπεινοφροσύνη | tapeinophrosynē | नमरता | namrata | Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 4:2 | — | Voluntary Christlike virtue, not caste-imposed self-abasement. |
| gentleness | πραΰτης | prautēs | नरमी | narmi | Low | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 4:2 | — | — |
| patience / longsuffering | μακροθυμία | makrothymia | सहनशीलता | sahanshilta | Low | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 4:2 | — | — |
| unity of the Spirit | ἑνότης τοῦ Πνεύματος | henotēs tou Pneumatos | आत्मा दी एकता | aatma di ekta | High | Church as Body of Christ | 4:3 | — | — |
| hope | ἐλπίς | elpis | आस | aas | Medium | Election and Predestination in Christ | 1:18, 4:4 | किस्मत (fate, rejected) | Confident hope grounded in God’s promise, not vague wishing or mannat-outcome hoping. |
| baptism | βάπτισμα | baptisma | बपतिस्मा | baptisma | Medium-High | Church as Body of Christ | 4:5 | स्नान/ishnan-style repeated ritual bathing (avoid conflation) | Singular sign, not a repeatable purification rite. |
| evangelist | εὐαγγελιστής | euangelistēs | खरी खबर सुनाने वाला | khari khabar sunaane wala | Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 4:11 | — | — |
| pastor / shepherd | ποιμήν | poimēn | आजड़ी | aajdi | Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 4:11 | — | Distinct from devotionally-venerated “guru” role. |
| teacher | διδάσκαλος | didaskalos | सिखांणे वाला | sikhaanhe wala | Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 4:11 | — | Distinct from “guru” veneration. |
| equipping | καταρτισμός | katartismos | तैयार करना | taiyar karna | Low-Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 4:12 | — | — |
| mature manhood / full growth | ἀνὴρ τέλειος | anēr teleios | सियाने मनुक्ख | siyane manukkh | Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 4:13 | — | — |
| truth | ἀλήθεια | alētheia | सच्चाई | sachaai | Low-Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church / Armor of God | 4:15, 4:25, 6:14 | — | — |
| old self / new self | παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος / καινὸς ἄνθρωπος | palaios anthrōpos / kainos anthrōpos | पुराना मनुक्ख / नमां मनुक्ख | purana manukkh / nawa manukkh | High | Walking in Newness of Life | 4:22, 4:24 | — | Decisive, permanent identity change, not seasonal ritual role-change. |
| renewed (in spirit of mind) | ἀνανεόω | ananeoō | मन दी नमींकरण | man di nawinkaran | Medium | Walking in Newness of Life | 4:23 | — | — |
| grieve (the Holy Spirit) | λυπέω | lypeō | पवित्तर आत्मा गमां दिना | pavittar aatma gamaa dena | Critical | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 4:30 | — | The Spirit is a grievable Person, never an impersonal force. |
| tenderhearted / forgiving | εὔσπλαγχνος, χαριζόμενοι | eusplanchnos, charizomenoi | दिलदार, माफ करना | dildar, maaf karna | Low-Medium | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | 4:32 | — | — |
| imitators of God | μιμηταὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ | mimētai tou Theou | परमेश्वर जेह्या बनना | Parmeshwar jehya banna | Medium | Walking in Newness of Life | 5:1 | — | — |
| offering and sacrifice | προσφορὰ καὶ θυσία | prosphora kai thysia | भेंट ते बलिदान | bhent te balidan | Critical | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 5:2 | — | Must be distinguished from the Baba Jitto folk-martyr self-sacrifice tradition; never casually equated. |
| idolatry | εἰδωλολατρία | eidōlolatria | मूरतां दी पूजा | murtan di pooja | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 5:5 | — | Extremely sensitive given regional idol/murti devotion; requires pastoral-sensitivity note and mandatory theologian review. |
| children of light / darkness | τέκνα φωτός / σκότους | tekna phōtos / skotous | चाननी दे औलाद / न्हेरे दे औलाद | chanani de aulad / nhere de aulad | Medium-High | Walking in Newness of Life | 5:8 | — | — |
| fruit (of the Spirit/light) | καρπός | karpos | फल | phal | Medium | Walking in Newness of Life | 5:9 | — | Spirit-given produce, not self-earned karma-phal. |
| be filled with the Spirit | πληροῦσθε ἐν Πνεύματι | plērousthe en Pneumati | पवित्तर आत्मा कन्नै भरपूर होना | pavittar aatma kannai bharpoor hona | Critical | Gifts for Building Up the Church | 5:18 | शक्ति-कन्नै काबू खोणा (ecstatic possession-trance framing, forbidden) | Must not be equated with Shakta possession-trance devotion (jagrata practice). |
| submitting to one another | ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις | hypotassomenoi allēlois | इक-दुए दे अधीन रौणा | ik-due de adhin rauna | High | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | 5:21 | — | Frames mutuality behind all household instructions. |
| Savior (of the body) | σωτήρ | sōtēr | उद्धारकर्ता | uddharkarta | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | 5:23 | — | Exclusive title — not one of several local rescuer-figures/protector-deities. |
| washing (of water, by the word) | λουτρόν | loutron | बचन राहें धोना | bachan rahen dhona | High | Church as Body of Christ | 5:26 | इशनान/स्नान-style ritual bath (avoid) | Word-accomplished spiritual cleansing, not literal ritual ablution. |
| one flesh | μία σάρξ | mia sarx | इक जिस्म | ik jism | Medium | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | 5:31 | — | — |
| obey (children/parents) | ὑπακούετε | hypakouete | मन्नना | mannana | Medium | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | 6:1 | — | Christ-grounded filial obedience, not custom-keeping (rīt-rivāj). |
| honor (father/mother) | τίμα | tima | इज्जत करो | izzat karo | Medium | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | 6:2 | — | Loving respect, not lineage-status enforcement. |
| nurture and admonition of the Lord | παιδεία, νουθεσία | paideia, nouthesia | सिखलाई ते समझाणी | sikhlai te samjhani | Low-Medium | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | 6:4 | — | — |
| bondservants / masters | δοῦλοι / κύριοι | douloi / kyrioi | गुलाम / मालिक | ghulam / malik | High | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | 6:5-9 | प्रभु for human “master” (forbidden — reserved exclusively for Christ) | Critical consistency rule: κύριος = “master” here must never be rendered प्रभु. |
| no respect of persons | προσωπολημψία | prosōpolēmpsia | पख-पात | paksh-paat | High | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | 6:9 | — | Extends caste (jaati) impartiality alongside master/servant impartiality. |
| whole armor of God | πανοπλία τοῦ Θεοῦ | panoplia tou Theou | परमेश्वर दे सारे शस्तर | Parmeshwar de saare shastar | High | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | 6:11, 6:13 | — | Spiritual, not literal martial-caste valor (izzat-linked weapon/battle honor). |
