Core Glossary

Core Glossary — 1 Timothy (English → Modern Greek)

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Status: Baseline reuse — term already established in translation_memory.json from the Romans/Galatians Language Package; rendering MUST be reused exactly, unchanged.
Status: New — term first requiring a formal entry in this Language Package for 1 Timothy; recommended rendering given, pending formal addition to translation_memory.json in Phase 2.
Risk tiers follow the baseline’s four-tier framework (Critical / High / Medium / Low) and drive Phase 2 review routing exactly as in doctrine_risk_registry.json.

Chapter 1

English Term	Greek Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Doctrine	Status	Notes
God	Θεός	Theós	Critical	God	Baseline reuse	Unchanged.
Lord	Κύριος	Kýrios	Critical	Lordship of Christ	Baseline reuse	Guard against “Mister/Sir” flattening per baseline.
Jesus	Ιησούς	Iisoús	Critical	Christology	Baseline reuse	Unchanged.
Christ	Χριστός	Christós	Critical	Messianic Promise	Baseline reuse	Preferred over Μεσσίας per baseline.
grace	χάρη	chári	Critical	Grace	Baseline reuse	Guard against charm/pardon senses.
mercy	έλεος	éleos	Medium	Grace	New	Stable religious register but has a colloquial exasperated idiom (“έλεος!”); keep doctrinal register in this greeting triad.
peace	ειρήνη	eiríni	Medium	Peace with God	Baseline reuse	Distinguish from Hesychast ἡσυχία per baseline.
faith	πίστη	písti	High	Faith	Baseline reuse	Unchanged.
apostle	απόστολος	apóstolos	Low	Apostleship	Baseline reuse	Unchanged.
Savior (of God the Father)	Σωτήρ	Sotír	Critical	Salvation	New	Applied to the Father in 1 Tim (1:1; 2:3; 4:10), distinct nuance from Christ’s Savior-title; do not let one displace the other.
genuine child	γνήσιο τέκνο	gnísio tékno	Low	Sonship of Christ (contrast)	New	Timothy’s spiritual sonship to Paul; explicitly distinct from Christ’s unique divine Sonship.
to teach a different doctrine	ετεροδιδασκαλία / ετεροδιδασκαλέω	eterodidaskalía	High	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Inherits the ἕτερος/ἄλλος distinction from baseline’s “different_gospel” entry — different in kind, not another of the same kind.
myths and endless genealogies	μύθοι και ατελείωτες γενεαλογίες	mýthoi kai ateleíotes genealogíes	Low-Medium	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Transparent, stable.
stewardship/administration of God	οικονομία Θεού	oikonomía Theoú	High	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Risk of collision with (a) secular “national economy” sense and (b) the later technical Orthodox canonical term “οικονομία” (pastoral dispensation). Gloss required.
sincere/unhypocritical faith	πίστη ανυπόκριτος	písti anypókritos	Low	Faith	New	Transparent compound; reuses baseline πίστη.
shipwrecked (concerning the faith)	ναυάγησαν ως προς την πίστη	naváyisan os pros tin písti	Low	Guarding the Deposit of Faith	New	Living Modern Greek nautical metaphor; strong teaching asset.
deliver to Satan	παρέδωσα στον Σατανά	parédosa ston Satanná	Medium	Sin	New	Corrective, not merely punitive, church discipline; teaching note required.
foremost of sinners	αμαρτωλών πρώτος	amartolón prótos	Low-Medium	Universal Human Accountability (Romans link)	New	Reuses baseline αμαρτία root; Paul’s paradigm-case self-description.
King of the ages, immortal, invisible	Βασιλεύς των αιώνων, άφθαρτος, αόρατος	Vasiléfs ton eónon, áfthartos, aóratos	Low	God	New	Doxological, liturgically resonant; an asset.

Chapter 2

English Term	Greek Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Doctrine	Status	Notes
prayers, petitions, intercessions, thanksgivings	δεήσεις, προσευχές, εντεύξεις, ευχαριστίες	deḭ́seis, prosefchés, entéfxeis, efcharistíes	Medium-High	Public Worship and Prayer	New (ευχαριστία = baseline reuse)	έντευξις is distinct from but conceptually related to baseline’s μεσιτεία; do not default to saintly/Marian mediation as the necessary model for intercession.
kings and all in authority	βασιλείς και όσοι κατέχουν εξουσία	vasiléfs kai ósoi katéchoun exousía	Low-Medium	Public Worship and Prayer	New	Stable, echoes Romans 13 material.
a tranquil and quiet life	ήρεμος και ησύχιος βίος	íremos kai isýchios víos	High	Public Worship and Prayer	New	CRITICAL Hesychasm-adjacent risk: ἡσύχιος is the root of ἡσυχασμός (Hesychasm); must not be read through the mystical-contemplative lens. Gloss mandatory.
God our Savior desires all to be saved	ο Θεός ο Σωτήρας μας θέλει να σωθούν όλοι οι άνθρωποι	o Theós o Sotíras mas théli na sothoún óli oi ánthropoi	Critical	Salvation	New (σωτηρία = baseline reuse)	Retain full unqualified universal language per baseline rule (cf. Romans 3:23; 10:12-13).
one mediator between God and men	ένας μεσίτης Θεού και ανθρώπων	énas mesítis Theoú kai anthrópon	Critical	Christ as the One Mediator	New	THE single sharpest Orthodox-collision term in the letter: risk of conflict with the liturgically central intercession of saints and the Theotokos. Mandatory translator note on every occurrence; human theologian review required without exception.
a ransom for all	αντίλυτρο για όλους	antílytro gia ólous	Critical	Christ as the One Mediator	New	Anchor to baseline’s λύτρωση/απολύτρωση redemption vocabulary; never render with unglossed εξαγοράζω (forbidden per baseline: bribery/buyout sense).
teacher of the Gentiles/nations	διδάσκαλος των εθνών	didáskalos ton ethnón	Medium	Mission to the Nations	New	Reuses baseline έθνη exactly.
modest apparel, modesty and self-control	κόσμια περιβολή, αιδώς, σωφροσύνη	kósmia perivolí, aidós, sofrosýni	Low-Medium	Public Worship and Prayer	New	Connects lexically to κόσμιος/σώφρων in ch. 3.
to exercise authority (αὐθεντεῖν)	αυθεντώ / ασκώ εξουσία	afthentó / askó exousía	Medium-High	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Rare NT word (hapax); genuinely disputed range (neutral authority vs. domineering). Render conservatively; flag, do not silently resolve. Human theologian review required.
Adam formed first, Eve in transgression	Αδάμ πρώτος επλάσθη, Εύα εν παραβάσει	Adám prótos eplásthi, Éva en paravási	Medium	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Proper names stable; παράβαση connects to baseline’s παραβάτης (transgressor).
saved through childbearing	θα σωθεί δια της τεκνογονίας	tha sotheí dia tis teknogonías	High	Salvation	New	Extremely delicate; reuses baseline σωτηρία root; must not read as salvation-by-works added to faith. Human theologian review mandatory; survey interpretive range in teaching notes.

Chapter 3 (Core Passage 3:1-13 plus 3:14-16)

