Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 2 Peter
Part 1: Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (from Romans translation_memory.json)
| English term | Gujarati (reused) | Transliteration | Risk (baseline) | 2 Peter passages | Doctrine tag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apostle | પ્રેરિત | prerit | Medium | 1:1 | Apostleship |
| faith | વિશ્વાસ | viśvāsa | High | 1:1, 1:5 | Faith |
| righteousness | ન્યાયીપણું | nyāyīpaṇũ | Critical | 1:1, 2:21, 3:13 | Salvation / Growing in Christian Virtue |
| grace | કૃપા | kṛpā | Critical | 1:2, 3:18 | Grace |
| peace | શાંતિ | śānti | Medium | 1:2 | Peace with God |
| glory | મહિમા | mahimā | High | 1:3, 1:17, 3:18 | Deity of Christ |
| holy | પવિત્ર | pavitra | High | 1:18, 1:21, 2:21, 3:2 | Sanctification / Inspiration of Scripture |
| holy_spirit | પવિત્ર આત્મા | Pavitra Ātmā | Critical | 1:21 | Inspiration of Scripture |
| calling | તેડું | teḍũ | High | 1:10 | Divine Calling |
| election | પરમેશ્વરની પસંદગી | Parmeśvarnī Pasandagī | High | 1:10 | Effectual Calling |
| kingdom_of_god | પરમેશ્વરનું રાજ્ય | Parmeśvarnũ Rājya | Medium | 1:11 | Kingdom Mission |
| prophet | ભવિષ્યવક્તા | bhaviṣyavaktā | Low | 2:1, 2:16 | Inspiration of Scripture |
| prophecy | ભવિષ્યવાણી | bhaviṣyavāṇī | Low | 1:19, 1:20, 1:21, 3:2 | Fulfillment of Prophecy |
| sin | પાપ | pāp | High | 1:9, 2:4, 2:14 | Universal Human Accountability |
| lord | પ્રભુ | prabhu | Critical | 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 2:1, 2:20, 3:2, 3:8, 3:9, 3:10, 3:15, 3:18 | Lordship of Christ |
| god | પરમેશ્વર | Parmeśvar | Critical | 1:1, 1:2, 1:17, 1:21, 2:4, 3:5 | Deity of Christ |
| jesus | ઈસુ | Īsu | Critical | 1:1, 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 2:20, 3:18 | Lordship of Christ |
| father | પિતા | Pitā | Critical | 1:17 | Deity of Christ |
| salvation | ઉદ્ધાર | uddhār | Critical | 3:15 | Salvation |
Part 2: New Terms Introduced by 2 Peter
| English term | Original (Greek) | Gujarati proposed | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine tag | Primary passages | Rationale / Collision notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ | Χριστός | ખ્રિસ્ત | Khrist | Critical | Deity of Christ / Messianic Promise | throughout | Established Gujarati Bible transliteration per AI transliteration standards; always paired with ઈસુ (Jesus). |
| Paul | Παῦλος | પાઉલ | Pāul | Low | — | 3:15 | Established proper-name transliteration. |
| Savior | σωτήρ | ઉદ્ધારક | uddhārak | Critical | Salvation | 1:1, 1:11, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18 | Agent-noun built on baseline ઉદ્ધાર root for consistency; must remain exclusive to Christ, not a generic “rescuer” title transferable to a guru or deity. |
| God and Savior (single-referent title) | Θεὸς καὶ Σωτήρ | પરમેશ્વર અને ઉદ્ધારક | Parmeśvar ane uddhārak | Critical | Deity of Christ | 1:1 | Grammar must preserve single-referent identification (Jesus Christ = “our God and Savior”), parallel to Romans 9:5. |
| virtue / excellence | ἀρετή | સદ્ગુણ | sadguṇ | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:3, 1:5 | Must be taught as grace-enabled, not the self-achieved samyak chāritrya of Jain right-conduct doctrine. |
| divine nature (partakers of) | θεία φύσις / κοινωνοί | પરમેશ્વરીય સ્વભાવના ભાગીદાર | Parmeśvarīya svabhāvnā bhāgīdār | Critical | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:4 | CRITICAL: never implies the soul’s inherent identity with Brahman (Advaita ātman=Brahman) or the Jain doctrine that every soul is potentially a liberated, omniscient siddha through self-effort. Must be presented as a Spirit-given, promise-based moral/relational sharing in God’s character, granted through Christ. |
| corruption | φθορά | ભ્રષ્ટતા | bhraṣṭatā | High | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:4, 2:12, 2:19 | Distinguish from impersonal karma-pudgala (karmic matter) accreting on the soul; here corruption is personal moral ruin from which God rescues. |
| lust / desire | ἐπιθυμία | દુર્વાસના | durvāsanā | Medium | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:4, 2:10, 2:18, 3:3 | Standard term; moderate risk of moralistic flattening if decoupled from worldly corruption theme. |
| full/relational knowledge | ἐπίγνωσις | પૂર્ણ જ્ઞાન / ઓળખ | pūrṇa gnān / oḷakh | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:2, 1:3, 1:8, 2:20, 3:18 | Must be sharply distinguished from Jain kevalgyān (self-attained perfect omniscience) and Hindu jñāna-mārga (path of self-realization); this is relational knowing of Christ, given and deepened by grace. |
| self-control | ἐγκράτεια | આત્મસંયમ | ātmasanyam | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6 | Distinguish from Jain tapa/samyama, merit-earning ascetic restraint; here it is Spirit-produced fruit added to faith. |
| perseverance / endurance | ὑπομονή | ધીરજ | dhīraj | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6 | Distinct from μακροθυμία (God’s own patience, ch. 3); this is the believer’s endurance under trial. |
| godliness | εὐσέβεια | ઈશ્વરભક્તિ | Īśvarbhakti | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6, 1:7, 3:11 | ભક્તિ root carries strong Gujarat bhakti-tradition resonance (already flagged as a rejected alternative for “faith” in the baseline); the compound narrows reference to devotion directed at God specifically, but every occurrence needs contextual review. |