| wiles / schemes (of the devil) | μεθοδεία τοῦ διαβόλου | methodeia tou diabolou | शैतान दी चालबाजी | Shaitan di chaalbaazi | High | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | 6:11 | — | — |
| wrestle / contend | πάλη | palē | जूह् | jujh | Medium | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | 6:12 | — | — |
| principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, spiritual forces of evil | ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι, κοσμοκράτορες τοῦ σκότους, τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας | archai, exousiai, kosmokratores tou skotous, ta pneumatika tēs ponērias | हकूमतां, अधिकार, इस जुगे दे न्हेरे दे हाकम, अम्बर आह्ली बदमाशी आत्मां | hakumatan, adhikar, is juge de nhere de hakam, ambar aahli badmashi aatman | Critical | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | 6:12 | shakti/bhoot-pret-framed spirit language (forbidden) | Never addressed through exorcism ritual, evil-eye charms, or appeasement offerings — engaged through Christ’s finished victory alone. |
| word of God (sword of the Spirit) | ῥῆμα Θεοῦ | rhēma Theou | परमेश्वर दा बचन | Parmeshwar da bachan | Medium | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | 6:17 | — | Revealed truth in action, not a literal weapon-fetish or incantation. |
| prayer and supplication | προσευχή, δέησις | proseuchē, deēsis | प्रार्थना ते बिनती | prarthna te binti | Medium | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | 6:18 | — | Distinct from mannat-style petitionary prayer offered in exchange for a vow. |
| ambassador | πρεσβεύω | presbeuō | राजदूत | rajdoot | Low-Medium | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | 6:20 | — | Distinct from, related to, “one sent” (apostle). |
C. Cross-Reference to Curriculum Doctrines
| Curriculum Doctrine | Primary New Terms | Primary Reused Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Salvation by Grace through Faith | dead, trespass, wrath, mercy, love, made alive together, gift, works, boast, workmanship, good works, idolatry | grace, faith, salvation, righteousness, sin, imputed_righteousness |
| Election and Predestination in Christ | blessed, predestined, redemption, inheritance, sealed, guarantee, hope | adoption, calling, election, father |
| The Church as the Body of Christ | body of Christ, fullness, head, household of God, holy temple, dwelling place of God, unity of the Spirit, baptism, washing | church, saints, fellowship |
| Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | dividing wall, reconciliation, one new man, access, fellow citizens, circumcision/uncircumcision | gentiles |
| The Mystery of Christ Revealed | mystery, fullness of the times, stewardship, unsearchable riches, cornerstone, offering and sacrifice, ambassador | gospel, jesus |
| Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | prince of the power of the air, devil, armor of God, wiles of the devil, principalities and powers, word of God, prayer and supplication | power_of_god, holy_spirit |
| Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | submitting to one another, head (husband/wife), Savior, one flesh, obey, honor, bondservants/masters, no respect of persons | lord (contrast with मालिक) |
| Gifts for Building Up the Church | evangelist, pastor, teacher, equipping, mature manhood, lowliness, gentleness, patience, grieve the Holy Spirit, sealed | spiritual_gifts, exhort, calling |
| Walking in Newness of Life | walk, old self/new self, renewed, children of light/darkness, fruit, be filled with the Spirit, imitators of God | sanctification, holy |
This glossary must be merged into an updated translation_memory.json (version increment required) before Phase 2 segment translation of Ephesians begins.
Critical Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: बिना कमाई दित्ती दया
Transliteration: bina kamai ditti daya
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: मन्नत दा फल (vow-granted boon, never use), पुण्य (merit, never use)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 2:8-9 is the sharpest New Testament grace/works antithesis; must resist both a merit reading and the Vaishno Devi mannat vow-for-boon transactional logic.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: धरमीपन
Transliteration: dharmipan
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: धरम (avoid Dogra Rajput lineage-duty associations)
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Pictured as the breastplate of the believer’s armor in Ephesians 6:14.
Justification
Approved rendering: धर्मी ठहराए जाना
Transliteration: dharmi thehrae jana
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: माफी मिलना (forgiveness received, too narrow)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Underlies the forensic logic of Ephesians 2:8-9 even though the term itself is not repeated verbatim in Ephesians’ Greek text; retained for cross-curriculum consistency.
Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhar
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति (rebirth-cycle liberation, never use), मनोकामना पूरी होना (wish granted through a shrine vow, never use)
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Pictured as the helmet of the believer’s armor in Ephesians 6:17.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: मुर्दघरा चा जिंदा होना
Transliteration: murdaghara cha jinda hona
Doctrine: Union with Christ (background)
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation, never use)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Necessary background term for Ephesians 2:5-6’s ‘made alive/raised with Christ’ language; never पुनर्जन्म.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship and Supreme Authority of Christ
Rejected alternatives: महाराजा (historic Dogra dynastic title, never use)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. CRITICAL Ephesians-specific consistency rule: reserved exclusively for Christ (1:2-3, 1:17, 4:5, 5:20, 6:23-24); the human household head in 6:5-9 (κύριος = ‘master’) must be रendered मालिक instead, never प्रभु.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दा पुत्तर
Transliteration: Parmeshwar da puttar
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: अवतार (avatar-descent, never use)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Underlies Ephesians 4:13, ‘the knowledge of the Son of God.‘
Incarnation
Approved rendering: मानखे दा रूप लैना
Transliteration: mankhe da roop laina
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: अवतार (never use)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Relevant to Ephesians 2:14-16 (‘in his flesh’) and 4:9-10’s descent language; never framed as avatar-descent.