English Term	Greek Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Doctrine	Status	Notes
trustworthy saying	Πιστός ο λόγος	Pistós o lógos	Low	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Fixed Pastoral-epistle formula; keep identical across all five NT occurrences.
office of overseer	επισκοπή	episkopí	High	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Modern Greek = “diocese/bishopric”; note required distinguishing local congregational function from developed diocesan office.
overseer / bishop	επίσκοπος	epískopos	Critical	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Exact current title of Orthodox diocesan bishop. Mandatory note: Paul’s ἐπίσκοπος = πρεσβύτερος functionally, not the later fixed hierarchy. Human theologian review required every occurrence.
above reproach / blameless	ανεπίλημπτος / ανέγκλητος	anepílimptos / anénklitos	Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Stable learned register; observable-reputation sense, not sinlessness.
husband of one wife	μιας γυναικός άνδρα	mias gynaikós ándra	Medium-High	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Intersects with Orthodox clerical marriage-discipline canons; note required that Paul’s concern is fidelity/singular devotion, not later canon law.
sober-minded	νηφάλιος	nifálios	Low	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Stable, living word.
self-controlled	σώφρων / σωφροσύνη	sófron / sofrosýni	Low-Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Broader than sexual restraint alone.
respectable / orderly	κόσμιος	kósmios	Low	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Distinguish from κόσμος (world) elsewhere in the letter.
hospitable	φιλόξενος	filóxenos	Low	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Living Greek cultural virtue-word; a teaching asset.
able to teach	διδακτικός	didaktikós	Low	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Stable; ties to Sound Doctrine doctrine.
not addicted to wine, not violent	μη πάροινος, μη πλήκτης	mi páronos, mi plíktis	Low	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Stable, disqualifying vices.
gentle, peaceable	επιεικής, άμαχος	epieikís, ámachos	Low	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Positive counter-virtues.
not a lover of money	αφιλάργυρος	afilárgyros	Medium	Godliness and Contentment	New	Deliberately cross-referenced by Paul with 6:10’s φιλαργυρία — teach the two together.
manage his household well	προΐσταμαι καλώς του οίκου	proístamai kalós tou oíkou	Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Household management as the proof-case for congregational leadership.
submission, dignity	υποταγή, σεμνότητα	ypotagí, semnótita	Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Scope strictly to this household-order argument.
church of God	εκκλησία θεού	ekklisía Theoú	Medium	The Church as Pillar of Truth	Baseline reuse (εκκλησία)	Distinguish from institutional national-Church sense.
to care for	επιμελείται	epimeleítai	Low	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Warm, compassionate register (cf. Good Samaritan).
new convert	νεόφυτος	neófytos	Low-Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	”Recent convert,” not general beginner.
puffed up with pride	τυφωθείς	tyfotheís	Low-Medium	Sin	New	Needs gloss; leadership-specific pride.
judgment/snare of the devil	κρίμα / παγίδα του διαβόλου	kríma / pagída tou diavólou	Medium	Sin	New	Preserve theological ambiguity of “whose judgment.”
good testimony from outsiders	μαρτυρία καλή από τους έξωθεν	martyría kalí apó tous éxothen	Low-Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Honor/shame register; church’s public credibility.
deacon	διάκονος	diákonos	Critical	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Exact current title of the Orthodox ordained deacon. Mandatory note distinguishing Paul’s office of practical service from the later fixed liturgical order. Human theologian review required every occurrence.
double-tongued	δίλογος	dílogos	Low	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Transparent compound.
greedy for [shameful] gain	αισχροκερδής	aischrokerdís	Low	Godliness and Contentment	New	Especially relevant to funds-handling role of deacons.
the mystery of the faith	το μυστήριο της πίστεως	to mystírio tis písteos	High	Guarding the Deposit of Faith	New	Risk of collapse into the sacramental “Holy Mysteries” sense; mandatory note distinguishing NT sense (once-hidden truth now revealed) from the seven sacraments.
clear conscience	καθαρή συνείδηση	kathari synéidisi	Low-Medium	Godliness and Contentment	New	Stable, living phrase.
tested first	δοκιμάζονται πρώτα	dokimázontai próta	Low	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Metallurgical-testing background; probation before service.
women [deacons/wives]	γυναίκες	gynaíkes	High	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Genuinely ambiguous in the source; preserve ambiguity, do not resolve to “wives” or “deaconesses” without flagging both readings.
husbands of one wife (deacons)	μιας γυναικός άνδρες	mias gynaikós ándres	Medium-High	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Same note as ἐπίσκοπος entry above, applied to deacons.
good standing	βαθμός καλός	vathmós kalós	Medium-High	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Modern Greek βαθμός also = clergy/academic/military rank; note required that Paul means earned trust, not institutional promotion.
faith that is in Christ Jesus	πίστη η εν Χριστώ Ιησού	písti i en Christó Iisoú	High	Faith	Baseline reuse (πίστη)	Named object of faith explicit — an asset.
household of God	οίκος του Θεού	oíkos tou Theoú	Medium	The Church as Pillar of Truth	New	Distinguish from the literal building sense.
church of the living God	εκκλησία του ζώντος Θεού	ekklisía tou zóntos Theoú	Low-Medium	The Church as Pillar of Truth	Baseline reuse (εκκλησία)	Living-God emphasis grounds the church’s authority.
pillar and foundation of the truth	στύλος και εδραίωμα της αλήθειας	stýlos kai edráioma tis alítheias	High	The Church as Pillar of Truth	New	Risk is doctrinal: the church supports/displays truth, does not originate it — sensitive given Scripture-and-Tradition dual authority in Orthodox theology. Human theologian review required.
the mystery of godliness	το μυστήριο της ευσέβειας	to mystírio tis efsévias	High	The Church as Pillar of Truth	New	Combines the μυστήριον risk with the ευσέβεια risk (see ch. 4/6).
manifested in the flesh	εφανερώθη εν σαρκί	efanerṑthi en sarkí	Critical	Incarnation	New (σάρκα = baseline reuse)	Ancient creedal fragment; maximal doctrinal care; human theologian review required.
vindicated/justified in the Spirit	εδικαιώθη εν πνεύματι	edikaiṑthi en pnévmati	Critical	Incarnation / Deity of Christ	New (δικαιόω root = baseline reuse)	Distinct referent (Christ’s vindication) from believer’s justification-by-faith; mandatory disambiguating note.
seen by angels; proclaimed among the nations; believed on in the world	ώφθη αγγέλοις· εκηρύχθη εν έθνεσιν· επιστεύθη εν κόσμω	ṑfthi angélois…	Low-Medium	Incarnation	New / baseline reuse (έθνη, πίστη roots)	Stable.
taken up in glory (Ascension)	ανελήφθη εν δόξη	anelífthi en dóxi	High	Resurrection of Christ (distinct doctrine)	New (δόξα = baseline reuse)	Distinct event from ανάσταση; liturgical asset (feast of Ανάληψη); do not conflate with Resurrection.

Chapter 4

English Term	Greek Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Doctrine	Status	Notes
depart from the faith	αποστατήσουν από την πίστη	apostatísoun apó tin písti	Medium	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New (πίστη = baseline reuse)	Apostasy doctrine, weighty though lexically stable.
deceitful spirits, teachings of demons	πνεύματα πλάνης, διδασκαλίες δαιμονίων	pnévmata plánis, didaskalíes daimoníon	High	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Weighty, stable vocabulary — spiritual-warfare framing preserved.
forbidding marriage, requiring abstinence from foods	απαγορεύουν τον γάμο, απέχειν από τροφές	apagorévoun ton gámo, apéchein apó trofés	Medium-High	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Scope carefully against Orthodox fasting/celibacy disciplines voluntarily undertaken; not Paul’s target.
every creature of God is good	κάθε κτίσμα του Θεού είναι καλό	káthe ktísma tou Theoú eínai kaló	Low-Medium	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Connects to baseline καινή κτίσις.
sanctified through the word of God and prayer	αγιάζεται δια του λόγου του Θεού και της προσευχής	agiázetai dia tou lógou tou Theoú kai tis prosefchís	High	Sanctification	New (αγιασμός root = baseline reuse)	Distinguish from the specific Epiphany water-blessing rite also called αγιασμός.
train yourself for godliness	γύμναζε σεαυτόν προς ευσέβεια	gýmnaze seaftón pros efsévia	Medium	Godliness and Contentment	New	Athletic metaphor; ancestor of Modern Greek “gym” vocabulary — vivid asset if kept distinct from mere literal exercise.
godliness	ευσέβεια	efsévia	High	Godliness and Contentment	New	Central positive term of the letter (8 occurrences); risk of narrowing to formal/imperial piety or institutional prestige; must be taught as comprehensive, reverent, God-honoring life.
Savior of all people, especially believers	Σωτήρ πάντων ανθρώπων, ιδίως των πιστών	Sotír pánton anthrópon, idíos ton pistón	High	Salvation	New (σωτηρία/πίστη = baseline reuse)	Preserve both universal scope and realized-through-faith particularity without collapsing either.
example / pattern	υπόδειγμα	ypódeigma	Low	Godliness and Contentment	New	Stable.
gift given through prophecy with laying on of hands of the council of elders	χάρισμα… δια προφητείας μετά επίθεσης των χειρών του πρεσβυτερίου	chárisma… dia profiteías metá epíthesis ton cheirón tou presvyteríou	High	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New (χάρισμα = baseline reuse)	πρεσβυτέριο commonly = priest’s residence in Modern Greek; must be read as “council of elders.”
council of elders	πρεσβυτέριο	presvytério	High	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Modern secular-bleaching collision (rectory/residence sense); note mandatory.
laying on of hands	επίθεση των χειρών	epíthesi ton cheirón	Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Ordination-adjacent; distinct from the fully developed sacramental χειροτονία.
progress / advancement	προκοπή	prokopí	Low-Medium	Godliness and Contentment	New	Keep spiritual-growth sense distinct from purely secular “getting ahead.”