| brotherly love | φιλαδελφία | ભાઈચારો | bhāīcāro | Low | Christian Fellowship | 1:7 | Standard term; love within the believing community specifically. |
| love | ἀγάπη | પ્રેમ | prem | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:7 | Broad everyday semantic range in Gujarati (romantic/affectionate); context must establish the self-giving, non-erotic sense. |
| purification from past sins | καθαρισμός τῶν πάλαι ἁμαρτιῶν | પાપોથી શુદ્ધ થવું | pāpōthī śuddha thavũ | High | Sanctification | 1:9 | Descriptive phrase avoids a bare શુદ્ધિકરણ noun, which the baseline already flags as risking a ritual-purification reading. |
| Christ’s coming / return (Parousia) | παρουσία | આગમન | āgaman | Critical | The Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:16, 3:4, 3:12 | Must denote Christ’s own singular, personal, bodily return — never a repeatable avatar-descent nor a new Tirthankara’s independent future arising. |
| eyewitness | ἐπόπτης | પ્રત્યક્ષદર્શી | pratyakṣadarśī | Medium | Reliability of Scripture | 1:16 | Grounds apostolic testimony in verified firsthand observation. |
| majesty | μεγαλειότης / μεγαλοπρεπής δόξα | મહાનતા / મહિમાવંત મહિમા | mahānatā / mahimāvant mahimā | Medium | Deity of Christ | 1:16, 1:17 | Built on baseline મહિમા; pairs with reused glory term. |
| more sure prophetic word | βεβαιότερον τὸν προφητικὸν λόγον | ભવિષ્યવાણીનું અધિક ખાતરીપાત્ર વચન | bhaviṣyavāṇīnũ adhik khātrīpātra vachan | Critical | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:19 | Central claim of the core passage; must never be softened below full doctrinal certainty. |
| morning star | φωσφόρος | પ્રભાતનો તારો | prabhātno tāro | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:19 | Messianic image; must not be flattened into generic astrological reference (cf. baseline caution on જ્યોતિષી). |
| private interpretation | ἰδίας ἐπιλύσεως | ખાનગી અર્થઘટન | khānagī arthghaṭan | High | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:20 | Concerns the origin of prophecy (not human insight), not primarily a rule restricting believers’ reading of Scripture — common mistranslation risk. |
| carried by the Holy Spirit | φερόμενοι ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου | પવિત્ર આત્માથી પ્રેરાઈને | Pavitra Ātmāthī prerāīne | Critical | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:21 | Central verbal-inspiration statement; must convey active divine causation, not mystical self-insight (shruti) or preserved-teacher tradition (Jain Agamas). |
| cleverly devised myths | σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις | કલ્પિત વાર્તા | kalpit vārtā | Medium | Reliability of Scripture | 1:16 | Contrasts apostolic eyewitness testimony with fabricated religious legend. |
| Scripture | γραφή | પવિત્રશાસ્ત્ર | Pavitraśāstra | High | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:20, 3:16 | Distinguish from Hindu shruti/smriti and Jain Agamas per existing baseline doctrine registry note. |
| false teachers | ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι | ખોટા ઉપદેશકો | khoṭā updeśakō | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | Must convey deliberate doctrinal deception, not innocent error. |
| false prophets | ψευδοπροφῆται | જૂઠા ભવિષ્યવક્તાઓ | jūṭhā bhaviṣyavaktāo | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | Built on baseline ભવિષ્યવક્તા + negative modifier. |
| destructive heresies | αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας | વિનાશકારી ખોટા સિદ્ધાંતો | vināśkārī khoṭā siddhāntō | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | Avoids the loaded Gujarati પાખંડ (hypocrisy connotation); keeps focus on destructive doctrinal error. |
| Master (absolute Owner) | δεσπότης | માલિક | mālik | High | Lordship of Christ / False Teachers | 2:1 | Deliberately distinct from baseline-rejected સ્વામી (guru/deity-authority collision already flagged for κύριος). |
| bought / redeemed | ἀγοράσαντα | મૂલ્ય ચૂકવીને ખરીદનાર | mūlya cūkavīne kharīdnār | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | Redemption-purchase imagery; adjacent to but distinct from baseline salvation. |
| sensuality | ἀσέλγεια | વ્યભિચાર / કામુકતા | vyabhicār/kāmuktā | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:2, 2:7, 2:18 | Standard moral-vocabulary term. |
| greed | πλεονεξία | લોભ | lobh | Low | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:3 | Standard term. |
| judgment | κρίμα / κρίσις | ન્યાય / ન્યાયચુકાદો | nyāy/nyāy-cukādō | High | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:3, 2:4, 2:9, 3:7 | Personal, forensic divine verdict — never the impersonal, self-executing operation of karma. |
| Tartarus | Ταρταρώσας | ટાર્ટારસ | Ṭārṭāras | Low | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:4 | Transliterated proper noun; explain in translator note as confinement for rebellious spirits. |
| flood | κατακλυσμός | જળપ્રલય | jaḷapralay | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:5, 3:6 | Anchor firmly to the one historical Noahic event; avoid assimilation to Hindu cyclical cosmic dissolution (પ્રલય at the end of a kalpa). |
| destruction / catastrophe | καταστροφή / ἀπώλεια | વિનાશ | vināś | High | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:6, 2:1, 2:3, 3:7 | Final, non-repeating ruin — contrasted with cyclical karmic-realm fates. |