Jesus
Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yishu
Doctrine: Lordship and Supreme Authority of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा (reserve for interfaith-dialogue framing only)
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Used throughout Ephesians in the formula ‘in Christ Jesus.‘
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parmeshwar
Doctrine: (all Ephesians doctrines)
Rejected alternatives: भगवान (broad Hindu deity usage, avoid)
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Subject of Ephesians’ opening praise (1:3) and of all doctrine in the book.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्तर आत्मा
Transliteration: pavittar aatma
Doctrine: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit / Sealing by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति (goddess-power, never use), परमात्मा alone (never use)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Personal, indwelling, sealing (1:13), gift-giving (4:11-12), grievable (4:30), and to be filled with (5:18) — personhood especially load-bearing in Ephesians.
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: pita
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Source of every family’s true naming (3:14-15) and of the church’s adoption (1:5).
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: गिनी गेई धरमीपन
Transliteration: gini gei dharmipan
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: कमाई गेई धरमीपन (earned righteousness, explicitly rejected)
Original: χάριτί ἐστε σεσωσμένοι διὰ πίστεως
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Directly parallel to the 2:8-9 imputation logic of salvation credited, not earned.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: masih
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Used throughout Ephesians as ‘Christ.‘
Made Alive With Christ
Approved rendering: मसीह कन्नै मिलकर नमीं जिंदगी मिली
Transliteration: Masih kannai milkar nawi jindagi mili
Doctrine: Union with Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation, never use)
Original: συζωοποιέω
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:5). Echoes the baseline’s Critical resurrection caution: a decisive, once-accomplished spiritual reality in union with Christ, never a repeatable rebirth cycle.
Gift
Approved rendering: सौगात
Transliteration: saugat
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: दान (meritorious human religious donation, e.g. temple daan; rejected — inverts salvation’s direction from God-to-us into a human offering)
Original: δῶρον
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:8). Salvation is entirely God’s giving, never humanity’s achievement or offering to God; mandatory Critical-tier validation check that सौगात, not दान, was used.
Works
Approved rendering: कम्म
Transliteration: kamm
Doctrine: Grace Excludes Works as the Ground of Salvation
Rejected alternatives: पुण्य (merit earned through right action, rejected per baseline grace entry)
Original: ἔργον
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:9). Categorically excluded as the ground of salvation; must never be blended with पुण्य.
Predestined
Approved rendering: पहले थमां ठहराना
Transliteration: phele thamma thehrana
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: किस्मत (impersonal fate, never use — forbidden per baseline election/providence entries)
Original: προορίζω
Category: Election
New — Ephesians (1:5, 1:11). Personal, relational, purposeful determination ‘according to the good pleasure of his will.‘
Redemption
Approved rendering: छुटकारा
Transliteration: chhutkara
Doctrine: Redemption and the Forgiveness of Sins
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति (rebirth-cycle liberation, never use — forbidden per baseline salvation entry)
Original: ἀπολύτρωσις
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (1:7, 1:14; 4:30). Costly, blood-bought deliverance by a specific, personal Redeemer, not release from an impersonal cosmic cycle.
Reconciliation
Approved rendering: मेल-मिलाप
Transliteration: mel-milap
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross
Original: καταλλαγή / ἀποκαταλλάσσω
Category: Unity
New — Ephesians (2:16). God’s unilateral initiative through the cross, not a negotiated peace treaty between equals nor a panchayat-style mediated social patch-up.
Holy Temple
Approved rendering: पवित्तर निवास
Transliteration: pavittar nivas
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Holy Temple and Dwelling Place
Rejected alternatives: मंदर (forbidden — per baseline church entry, even though the source text itself uses temple imagery here)
Original: ναὸς ἅγιος
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (2:21). The church itself, not a building, growing into God’s dwelling place; the highest-friction passage in the book because the source text’s own imagery must be resisted lexically.
Dwelling Place Of God
Approved rendering: आत्मा राहें परमेश्वर दा बासा
Transliteration: aatma rahen Parmeshwar da baasa
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Holy Temple and Dwelling Place
Original: κατοικητήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Πνεύματι
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (2:22). Must not be read as parallel to prana-pratishtha idol-consecration ritual; God’s Spirit indwells his people relationally, not by ritual invocation into an image.
Grieve The Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्तर आत्मा गमां दिना
Transliteration: pavittar aatma gamaa dena
Doctrine: Sealing by the Holy Spirit
Original: λυπέω
Category: God
New — Ephesians (4:30). The Spirit is a grievable Person; never शक्ति, never an impersonal force incapable of being grieved.
Offering And Sacrifice
Approved rendering: भेंट ते बलिदान
Transliteration: bhent te balidan
Doctrine: Christ’s Atoning Self-Sacrifice
Original: προσφορὰ καὶ θυσία
Category: Christology
New — Ephesians (5:2). Must be explicitly distinguished from the local Baba Jitto folk-martyr self-sacrifice tradition (Aghar Jitto shrine, Jitto Da Mela); Christ’s atoning, once-for-all, divine self-offering is never a human protest self-sacrifice, however sympathetically remembered.
Idolatry
Approved rendering: मूरतां दी पूजा
Transliteration: murtan di pooja
Doctrine: Idolatry and Exclusion from the Kingdom
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sin
New — Ephesians (5:5). Exceptionally sensitive given murti (image) worship centrality at Raghunath Mandir, Bahu Fort, and Vaishno Devi; render faithfully without softening, with mandatory pastoral-sensitivity translator note.
Filled With The Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्तर आत्मा कन्नै भरपूर होना
Transliteration: pavittar aatma kannai bharpoor hona
Doctrine: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति-कन्नै काबू खोणा (ecstatic possession-trance framing, forbidden), चढ़ना/आना used of deity-possession (forbidden verb roots)
Original: πληροῦσθε ἐν Πνεύματι
Category: God
New — Ephesians (5:18). Must be sharply distinguished from Shakta possession-trance devotion (jagrata practice); biblical Spirit-filling is ongoing, self-possessed, and produces worship/submission, not loss of self-control.