Chapter 5

English Term	Greek Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Doctrine	Status	Notes
widow	χήρα	chíra	Medium	Care for Widows and the Household of Faith	New	Stable, living word.
honor widows who are truly widows	τίμησε τις όντως χήρες	tímise tis óntos chíres	Medium	Care for Widows and the Household of Faith	New	Keep “όντως” (truly/actually) — the chapter’s key qualifying criterion.
show godliness to one’s own household	ευσεβούν τον δικό τους οίκο	efsevoún ton dikó tous oíko	Medium	Care for Widows and the Household of Faith	New	Applies ευσέβεια to ordinary family duty — broadens the term beyond cultic piety.
elder	πρεσβύτερος	presvýteros	Critical	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Exact current title of the Orthodox parish priest. Mandatory note: πρεσβύτερος = ἐπίσκοπος functionally in the Pastorals; not yet the later fixed three-order hierarchy. Human theologian review required every occurrence.
double honor	διπλή τιμή	dipli timí	Medium	Care for Widows and the Household of Faith	New	Includes material support, not only respect.
the laborer deserves his wages	ο εργάτης είναι άξιος του μισθού του	o ergátis eínai áxios tou misthoú tou	Low	Care for Widows and the Household of Faith	New	Stable proverbial citation.
do not receive an accusation without witnesses	μη δέχεσαι κατηγορία χωρίς μάρτυρες	mi déchesai katigoría chorís mártyres	Low-Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Procedural safeguard for elders.
rebuke publicly	έλεγξε ενώπιον όλων	élenxe enópion ólon	Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Church discipline doctrine.
do not lay hands hastily	μη επιτίθεσαι χείρας ταχέως	mi epitíthesai cheíras tachéos	Medium	Qualifications for Church Leadership	New	Same term as ch.4’s laying on of hands; caution against premature ordination.

Chapter 6

English Term	Greek Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Doctrine	Status	Notes
slaves, yoke, masters	δούλοι, ζυγός, δεσπότες	doúloi, zygós, despótes	High	Care for Widows and the Household of Faith (household code)	New	δεσπότης = customary contemporary form of address for an Orthodox bishop (“Δέσποτα”); mandatory note distinguishing household-slavery referent from the ecclesiastical title.
obsessed with controversies (lit. “sick”)	νοσεί περί ζητήσεις	nosí perí zitíseis	Low-Medium	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Deliberate wordplay with ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία below.
sound/healthy doctrine	υγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία	ygiaínousa didaskalía	High	Sound Doctrine vs. False Teaching	New	Central term of the whole letter; risk of flattening the disease/health metaphor into a bland “good teaching.” Teaching notes must draw out the contrast explicitly.
imagining godliness is a means of gain	νομίζοντας πορισμό την ευσέβεια	nomízontas porismó tin efsévia	Critical	Godliness and Contentment	New	Weaponizes ευσέβεια against itself; requires careful, non-polemical framing given contemporary sensitivities around clergy income.
godliness with contentment	ευσέβεια μετά αυτάρκειας	efsévia metá aftárkias	Medium	Godliness and Contentment	New	αυτάρκεια risks the modern economic/national self-sufficiency sense; gloss required.
love of money is a root of all evils	ρίζα πάντων των κακών η φιλαργυρία	ríza pánton ton kakón i filargyría	Medium-High	Godliness and Contentment	New	Teach explicitly alongside ch.3:3’s αφιλάργυρος; precision: “a root,” not “the root.”
pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness	δίωξε δικαιοσύνη, ευσέβεια, πίστη, αγάπη, υπομονή, πραότητα	díoxe dikaiosýni, efsévia, písti, agápi, ypomoní, praótita	High (compound)	Godliness and Contentment	Baseline reuse (δικαιοσύνη, πίστη, αγάπη) + New (ευσέβεια, υπομονή, πραότητα)	Virtue catalogue; δικαιοσύνη retains baseline Critical risk.
fight the good fight of the faith	αγωνίσου τον καλό αγώνα της πίστης	agonísou ton kaló agóna tis pístis	Medium	Godliness and Contentment	New (πίστη = baseline reuse)	Athletic-contest metaphor, vivid and living.
take hold of eternal life, to which you were called	επιλάβου της αιώνιας ζωής, στην οποία κληθήκες	epilávou tis aiónias zoís, stin opoía klithíkes	Critical	Divine Calling	Baseline reuse (κλήση/κλητός)	Must not register as a phone call/summons; full theological weight required per baseline.
the good confession	η καλή ομολογία	i kalí omología	Medium-High	Christ as the One Mediator	New	Connects to baseline’s Romans 10:9 confession-of-Lordship doctrine.
the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ	η επιφάνεια του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού	i epifáneia tou Kyríou imón Iisoú Christoú	High	Christ as the One Mediator (eschatology)	New (Κύριος = baseline reuse)	Exact name of the liturgical feast of Theophany (Christ’s baptism); mandatory note distinguishing the eschatological Second-Coming sense here.
King of kings and Lord of lords	βασιλεύς των βασιλευόντων και κύριος των κυριευόντων	vasilévs ton vasilevónton kai kýrios ton kyrievónton	Critical	God / Christ as the One Mediator	Baseline reuse (Κύριος)	Applied here to the Father; do not assume it exclusively describes Christ, though it is also later used of Christ elsewhere in the NT.
dwelling in unapproachable light	φως οικών απρόσιτον	fos oikón aprósito	High	God	New	Resonates directly with Palamite/Hesychast uncreated-light theology; a genuine asset but conceptually distinct from the later technical doctrine — do not silently conflate.
storing up a good foundation for the future	αποθησαυρίζοντας θεμέλιο καλό για το μέλλον	apothisavrízontas themélio kaló gia to méllon	Low	Godliness and Contentment	New	Transparent treasure-metaphor.
guard the deposit entrusted to you	φύλαξε την παραθήκη	fýlaxe tin parathíki	Critical	Guarding the Deposit of Faith	New	Climactic term of the letter; fully alive in Modern Greek banking vocabulary (κατάθεση/παρακαταθήκη) — a genuine lexical asset, but theologically must be understood as the fixed apostolic teaching to be preserved unchanged, not a personal endowment to invest/grow. Human theologian review required every occurrence (also 2 Timothy 1:14).
the falsely-named “knowledge”	η ψευδώνυμη γνώση	i psevdónymi gnósi	Medium-High	Guarding the Deposit of Faith	New	Negative force from ψευδώνυμος alone; γνώσις itself remains positive in ordinary Modern Greek usage — do not let the polemic bleed into devaluing knowledge generally.

Cross-Chapter Doctrinal Term Clusters (for Phase 2 Consistency Checking)

Cluster	Terms Involved	Consistency Requirement
Godliness (ευσέβεια)	2:2, 2:10; 3:16; 4:7, 8; 5:4; 6:3, 5, 6, 11	Render identically as ευσέβεια in every occurrence; consistent High-risk translator note on comprehensive God-honoring life vs. formal/imperial piety or profit-motive.
Sound doctrine / health metaphor	1:10; 4:6; 6:3-4 (νοσεί)	Render υγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία identically; make the disease/health wordplay explicit in teaching notes at each occurrence.
Overseer/elder office	3:1-2 (ἐπίσκοπος/ἐπισκοπή); 5:1, 17, 19 (πρεσβύτερος)	Same Critical-risk clergy-hierarchy note applied consistently; teach the functional identity of the two titles in the Pastorals.
Deacon office	3:8, 10, 12, 13 (διάκονος)	Render identically as διάκονος; same Critical-risk note on every occurrence.
Love of money	3:3 (ἀφιλάργυρος); 6:10 (φιλαργυρία)	Render as related forms of the same word family; cross-reference explicitly in teaching material as Paul’s own internal link.
Laying on of hands	4:14; 5:22	Render identically as επίθεση των χειρών; consistent Medium-risk note distinguishing from the fully developed sacramental χειροτονία.
Calling (κλήση/κλητός)	6:12	Reuse baseline rendering and Critical-risk forbidden-substitution rule exactly (no phone-call/summons flattening).
Mediator/Ransom	2:5-6	Render μεσίτης / αντίλυτρο; same mandatory Critical-risk translator note and human theologian review requirement on every occurrence throughout the curriculum, including any later cross-references.

Critical Risk Terms

God

Approved rendering: Θεός
Transliteration: Theós
Doctrine: God
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Timothy additionally titles the Father ‘Σωτήρ’ (Savior, 1:1; 2:3; 4:10) alongside Christ — see savior_god_father entry; the Father’s title must not be read as displacing Christ’s unique saving work.

