Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 2 Thessalonians (English → Gujarati)
Purpose
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified across the full text of 2 Thessalonians (chapters 1–3), citing terms from every chapter. It extends — and never contradicts — the baseline Romans translation_memory.json. Terms already fixed in the baseline are marked [BASELINE REUSE] and MUST be used exactly as recorded there. New terms proposed for this curriculum are marked [NEW] and follow the same risk-tier and forbidden-substitution conventions established in the baseline.
Risk tiers follow doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions: Critical (human theologian review, every occurrence), High (human theologian review), Medium (native speaker review), Low (automated review).
Section 1 — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly in This Curriculum
| English | Gujarati | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Occurs In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | પરમેશ્વર | Parmeśvar | Critical | God | 1:1,2; 2:4,11,13,16; 3:5 |
| Lord | પ્રભુ | prabhu | Critical | Lordship of Christ | throughout |
| Jesus | ઈસુ | Īsu | Critical | Christology | throughout |
| grace | કૃપા | kṛpā | Critical | Grace | 1:2,12; 2:16; 3:18 |
| peace | શાંતિ | śānti | Medium | Peace with God | 1:2; 3:16 |
| faith | વિશ્વાસ | viśvāsa | High | Faith | 1:3,4,11; 2:13; 3:2 |
| church | મંડળી | maṇḍaḷī | Medium | Church as God’s People | 1:1,4 |
| holy / saints | પવિત્ર / પવિત્ર જનો | pavitra / pavitra jano | High | Sanctification / Sainthood | 1:10 |
| sanctification | પવિત્રીકરણ | pavitrikaraṇ | High | Sanctification | 2:13 |
| called / calling | તેડાયેલા / તેડું | tedāyelā / teḍũ | High | Divine Calling | 1:11; 2:14 |
| election | પરમેશ્વરની પસંદગી | Parmeśvarnī Pasandagī | High | Effectual Calling | 2:13 |
| kingdom of God | પરમેશ્વરનું રાજ્ય | Parmeśvarnũ Rājya | Medium | Kingdom Mission | 1:5 |
| glory | મહિમા | mahimā | High | Deity of Christ | 1:9,10,12; 2:14 |
| power of God | પરમેશ્વરનું સામર્થ્ય | Parmeśvarnũ Sāmarthya | High | Power of God | 1:9,11 |
| salvation / save | ઉદ્ધાર / ઉદ્ધાર પામવો | uddhār | Critical | Salvation | 2:10,13 |
| gospel | સુવાર્તા | suvārtā | High | Gospel | 1:8; 2:14 |
| holy spirit | પવિત્ર આત્મા | Pavitra Ātmā | Critical | Sanctification | 2:13 |
| father | પિતા | Pitā | Critical | God | 1:1,2; 2:16 |
| thanksgiving | આભારસ્તુતિ | ābhārstuti | Low | Thanksgiving | 1:3; 2:13 |
| exhort | પ્રોત્સાહન આપવું | protsāhan āpavũ | Low | Mutual Edification | 2:17; 3:12 |
| obedience of faith / obey the gospel | વિશ્વાસનું આજ્ઞાપાલન / સુવાર્તાનું આજ્ઞાપાલન | viśvāsnũ āgnāpālan | High | Obedience of Faith | 1:8 |
| fellowship (negated for discipline) | સંગત | saṅgat | Low | Christian Fellowship | 3:14 |
Section 2 — New Terms: The Day of the Lord
| English | Gujarati | Transliteration | Risk | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day of the Lord | પ્રભુનો દિવસ | Prabhu no Divas | Critical | Must be taught as one final, linear, historical day of judgment/consummation. NEVER assimilate to Hindu yuga-cycle eschatology (Kali Yuga’s end, Kalki avatāra) or Jain beginningless/endless cosmic cycles. |
| coming / parousia | આગમન | āgaman | High | Used for Christ’s triumphant return (2:1,8,9); must be distinguished from repeatable avatāra-descent theology. |
| gathering together | એકત્રીકરણ | ekatrīkaraṇ | Medium | The believers’ future gathering unto Christ specifically, not a generic religious assembly/movement. |
| appearing / manifestation | પ્રગટીકરણ | pragaṭīkaraṇ | Medium | Also used of the lawless one’s unveiling (2:3,6,8); context must disambiguate whose “appearing” is meant. |
| revelation (of the Lord Jesus) | પ્રગટીકરણ | pragaṭīkaraṇ | Medium | Reuse of same root as above (1:7); NOT self-attained enlightenment (contrast Jain kevala-jñāna). |