Savior
Approved rendering: उद्धारकर्ता
Transliteration: uddharkarta
Doctrine: Christ as Savior of the Church
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Christology
New — Ephesians (5:23). Must retain exclusivity — not one of several personal rescuer-figures or protector-deities in local devotion, including the folk-venerated Baba Jitto invoked for deliverance from hardship.
Principalities And Powers
Approved rendering: हकूमतां, अधिकार, इस जुगे दे न्हेरे दे हाकम, अम्बर आह्ली बदमाशी आत्मां
Transliteration: hakumatan, adhikar, is juge de nhere de hakam, ambar aahli badmashi aatman
Doctrine: Principalities, Powers, and Spiritual Forces of Evil
Original: ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι, κοσμοκράτορες τοῦ σκότους, τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New — Ephesians (2:2; 6:12). Must not be equated with, or addressed through the ritual logic of, bhoot-pret possession/exorcism (jhaadu-phoonk), nazar-warding charms, or a folk pantheon requiring placation; engaged only through truth, righteousness, gospel, faith, salvation, the Spirit’s word, and prayer.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: खरी खबर
Transliteration: khari khabar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: सुसमाचार (Hindi Christian loanword; avoid as default so this curriculum reads as Dogri)
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. In Ephesians specifically the proclamation of peace uniting Jew and Gentile in Christ (1:13, 3:6, 6:15, 6:19), not generic good fortune or a mannat-style granted wish.
Faith
Approved rendering: भरोसा
Transliteration: bharosa
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा (generalized devotional reverence, too broad)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Object of faith (Christ) must remain recoverable from context in every Ephesians occurrence (2:8, 3:12, 6:16).
Called
Approved rendering: सद्देआ होया
Transliteration: saddea hoya
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: सद्दा दित्ता (invited, too weak)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 4:1,4: ‘the calling with which you are called.‘
Calling
Approved rendering: सद्द
Transliteration: sadd
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 1:18: ‘the hope of his calling.‘
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्तर
Transliteration: pavittar
Doctrine: Sanctification and Holy Living
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध (ritual purity, avoid)
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. The goal of election in Ephesians 1:4 (‘holy and without blemish’).
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्तर लोक
Transliteration: pavittar lok
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: साधु (ascetic renunciant, never use)
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Corporate address to all believers throughout Ephesians (1:1,15,18; 3:8,18; 4:12; 5:3; 6:18).
Sanctification
Approved rendering: पवित्तरता
Transliteration: pavittarta
Doctrine: Sanctification and Holy Living
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धिकरण (ritual purification, avoid)
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Underlies Ephesians’ repeated ‘walk’ exhortations and Christ’s cleansing of the church (5:26-27).
Adoption
Approved rendering: गोद लैने आह् पुत्तर बनाना
Transliteration: god laine aah puttar banana
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Original: υἱοθεσία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. The goal of election in Ephesians 1:5; guards against a reduced-status reading given Dogra Rajput izzat/lineage-birthright expectations.
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: paap
Doctrine: Spiritual Deadness and Total Human Incapacity
Rejected alternatives: भिट्ट (ritual impurity, avoid)
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. The condition believers are delivered from (2:1).
Glory
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahima
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Repeated goal-clause of Ephesians 1 (‘to the praise of his glory,’ 1:6,12,14) and of the doxology (3:21); avoid conflation with temple aarti/darshan ceremonial splendor.
Election
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दी चोन
Transliteration: Parmeshwar di chon
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: किस्मत (fate, never use), मन्नत दा नतीजा (vow-outcome, never use)
Original: ἐκλέγομαι / ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. God’s sovereign, personal choice ‘before the foundation of the world’ (1:4).
Providence
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दा प्रबन्ध
Transliteration: Parmeshwar da prabandh
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: किस्मत (fate, never use)
Original: ἐνεργέω / βουλή
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 1:11: ‘who works all things according to the counsel of his will.‘
Abba
Approved rendering: अब्बा
Transliteration: Abba
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ (background)
Original: Ἀββά
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged, for cross-curriculum terminological consistency, though ‘Abba’ does not itself occur in Ephesians’ Greek text.
Covenant
Approved rendering: नियम
Transliteration: niyam
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: समझौता (negotiated contract, too transactional)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 2:12: ‘covenants of promise,’ from which Gentiles were formerly ‘strangers.‘
Power Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दी सामर्थ
Transliteration: Parmeshwar di samarth
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति (goddess-power, never use)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Recurs with unusual density in Ephesians’ prayers (1:19-21; 3:16,20; 6:10).
Dead In Sin
Approved rendering: मरे होए
Transliteration: mare hoye
Doctrine: Spiritual Deadness and Total Human Incapacity
Rejected alternatives: सिर्फ कमजोर होणा (merely weak, rejected as too soft)
Original: νεκρός
Category: Sin
New — Ephesians (2:1, 2:5). Must retain full spiritual deadness before a personal God; must not be read as karmic residue from a past life (punarjanam) — the death is moral-relational, not the burden of prior janam.
Age Of This World
Approved rendering: इस दुनिया दा चलन
Transliteration: is duniya da chalan
Doctrine: Spiritual Deadness and Total Human Incapacity
Rejected alternatives: जुग (yuga — rejected, evokes Hindu cyclical cosmology of Satya/Treta/Dvapara/Kali Yuga)
Original: αἰών τοῦ κόσμου τούτου
Category: Sin
New — Ephesians (2:2). A single, linear, morally-charged present epoch under judgment, not a repeating cosmic wheel.
Prince Of The Power Of The Air
Approved rendering: हवा दी हकूमत दा हाकम
Transliteration: hawa di hakumat da hakam
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: ὁ ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New — Ephesians (2:2). A title for the personal, defeated-yet-active devil, not one of many placatable folk spirits addressed through jhaadu-phoonk exorcism ritual.
Flesh Sinful Nature
Approved rendering: पापमय सुभा
Transliteration: paapmay subha
Doctrine: Spiritual Deadness and Total Human Incapacity
Rejected alternatives: शरीर alone (reserved for literal, morally neutral body, e.g. 5:28-30)
Original: σάρξ
Category: Sin
New — Ephesians (2:3). Fallen human nature in rebellion against God; must not collapse into a body-is-inherently-evil dualism foreign to the text.