Lord

Approved rendering: Κύριος
Transliteration: Kýrios
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Κύριος με την καθημερινή έννοια της ευγενικής προσφώνησης ‘κύριε’ (αντίστοιχο του ‘Mr.’)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Timothy 6:15 the title ‘Lord of lords’ is applied contextually to the Father; do not assume exclusive Christological reference, though the same title is also later applied to Christ elsewhere in the NT (Revelation 17:14; 19:16).

Jesus

Approved rendering: Ιησούς
Transliteration: Iisoús
Doctrine: Christology
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged.

Christ

Approved rendering: Χριστός
Transliteration: Christós
Doctrine: Messianic Promise

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy uses Χριστός exclusively; Μεσσίας does not occur anywhere in this book, confirming the baseline’s stated preference.

Grace

Approved rendering: χάρη
Transliteration: chári
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: χάρη με την καθημερινή έννοια της γοητείας ή ομορφιάς, χάρη ως νομική/προεδρική χάρη (απονομή χάριτος)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Opens 1 Timothy’s greeting triad ‘χάρη, έλεος, ειρήνη’ (1:2) and underlies Paul’s account of his own conversion (1:14).

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: Άγιο Πνεύμα
Transliteration: Ágio Pnévma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: πνεῦμα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Referenced at 1 Timothy 4:1 (‘the Spirit expressly says’) and 4:14’s prophetic commissioning; ensure the personal, divine third-Person sense is not read as an impersonal prophetic force.

Calling

Approved rendering: κλήση
Transliteration: klísi
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: κλήση με την καθημερινή έννοια μιας τηλεφωνικής κλήσης ή δικαστικής κλήσης/κλήσης τροχαίας
Original: κλῆσις / καλέω
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 6:12 commands Timothy to ‘take hold of the eternal life to which you were called’ (εκλήθης) — the forbidden phone-call/summons substitution applies without exception.

Righteousness

Approved rendering: δικαιοσύνη
Transliteration: dikaiosýni
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: δικαιοσύνη αποκλειστικά με τη σύγχρονη έννοια της νομικής ή κοινωνικής δικαιοσύνης
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Appears in the 6:11 virtue catalogue Timothy is told to pursue; do not flatten into a general civic virtue alongside the others, losing its forensic weight.

Redeem

Approved rendering: λυτρώνω / απολύτρωση
Transliteration: lytróno / apolýtrosi
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: εξαγοράζω με τη σύγχρονη έννοια της δωροδοκίας ή της εταιρικής εξαγοράς
Original: ἀντίλυτρον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. Anchors 1 Timothy 2:6’s αντίλυτρο (ransom for all); never render with unglossed εξαγοράζω (forbidden substitution: bribery/corporate-buyout sense).

Flesh

Approved rendering: σάρκα
Transliteration: sárka
Doctrine: Sin
Rejected alternatives: σάρκα αποκλειστικά με τη φιλοσοφική δυϊστική έννοια σώματος εναντίον ψυχής

Inherited from Romans package. Applied Christologically rather than anthropologically at 1 Timothy 3:16 (‘manifested in the flesh’) — note this shift in referent from the Galatians vice-catalogue usage.

Salvation

Approved rendering: σωτηρία
Transliteration: sotiría
Doctrine: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 2:4’s universal saving-will language and 4:10’s Father/Son Savior balance both reuse this root; preserve unqualified universal language per baseline rule.

Father

Approved rendering: Πατέρας
Transliteration: Patéras
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family

Inherited from Romans package. God the Father is also titled ‘Σωτήρ’ (Savior) in 1 Timothy — see savior_god_father entry — without displacing this title.

Son Of God

Approved rendering: Υιός του Θεού
Transliteration: Yiós tou Theoú
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Υιός του Θεού με τη γενική έννοια που αποδίδεται σε κάθε πιστό

Inherited from Romans package. Timothy’s spiritual sonship to Paul (‘γνήσιο τέκνο,’ 1:2) must remain explicitly distinct from this unique, eternal Sonship.

Justification

Approved rendering: δικαίωση
Transliteration: dikaíosi
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: δικαίωση με τη σύγχρονη καθημερινή έννοια του ‘να αποδειχθεί κανείς σωστός’

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 3:16’s ‘εδικαιώθη εν πνεύματι’ reuses this exact word-family but applied to Christ’s own vindication, not the believer’s forensic justification — mandatory disambiguating note required at this occurrence.

Holy

Approved rendering: άγιος
Transliteration: ágios
Doctrine: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package. Underlies 1 Timothy 2:8’s instruction on ‘lifting holy hands’ in corporate prayer.

Savior God Father

Approved rendering: Σωτήρ
Transliteration: Sotír
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: Σωτὴρ ἡμῶν θεός
Category: Salvation

New term. The title ‘our Savior’ applied specifically to God the Father (1:1; 2:3; 4:10). Must not be read as displacing or competing with Christ’s unique saving work (cf. 1:15, ‘Christ Jesus came to save sinners’).

Mediator

Approved rendering: μεσίτης
Transliteration: mesítis
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator
Rejected alternatives: μεσίτης ερμηνευμένος έτσι ώστε να αποκλείει την αιτούμενη μεσολάβηση προσευχής μεταξύ πιστών, ζώντων ή κεκοιμημένων
Original: μεσίτης
Category: Christology

New term. 1 Timothy 2:5. The single sharpest doctrinal collision point in the letter for this destination culture: Orthodox piety gives constant, structurally central liturgical place to the intercession of saints and the Theotokos (‘Πρέσβευε υπέρ ημών’). Mandatory translator note on every occurrence: Christ’s unique, sufficient, sole mediatorship of reconciliation between God and humanity, not a claim excluding requested intercessory prayer among believers. Human theologian review required without exception.

Ransom For All

Approved rendering: αντίλυτρο (υπέρ πάντων)
Transliteration: antílytro
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator
Rejected alternatives: εξαγοράζω χωρίς επεξηγηματική σημείωση (κερδοσκοπική/εξαγοραστική απόδοση)

New term. 1 Timothy 2:6. Anchor to baseline’s mandated λύτρωση/απολύτρωση word family; NEVER render with unglossed εξαγοράζω (forbidden substitution: bribery/corporate-buyout sense).

Overseer Bishop

Approved rendering: επίσκοπος
Transliteration: epískopos
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: επίσκοπος αποκλειστικά ως ο σύγχρονος διοικητικά ανώτερος επίσκοπος επισκοπής, διακριτός βαθμός από τον πρεσβύτερο
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Church Leadership

New term. Exact current title of the Orthodox diocesan bishop. Mandatory note on every occurrence: ἐπίσκοπος = πρεσβύτερος functionally in the Pastorals (cf. 5:1-2, 17), not the later fixed three-order hierarchy. Human theologian review required for every occurrence (3:1-7).

Deacon

Approved rendering: διάκονος
Transliteration: diákonos
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: διάκονος αποκλειστικά με την ανεπτυγμένη λειτουργική έννοια του σύγχρονου χειροτονημένου διακόνου
Original: διάκονος
Category: Church Leadership

New term. Exact current title of the Orthodox ordained deacon. Mandatory note distinguishing Paul’s office of practical/charitable service (3:8-13) from the later fixed liturgical order. Human theologian review required for every occurrence.

Manifested In Flesh

Approved rendering: εφανερώθη εν σαρκί
Transliteration: efanerṑthi en sarkí
Doctrine: Incarnation
Original: ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί
Category: Incarnation

New term, reuses baseline σάρκα vocabulary applied Christologically. 1 Timothy 3:16, opening line of the ancient creedal fragment. Note the Byzantine/Majority textform reads ‘Θεός εφανερώθη εν σαρκί’ (explicit deity predication) while the Alexandrian/critical textform reads ‘ὅς εφανερώθη’ (relative pronoun); document the chosen textform. Human theologian review required.

Vindicated In Spirit

Approved rendering: εδικαιώθη εν πνεύματι
Transliteration: edikaiṑthi en pnévmati
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι
Category: Deity of Christ

New term, reuses the δικαιόω root the baseline trains readers to associate with believer’s justification. 1 Timothy 3:16. Mandatory disambiguating note: this is Christ’s own vindication/exoneration (e.g. through the resurrection), not an instance of justification by faith as taught of believers in Romans 3-5 and Galatians.

Elder

Approved rendering: πρεσβύτερος
Transliteration: presvýteros
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: πρεσβύτερος αποκλειστικά ως ο σύγχρονος μυστηριακά διακριτός ενοριακός ιερέας (‘παπάς’)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church Leadership

New term. Exact current title of the Orthodox parish priest (formally Πρεσβύτερος/Ιερέας, colloquially ‘παπάς’). Mandatory note on every occurrence (5:1, 17, 19): πρεσβύτερος and ἐπίσκοπος describe the same office from two angles in the Pastorals, a single plural-eldership pattern, not the later fixed three-order hierarchy. Human theologian review required.