| has come / is at hand (false claim) | (ખોટો ખ્યાલ કે) આવી ગયો છે | — | Medium | Must read clearly as the erroneous report Paul corrects, not his own teaching. |
| Rejected alternative | — | — | — | અવતાર-framed renderings of “coming” rejected throughout, consistent with baseline’s Incarnation entry. |
Section 3 — New Terms: The Man of Lawlessness
| English | Gujarati | Transliteration | Risk | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| man of lawlessness | અનિયમી પુરુષ | aniyamī puruṣ | Critical | REJECTED: અધર્મી પુરુષ — અધર્મ collides with Jain adharmāstikāya, the technical metaphysical substance (medium of rest) paired with dharmāstikāya, the exact collision the baseline already documents for νόμος. Built instead on નિયમ (rule), the baseline root of નિયમશાસ્ત્ર. |
| the lawless one | અનિયમી | aniyamī | Critical | Same reasoning as above. |
| lawlessness | અનિયમીપણું | aniyamīpaṇũ | Critical | Abstract form, same root. |
| son of destruction/perdition | વિનાશનો પુત્ર | vināśno putra | Critical | Deliberate structural echo of baseline પરમેશ્વરનો પુત્ર (Son of God) — a counterfeit “son,” to be perceived in translation. |
| apostasy / the rebellion | વિશ્વાસત્યાગ | viśvās-tyāg | Critical | REJECTED: ધર્મત્યાગ — ત્યાગ (renunciation) is a positive virtue in Jain monastic vows and Hindu sannyāsa; “dharma-tyāg” would sound like commendable ascetic renunciation, the opposite of sinful defection. Built instead on baseline’s વિશ્વાસ (faith). |
| adversary / opposes | વિરોધી | virodhī | Medium | Active personal opposition to God. |
| exalts himself | પોતાને ઊંચો ગણાવવો | potāne ũco gaṇāvvo | Medium | Self-deification, the figure’s defining act. |
| object of worship | પૂજાનું પાત્ર | pūjā-nũ pātra | High | પૂજા is the everyday Gujarati word for Hindu/Jain ritual worship; here deliberately names every rival object of worship the figure usurps — context/notes must prevent this reading as neutral description of legitimate devotion. |
| temple of God (this context) | પરમેશ્વરનું મંદિર | Parmeśvarnũ Mandir | Critical | Distinct from baseline’s rejection of મંદિર for ἐκκλησία (church-as-people). Here ναός is a literal/symbolic sanctuary; risk is that hearers picture an ordinary Hindu-temple idol scene rather than perceiving the blasphemy of a man enthroned in God’s own sanctuary. Translator note required at every occurrence. |
| mystery of lawlessness | અનિયમીપણાનું રહસ્ય | aniyamīpaṇānũ rahasya | High | રહસ્ય must not be read as esoteric guru-transmitted secret knowledge; this is a God-defined reality progressively disclosed in history. |
| restrainer (impersonal, v.6) | અટકાવનારું | aṭkāvnārũ | High | Neuter form; must be kept grammatically distinct from the personal form below. |
| restrainer (personal, v.7) | અટકાવનાર | aṭkāvnār | High | Masculine/personal form; the neuter/personal shift across v.6-7 is theologically significant and must be preserved. |
| Satan | શેતાન | Śetān | Medium | Personal, specific arch-adversary of God; no precise structural equivalent in Vaishnav or Jain cosmology. |
| the evil one | દુષ્ટ / ભૂંડો | duṣṭ | Medium | Same personal being as Satan (3:3); not an abstract evil-principle. |
| working / operation (energeia) | પ્રભાવ | prabhāv | Medium | AVOID શક્તિ here too — Satan-empowered “shakti” risks the same Ambaji/goddess-power collision the baseline forbids for δύναμις θεοῦ. |
| signs and wonders (false) | ચિહ્નો અને આશ્ચર્યકર્મો | cihno ane āścaryakarmo | High | Directly confronts Gujarat’s popular “godman”/guru miracle-authority (siddhi) expectation; must not be softened — the point is that satanic power can counterfeit miracles. |
| the lie / falsehood | જૂઠાણું | jūṭhāṇũ | Medium | The specific deception the lawless one’s display serves. |
Section 4 — New Terms: God’s Righteous Judgment