Children Of Wrath
Approved rendering: गुस्से दे औलाद
Transliteration: gusse de aulad
Doctrine: God’s Wrath and Judgment
Original: τέκνα φύσει ὀργῆς
Category: Sin
New — Ephesians (2:3). Humanity’s condition by nature under God’s righteous judgment prior to grace; resolved only by grace, never by an appeasing mannat-style offering.
Wrath
Approved rendering: क्रोध
Transliteration: krodh
Doctrine: God’s Wrath and Judgment
Original: ὀργή
Category: God
New — Ephesians (2:3; 5:6). Righteous, judicial wrath fully satisfied in Christ, never the capricious anger local folk devotion assumes must be pacified through a vow or offering.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: प्यार
Transliteration: pyar
Doctrine: God’s Mercy and Initiating Love
Rejected alternatives: ईश्क़/प्रेम-भक्ति (romantic or upward devotional longing, avoid as primary frame)
Original: ἀγάπη / ἀγαπάω
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:4; 3:17-19; 4:2,15-16; 5:2,25,28,33). God’s selfless, sacrificial, initiating love moving downward to the unworthy — the reverse direction of devotee-to-deity bhakti longing.
Raised And Seated With Christ
Approved rendering: मसीह कन्नै उठाए ते बिठाए गे
Transliteration: Masih kannai uthaae te bithaae gaye
Doctrine: Union with Christ
Original: συνεγείρω / συγκαθίζω
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:6). A granted, positional spiritual reality, not the believer’s own future bodily resurrection (Romans 8:11) and not ritually or meritoriously attained; avoid Dogra royal darbar audience imagery.
Heavenly Places
Approved rendering: अम्बर आह्ली जगहां
Transliteration: ambar aahli jagahan
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: ἐπουράνιος
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New — Ephesians (1:3; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12). One heavenly realm under the one true God, not one abode among several deities’ domains (e.g. Vaikuntha, Kailash, the Trikuta hills of Vaishno Devi).
Workmanship
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दी रचना
Transliteration: Parmeshwar di rachna
Doctrine: Good Works as the Fruit, Not the Root, of Salvation
Original: ποίημα
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:10). Believers as the result of God’s saving, re-creative work, not its authors; must be held tightly with vv.8-9.
Good Works
Approved rendering: नेक कम्म
Transliteration: nek kamm
Doctrine: Good Works as the Fruit, Not the Root, of Salvation
Rejected alternatives: पुण्य (merit, rejected — risk of being reheard as merit-generating if fruit/root order blurred)
Original: ἔργα ἀγαθά
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:10). Fruit and purpose of salvation, never its cause; this distinction is the single most important teaching point of Ephesians 2:1-10.
Mystery
Approved rendering: भेद
Transliteration: bhed
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Rejected alternatives: रहस्य (rejected — Vedantic/esoteric hidden-teaching-for-initiates connotation, the opposite of Paul’s ‘now revealed to all’ argument)
Original: μυστήριον
Category: Mystery
New — Ephesians (1:9; 3:3-9; 5:32; 6:19). A plan formerly hidden, now openly proclaimed to all — the single highest linguistic-drift risk in the book.
Inheritance
Approved rendering: विरासत
Transliteration: virasat
Doctrine: Inheritance in Christ
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Election
New — Ephesians (1:11, 1:14, 1:18). Must be taught explicitly as received through grace/adoption, not blood or Dogra Rajput caste-birthright.
Sealed
Approved rendering: मोहर लाना
Transliteration: mohar launa
Doctrine: Sealing by the Holy Spirit
Original: σφραγίζω
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (1:13; 4:30). An invisible, internal Spirit-mark of ownership, not a visible ritual/caste mark such as tilak or a sacred thread.
Guarantee Down Payment
Approved rendering: जमानत
Transliteration: zamanat
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Original: ἀρραβών
Category: Election
New — Ephesians (1:14). God’s own pledge to the believer — the reverse direction from a mannat, in which a believer pledges to a deity hoping for a granted boon.
Body Of Christ
Approved rendering: मसीह दा शरीर
Transliteration: Masih da sharir
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: σῶμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (1:22-23; 4:12,16; 5:23,30). Organic spiritual union, not a mere organizational metaphor comparable to a jaati/sangat association.
Fullness
Approved rendering: भरपूरी
Transliteration: bharpoori
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: πλήρωμα
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (1:23; 4:13; also 3:19 as God’s fullness). Kept consistent across occurrences; Christ fills, he is not completed by, the church.
Head
Approved rendering: सिर
Transliteration: sir
Doctrine: Christ’s Headship over the Church
Original: κεφαλή
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (1:22; 4:15; 5:23). Authoritative, self-giving source, not domineering control; consistent across cosmic (ch.1,4) and household (ch.5) uses.
Dividing Wall
Approved rendering: बिच दी कंध
Transliteration: bich di kandh
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ
Category: Unity
New — Ephesians (2:14). The Jew-Gentile hostility abolished by the cross; extends deliberately to any lingering caste-wall (jaati di kandh) mentality — should be allowed to evoke this, not avoided.
One New Man
Approved rendering: इक नमां मनुक्ख
Transliteration: ik nawa manukkh
Doctrine: One New Humanity in Christ
Original: εἷς καινὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Unity
New — Ephesians (2:15). A genuinely new corporate identity superseding, not merely combining, prior ethnic/caste categories; deliberately not built on the jaati root.
Access
Approved rendering: सीधी पुज्ज
Transliteration: sidhi pujj
Doctrine: One New Humanity in Christ
Original: προσαγωγή
Category: Unity
New — Ephesians (2:18; 3:12). Direct, unmediated access to the Father, not priest-mediated shrine darshan.
Cornerstone
Approved rendering: कोने दा मुक्ख पत्थर
Transliteration: kone da mukkh patthar
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: ἀκρογωνιαῖος
Category: Christology
New — Ephesians (2:20). Christ as sole, sufficient foundation; guard against conflation with shilanyas/bhoomi pujan temple-foundation-laying rites.
Fullness Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दी भरपूरी
Transliteration: Parmeshwar di bharpoori
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: πλήρωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (3:19). The astonishing goal of Paul’s prayer; consistent with the fullness entry, must not be diluted to generic spiritual satisfaction.