Godliness As Gain

Approved rendering: νομίζοντας πορισμό την ευσέβεια
Transliteration: nomízontas porismó tin efsévia
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: πορισμὸν εἶναι τὴν εὐσέβειαν
Category: Godliness and Contentment

New term. 1 Timothy 6:5. Weaponizes the letter’s own central virtue (ευσέβεια) against itself; live contemporary sensitivity around clergy income and church wealth in Greek public discourse. Requires careful, non-polemical framing: Paul’s target is profit-seeking motive, not paid ministry as such (cf. 5:17-18).

King Of Kings Lord Of Lords

Approved rendering: βασιλεύς των βασιλευόντων και κύριος των κυριευόντων
Transliteration: vasilévs ton vasilevónton kai kýrios ton kyrievónton
Doctrine: God / Christ as the One Mediator

New term, reuses baseline Κύριος. 1 Timothy 6:15. Applied here to the Father; do not assume exclusive Christological reference, though the same title is also later used of Christ elsewhere in the NT (Revelation 17:14; 19:16).

Deposit Of Faith

Approved rendering: παραθήκη
Transliteration: paratheíki
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Rejected alternatives: παραθήκη ερμηνευμένη ως προσωπική πνευματική επένδυση για ενεργή διαχείριση/ανάπτυξη, αντί για αμετάβλητη φρούρηση
Original: παραθήκη
Category: Guarding the Deposit of Faith

New term, the letter’s climactic term. 1 Timothy 6:20 (also 2 Timothy 1:14). Fully alive in Modern Greek banking vocabulary (κατάθεση/παρακαταθήκη) — a genuine lexical asset. Textual variant note: Byzantine/Majority text reads the longer παρακαταθήκην, critical text the shorter παραθήκην; document the chosen textform for consistency with the 3:16 decision. Theologically, the deposit is the fixed apostolic teaching to be preserved unchanged, not a personal endowment to invest/grow. Human theologian review required at every occurrence.

High Risk Terms

Faith

Approved rendering: πίστη
Transliteration: písti
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: πίστη με τη γενική έννοια της αφοσίωσης σε οποιαδήποτε ιδέα ή πρόσωπο
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 3:11 and 5:22 use πίστη in a secondary sense of personal trustworthiness/faithfulness, distinct from saving faith in Christ; disambiguate by context in every occurrence.

Law

Approved rendering: νόμος
Transliteration: nómos
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:8-9 affirms the law is good ‘if one uses it lawfully’; scope to the Mosaic law’s proper vs. improper use by the false teachers, not law-in-general.

Sanctification

Approved rendering: αγιασμός
Transliteration: agiasmós
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἁγιάζω
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package. The verb form (αγιάζεται) appears at 1 Timothy 4:5 (‘sanctified through the word of God and prayer’); distinguish from the specific Epiphany water-blessing rite also called αγιασμός.

Gospel

Approved rendering: ευαγγέλιο
Transliteration: evangélio
Doctrine: Gospel
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:11 speaks of ‘the glorious gospel of the blessed God’ entrusted to Paul.

Intercession

Approved rendering: μεσιτεία
Transliteration: mesiteía
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Rejected alternatives: μεσιτεία αποκλειστικά των αγίων και της Παναγίας ως απαραίτητων μεσαζόντων
Original: μεσιτεία / ἔντευξις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package. Distinct from but adjacent to 1 Timothy 2:1’s εντεύξεις and 2:5’s μεσίτης (Christ’s unique mediatorship) — keep all three concepts distinct in teaching material.

Incarnation

Approved rendering: ενανθρώπηση
Transliteration: enanthrópisi
Doctrine: Incarnation

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 3:16’s ‘εφανερώθη εν σαρκί’ is this curriculum’s primary incarnation text; guard against theosis-framing displacing the verse’s own historical, bodily affirmation.

Different Doctrine

Approved rendering: ετεροδιδασκαλία / ετεροδιδασκαλέω
Transliteration: eterodidaskalía
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: γενική απόδοση ως ‘διαφορετική διδασκαλία’ χωρίς τη διάκριση ἕτερος/ἄλλος
Original: ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω
Category: Sound Doctrine

New term. Inherits the baseline’s ἕτερος (‘different in kind’) vs ἄλλος (‘another of the same kind’) distinction established for Galatians’ different_gospel entry. 1 Timothy 1:3; 6:3.

Stewardship Of God

Approved rendering: οικονομία Θεού
Transliteration: oikonomía Theoú
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: οικονομία με τη σύγχρονη έννοια της εθνικής/οικονομικής διαχείρισης, οικονομία με την τεχνική εκκλησιαστική έννοια της ποιμαντικής παρέκκλισης από τον κανόνα
Original: οἰκονομία θεοῦ ἡ ἐν πίστει
Category: Sound Doctrine

New term. 1 Timothy 1:4. Risk of collision with (a) the secular national-economy sense and (b) the distinct later technical Orthodox canonical term ‘οικονομία’ (pastoral dispensation). Gloss required distinguishing all three senses.

Prayer Vocabulary Fourfold

Approved rendering: δεήσεις, προσευχές, εντεύξεις, ευχαριστίες
Transliteration: deísis, proseftés, endéfxis, efcharistíes
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer

New term (εντεύξεις new; ευχαριστίες = baseline reuse). 1 Timothy 2:1. Έντευξις must not default to saintly/Marian mediation as the necessary model for intercession; keep distinct from μεσίτης (2:5) and μεσιτεία (baseline).

Quiet Life

Approved rendering: ήρεμος και ησύχιος βίος
Transliteration: íremos kai isýchios víos
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Rejected alternatives: ησύχιος βίος με τη μυστικιστική/ησυχαστική έννοια της νοερής προσευχής και ενδοσκόπησης
Original: ἤρεμος καὶ ἡσύχιος βίος
Category: Worship

New term. 1 Timothy 2:2. ἡσύχιος is the direct root of ἡσυχασμός (Hesychasm, Mount Athos, Gregory Palamas); mandatory gloss distinguishing Paul’s plain civic-tranquility sense from the technical contemplative-stillness tradition.

Exercise Authority

Approved rendering: αυθεντώ / ασκώ εξουσία
Transliteration: afthentó / askó exousía
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: αυθεντία/αυθεντικός με τη σύγχρονη έννοια της νομιμοποιημένης εξουσίας, η οποία υπερβεβαιώνει μια αμφισβητούμενη έννοια
Original: αὐθεντεῖν
Category: Church Leadership

New term, NT hapax legomenon. 1 Timothy 2:12. Genuinely disputed range (neutral ‘exercise authority’ vs. negative ‘domineer/usurp’); render conservatively, flag rather than silently resolve. Human theologian review required.

Saved Through Childbearing

Approved rendering: θα σωθεί δια της τεκνογονίας
Transliteration: tha sotheí dia tis teknogonías
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: τεκνογονία ως μέσο σωτηρίας που προστίθεται στην πίστη (έργο-βασισμένη σωτηρία)
Original: σωθήσεται διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας
Category: Salvation

New term, reuses baseline σωτηρία root. 1 Timothy 2:15. One of the most exegetically difficult phrases in the Pastorals; render literally, mandatory human theologian review, survey interpretive range; must never read as salvation-by-works added to faith.

Office Of Overseer

Approved rendering: επισκοπή
Transliteration: episkopí
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: επισκοπή αποκλειστικά ως η σύγχρονη επισκοπική έδρα/δικαιοδοσία
Original: ἐπισκοπή
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:1. Modern Greek defaults to ‘diocese/bishopric’; mandatory note distinguishing Paul’s local congregational-oversight function from the developed diocesan office.

Husband Of One Wife

Approved rendering: μιας γυναικός άνδρα
Transliteration: mias gynaikós ándra
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: απόλυτη νομοκανονική ρύθμιση περί επαναγάμου κληρικού, αποσυνδεδεμένη από το ηθικό επιχείρημα του Παύλου
Original: μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:2, 12. Intersects live Orthodox clerical-marriage canon law (married priests permitted; no remarriage after ordination; celibate monastic bishops). Mandatory note: Paul’s concern is marital fidelity/singular devotion as observable character evidence, not adjudication of later canonical rules.