| rescue / deliver | ῥύεσθαι | બચાવવું | bacāvavũ | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:9 | God’s discerning rescue of the godly even amid judgment on the wicked. |
| kept under punishment | κολαζομένους | સજા હેઠળ રખાયેલા | sajā heṭhaḷ rakhāyelā | High | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:9 | Settled, ongoing, personally-administered punishment awaiting a final verdict — distinct from temporary, purgeable karmic hell-realms. |
| dominion / lordship (angelic authority) | κυριότης | અધિકાર/પ્રભુત્વ | adhikār/prabhutva | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:10 | Built loosely on baseline પ્રભુ root; context distinct from Christ’s own Lordship. |
| freedom / liberty (false promise) | ἐλευθερία | સ્વતંત્રતા | svatantratā | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:19 | Must NOT use મુક્તિ — the baseline’s explicitly forbidden term for salvation (Hindu liberation from samsara); using it here would create direct doctrinal collision. |
| way of righteousness | ὁδὸς τῆς δικαιοσύνης | ન્યાયીપણાનો માર્ગ | nyāyīpaṇāno mārg | Critical | Salvation / Growing in Christian Virtue | 2:21 | Built on baseline ન્યાયીપણું reused exactly. |
| mockers / scoffers | ἐμπαῖκται | મશ્કરી કરનારાઓ | maśkarī karnārāo | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 3:3 | Last-days scoffers denying the Parousia. |
| creation | κτίσις | સૃષ્ટિ | sṝṣṭi | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 3:4 | Must retain a personally created, God-dependent order — not an eternal or impersonally-cycling cosmos. |
| kept for the day of judgment | τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως | ન્યાયના દિવસ માટે રખાયેલા | nyāynā divas māṭe rakhāyelā | Critical | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:7 | Singular, future, divinely-appointed day — not recurring cosmic dissolution/renewal. |
| ungodly | ἀσεβής | ઈશ્વરહીન | Īśvarhīn | Medium | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:7 | Deliberately avoids the ધર્મ root already forbidden in the baseline for law/righteousness. |
| a day as a thousand years | μία ἡμέρα παρὰ Κυρίῳ ὡς χίλια ἔτη | પ્રભુની આગળ એક દિવસ હજાર વર્ષ જેવો છે | Prabhunī āgaḷ ek divas hazār varṣa jevo che | High | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:8 | Affirms a personal God’s sovereign relationship to linear, historical time that will decisively conclude — not cyclical yuga/kalpa time. |
| is patient / longsuffering | μακροθυμεῖ | ધીરજ રાખવી / સહનશીલતા | dhīraj rākhavī/sahanśīltā | High | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:9, 3:15 | Personal, purposive divine forbearance aimed at repentance — not impersonal delay or karma “ripening.” |
| repentance | μετάνοια | પસ્તાવો / મન પરિવર્તન | pastāvo/man parivartan | High | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:9 | Distinguish from Jain pratikramaṇ, a self-administered ritual confession for shedding karmic matter; this is Spirit-enabled turning to a personal, forgiving God. |
| Day of the Lord | ἡμέρα Κυρίου | પ્રભુનો દિવસ | Prabhuno divas | Critical | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10 | Singular, unrepeatable, personally-executed day of reckoning — not a recurring cosmic-dissolution cycle. |
| as a thief | ὡς κλέπτης | ચોરની જેમ | cornī jem | Medium | Certainty of Christ’s Return | 3:10 | Retain “sudden, unannounced” force, not merely “sneaky.” |
| elements | στοιχεῖα | તત્વો | tatvō | Low | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10, 3:12 | Standard cosmological term. |
| new heavens and new earth | καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν | નવું આકાશ અને નવી પૃથ્વી | navũ ākāś ane navī pṝthvī | Critical | Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:13 | One-time, linear act of new creation — not another turn of a yuga-cycle or Jain beginningless-endless cosmic alternation. |
| spotless and blameless | ἄσπιλοι καὶ ἀμώμητοι | નિષ્કલંક અને નિર્દોષ | niṣkalaṅk ane nirdoṣ | Low | Growing in Christian Virtue | 3:14 | Standard moral-purity vocabulary. |
| twist / distort (Scripture) | στρεβλοῦσιν | વિકૃત કરવું | vikṝt karavũ | High | Reliability of Scripture | 3:16 | Deliberate/careless doctrinal distortion of a fixed, reliable text, not legitimate interpretive variety. |
| error | πλάνη | ભ્રમ | bhram | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 3:17 | Watch resonance with Hindu māyā (“illusion”) vocabulary; keep as specific moral/doctrinal error, not a metaphysical claim. |
| steadfastness | στηριγμός | સ્થિરતા | sthirtā | Low | Growing in Christian Virtue | 3:17 | Standard term. |
| grow (imperative) | αὐξάνετε | વૃદ્ધિ પામો | vṝddhi pāmo | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 3:18 | Grace-and-knowledge-fueled growth in relationship with Christ — not self-directed advancement through graded ascetic stages (cf. Jain guṇasthāna). |
| knowledge (general) | γνῶσις | જ્ઞાન | gnān | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:5, 3:18 | Distinguish from ἐπίγνωσις (relational, deepening knowledge); risk of collision with Hindu/Jain “path of knowledge” vocabulary if left unanchored to “our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” |
Part 3: Reviewed Chapters Confirming No Additional New Vocabulary
All three chapters of 2 Peter (1, 2, 3) contain load-bearing theological vocabulary and are fully represented above; no chapter is without new or reused terms requiring tracking. No chapter has been silently omitted.