Unity Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: आत्मा दी एकता
Transliteration: aatma di ekta
Doctrine: Unity of the Spirit
Original: ἑνότης τοῦ Πνεύματος
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (4:3). The Spirit already unites; believers keep, not manufacture, this unity; must not imply caste-conscious social harmony substitutes for Spirit-given unity.
Old Self New Self
Approved rendering: पुराना मनुक्ख / नमां मनुक्ख
Transliteration: purana manukkh / nawa manukkh
Doctrine: Old Self, New Self, and Walking in Newness of Life
Original: παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος / καινὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Sanctification
New — Ephesians (4:22, 4:24). A decisive, permanent identity change accomplished once in union with Christ, not a temporary ritual role-change (e.g. festival costume).
Children Of Light Darkness
Approved rendering: चाननी दे औलाद / न्हेरे दे औलाद
Transliteration: chanani de aulad / nhere de aulad
Doctrine: Children of Light versus Children of Darkness
Original: τέκνα φωτός / σκότους
Category: Sanctification
New — Ephesians (5:8). A grace-conferred identity category, not a status earned through moral effort or ritual observance.
Submitting To One Another
Approved rendering: इक-दुए दे अधीन रौणा
Transliteration: ik-due de adhin rauna
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Original: ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις
Category: Household
New — Ephesians (5:21). Mutual, reciprocal deference framing all household-code instructions that follow; must not be lost when the specific husband/wife instructions are read in isolation.
Washing
Approved rendering: बचन राहें धोना
Transliteration: bachan rahen dhona
Doctrine: Sanctification and Holy Living
Rejected alternatives: इशनान/स्नान-style ritual bath (avoid conflation)
Original: λουτρόν
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (5:26). Christ’s word-accomplished spiritual cleansing, not a literal ritual purificatory bath such as sacred bathing before pilgrimage darshan.
Great Mystery
Approved rendering: बड्डा भेद
Transliteration: badda bhed
Doctrine: Christ and the Church as the Great Mystery of Marriage
Original: μυστήριον…μέγα
Category: Mystery
New — Ephesians (5:32). Reuses the mystery root (भेद); marriage’s deepest meaning points to Christ and the church, not marriage or lineage-continuation as an end in itself; not a basis for a sacramental theology of marriage per se.
Bondservants Masters
Approved rendering: गुलाम / मालिक
Transliteration: ghulam / malik
Doctrine: Household Codes: Servants and Masters
Rejected alternatives: प्रभु for human ‘master’ (forbidden — reserved exclusively for Christ)
Original: δοῦλοι / κύριοι
Category: Household
New — Ephesians (6:5-9). Critical consistency rule: κύριος meaning human ‘master’ here must always be मालिक, never प्रभु.
No Respect Of Persons
Approved rendering: पख-पात
Transliteration: paksh-paat
Doctrine: God’s Impartiality (No Respect of Persons)
Original: προσωπολημψία
Category: Household
New — Ephesians (6:9). Extends the baseline’s caste/lineage-stratification caution: God’s impartiality challenges jaati (caste) as directly as the first-century master/slave hierarchy.
Whole Armor Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दे सारे शस्तर
Transliteration: Parmeshwar de saare shastar
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: πανοπλία τοῦ Θεοῦ
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New — Ephesians (6:11, 6:13). Given Dogra Rajput martial/warrior-caste izzat tradition, must be taught explicitly as spiritual, never literal martial valor or endorsement of physical violence.
Wiles Of The Devil
Approved rendering: शैतान दी चालबाजी
Transliteration: Shaitan di chaalbaazi
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: μεθοδεία τοῦ διαβόλου
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New — Ephesians (6:11). Deceptive strategy, not a curse or evil-eye (nazar) requiring a charm to ward off.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: भेजेआ होया
Transliteration: bhejea hoya
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: दूत (generic messenger, too weak)
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. In Ephesians, part of the church’s foundation (2:20) and one of the fivefold equipping gifts (4:11).
Peace
Approved rendering: शान्ति
Transliteration: shanti
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Relational peace with God and between Jew and Gentile achieved by Christ (2:14-17); the gospel of peace as spiritual footwear (6:15).
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: आत्मिक दान
Transliteration: aatmik daan
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: वरदान (boon granted by a deity, never use)
Original: χάρισμα / δωρεά
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Spirit-given enablements distributed to each believer (4:7).
Church
Approved rendering: कलीसिया
Transliteration: kalisiya
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: मंदर (temple, never use)
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Must remain distinct from मंदर even in 2:21, where the source text itself uses temple imagery for the church.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दा राज्य
Transliteration: Parmeshwar da rajya
Doctrine: Idolatry and Exclusion from the Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 5:5: ‘kingdom of Christ and God’ excludes the idolater/covetous.
Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavastha
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: धरम (avoid Dogra Rajput lineage-duty associations)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 2:15: ‘the law of commandments’ abolished as a dividing barrier in Christ’s flesh.
Gentiles
Approved rendering: गैर-यहूदी
Transliteration: gair-yahudi
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: विदेशी (foreigner, too broad)
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Formerly excluded, now fellow heirs in Christ (2:11-19; 3:6).
Intercession
Approved rendering: बिचाल्ले होइयै बिनती
Transliteration: bichalle hoiyai binti
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Original: προσευχή / δέησις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Paul’s intercession for the church (1:16-19) and request for the church’s intercession for him (6:18-20).
Israel
Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Israel
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 2:12: the ‘commonwealth of Israel’ from which Gentiles were formerly excluded.
Trespass
Approved rendering: अपराध
Transliteration: aparadh
Doctrine: Spiritual Deadness and Total Human Incapacity
Rejected alternatives: भिट्ट (ritual impurity/pollution, rejected per baseline sin entry)
Original: παράπτωμα
Category: Sin
New — Ephesians (2:1, 2:5). A specific act of wrongdoing, kept distinct from पाप (general sin).
Walk Conduct
Approved rendering: चलणा
Transliteration: chalna
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: περιπατέω
Category: Sanctification
New — Ephesians (2:2,10; 4:1,17; 5:2,8,15). Governing ethical metaphor of the whole book; ongoing daily conduct, never a single ritual act such as a pilgrimage/yatra.