Mystery Of Faith

Approved rendering: το μυστήριο της πίστεως
Transliteration: to mystírio tis písteos
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Rejected alternatives: μυστήριο αποκλειστικά με τη σακραμενταλή έννοια ενός εκ των επτά Μυστηρίων
Original: μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως
Category: Sound Doctrine

New term. 1 Timothy 3:9. Modern Greek μυστήριο defaults overwhelmingly to a Sacred Mystery (τα Μυστήρια of the Orthodox Church, the seven sacraments). Mandatory translator note distinguishing the NT sense (a once-hidden truth now disclosed) from the technical sacramental sense.

Women In Ministry

Approved rendering: γυναίκες
Transliteration: gynaíkes
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: γυναίκες αποδοσμένο αποκλειστικά ως ‘σύζυγοι’ (των διακόνων), γυναίκες αποδοσμένο αποκλειστικά ως ‘διακόνισσες’, εισάγοντας τίτλο που δεν υπάρχει ρητά στο κείμενο
Original: γυναῖκες
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:11. Genuinely ambiguous in the source Greek (deacons’ wives vs. women serving in a deacon-like role); render as γυναίκες preserving the ambiguity. Mandatory translator note flagging the live scholarly debate. Human theologian review required.

Pillar Of Truth

Approved rendering: στύλος και εδραίωμα της αλήθειας
Transliteration: stýlos kai edráioma tis alítheias
Doctrine: The Church as Pillar of Truth
Rejected alternatives: η εκκλησία ως πηγή/καθοριστής της αλήθειας, αντί για στήριγμα και φρουρός της
Original: στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας
Category: Church as Pillar of Truth

New term. 1 Timothy 3:15. Both words lexically stable and vivid in Modern Greek; risk is purely doctrinal — in a tradition holding Scripture and Holy Tradition jointly authoritative, this verse can be misread as making the institutional Church the source of truth rather than its support and guardian. Mandatory translator note; human theologian review required.

Mystery Of Godliness

Approved rendering: το μυστήριο της ευσέβειας
Transliteration: to mystírio tis efsévias
Doctrine: The Church as Pillar of Truth
Original: μυστήριον τῆς εὐσεβείας
Category: Sound Doctrine

New term. 1 Timothy 3:16. Combines the μυστήριον sacramental-collision risk with the ευσέβεια risk (see godliness entry).

Taken Up In Glory

Approved rendering: ανελήφθη εν δόξη
Transliteration: anelífthi en dóxi
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ (Ascension, distinct event)
Original: ἀνελήφθη ἐν δόξῃ
Category: Resurrection of Christ

New term, reuses baseline δόξα. 1 Timothy 3:16. Standard, stable term also naming the liturgical feast of the Ascension (Ανάληψη) — a genuine cultural/liturgical asset; ensure it is taught as distinct from the Resurrection (ανάσταση), not conflated with it.

Deceitful Spirits

Approved rendering: πνεύματα πλάνης, διδασκαλίες δαιμονίων
Transliteration: pnévmata plánis, didaskalíes daimoníon
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Original: πνεύματα πλάνα καὶ διδασκαλίαι δαιμονίων
Category: Sound Doctrine

New term. 1 Timothy 4:1. δαιμόνιο remains a live, serious theological word in Modern Greek (not secularly bleached) — an asset preserving the spiritual-warfare framing rather than reducing false teaching to mere human error.

Godliness

Approved rendering: ευσέβεια
Transliteration: efsévia
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Rejected alternatives: ευσέβεια αποκλειστικά με την αυτοκρατορική/επίσημη έννοια της ‘ευσεβέστατος’ προσφώνησης, ευσέβεια ως μέσο κοινωνικού/οικονομικού κέρδους
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Godliness and Contentment

New term, the letter’s central positive virtue-term (8 occurrences: 2:2, 10; 3:16; 4:7, 8; 6:3, 5, 6, 11). Byzantine imperial honorific history (‘ευσεβέστατος’) risks narrowing to formal state-linked piety; 6:5 directly weaponizes the word against itself. Must be taught as comprehensive, reverent, God-honoring life integrating belief and conduct.

Council Of Elders

Approved rendering: πρεσβυτέριο
Transliteration: presvytério
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: πρεσβυτέριο με τη σύγχρονη κυρίαρχη έννοια της κατοικίας/γραφείου του ιερέα
Original: πρεσβυτέριον
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 4:14. Modern Greek ‘πρεσβυτέριο’ commonly means the parish priest’s residence/rectory in everyday usage. Mandatory note: here it must be read as ‘the council/body of elders,’ not a building.

Masters Despotes

Approved rendering: δεσπότες
Transliteration: despótes
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith (household code)
Rejected alternatives: δεσπότες ερμηνευμένο ή αποδοσμένο έτσι ώστε να συγχέεται με την εκκλησιαστική προσφώνηση ‘Δέσποτα’ προς επίσκοπο
Original: δεσπόται
Category: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith

New term. 1 Timothy 6:1-2. Δεσπότης/‘Δέσποτα’ is the customary contemporary form of address for an Orthodox bishop. Mandatory translator note distinguishing the household-slavery referent from the ecclesiastical title; household-code material requires non-endorsing pastoral framing.

Healthy Doctrine

Approved rendering: υγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία
Transliteration: ygiaínousa didaskalía
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Original: ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία
Category: Sound Doctrine

New term, the letter’s central doctrinal category (1:10; 4:6; 6:3). Fully transparent in Modern Greek (υγιαίνω/υγιής) — a zero-gap asset whose very transparency risks flattening into bland ‘good teaching,’ missing Paul’s sharp health/disease contrast (paired with 6:4’s νοσεί). Render identically at every occurrence; draw out the metaphor explicitly in teaching notes.

Love Of Money

Approved rendering: φιλαργυρία
Transliteration: filargyría
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Rejected alternatives: ‘η ρίζα’ (the root, definite article) αντί για ‘μία ρίζα’ (a root), υπερβάλλοντας το κείμενο
Original: φιλαργυρία
Category: Godliness and Contentment

New term, transparent compound. 1 Timothy 6:10. Deliberately echoes 3:3’s ἀφιλάργυρος — Paul’s own internal cross-reference; teach together. Precision required: ‘a root’ (μία ρίζα), not ‘the root,’ of all kinds of evils.

Appearing Of Christ

Approved rendering: επιφάνεια του Κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού
Transliteration: epifáneia tou Kyríou imón Iisoú Christoú
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator (eschatology)
Rejected alternatives: επιφάνεια συγχεόμενη με τη γιορτή των Θεοφανείων (βάπτισμα του Χριστού)
Original: ἐπιφάνεια τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Christ as the One Mediator

New term, reuses baseline Κύριος. 1 Timothy 6:14. Exact name of the major Orthodox liturgical feast of Θεοφάνεια/Επιφάνεια (Christ’s baptism, January 6), not his Second Coming. Mandatory translator note distinguishing the eschatological sense intended here (paralleled at 2 Timothy 4:1, 8; Titus 2:13).

Unapproachable Light

Approved rendering: φως οικών απρόσιτον
Transliteration: fos oikón aprósito
Doctrine: Divine Transcendence and Doxology
Original: φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον
Category: God

New term. 1 Timothy 6:16. Resonates directly with Palamite/Hesychast uncreated-light theology (τὸ ἄκτιστον φῶς, Gregory Palamas, Mount Athos) — a genuine theological asset, but the later technical, participatory-vision doctrine must not be silently imported into Paul’s own point about God’s transcendent inaccessibility apart from Christ’s mediation (ties to 2:5).

Medium Risk Terms

Church

Approved rendering: εκκλησία
Transliteration: ekklisía
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: Εκκλησία αποκλειστικά ως ο θεσμός/η ιεραρχική Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία, ή αποκλειστικά το κτίριο
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Central to 1 Timothy 3:5 (‘church of God’) and 3:15 (‘church of the living God, pillar and foundation of the truth’); must not be read as the institutional Church of Greece or a building.

Sin

Approved rendering: αμαρτία
Transliteration: amartía
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: αμαρτία με την καθημερινή, εξασθενημένη έννοια του ‘κρίμα’
Original: ἁμαρτία / ἁμαρτωλός
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:15 uniquely has Paul call himself ‘foremost’ (πρώτος) of sinners; do not flatten πρώτος to a merely rhetorical ‘one sinner among many.‘

Glory

Approved rendering: δόξα
Transliteration: dóxa
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: δόξα με τη σύγχρονη έννοια της φήμης ή επιτυχίας
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package. Appears in the creedal hymn (3:16, ‘taken up in glory’) and the closing doxologies (1:17; 6:16).