Risk Summary (New Terms Introduced by 2 Peter)
| Risk tier | Count | Review routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 9 | Human theologian |
| High | 20 | Human theologian |
| Medium | 14 | Native speaker review |
| Low | 12 | Automated review |
This glossary extends, and does not contradict, the baseline Romans translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json. All new terms proposed here require confirmation in Phase 1 Step 2 (Doctrine Analysis) before being committed to translation memory for Phase 2 processing.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: ન્યાયીપણું
Transliteration: nyāyīpaṇũ
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ધર્મ, પુણ્ય, સમ્યક્ ચારિત્ર્ય
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Anchors 2 Peter 1:1, 2:21 (‘way of righteousness’), and 3:13 (righteousness dwelling in the new creation). Never ધર્મ or સમ્યક્ ચારિત્ર્ય.
Grace
Approved rendering: કૃપા
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: મહેરબાની, કર્મફળ, પુણ્ય, નિર્જરા
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Opens (1:2) and closes (3:18) the letter; unmerited favor, never merit earned through devotion or ascetic effort.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: પવિત્ર આત્મા
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: પરમાત્મા, બ્રહ્મ
Original: Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Peter 1:21: the Spirit who carried human authors along; never પરમાત્મા or બ્રહ્મ.
Lord
Approved rendering: પ્રભુ
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: સ્વામી, તીર્થંકર
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Applied to Jesus Christ throughout 2 Peter; must convey a living, presently reigning, personally returning sovereign — never a Jain siddha’s permanent withdrawal.
God
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વર
Transliteration: Parmeśvar
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ઈશ્વર, ભગવાન
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Identified with Christ in the single-referent title of 1:1; never ભગવાન or ઈશ્વર.
Jesus
Approved rendering: ઈસુ
Transliteration: Īsu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ઈસા
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout 2 Peter; never ઈસા.
Father
Approved rendering: પિતા
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: સૃષ્ટિકર્તા
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Peter 1:17: the Father who speaks the words of Sonship over Christ at the Transfiguration; personal and relational, not an abstract creator-title.
Salvation
Approved rendering: ઉદ્ધાર
Transliteration: uddhār
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: મોક્ષ, મુક્તિ, કેવલજ્ઞાન, સિદ્ધત્વ
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 3:15: God’s patience serves believers’ salvation; never મોક્ષ, મુક્તિ, કેવલજ્ઞાન, or સિદ્ધત્વ.
Christ
Approved rendering: ખ્રિસ્ત
Transliteration: Khrist
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. Established Gujarati Bible transliteration; always paired with ઈસુ throughout the letter.
Savior
Approved rendering: ઉદ્ધારક
Transliteration: uddhārak
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: સામાન્ય બચાવનાર/રક્ષક (generic rescuer applicable to any guru or deity)
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation
New to 2 Peter curriculum. Agent-noun built on baseline ઉદ્ધાર root; applied repeatedly to Christ (1:1, 1:11, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18). Must remain exclusive to Christ.
God And Savior
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વર અને ઉદ્ધારક
Transliteration: Parmeśvar ane uddhārak
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: બે અલગ વ્યક્તિ તરીકે વિભાજન (splitting into two separate figures)
Original: Θεὸς καὶ Σωτήρ
Category: Christology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2 Peter 1:1 single-referent title identifying Jesus Christ as both God and Savior, structurally parallel to Romans 9:5. Grammar must preserve single-referent identification.
Divine Nature
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરીય સ્વભાવના ભાગીદાર
Transliteration: Parmeśvarīya svabhāvnā bhāgīdār
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: આત્મા-બ્રહ્મ એકતા (Advaita ātman=Brahman identity), સિદ્ધત્વની સંભાવના (Jain self-attained siddhahood potential)
Original: θείας φύσεως κοινωνοί
Category: Divine Nature
New to 2 Peter curriculum. CRITICAL: the single highest-collision phrase in the letter (1:4). Must never imply inherent identity with Brahman or a self-actualized divine essence; always a Spirit-given, promise-based, relational sharing in God’s moral character granted through Christ. Never occurs without its causal chain to ‘promises’ (1:4) intact. Human theologian review required at every occurrence, not only first use.
Parousia
Approved rendering: આગમન
Transliteration: āgaman
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: અવતાર (repeatable avatar-descent), નવા તીર્થંકરનું આગમન (independent arising of a new Tirthankara)
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:16, 3:4, 3:12. Must always carry a singularity-marking modifier or clause; never a repeatable descent or an unrelated future teacher’s arising.
More Sure Prophetic Word
Approved rendering: ભવિષ્યવાણીનું અધિક ખાતરીપાત્ર વચન
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇīnũ adhik khātrīpātra vachan
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: સાચી લાગતી વાત (a vaguely ‘reliable-sounding’ softened rendering)
Original: βεβαιότερον τὸν προφητικὸν λόγον
Category: Scripture
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:19: the letter’s central inspiration/reliability claim; must never be softened below full doctrinal certainty.