| English | Gujarati | Transliteration | Risk | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| God’s righteous judgment | પરમેશ્વરનો ન્યાયી ચુકાદો | Parmeśvarno nyāyī cukādo | Critical | Built on baseline’s ન્યાયી root (righteousness/justification). Must be a personal Judge’s forensic verdict, NOT the impersonal, self-executing law of karma central to both Hindu and Jain frameworks (cf. baseline’s “providence”/“election” collision notes). |
| judgment / verdict | ચુકાદો | cukādo | High | Base term. |
| to be condemned / judged | દોષિત ઠરાવવો | doṣit ṭharāvvo | Critical | Deliberate forensic mirror of baseline’s ન્યાયી ઠરાવવું (justification, “declared righteous”): condemnation is a declaration of guilt, not karma-phala. |
| eternal destruction | અનંત વિનાશ | anant vinās | High | REJECTED: સનાતન વિનાશ — સનાતન is Hinduism’s own self-designation (“Sanātan Dharma”); અનંત avoids this collision while preserving true unendingness. |
| vengeance / retribution | બદલો / ન્યાયી બદલો | nyāyī badlo | Medium | Judicial retribution by a personal God — not personal vengeance, not impersonal karmic “boomerang.” |
| unrighteousness / wickedness | અન્યાયીપણું | anyāyīpaṇũ | Medium | Negation of baseline’s ન્યાયીપણું; REJECTED અધર્મ for the same Jain adharmāstikāya reason documented above. |
| working of delusion / strong delusion | ભ્રમિત કરનારો પ્રભાવ | bhramit karnāro prabhāv | High | God’s judicial confirmation of willful unbelief — NOT the Advaita Vedānta māyā (illusory nature of reality itself). A specific judicial act against a specific rejection, not a metaphysical claim. |
| error / delusion | ભ્રમ | bhram | Medium | See above; avoid maya/philosophical-illusion associations. |
| delight in wickedness | અન્યાયમાં રાજી થવા | anyāymã rājī thavā | Medium | Underscores willful, not merely ignorant, rejection. |
| love of the truth | સત્યનો પ્રેમ | satyano prem | High | પ્રેમ risks Vaishnav prema-bhakti collision (devotional sentiment toward a chosen deity); સત્ય risks Gandhian/Jain satya-vrata (ethical truthfulness) collision. Here specifically: receptive embrace of revealed gospel truth about Christ. |
| believe the lie | જૂઠાણા પર વિશ્વાસ કરવો | — | High | Deliberately mirrors baseline’s વિશ્વાસ (faith) — the same faculty of trust, misdirected, becomes damning. |
Section 5 — New Terms: Perseverance under Persecution
| English | Gujarati | Transliteration | Risk | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| endurance / perseverance | સહનશીલતા | sahanśīltā | High | Must be distinguished from Jain tapa/titikṣā, self-imposed ascetic endurance that sheds karmic matter (nirjarā) for merit. Biblical endurance is grace-sustained endurance of suffering inflicted by others for the faith, never self-chosen austerity earning spiritual merit. |
| persecutions | સતાવણી | satāvaṇī | Medium | External hostility for the faith. |
| afflictions / tribulations | વિપત્તિ | vipatti | Medium | Concrete sufferings paired with ὑπομονή. |
| evidence / proof | પુરાવો | purāvo | Low | Endurance as visible proof of God’s righteous judgment already operative. |
| worthy / counted worthy | યોગ્ય ગણાવું | yogya gaṇāvũ | Low | Being counted worthy of the kingdom through God’s work, not self-attained merit. |
| rest / relief | વિસામો | visāmo | Low | Future relief for the persecuted at Christ’s return. |
| repay / recompense | બદલો આપવો | badlo āpvo | Medium | God’s just, personal recompense. |
| hope | આશા | āśā | Medium | Confident expectation grounded in God’s promise, not vague karma-conditioned worldly expectation. |
| good hope | સારી આશા | sārī āśā | Medium | Paired with grace (2:16). |
| eternal comfort | અનંત આશ્વાસન | anant āśvāsan | Medium | Lasting divine consolation sustaining perseverance. |
| strengthen | મજબૂત કરવું | majbūt karvũ | Low | God’s active strengthening of believers’ hearts. |
| faithful (of the Lord) | વિશ્વાસુ | viśvāsu | Medium | Built on baseline’s વિશ્વાસ root; ground of believers’ own endurance. |