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: ευχαριστία
Transliteration: efcharistía
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Rejected alternatives: Θεία Ευχαριστία αποκλειστικά (η Ευχαριστία ως Μυστήριο)
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Worship

Inherited from Romans package. Part of the fourfold prayer vocabulary of 1 Timothy 2:1; distinguish from the sacramental Θεία Ευχαριστία (Holy Communion).

Spiritual Gifts

Approved rendering: πνευματικά χαρίσματα
Transliteration: pnevmatiká charísmata
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Original: χάρισμα
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. Applied specifically at 1 Timothy 4:14 to Timothy’s own commissioning gift, given through prophecy with the elders’ laying on of hands.

Gentiles

Approved rendering: έθνη
Transliteration: éthni
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: εθνικοί με σύγχρονη εθνικιστική χροιά

Inherited from Romans package. Used at 1 Timothy 2:7 (‘teacher of the Gentiles’) and 3:16 (‘proclaimed among the nations’).

Mission

Approved rendering: αποστολή
Transliteration: apostolí
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations

Inherited from Romans package. Underlies 1 Timothy 2:7’s ‘teacher of the Gentiles’ commissioning language.

Peace

Approved rendering: ειρήνη
Transliteration: eiríni
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: ειρήνη με την ησυχαστική έννοια της εσωτερικής ή νοερής ησυχίας

Inherited from Romans package. Third term of 1 Timothy 1:2’s greeting triad; distinguish from the Hesychast ἡσυχία register especially relevant to 1 Timothy 2:2’s ήρεμος και ησύχιος βίος.

Fellowship

Approved rendering: κοινωνία
Transliteration: koinonía
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: κοινωνία αποκλειστικά ως λήψη της Θείας Κοινωνίας

Inherited from Romans package. Related to 1 Timothy 6:18’s ‘κοινωνικούς’ (generous, ready to share); watch that this is not read only in the modern ‘sociable’ everyday sense.

Mercy

Approved rendering: έλεος
Transliteration: éleos
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: έλεος με την καθημερινή εξασθενημένη έννοια του ‘έλεος!’ (αρκετά!)
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation

New term. Second term of the greeting triad ‘χάρη, έλεος, ειρήνη’ (1:2); also 1:13, 16’s account of mercy shown to Paul. Modern Greek ‘έλεος’ remains stable and religious (‘Θεού έλεος’) but carries a colloquial exasperated idiom; preserve doctrinal register.

Myths And Genealogies

Approved rendering: μύθοι και ατελείωτες γενεαλογίες
Transliteration: mýthoi kai ateleíotes genealogíes
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: μύθοι ως γενική κριτική της ελληνικής μυθολογικής παράδοσης

New term. 1 Timothy 1:4. Do not let ‘μύθοι’ be heard as a critique of Hellenic cultural/mythological heritage generally — this targets specific speculative false teaching.

Shipwrecked Faith

Approved rendering: ναυάγησαν ως προς την πίστη
Transliteration: naváyisan os pros tin písti
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith

New term. 1 Timothy 1:19. Living Modern Greek nautical metaphor (ναυάγιο); a strong teaching asset for total-loss apostasy imagery.

Delivered To Satan

Approved rendering: παρέδωσα στον Σατανά
Transliteration: parédosa ston Satanná
Doctrine: Sin

New term. 1 Timothy 1:20. Corrective, not merely punitive, church discipline (cf. 1 Corinthians 5:5 parallel); preserve restorative intent in teaching notes.

Foremost Of Sinners

Approved rendering: αμαρτωλών πρώτος
Transliteration: amartolón prótos
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability

New term, reuses baseline αμαρτία root. 1 Timothy 1:15. Paul’s own paradigm-case self-description; ensure ‘πρώτος’ (foremost/chief) is not flattened to a merely rhetorical ‘one sinner among many.‘

Modest Apparel

Approved rendering: κόσμια περιβολή, αιδώς, σωφροσύνη
Transliteration: kósmia perivolí, aidós, sofrosýni
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer

New term. 1 Timothy 2:9. Connects lexically to κόσμιος/σώφρων in chapter 3’s leadership qualifications; keep the cross-chapter lexical linkage visible for learners.

Above Reproach

Approved rendering: ανεπίλημπτος / ανέγκλητος
Transliteration: anepílimptos / anénklitos
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Original: ἀνεπίλημπτος / ἀνέγκλητος
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:2, 10. Observable, testable public reputation, not sinless perfection; brief gloss (‘χωρίς αιτία κατηγορίας’) may aid clarity.

Self Controlled

Approved rendering: σώφρων / σωφροσύνη
Transliteration: sófron / sofrosýni
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: σωφροσύνη αποκλειστικά με την περιορισμένη έννοια της σεξουαλικής εγκράτειας

New term. 1 Timothy 3:2; 2:9, 15. Broader disciplined self-mastery, not sexual restraint alone.

Not Lover Of Money

Approved rendering: αφιλάργυρος
Transliteration: afilárgyros
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment

New term. 1 Timothy 3:3. Deliberately cross-referenced by Paul with 6:10’s φιλαργυρία — teach the two together; transparent compound.

Manage Household Well

Approved rendering: προΐσταμαι καλώς του οίκου
Transliteration: proístamai kalós tou oíkou
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Original: τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου καλῶς προϊστάμενος
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:4-5. Household management as the proof-case for congregational leadership fitness; ensure the secular corporate-management sense of προΐσταμαι does not flatten the pastoral-care dimension.

Submission Dignity

Approved rendering: υποταγή, σεμνότητα
Transliteration: ypotagí, semnótita
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:4. Scope strictly to this household-order argument; do not generalize into unrelated authority contexts.

Good Standing

Approved rendering: βαθμός καλός
Transliteration: vathmós kalós
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: βαθμός με τη σύγχρονη έννοια του θεσμικού ιεραρχικού βαθμού (κληρικού, στρατιωτικού, ακαδημαϊκού)
Original: βαθμὸν καλόν
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:13. Modern Greek βαθμός is also the ordinary word for academic/military/ecclesiastical rank; note required that Paul means growing trust and respect earned through service, not institutional promotion.

Household Of God

Approved rendering: οίκος του Θεού
Transliteration: oíkos tou Theoú
Doctrine: The Church as Pillar of Truth

New term. 1 Timothy 3:15. Reinforces 3:5’s ‘εκκλησία θεού’ — the church as God’s own family; distinguish from the literal church-building sense also live in Modern Greek.

Puffed Up With Pride

Approved rendering: τυφωθείς
Transliteration: tyfotheís
Doctrine: Sin

New term. 1 Timothy 3:6. Smoke/vapor metaphor for conceit; needs gloss (‘τυφλωμένος από υπερηφάνεια’); leadership-specific pride danger.

Judgment Snare Of Devil

Approved rendering: κρίμα / παγίδα του διαβόλου
Transliteration: kríma / pagída tou diavólou
Doctrine: Sin

New term. 1 Timothy 3:6-7. Preserve the theological ambiguity of ‘whose judgment’ (the devil’s own fall, or condemnation the devil brings); a footnote may note both readings.

Good Testimony

Approved rendering: μαρτυρία καλή από τους έξωθεν
Transliteration: martyría kalí apó tous éxothen
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:7. Honor/shame register concerning the church’s public credibility before outsiders; distinguish from purely legal ‘testimony.‘

Forbidding Marriage And Foods

Approved rendering: απαγορεύουν τον γάμο, απέχειν από τροφές
Transliteration: apagorévoun ton gámo, apéchein apó trofés
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: γενική πολεμική κατά της οικειοθελούς νηστείας/αγαμίας ως πνευματικών ασκήσεων

New term. 1 Timothy 4:3. Scope carefully against Orthodox voluntary fasting (νηστεία) and monastic celibacy disciplines; Paul’s target is imposed prohibition treated as a superior-spirituality or salvation-requirement claim, not voluntary discipline as such.

Every Creature Good

Approved rendering: κάθε κτίσμα του Θεού είναι καλό
Transliteration: káthe ktísma tou Theoú eínai kaló
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching

New term. 1 Timothy 4:4. Connects to baseline’s καινή κτίσις (new creation); affirms creation’s essential goodness against false asceticism.

Train For Godliness

Approved rendering: γύμναζε σεαυτόν προς ευσέβεια
Transliteration: gýmnaze seaftón pros efsévia
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment

New term. 1 Timothy 4:7. Athletic-training metaphor, ancestor of Modern Greek ‘gym’ vocabulary (γυμναστήριο) — vivid asset; keep distinct from mere literal physical exercise, per the verse’s own contrast with ‘bodily training.‘

Laying On Of Hands

Approved rendering: επίθεση των χειρών
Transliteration: epíthesi ton cheirón
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: επίθεση χειρών ταυτισμένη πλήρως με το ανεπτυγμένο μυστήριο της χειροτονίας
Original: ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 4:14; 5:22. A recognized ordination-adjacent commissioning practice, resonant with but not identical to the fully developed sacramental rite of χειροτονία; note this distinction.