Carried By Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: પવિત્ર આત્માથી પ્રેરાઈને
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmāthī prerāīne
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: શ્રુતિ-શૈલીની આંતરિક પ્રેરણા (Hindu shruti-style self-generated mystical insight), જૈન આગમ-પરંપરા (Jain preserved-teacher tradition)
Original: φερόμενοι ὑπὸ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου
Category: Scripture
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:21: the letter’s central verbal-inspiration statement. Must convey active divine causation of specific human authors, not receptive mystical insight.
Way Of Righteousness
Approved rendering: ન્યાયીપણાનો માર્ગ
Transliteration: nyāyīpaṇāno mārg
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: સ્વ-પ્રયત્નથી પ્રાપ્ત માર્ગ (self-attained ascetic path, cf. Jain samyak chāritrya)
Original: ὁδὸς τῆς δικαιοσύνης
Category: Salvation
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:21: built on baseline ન્યાયીપણું reused exactly; the abandoned ‘way’ is abandonment of grace-given standing, not lost merit.
Kept For Day Of Judgment
Approved rendering: ન્યાયના દિવસ માટે રખાયેલા
Transliteration: nyāynā divas māṭe rakhāyelā
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: પુનરાવર્તિત સૃષ્ટિ વિનાશ-પુનઃસર્જન ચક્ર (recurring cosmic dissolution/renewal cycle)
Original: τηρούμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν κρίσεως
Category: Judgment
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:7: the present cosmic order reserved for a singular, future, divinely-appointed day, never a recurring dissolution/renewal cycle.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: પ્રભુનો દિવસ
Transliteration: Prabhuno divas
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: પ્રલય (recurring cosmic-dissolution cycle)
Original: ἡμέρα Κυρίου
Category: Eschatology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:10: a singular, unrepeatable, personally-executed day of reckoning, never a recurring cosmic-dissolution cycle.
New Heavens And New Earth
Approved rendering: નવું આકાશ અને નવી પૃથ્વી
Transliteration: navũ ākāś ane navī pṝthvī
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: યુગચક્રનું નવું પરિભ્રમણ (another turn of a yuga-cycle), ઉત્સર્પિણી/અવસર્પિણી ચક્ર (Jain beginningless-endless cosmic alternation)
Original: καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν
Category: Eschatology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:13: a one-time, linear act of new creation; requires explicit ‘once-for-all, permanent’ framing at first doctrinal introduction.
Beloved Son
Approved rendering: પ્રિય પુત્ર
Transliteration: priya putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ભક્તિ-આધારિત ‘પ્રિય’ પદવી (an honorific ‘beloved’ title a guru might receive in bhakti devotion)
Original: Υἱὸς ἀγαπητός
Category: Christology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:17: the Father’s declaration at the Transfiguration; conveys eternal, unique Sonship, not an honorific bestowed on an especially devoted human figure.
High Risk Terms
Faith
Approved rendering: વિશ્વાસ
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: શ્રદ્ધા, ભક્તિ
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Peter 1:1’s ‘faith of equal standing’ stresses non-graded trust granted equally to every believer, not the graded devotional attainment familiar from Gujarat’s bhakti/Jain progression frameworks.
Glory
Approved rendering: મહિમા
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: તેજ, પ્રકાશ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Used of the Transfiguration glory given to the Son (1:17) and the closing doxology (3:18); avoid light-only imagery merging with Hindu divine-light or Jain kevala-jnana associations.
Holy
Approved rendering: પવિત્ર
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: શુદ્ધ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Used of the Transfiguration mountain (1:18), the prophets (1:21), the commandment (2:21), and the prophets’ words (3:2).
Calling
Approved rendering: તેડું
Transliteration: teḍũ
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: આહ્વાન
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Peter 1:10: ‘make your calling … sure’ — a sovereign summons, not human-initiated seeking or guru-diksha-style petitioning.
Election
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરની પસંદગી
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnī Pasandagī
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: નસીબ, નિયતિ, કર્મ-ફળ
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Paired with calling in 1:10; God’s sovereign personal choice, not impersonal fate/karma.
Sin
Approved rendering: પાપ
Transliteration: pāp
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: અધર્મ
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. 1:9 (‘former sins’), 2:14; moral transgression before a personal God, distinguished from impersonal karma-pudgala.
Virtue
Approved rendering: સદ્ગુણ
Transliteration: sadguṇ
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: સમ્યક્ ચારિત્ર્ય (Jain self-achieved right conduct)
Original: ἀρετή
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. Part of the virtue-chain (1:3, 1:5); must be framed as grace-enabled, never self-achieved. Mandatory co-occurrence with કૃપા or પરમેશ્વરીય સામર્થ્ય in doctrine-teaching material.
Corruption
Approved rendering: ભ્રષ્ટતા
Transliteration: bhraṣṭatā
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: કર્મ-પુદ્ગલ (Jain impersonal karmic matter)
Original: φθορά
Category: Divine Nature
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:4, 2:12, 2:19: personal moral ruin from which God rescues, not impersonal karmic matter shed by austerity.
Full Knowledge
Approved rendering: પૂર્ણ જ્ઞાન / ઓળખ
Transliteration: pūrṇa gnān / oḷakh
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: કેવલજ્ઞાન (Jain self-attained omniscience), જ્ઞાનમાર્ગ (Hindu path of self-realization)
Original: ἐπίγνωσις
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:2, 1:3, 1:8; 2:20; 3:18. Reserve ઓળખ for the relational sense where the object is explicitly ‘of our Lord Jesus Christ’; never let it stand as a self-attained goal.