Devil Satan
Approved rendering: शैतान
Transliteration: Shaitan
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: διάβολος / σατανᾶς
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New — Ephesians (4:27; 6:11). Established regional loanword; personal, not an impersonal evil force.
Sons Of Disobedience
Approved rendering: न मन्नने वाले
Transliteration: na mannde wale
Doctrine: Spiritual Deadness and Total Human Incapacity
Original: υἱοὶ τῆς ἀπειθείας
Category: Sin
New — Ephesians (2:2; 5:6). Descriptive of moral condition, not a caste or lineage label.
Lust Desire
Approved rendering: बुरी लालसा
Transliteration: buri lalsa
Doctrine: Spiritual Deadness and Total Human Incapacity
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: Sin
New — Ephesians (2:3; 4:22). Illicit/sinful craving, not neutral desire.
Mercy
Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: daya
Doctrine: God’s Mercy and Initiating Love
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:4). Distinct from, though paired with, grace: mercy responds to misery, grace responds to guilt; both are unearned.
Riches Of Grace
Approved rendering: भरपूर दौलत
Transliteration: bharpoor daulat
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Original: πλοῦτος
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:7; 3:8,16). Purely figurative abundance; avoid prosperity-gospel drift toward literal material wealth.
Boast
Approved rendering: घमंड करना
Transliteration: ghamand karna
Doctrine: Grace Excludes Works as the Ground of Salvation
Original: καυχάομαι
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:9). Removes any ground for pride rooted in izzat lineage-honor or ritual accomplishment.
Create
Approved rendering: रचना / बनाना
Transliteration: rachna / banana
Doctrine: Good Works as the Fruit, Not the Root, of Salvation
Original: κτίζω
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:10; 3:9; 4:24). God’s creative/re-creative act.
Prepared Beforehand
Approved rendering: पहले थमां तैयार कीते
Transliteration: phele thamma taiyar kite
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Original: προετοιμάζω
Category: Election
New — Ephesians (2:10). Connects to the election doctrine of chapter 1; God’s prior planning, not human merit, stands behind good works.
Blessed Blessing
Approved rendering: आशीष
Transliteration: aashish
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: बरकत (acceptable alternative, not preferred)
Original: εὐλογητός / εὐλογία
Category: Election
New — Ephesians (1:3). God’s initiating favor pronounced and bestowed on believers ‘in the heavenly places.‘
Forgiveness
Approved rendering: माफी
Transliteration: maafi
Doctrine: Redemption and the Forgiveness of Sins
Original: ἄφεσις
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (1:7). The specific content of redemption; narrower than, and must not be used interchangeably with, justification (धर्मी ठहराए जाना).
Fullness Of The Times
Approved rendering: समां दी भरपूरी
Transliteration: samaan di bharpoori
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: πλήρωμα τῶν καιρῶν
Category: Mystery
New — Ephesians (1:10). God’s sovereign historical timing, not an astrologically auspicious moment.
Circumcision Uncircumcision
Approved rendering: खतना / बे-खतना
Transliteration: khatna / be-khatna
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: περιτομή / ἀκροβυστία
Category: Covenant
New — Ephesians (2:11). The old covenant ethnic-religious identity marker, now transcended in Christ.
Foreigners Strangers
Approved rendering: परदेसी
Transliteration: pardesi
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: ξένοι, πάροικοι
Category: Unity
New — Ephesians (2:19). Former status of Gentiles without covenant standing.
Fellow Citizens
Approved rendering: साथी नागरिक
Transliteration: sathi nagarik
Doctrine: One New Humanity in Christ
Original: συμπολῖται
Category: Unity
New — Ephesians (2:19). Gentiles’ new full standing with God’s people.
Household Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दा घराणा
Transliteration: Parmeshwar da gharana
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: οἰκεῖοι τοῦ Θεοῦ
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (2:19). Full family belonging, not honorary/provisional status; retained despite घराणा’s hereditary-clan connotation, requiring an explicit ‘not by blood’ teaching note.
Stewardship
Approved rendering: जिम्मेदारी
Transliteration: jimmedari
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: οἰκονομία
Category: Mystery
New — Ephesians (3:2, 3:9). Paul’s entrusted administrative task of making the mystery known.
Unsearchable Riches
Approved rendering: अनगिनत दौलत
Transliteration: anginat daulat
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: ἀνεξιχνίαστος πλοῦτος
Category: Mystery
New — Ephesians (3:8). Christ’s inexhaustible sufficiency, figurative abundance.
Boldness Confident Access
Approved rendering: हिम्मत
Transliteration: himmat
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: παρρησία
Category: Faith
New — Ephesians (3:12). Confident, unafraid approach to God grounded in Christ’s finished work.
Lowliness
Approved rendering: नमरता
Transliteration: namrata
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη
Category: Ethics
New — Ephesians (4:2). A voluntary Christlike virtue, not caste-imposed self-abasement, despite izzat-culture’s potential to hear enforced lowliness as social rank-abasement.
Hope
Approved rendering: आस
Transliteration: aas
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: किस्मत (fate, rejected)
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Faith
New — Ephesians (1:18; 4:4). Confident hope grounded in God’s promise, not vague wishing or a hoped-for mannat outcome.
Baptism
Approved rendering: बपतिस्मा
Transliteration: baptisma
Doctrine: Baptism as a Sign of Unity
Rejected alternatives: स्नान/ishnan-style repeated ritual bathing (avoid conflation)
Original: βάπτισμα
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (4:5). A singular sign of union with Christ, not a repeatable ritual purification (ishnan/snan) practiced at pilgrimage sites.
Evangelist
Approved rendering: खरी खबर सुनाने वाला
Transliteration: khari khabar sunaane wala
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: εὐαγγελιστής
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (4:11). Descriptive compound built on the already-approved gospel term.
Pastor Shepherd
Approved rendering: आजड़ी
Transliteration: aajdi
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: ποιμήν
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (4:11). A functional office; must be kept distinct from the devotionally-venerated guru role.