Depart From Faith

Approved rendering: αποστατήσουν από την πίστη
Transliteration: apostatísoun apó tin písti
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching

New term, reuses baseline πίστη root. 1 Timothy 4:1. Apostasy doctrine, weighty though lexically stable.

Widow

Approved rendering: χήρα
Transliteration: chíra
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: χήρα
Category: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith

New term. 1 Timothy 5:3-16. Stable, living Modern Greek word. Preserve the qualifying criterion ‘όντως’ (truly/actually, 5:3) distinguishing genuinely destitute widows without family support from those with other means of care.

Show Godliness To Household

Approved rendering: ευσεβούν τον δικό τους οίκο
Transliteration: efsevoún ton dikó tous oíko
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith

New term, reuses ευσέβεια root. 1 Timothy 5:4. Applies ευσέβεια to ordinary family financial support, broadening the term beyond cultic piety — teach in explicit consistency with other occurrences.

Double Honor

Approved rendering: διπλή τιμή
Transliteration: dipli timí
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: διπλῆς τιμῆς
Category: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith

New term. 1 Timothy 5:17. Ensure τιμή is understood to include material provision, not only abstract respect, per the immediate wage-laborer citation (5:18).

Accusation Witnesses

Approved rendering: μη δέχεσαι κατηγορία χωρίς μάρτυρες
Transliteration: mi déchesai katigoría chorís mártyres
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 5:19. Procedural safeguard protecting elders from unsubstantiated accusation.

Rebuke Publicly

Approved rendering: έλεγξε ενώπιον όλων
Transliteration: élenxe enópion ólon
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 5:20. Public accountability for persistent sin among recognized leaders.

Sick With Controversies

Approved rendering: νοσεί περί ζητήσεις
Transliteration: nosí perí zitíseis
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching

New term. 1 Timothy 6:4. Deliberate wordplay against ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία; make the internal literary contrast explicit.

Contentment

Approved rendering: αυτάρκεια
Transliteration: aftárkia
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Rejected alternatives: αυτάρκεια με τη σύγχρονη κυρίαρχη έννοια της οικονομικής/εθνικής αυτάρκειας
Original: αὐτάρκεια
Category: Godliness and Contentment

New term. 1 Timothy 6:6. Modern Greek predominantly economic/national register (‘ενεργειακή αυτάρκεια,’ ‘εθνική αυτάρκεια’); gloss required distinguishing personal spiritual contentment from economic self-sufficiency.

Fight Good Fight

Approved rendering: αγωνίσου τον καλό αγώνα της πίστης
Transliteration: agonísou ton kaló agóna tis pístis
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment

New term, reuses baseline πίστη. 1 Timothy 6:12. Living Modern Greek athletic-contest idiom (αγώνας, αγωνία remain vivid).

Good Confession

Approved rendering: η καλή ομολογία
Transliteration: i kalí omología
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator
Original: τὴν καλὴν ὁμολογίαν
Category: Christ as the One Mediator

New term. 1 Timothy 6:12-13. Connects to the baseline’s Romans 10:9 confession-of-Lordship doctrine; likely refers to Timothy’s baptismal/ordination confession, paralleling Christ’s own confession before Pilate.

Falsely Named Knowledge

Approved rendering: η ψευδώνυμη γνώση
Transliteration: i psevdónymi gnósi
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Original: ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως
Category: Sound Doctrine

New term. 1 Timothy 6:20. Negative force from ψευδώνυμος alone; γνώσις itself remains an ordinary, positive Modern Greek word (γνώση = knowledge, learning). Teaching notes must not let the polemic devalue knowledge as such.

Low Risk Terms

Apostle

Approved rendering: απόστολος
Transliteration: apóstolos
Doctrine: Apostleship
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:1 grounds Paul’s apostleship ‘by command of God our Savior’ (κατ’ επιταγήν Θεού Σωτήρος).

Genuine Child

Approved rendering: γνήσιο τέκνο
Transliteration: gnísio tékno
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ (contrast)

New term. Timothy’s spiritual sonship to Paul (1:2); explicitly distinct from Christ’s unique divine Sonship.

Doxology King Of Ages

Approved rendering: Βασιλεύς των αιώνων, άφθαρτος, αόρατος
Transliteration: Vasiléfs ton eónon, áfthartos, aóratos
Doctrine: God

New term. 1 Timothy 1:17. Doxological title-string, liturgically resonant — a teaching asset requiring precision, not caution about obscurity.

Trustworthy Saying

Approved rendering: Πιστός ο λόγος
Transliteration: Pistós o lógos
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching

New term. Fixed Pastoral-epistle formula (1 Timothy 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; 2 Timothy 2:11; Titus 3:8); render identically at every occurrence.

Sober Minded

Approved rendering: νηφάλιος
Transliteration: nifálios
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:2, 11. Stable, living Modern Greek word; steadiness of mind, not merely abstinence from alcohol.

Respectable Orderly

Approved rendering: κόσμιος
Transliteration: kósmios
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:2; 2:9. Distinguish from κόσμος (world) elsewhere in the letter (cf. 6:7).

Hospitable

Approved rendering: φιλόξενος
Transliteration: filóxenos
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Original: φιλόξενος
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:2. Strong living Modern Greek cultural virtue-word (φιλοξενία) — a teaching asset.

Able To Teach

Approved rendering: διδακτικός
Transliteration: didaktikós
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Original: διδακτικός
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:2. Ties directly to the Sound Doctrine doctrine.

Not Given To Wine Not Violent

Approved rendering: μη πάροινος, μη πλήκτης
Transliteration: mi páronos, mi plíktis
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:3. Disqualifying vices; πλήκτης may need gloss (‘βίαιος άνθρωπος’).

Gentle Peaceable

Approved rendering: επιεικής, άμαχος
Transliteration: epieikís, ámachos
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:3. Positive counter-virtues to violence/quarrelsomeness; άμαχος may need gloss (‘όχι φιλόνικος’).

Care For

Approved rendering: επιμελείται
Transliteration: epimeleítai
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:5. Warm, compassionate register (cf. the Good Samaritan’s care, Luke 10:34-35) — an asset.

Double Tongued

Approved rendering: δίλογος
Transliteration: dílogos
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Original: δίλογος
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:8. Transparent compound, fully intelligible in Modern Greek.

Not Greedy For Gain

Approved rendering: αισχροκερδής
Transliteration: aischrokerdís
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: αἰσχροκερδής
Category: Godliness and Contentment

New term. 1 Timothy 3:8. Especially relevant to deacons’ historical role handling charitable funds and widows’ support (ch.5).

Clear Conscience

Approved rendering: καθαρή συνείδηση
Transliteration: kathari synéidisi
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment

New term. 1 Timothy 3:9. Stable, living Modern Greek phrase.

Tested First

Approved rendering: δοκιμάζονται πρώτα
Transliteration: dokimázontai próta
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership
Original: δοκιμαζέσθωσαν πρῶτον
Category: Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:10. Metallurgical-testing metaphor; a required probationary process before deacon service.

New Convert

Approved rendering: νεόφυτος
Transliteration: neófytos
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership

New term. 1 Timothy 3:6. ‘Recent convert,’ not the general English loanword sense of ‘beginner in any field.‘

Example Pattern

Approved rendering: υπόδειγμα
Transliteration: ypódeigma
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment

New term. 1 Timothy 4:12. Timothy’s own conduct as a model for the congregation.

Progress

Approved rendering: προκοπή
Transliteration: prokopí
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment

New term. 1 Timothy 4:15. Living Modern Greek word (also used for ‘getting ahead’ in career); keep the spiritual-growth sense distinct from the purely secular sense.

Laborer Deserves Wages

Approved rendering: ο εργάτης είναι άξιος του μισθού του
Transliteration: o ergátis eínai áxios tou misthoú tou
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith

New term. 1 Timothy 5:18. Stable proverbial citation grounding material support for those who labor in ministry.

Storing Treasure

Approved rendering: αποθησαυρίζοντας θεμέλιο καλό για το μέλλον
Transliteration: apothisavrízontas themélio kaló gia to méllon
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment

New term. 1 Timothy 6:19. Transparent treasure-metaphor (θησαυρός is a living Modern Greek word); reorients storing-treasure language away from earthly wealth toward eternal reward.

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