Self Control
Approved rendering: આત્મસંયમ
Transliteration: ātmasanyam
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: તપ/સંયમ (Jain merit-earning ascetic restraint)
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:6: Spirit-produced fruit added to faith, not self-generated ascetic discipline; always kept inside the 1:5-7 virtue-chain structure.
Godliness
Approved rendering: ઈશ્વરભક્તિ
Transliteration: Īśvarbhakti
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: સામાન્ય ભક્તિ (generic devotional bhakti toward any chosen deity)
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:6, 1:7, 3:11. Contains the ભક્તિ root already rejected for ‘faith’ in the baseline; the ઈશ્વર- prefix narrows reference but requires native speaker review at every occurrence, not only first use.
Purification From Past Sins
Approved rendering: પાપોથી શુદ્ધ થવું
Transliteration: pāpōthī śuddha thavũ
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: શુદ્ધિકરણ (bare ritual-purification noun)
Original: καθαρισμὸς τῶν πάλαι ἁμαρτιῶν
Category: Sanctification
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:9: descriptive phrase keeps cleansing tied to forgiveness through Christ, not ritual/ascetic purity.
Private Interpretation
Approved rendering: ખાનગી અર્થઘટન
Transliteration: khānagī arthghaṭan
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: વાચકનું પોતાનું અર્થઘટન (restricting readers’ own interpretation of Scripture — a common mistranslation)
Original: ἰδίας ἐπιλύσεως
Category: Scripture
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:20: concerns the origin of prophecy in the prophet, not a rule restricting believers’ present-day reading. Recommend restructuring the clause itself (ભવિષ્યવક્તાના પોતાના અર્થઘટનથી નહિ) rather than a bare noun phrase.
Scripture
Approved rendering: પવિત્રશાસ્ત્ર
Transliteration: Pavitraśāstra
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: શ્રુતિ/સ્મૃતિ (Hindu revealed/remembered text categories), જૈન આગમ (Jain Agamas)
Original: γραφή
Category: Scripture
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:20, 3:16: the sacred, authoritative written text, including Paul’s letters. Must be paired with explicit God-caused-to-be-written framing in doctrine teaching.
False Teachers
Approved rendering: ખોટા ઉપદેશકો
Transliteration: khoṭā updeśakō
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι
Category: False Teaching
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:1: must convey deliberate doctrinal deception, not innocent error.
False Prophets
Approved rendering: જૂઠા ભવિષ્યવક્તાઓ
Transliteration: jūṭhā bhaviṣyavaktāo
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοπροφῆται
Category: False Teaching
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:1: built on baseline ભવિષ્યવક્તા plus negative modifier.
Destructive Heresies
Approved rendering: વિનાશકારી ખોટા સિદ્ધાંતો
Transliteration: vināśkārī khoṭā siddhāntō
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: પાખંડ (hypocrisy-connotation term)
Original: αἱρέσεις ἀπωλείας
Category: False Teaching
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:1: keeps focus on destructive doctrinal error, avoiding પાખંડ’s hypocrisy connotation.
Master
Approved rendering: માલિક
Transliteration: mālik
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: સ્વામી (guru/deity-authority collision, already rejected for ‘lord’)
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Christology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:1 (δεσπότης): commercial/ownership register fitting the ‘bought’ image; never સ્વામી.
Bought Redeemed
Approved rendering: મૂલ્ય ચૂકવીને ખરીદનાર
Transliteration: mūlya cūkavīne kharīdnār
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: ἀγοράσαντα
Category: Salvation
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:1: Christ’s redemptive purchase, adjacent to but distinct from ઉદ્ધાર.
Judgment
Approved rendering: ન્યાય / ન્યાયચુકાદો
Transliteration: nyāy / nyāy-cukādō
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: કર્મનો નિયમ (impersonal law of karma)
Original: κρίμα / κρίσις
Category: Judgment
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:3, 2:4, 2:9; 3:7: a personal God’s forensic verdict, always paired with પરમેશ્વર/પ્રભુ as grammatical agent.
Destruction
Approved rendering: વિનાશ
Transliteration: vināś
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: καταστροφή / ἀπώλεια
Category: Judgment
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:1, 2:3, 2:6; 3:7: final, non-repeating ruin, contrasted with cyclical karmic-realm fates.
Kept Under Punishment
Approved rendering: સજા હેઠળ રખાયેલા
Transliteration: sajā heṭhaḷ rakhāyelā
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: કામચલાઉ કર્મ-શુદ્ધ નરક (temporary, karma-purgeable hell-realm)
Original: κολαζομένους
Category: Judgment
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:9: settled, ongoing, personally-administered punishment awaiting a final verdict, not a purgeable karmic hell-realm with an eventual exit.
False Freedom
Approved rendering: સ્વતંત્રતા
Transliteration: svatantratā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: મુક્તિ (Hindu liberation from samsara — baseline forbidden term for salvation)
Original: ἐλευθερία
Category: False Teaching
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:19: the false teachers’ empty promise of freedom. મુક્તિ must NEVER be used here — doing so would plant the baseline’s own forbidden salvation-term inside the very verse warning against a counterfeit liberation. Restricted to this false-teacher context; never extended to describe genuine Christian freedom elsewhere without fresh review.