| confidence (in the Lord) | ભરોસો | bharoso | Low-Medium | Settled trust distinct from, but related to, વિશ્વાસ. |
Section 6 — New Terms: Standing Firm in the Traditions
| English | Gujarati | Transliteration | Risk | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| traditions | પરંપરા | paramparā | Critical | Ordinary Gujarati usage overwhelmingly denotes inherited Hindu/Jain ritual custom, family/caste practice. MUST be clarified via context or translator note as specific apostolic teaching received from Paul about Christ and the gospel — never generic inherited religious custom or caste-bound practice. |
| stand firm | દૃઢ રહો / સ્થિર રહો | dṛḍh raho | High | Firm, unwavering commitment to apostolic doctrine under pressure. |
| hold fast (the traditions) | પરંપરાઓને દૃઢતાથી પકડી રાખવી | — | High | Active, deliberate retention; paired with પરંપરા above. |
| remember (earlier teaching) | યાદ કરવું | yād karvũ | Low | Appeal to prior oral apostolic teaching as authoritative tradition. |
| walking disorderly / idly | અવ્યવસ્થિત રીતે ચાલવું | — | Low | Practical failure to live by received apostolic tradition (ch.3). |
| imitate | અનુકરણ કરવું | anukaraṇ karvũ | Low | Modeling conduct on Paul’s embodied apostolic example. |
| pattern / example | નમૂનો | namūno | Low | Paul’s disciplined labor as a deliberate model. |
| mark / take note of (discipline) | નોંધ કરવી | noṅdh karvī | Medium | Church-discipline vocabulary; must remain restorative, not permanent exclusion. |
| do not associate with | સંગત ન રાખવી | — | Medium | Negates baseline’s positive સંગત (fellowship); scope must be limited and corrective (v.15: treat as brother, not enemy), distinct from caste-like social ostracism. |
| admonish | ચેતવવું / સમજાવવું | — | Low-Medium | Restorative correction motivated by care, not communal shaming. |
| command | આજ્ઞા આપવી | āgnā āpvī | Low | Apostolic authority behind the traditions. |
| Lord of peace | શાંતિનો પ્રભુ | Śāntino Prabhu | Medium | Reuse of baseline પ્રભુ + શાંતિ; God as source of the traditions’ promised relational peace. |
Section 7 — Supporting Vocabulary (Cross-Doctrine, All Chapters)
| English | Gujarati | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| love | પ્રેમ | prem | High | New baseline-adjacent term; see Section 4 note on prema-bhakti collision. Occurs 1:3 (love among believers) and 2:10 (love of the truth). |
| truth | સત્ય | satya | High | New baseline-adjacent term; see Section 4 note on satya-vrata/satyāgraha collision. |
| deception | છેતરપિંડી | chetarpiṇḍī | Low | 2:3,10. |
| perish / those perishing | નાશ પામનારા | nāś pāmnārā | Low | 2:10. |
| angels | દૂતો | dūto | Medium | 1:7; standard Christian term, low general collision but new to this curriculum’s TM. |
| appointed time | નિયત સમય | niyat samay | Medium | 2:6; God’s providential timetable, NOT astrological auspicious-timing (જ્યોતિષ) as per baseline’s “prophet” entry caution. |
| destroy / abolish | નાશ કરવો / રદ કરવો | nāś karvo / rad karvũ | Low | 2:8. |
| breath of his mouth | પોતાના મુખના શ્વાસથી | — | Medium | 2:8; Christ’s word as an instrument of judgment — not generic prāṇa/breath-of-life concepts. |
| firstfruits | પ્રથમફળ | prathamphaḷ | Low | 2:13. |
Cross-Reference to Baseline Forbidden Substitutions (Reaffirmed for This Curriculum)
All forbidden substitutions in the baseline 12_ai_translation_requirements.md remain in force, and the following are added specifically for 2 Thessalonians:
- Man of Lawlessness / Lawlessness / Apostasy: NEVER use અધર્મ or ધર્મત્યાગ — always use અનિયમી(પણું) and વિશ્વાસત્યાગ respectively.
- Eternal destruction: NEVER use સનાતન — always use અનંત.
- Delusion/error (2:11): NEVER frame as māyā (cosmic illusion) — always frame as a specific judicial act of God against specific unbelief.
- Working/power (energeia, of Satan): NEVER use શક્તિ — always use પ્રભાવ, consistent with baseline’s rule for δύναμις θεοῦ.