Teacher
Approved rendering: सिखांणे वाला
Transliteration: sikhaanhe wala
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: διδάσκαλος
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (4:11). A functional office; must be kept distinct from guru veneration.
Mature Manhood
Approved rendering: सियाने मनुक्ख
Transliteration: siyane manukkh
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: ἀνὴρ τέλειος
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (4:13). The church’s corporate growth-goal, not individual perfectionism.
Truth
Approved rendering: सच्चाई
Transliteration: sachaai
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church / Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Faith
New — Ephesians (4:15,25; 6:14). Consistent across its ethical (ch.4) and spiritual-warfare (ch.6) uses.
Renewed
Approved rendering: मन दी नमींकरण
Transliteration: man di nawinkaran
Doctrine: Old Self, New Self, and Walking in Newness of Life
Original: ἀνανεόω
Category: Sanctification
New — Ephesians (4:23). The Spirit’s ongoing inward transformation of thought and desire, complementing the once-for-all identity change.
Imitators Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर जेह्या बनना
Transliteration: Parmeshwar jehya banna
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: μιμηταὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ
Category: Ethics
New — Ephesians (5:1). Patterning one’s life after God’s own character, especially his love.
Fruit Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: फल
Transliteration: phal
Doctrine: Children of Light versus Children of Darkness
Original: καρπός
Category: Sanctification
New — Ephesians (5:9). फल carries the Hindu karma-phal sense (self-earned karmic result); must be taught here as Spirit-given produce. Consider the qualifier आत्मा दा फल where context alone is insufficient to disambiguate.
One Flesh
Approved rendering: इक जिस्म
Transliteration: ik jism
Doctrine: Christ and the Church as the Great Mystery of Marriage
Original: μία σάρξ
Category: Household
New — Ephesians (5:31). Marital union quoting Genesis 2:24, an embodied picture of Christ’s union with the church.
Obey Children Parents
Approved rendering: मन्नना
Transliteration: mannana
Doctrine: Household Codes: Children and Parents
Original: ὑπακούετε
Category: Household
New — Ephesians (6:1). Christ-grounded (‘in the Lord’) filial obedience, not observance of inherited social custom (rīt-rivāj).
Honor Father Mother
Approved rendering: इज्जत करो
Transliteration: izzat karo
Doctrine: Household Codes: Children and Parents
Original: τίμα
Category: Household
New — Ephesians (6:2-3). Izzat’s cultural resonance here is largely positive, but must be taught as loving respect, not lineage-status enforcement.
Wrestle Contend
Approved rendering: जूह्
Transliteration: jujh
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: πάλη
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New — Ephesians (6:12). Figurative wrestling image; consistent with the armor-of-God doctrine’s non-literal framing.
Word Of God Rhema
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर दा बचन
Transliteration: Parmeshwar da bachan
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: ῥῆμα Θεοῦ
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New — Ephesians (6:17). God’s active, revealed truth, pictured as the sword of the Spirit; not a literal weapon-fetish or magical incantation.
Prayer And Supplication
Approved rendering: प्रार्थना ते बिनती
Transliteration: prarthna te binti
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Original: προσευχή, δέησις
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New — Ephesians (6:18). Ongoing, Spirit-enabled communication with God; distinct from mannat-style petitionary prayer offered in exchange for a vow.
Ambassador
Approved rendering: राजदूत
Transliteration: rajdoot
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: πρεσβεύω
Category: Mystery
New — Ephesians (6:20). Paul’s self-description as an authorized representative even ‘in chains’; deliberately secular/diplomatic register, distinct from भेजेआ होया (apostle, ‘one sent’).
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: धन्नवाद
Transliteration: dhannvaad
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 1:16, 5:4, 5:20.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: संगत
Transliteration: sangat
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: यारी-दोस्ती (casual friendship, too weak)
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Underlies the corporate ‘one body’ language throughout Ephesians.
Exhort
Approved rendering: हौसला देना
Transliteration: hausla dena
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Ephesians 4:1’s appeal to ‘walk worthy’ and 6:18-20’s request for prayer.
Prophet
Approved rendering: नबी
Transliteration: nabi
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतषी (astrologer/fortune-teller, never use)
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Part of the church’s apostolic-prophetic foundation (2:20, 3:5) and one of the fivefold gifts (4:11).
Prophecy
Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhavishyavani
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church (background)
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Background term supporting the prophet office of 4:11.
Prophet Office
Approved rendering: नबी
Transliteration: nabi
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Duplicate reference entry retained for the fivefold-office list at 4:11; see ‘prophet’ above for full notes.
Kindness
Approved rendering: मेहरबानी
Transliteration: meharbani
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Original: χρηστότης
Category: Salvation
New — Ephesians (2:7; 4:32). God’s benevolent goodness in action; low collision risk.
Rooted And Grounded In Love
Approved rendering: जड़ां लाई ते बुनियाद रक्खी
Transliteration: jaran laai te buniyad rakkhi
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: ἐρριζωμένοι καὶ τεθεμελιωμένοι
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (3:17). Love as the stable basis of Christian maturity.
Gentleness
Approved rendering: नरमी
Transliteration: narmi
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: πραΰτης
Category: Ethics
New — Ephesians (4:2). Strength under control, companion virtue to lowliness.
Patience Longsuffering
Approved rendering: सहनशीलता
Transliteration: sahanshilta
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: μακροθυμία
Category: Ethics
New — Ephesians (4:2). Forbearance enduring others in love.
Equipping
Approved rendering: तैयार करना
Transliteration: taiyar karna
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: καταρτισμός
Category: Church
New — Ephesians (4:12). The preparing/training purpose of the fivefold gifts.
Tenderhearted Forgiving
Approved rendering: दिलदार, माफ करना
Transliteration: dildar, maaf karna
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Original: εὔσπλαγχνος / χαριζόμενοι
Category: Ethics
New — Ephesians (4:32). Relational virtues replacing the vice-list of 4:31.
Nurture And Admonition
Approved rendering: सिखलाई ते समझाणी
Transliteration: sikhlai te samjhani
Doctrine: Household Codes: Children and Parents
Original: παιδεία, νουθεσία
Category: Household
New — Ephesians (6:4). Positive, Christ-centered upbringing, the alternative to provoking children to wrath.
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