Day As Thousand Years
Approved rendering: પ્રભુની આગળ એક દિવસ હજાર વર્ષ જેવો છે
Transliteration: Prabhunī āgaḷ ek divas hazār varṣa jevo che
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Rejected alternatives: યુગ/કલ્પ ચક્ર (cyclical yuga/kalpa time)
Original: μία ἡμέρα παρὰ Κυρίῳ ὡς χίλια ἔτη
Category: Patience of God
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:8: affirms a personal God’s sovereign relationship to linear, historical time that will decisively conclude, not merely larger cyclical time-units. Must be taught together with 3:13’s new-creation framing.
Divine Patience
Approved rendering: ધીરજ રાખવી / સહનશીલતા
Transliteration: dhīraj rākhavī / sahanśīltā
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Rejected alternatives: કર્મ પાકવું (karma ‘ripening’ impersonally)
Original: μακροθυμεῖ
Category: Patience of God
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:9, 3:15: personal, purposive divine forbearance aimed at repentance; the purpose clause (‘not wanting any to perish’) must never be trimmed.
Repentance
Approved rendering: પસ્તાવો / મન પરિવર્તન
Transliteration: pastāvo / man parivartan
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Rejected alternatives: પ્રતિક્રમણ (Jain self-administered ritual confession for shedding karma)
Original: μετάνοια
Category: Patience of God
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:9: Spirit-enabled turning to a personal, forgiving God; always paired with ‘toward God’ (પરમેશ્વર તરફ) rather than left as an unanchored inner state.
Twist Scripture
Approved rendering: વિકૃત કરવું
Transliteration: vikṝt karavũ
Doctrine: Reliability of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: કાયદેસર અર્થઘટન વૈવિધ્ય (legitimate interpretive variety — too weak)
Original: στρεβλοῦσιν
Category: Scripture
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:16: deliberate or careless doctrinal distortion of a fixed, reliable text.
Grow Imperative
Approved rendering: વૃદ્ધિ પામો
Transliteration: vṝddhi pāmo
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: ગુણસ્થાન દ્વારા સ્વ-નિર્દેશિત ઉન્નતિ (self-directed advancement through Jain guṇasthāna stages)
Original: αὐξάνετε
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:18: the letter’s closing imperative; grace-and-knowledge-fueled growth in relationship with Christ, not graded ascetic self-advancement.
Knowledge General
Approved rendering: જ્ઞાન
Transliteration: gnān
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: જ્ઞાનમાર્ગ/કેવલજ્ઞાન (unanchored self-realization/omniscience goal)
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:5; 3:18: distinct from ἐπίγνωσις (full_knowledge); never left as an unmodified spiritual goal — requires an explicit personal object (‘of our Lord Jesus Christ’).
Divine Power
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરીય સામર્થ્ય
Transliteration: Parmeśvarīya sāmarthya
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: શક્તિ (Shakti/goddess-power collision, forbidden per baseline)
Original: θεία δύναμις
Category: Divine Nature
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:3: built on baseline સામર્થ્ય; never શક્તિ.
Holy Mountain
Approved rendering: પવિત્ર પર્વત
Transliteration: pavitra parvat
Doctrine: Reliability of Scripture
Original: ὄρος ἅγιον
Category: Christology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:18: the Transfiguration site; પવિત્ર reused exactly from baseline, retaining the Sinai-echoing sense of a place set apart by God’s manifest presence.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: પ્રેરિત
Transliteration: prerit
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: ગુરુ, સંદેશવાહક
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. In 2 Peter 1:1 grounds Peter’s own commissioned, sent authority to write; must not slide toward a generic acharya/guru role recognized for personal spiritual attainment.
Peace
Approved rendering: શાંતિ
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: મનની શાંતિ
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 2 Peter 1:2: relational peace multiplied through knowledge of God and Christ, not ahimsa-based meditative inner calm.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનું રાજ્ય
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnũ Rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission (Eternal Kingdom)
Rejected alternatives: ઈશ્વરનું રાષ્ટ્ર
Original: βασιλεία
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. Extended in 1:11 to ‘the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’; not a territorial or communal kingdom.
Lust
Approved rendering: દુર્વાસના
Transliteration: durvāsanā
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: Sin
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:4, 2:10, 2:18, 3:3: the driving force of worldly corruption; keep tied explicitly to ભ્રષ્ટતા in the same clause, not left as an isolated vice-word.
Perseverance
Approved rendering: ધીરજ
Transliteration: dhīraj
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:6: the believer’s own endurance under trial; distinct from μακροθυμία (God’s patience, ch.3), which shares the same Gujarati root — subject must always be explicit.
Agape Love
Approved rendering: પ્રેમ
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:7: the capstone of the virtue-chain; Gujarati પ્રેમ carries a broad everyday romantic/affectionate range, so context (following ભાઈચારો in the chain) must establish the self-giving, non-erotic sense.
Eyewitness
Approved rendering: પ્રત્યક્ષદર્શી
Transliteration: pratyakṣadarśī
Doctrine: Reliability of Scripture
Original: ἐπόπτης
Category: Scripture
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:16: grounds apostolic testimony in verified firsthand historical observation, not report or legend.
Majesty
Approved rendering: મહાનતા / મહિમાવંત મહિમા
Transliteration: mahānatā / mahimāvant mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: μεγαλειότης / μεγαλοπρεπὴς δόξα
Category: Christology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:16-17: Christ’s divine greatness and the reverent circumlocution ‘Majestic Glory’ for the Father; built on baseline મહિમા.