- Traditions (παράδοσις): NEVER leave unglossed as generic પરંપરા without context clarifying apostolic origin — always anchor to Paul’s specific gospel teaching in context or translator note.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વર
Transliteration: Parmeśvar
Doctrine: Grace and Peace from God
Rejected alternatives: ઈશ્વર, ભગવાન
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package baseline. ભગવાન is extremely common colloquially in Gujarat for any Hindu deity and among Jains for the Tirthankaras; પરમેશ્વર avoids both associations. Occurs 2 Thessalonians 1:1,2; 2:4,11,13,16; 3:5.
Father
Approved rendering: પિતા
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Grace and Peace from God
Rejected alternatives: સૃષ્ટિકર્તા
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Personal, relational Father, not an abstract creator-principle. Occurs 1:1,2; 2:16.
Lord
Approved rendering: પ્રભુ
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ / Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: સ્વામી, તીર્થંકર
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Living, presently reigning sovereign; contrast with a Jain siddha permanently withdrawn from the world in non-interaction. Foundational root for the new compound પ્રભુનો દિવસ (Day of the Lord). Occurs throughout.
Jesus
Approved rendering: ઈસુ
Transliteration: Īsu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ઈસા
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Established Gujarati Christian standard; ઈસા is associated with Muslim/Urdu usage. Occurs throughout.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: પવિત્ર આત્મા
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification of the Elect
Rejected alternatives: પરમાત્મા, બ્રહ્મ
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Personal third Person of the Trinity. Occurs 2 Thessalonians 2:13.
Grace
Approved rendering: કૃપા
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace and Peace from God
Rejected alternatives: મહેરબાની, કર્મફળ, પુણ્ય, નિર્જરા
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Every occurrence must make explicit that grace is unearned and comes through Christ alone, distinguished from both the Hindu karma-merit economy and Jain nirjarā. Occurs 1:2,12; 2:16; 3:18.
Salvation
Approved rendering: ઉદ્ધાર
Transliteration: uddhār
Doctrine: Love of the Truth and Salvation
Rejected alternatives: મોક્ષ, મુક્તિ, કેવલજ્ઞાન, સિદ્ધત્વ
Original: σωτηρία / σώζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline. NEVER મોક્ષ, મુક્તિ, કેવલજ્ઞાન, or સિદ્ધત્વ. Occurs (verb form ઉદ્ધાર પામવો) 2:10,13.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: પ્રભુનો દિવસ
Transliteration: Prabhu no Divas
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: કળિયુગનો અંત, કલ્કિ અવતારનું આગમન, ન્યાય દિવસ (as primary term)
Original: ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου
Category: Eschatology
The single most theologically load-bearing phrase in the core passage. Must be taught as ONE final, unrepeatable, linear day of judgment/consummation — never assimilated to Hindu yuga-cycle eschatology (Kali Yuga’s end, Kalki avatāra) or Jain beginningless/endless cosmic cycles. Built on baseline’s Critical-tier પ્રભુ root. Occurs 2:1,2.
Apostasia
Approved rendering: વિશ્વાસત્યાગ
Transliteration: viśvās-tyāg
Doctrine: The Apostasy / The Falling Away
Rejected alternatives: ધર્મત્યાગ
Original: ἀποστασία
Category: Eschatology
REJECTED: ધર્મત્યાગ. ત્યાગ (renunciation) is a positive, honored virtue in Jain monastic vows and Hindu sannyāsa; ‘dharma-tyāg’ would sound like commendable ascetic renunciation, the opposite of sinful defection from true faith in Christ. Built on baseline’s વિશ્વાસ root instead. Occurs 2:3.
Man Of Lawlessness
Approved rendering: અનિયમી પુરુષ / અનિયમી
Transliteration: aniyamī puruṣ / aniyamī
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: અધર્મી પુરુષ, પાપનો પુરુષ
Original: ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας / ὁ ἄνομος
Category: Eschatology
REJECTED: અધર્મી પુરુષ. In Jain metaphysics અધર્મ names adharmāstikāya, the technical substance/medium of rest, the direct structural counterpart to ધર્મ’s dharmāstikāya — the exact category error the baseline already forbids for νόμος. Built instead on નિયમ, already the root of baseline’s નિયમશાસ્ત્ર. Also rejected: પાપનો પુરુષ (KJV-lineage ‘man of sin’ textual variant); this curriculum follows the modern critical text’s ‘lawlessness’ sense. Occurs 2:3,8-10.
Lawlessness
Approved rendering: અનિયમીપણું
Transliteration: aniyamīpaṇũ
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: અધર્મ
Original: ἀνομία
Category: Eschatology
Same reasoning as man_of_lawlessness; abstract noun built consistently on the નિયમ root, never અધર્મ. Occurs 2:3,7.
Son Of Destruction
Approved rendering: વિનાશનો પુત્ર
Transliteration: vināśno putra
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας
Category: Eschatology
Deliberate structural echo of baseline’s પરમેશ્વરનો પુત્ર (Son of God) — a counterfeit ‘son’; the ironic contrast should be perceivable in Gujarati. Occurs 2:3.
Naos Tou Theou
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનું મંદિર
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnũ Mandir
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ναὸς τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Eschatology
Distinct from the baseline’s rejection of મંદિર for ἐκκλησία (church-as-people); here ναός is a literal/symbolic sanctuary, so મંદિર is contextually required. Risk: hearers may picture an ordinary Hindu-temple idol scene rather than perceiving the blasphemy of a man occupying God’s own sanctuary. MANDATORY translator note required at every occurrence. Occurs 2:4.
Gods Righteous Judgment
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનો ન્યાયી ચુકાદો
Transliteration: Parmeśvarno nyāyī cukādo
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: કર્મનો ન્યાય, કર્મફળ
Original: δικαία κρίσις τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Judgment
Built on the baseline’s established ન્યાયી root (righteousness/justification). Must be a personal Judge’s forensic verdict, sharply distinguished from the impersonal, self-executing law of karma central to both Hindu and Jain frameworks. Occurs 1:5-10.
Condemned Judged
Approved rendering: દોષિત ઠરાવવો
Transliteration: doṣit ṭharāvvo
Doctrine: Condemnation of the Unrighteous
Rejected alternatives: કર્મફળ ભોગવવું
Original: κρίνω (κριθῶσιν)
Category: Judgment
Deliberately mirrors the baseline’s compound-phrase strategy for δικαίωσις (ન્યાયી ઠરાવવું, ‘declared righteous’): condemnation is the forensic declaration of guilt, not karma-phala, the impersonal ripening of karmic fruit. Occurs 2:12.
Traditions
Approved rendering: પરંપરા
Transliteration: paramparā
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Rejected alternatives: રિવાજ, ઉપદેશ (as replacement)
Original: παράδοσις
Category: Covenant and Tradition
The single highest ambient-collision-risk term in the entire curriculum. પરંપરા in ordinary Gujarati religious life overwhelmingly denotes inherited Hindu/Jain ritual custom, family/caste practice, and sampradāya guru-lineage teaching. Every occurrence MUST carry context or a translator note anchoring it explicitly to specific apostolic teaching received from Paul about Christ and the gospel — never generic inherited religious custom or caste-bound practice. Occurs 2:15; 3:6.
High Risk Terms
Faith
Approved rendering: વિશ્વાસ
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Growing Faith and Love / Love of the Truth and Salvation
Rejected alternatives: શ્રદ્ધા, ભક્તિ
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Root also used for વિશ્વાસત્યાગ (apostasy) and જૂઠાણા પર વિશ્વાસ કરવો (believe the lie) — the same faculty of trust, rightly or wrongly directed. Occurs 1:3,4,11; 2:13; 3:2.
Holy
Approved rendering: પવિત્ર
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification of the Elect
Rejected alternatives: શુદ્ધ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Underlies ‘saints’ and ‘sanctification’ throughout the letter.
Saints
Approved rendering: પવિત્ર જનો
Transliteration: pavitra jano
Doctrine: Glory and Power of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: સંતો, મુનિ
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package baseline. All believers, never an ascetic elite. Occurs 1:10.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: પવિત્રીકરણ
Transliteration: pavitrikaraṇ
Doctrine: Sanctification of the Elect
Rejected alternatives: શુદ્ધિકરણ, તપ દ્વારા શુદ્ધિ
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Spirit-worked holiness, not tapa (Jain ascetic self-purification). Occurs 2:13.
Called
Approved rendering: તેડાયેલા
Transliteration: tedāyelā
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: આમંત્રિત
Original: καλέω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Effectual calling to salvation, not guru-disciple diksha-seeking. Occurs 1:11; 2:14.