Morning Star
Approved rendering: પ્રભાતનો તારો
Transliteration: prabhātno tāro
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: જ્યોતિષી સંકેત (generic astrological omen reading)
Original: φωσφόρος
Category: Eschatology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:19: messianic image of Christ’s dawning glory; must not flatten into astrology. Pair with મસીહા in teaching material.
Cleverly Devised Myths
Approved rendering: કલ્પિત વાર્તા
Transliteration: kalpit vārtā
Doctrine: Reliability of Scripture
Original: σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις
Category: Scripture
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:16: contrasts apostolic eyewitness testimony with deliberately fabricated religious legend.
Sensuality
Approved rendering: વ્યભિચાર / કામુકતા
Transliteration: vyabhicār / kāmuktā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ἀσέλγεια
Category: False Teaching
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:2, 2:7, 2:18: moral fruit of false teaching.
Flood
Approved rendering: જળપ્રલય
Transliteration: jaḷapralay
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: પ્રલય (Hindu cyclical cosmic dissolution)
Original: κατακλυσμός
Category: Judgment
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:5; 3:6: anchor firmly to the one historical Noahic event, always with explicit one-time framing when linked to 3:5-7’s typology.
Rescue
Approved rendering: બચાવવું
Transliteration: bacāvavũ
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: ῥύεσθαι
Category: Judgment
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:9: God’s discerning rescue of the godly amid judgment on the wicked.
Angelic Dominion
Approved rendering: અધિકાર / પ્રભુત્વ
Transliteration: adhikār / prabhutva
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: κυριότης
Category: False Teaching
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:10: legitimate spiritual authority arrogantly despised by false teachers; built loosely on baseline પ્રભુ root but distinct from Christ’s own Lordship.
Scoffers
Approved rendering: મશ્કરી કરનારાઓ
Transliteration: maśkarī karnārāo
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: ἐμπαῖκται
Category: Eschatology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:3: last-days mockers who explicitly deny the Parousia.
Creation
Approved rendering: સૃષ્ટિ
Transliteration: sṝṣṭi
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: અનાદિ/સ્વયંભૂ સૃષ્ટિ (eternal or self-existing cosmos concept)
Original: κτίσις
Category: Eschatology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:4: must retain a personally created, God-dependent order, not an eternal or impersonally-cycling cosmos.
Ungodly
Approved rendering: ઈશ્વરહીન
Transliteration: Īśvarhīn
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: ધર્મ-મૂળ શબ્દ (dharma-rooted term, forbidden per baseline)
Original: ἀσεβὴς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Judgment
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:7: deliberately avoids the ધર્મ root already forbidden in the baseline for law/righteousness.
As A Thief
Approved rendering: ચોરની જેમ
Transliteration: cornī jem
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: છૂપી રીતે (mere stealth/sneakiness, losing the suddenness sense)
Original: ὡς κλέπτης
Category: Eschatology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:10: must retain ‘sudden, unannounced’ force, supplemented with an explicit clause where needed.
Error
Approved rendering: ભ્રમ
Transliteration: bhram
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: માયા (Hindu metaphysical illusion concept)
Original: πλάνη
Category: False Teaching
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:17: specific moral/doctrinal error, not a metaphysical claim about the nature of reality.
Promises
Approved rendering: વચનો
Transliteration: vachanō
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Original: ἐπαγγέλματα
Category: Divine Nature
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:4: God’s formal pledges, the means by which believers become partakers of the divine nature; must remain grammatically linked to divine_nature in the same clause.
Low Risk Terms
Prophet
Approved rendering: ભવિષ્યવક્તા
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavaktā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: જ્યોતિષી
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Used of false prophets (2:1, contrast) and the holy prophets (3:2); never a fortune-teller/astrologer.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: ભવિષ્યવાણી
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: ભવિષ્યફળ
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Subject of 1:19-21’s central inspiration statement; distinct from astrological forecasting.
Paul
Approved rendering: પાઉલ
Transliteration: Pāul
Doctrine: Reliability of Scripture
Original: Παῦλος
Category: Church
New to 2 Peter curriculum. Established proper-name transliteration; 3:15-16 defends Paul’s letters as Scripture.
Brotherly Love
Approved rendering: ભાઈચારો
Transliteration: bhāīcāro
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: મિત્રતા (mere social friendship)
Original: φιλαδελφία
Category: Church
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 1:7: love within the believing community specifically.
Greed
Approved rendering: લોભ
Transliteration: lobh
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: πλεονεξία
Category: False Teaching
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:3: the financial motive behind false teaching.
Tartarus
Approved rendering: ટાર્ટારસ
Transliteration: Ṭārṭāras
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: Ταρταρώσας
Category: Judgment
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 2:4: transliterated proper noun; mandatory gloss required (‘બળવાખોર દૂતોને બંધનમાં રાખવાનું સ્થાન’).
Elements
Approved rendering: તત્વો
Transliteration: tatvō
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: στοιχεῖα
Category: Eschatology
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:10, 3:12: standard cosmological term.
Spotless And Blameless
Approved rendering: નિષ્કલંક અને નિર્દોષ
Transliteration: niṣkalaṅk ane nirdoṣ
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἄσπιλοι καὶ ἀμώμητοι
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:14: standard moral-purity vocabulary tied to hope of Christ’s return.
Steadfastness
Approved rendering: સ્થિરતા
Transliteration: sthirtā
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: στηριγμός
Category: Virtue
New to 2 Peter curriculum. 3:17: stability, being firmly grounded in the faith.
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