Calling
Approved rendering: તેડું
Transliteration: teḍũ
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: આહ્વાન
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Occurs 1:11.
Election
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરની પસંદગી
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnī Pasandagī
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: નસીબ, નિયતિ, કર્મ-ફળ
Original: αἱρέομαι (εἵλατο)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline. God’s sovereign personal choice, not impersonal karma-determined destiny. Occurs 2:13.
Glory
Approved rendering: મહિમા
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Glory and Power of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: તેજ, પ્રકાશ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Avoid light-only imagery merging with Hindu divine-light or Jain kevala-jnana associations. Occurs 1:9,10,12; 2:14.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનું સામર્થ્ય
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnũ Sāmarthya
Doctrine: Glory and Power of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: શક્તિ
Original: δύναμις / ἰσχύς
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package baseline. NEVER શક્તિ, which would read as the distinct divine-feminine Shakti/Ambaji power in Gujarat’s devotional culture. Occurs 1:9,11.
Gospel
Approved rendering: સુવાર્તા
Transliteration: suvārtā
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Rejected alternatives: ખબર, શુભ સંદેશ
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Occurs 1:8; 2:14.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: વિશ્વાસનું આજ્ઞાપાલન / સુવાર્તાનું આજ્ઞાપાલન
Transliteration: viśvāsnũ āgnāpālan / suvārtānũ āgnāpālan
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Rejected alternatives: ધાર્મિક ફરજ
Original: ὑπακούω τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Its absence, per 1:8, brings judgment; obedience flowing from faith, not merit-earning religious duty.
Parousia
Approved rendering: આગમન
Transliteration: āgaman
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: અવતાર-framed renderings, પારૂસિયા (opaque transliteration)
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology
Christ’s visible, triumphant royal arrival. Must be kept distinct from Vaishnav avatāra-descent theology; risk of assimilation to the next avatar in a cycle (cf. Kalki expectation) rather than the one, final return of the already-incarnate Lord. Occurs 2:1,8,9.
Sebasma
Approved rendering: પૂજાનું પાત્ર
Transliteration: pūjā-nũ pātra
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: σέβασμα
Category: Eschatology
પૂજા is the everyday Gujarati word for Hindu/Jain ritual worship; context must make clear this describes false worship being usurped, not a neutral description of legitimate devotional practice. Occurs 2:4.
Mystery Of Lawlessness
Approved rendering: અનિયમીપણાનું રહસ્ય
Transliteration: aniyamīpaṇānũ rahasya
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: τὸ μυστήριον τῆς ἀνομίας
Category: Eschatology
Must not be read as esoteric secret knowledge transmitted to initiated disciples (guru-śiṣya category in Swaminarayan bhakti and Jain monastic instruction); this is a God-defined reality progressively disclosed in history. Occurs 2:7.
Restrainer Impersonal
Approved rendering: અટકાવનારું
Transliteration: aṭkāvnārũ
Doctrine: The Restraining of Lawlessness
Original: τὸ κατέχον
Category: Eschatology
Neuter form (τὸ κατέχον). Must be kept grammatically distinct from the personal/masculine form (2:7) so Paul’s intentional ambiguity is preserved, not artificially resolved. Nearly all existing Gujarati Bibles collapse both into a single form; this curriculum requires the distinction. Occurs 2:6.
Restrainer Personal
Approved rendering: અટકાવનાર
Transliteration: aṭkāvnār
Doctrine: The Restraining of Lawlessness
Original: ὁ κατέχων
Category: Eschatology
Masculine/personal form (ὁ κατέχων). Consistency of the neuter/masculine distinction across 2:6-7 is required; flag both occurrences for theologian review. Occurs 2:7.
Signs And Wonders False
Approved rendering: સામર્થ્ય, ચિહ્નો અને આશ્ચર્યકર્મો
Transliteration: sāmarthya, cihno ane āścaryakarmo
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Power
Rejected alternatives: ચમત્કારો (softened generic ‘miracles’)
Original: δύναμις, σημεῖα, τέρατα ψεύδους
Category: Satan and Spiritual Warfare
Directly confronts Gujarat’s popular godman/guru miracle-authority (siddhi) expectation; must not be softened — the passage’s point is that miracle-working can be satanically counterfeit and deceptive. Occurs 2:9.
Krisis
Approved rendering: ચુકાદો
Transliteration: cukādo
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: κρίσις
Category: Judgment
Base judicial-decision term underlying ‘God’s righteous judgment.’ A personal verdict, not an impersonal cosmic reckoning. Occurs 1:5.
Eternal Destruction
Approved rendering: અનંત વિનાશ
Transliteration: anant vinās
Doctrine: Eternal Destruction
Rejected alternatives: સનાતન વિનાશ
Original: ὄλεθρος αἰώνιος
Category: Judgment
REJECTED: સનાતન વિનાશ. સનાતન (‘eternal, ageless’) is Hinduism’s own self-designation (‘Sanātan Dharma’); using it here would create an unintended, jarring cross-association. અનંત avoids this collision while preserving true unendingness. Occurs 1:9.
Energeia Planes
Approved rendering: ભ્રમિત કરનારો પ્રભાવ
Transliteration: bhramit karnāro prabhāv
Doctrine: God’s Judicial Delusion
Rejected alternatives: માયા-framed rendering
Original: ἐνέργειαν πλάνης
Category: Judgment
Must not be assimilated to the Advaita Vedānta concept of māyā, the illusory nature of the phenomenal world itself, a salient philosophical idea in Gujarati religious culture. This is God’s specific judicial response to a specific people’s specific rejection, not a metaphysical claim about reality. Occurs 2:11.
Love Of The Truth
Approved rendering: સત્યનો પ્રેમ
Transliteration: satyano prem
Doctrine: Love of the Truth and Salvation
Original: ἀγάπη τῆς ἀληθείας
Category: Judgment
પ્રેમ risks conflation with Vaishnav prema-bhakti (devotional sentiment toward a freely chosen deity); સત્ય risks conflation with Gandhian/Jain satya-vrata ethical truthfulness. Here specifically: receptive embrace of revealed, propositional gospel truth about Christ. Occurs 2:10.
Believe The Lie
Approved rendering: જૂઠાણા પર વિશ્વાસ કરવો
Transliteration: jūṭhāṇā par viśvās karvo
Doctrine: God’s Judicial Delusion
Original: πιστεύω τῷ ψεύδει
Category: Judgment
Deliberately reuses baseline’s Critical-tier વિશ્વાસ (faith) to show that the same faculty of trust, wrongly directed, becomes damning; this parallelism must be visible in the Gujarati text. Occurs 2:11.
Hypomone
Approved rendering: સહનશીલતા
Transliteration: sahanśīltā
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Rejected alternatives: તપ, તિતિક્ષા
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Perseverance
REJECTED: તપ/તિતિક્ષા (Jain ascetic endurance for shedding karmic matter/nirjarā, already Critical in baseline’s grace entry). Biblical ὑπομονή is God-given, grace-sustained endurance of suffering inflicted by others for the faith, never self-chosen austerity earning spiritual merit. Occurs 1:4.
Stand Firm
Approved rendering: દૃઢ રહો / સ્થિર રહો
Transliteration: dṛḍh raho / sthir raho
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Original: στήκετε
Category: Covenant and Tradition
Firm, unwavering commitment to apostolic teaching amid pressure and false report, not stubborn attachment to inherited custom. Occurs 2:15.
Hold Fast
Approved rendering: પરંપરાઓને દૃઢતાથી પકડી રાખવી
Transliteration: paramparāone dṛḍhtāthī pakḍī rākhvī
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Original: κρατεῖτε τὰς παραδόσεις
Category: Covenant and Tradition
Paired with પરંપરા; must carry the same clarification of apostolic (not cultural-custom) content. Occurs 2:15.
Love General
Approved rendering: પ્રેમ
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Growing Faith and Love
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Faith
New baseline-adjacent term. Risks conflation with Vaishnav prema-bhakti, devotional sentiment directed at a freely chosen deity; here it names either brotherly Christian love (1:3) or receptive embrace of gospel truth (2:10), not generic devotional feeling.
Truth General
Approved rendering: સત્ય
Transliteration: satya
Doctrine: Love of the Truth and Salvation
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Judgment
New baseline-adjacent term. Risks conflation with the Gandhian/Jain ethical virtue of truthfulness (satya-vrata, satyāgraha); here it names the specific revealed gospel truth about Christ. Occurs 2:10,12,13.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: શાંતિ
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace and Grace Benediction
Rejected alternatives: મનની શાંતિ
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Relational peace with God, not ahimsa-based inner tranquility. Occurs 1:2; 3:16.
Church
Approved rendering: મંડળી
Transliteration: maṇḍaḷī
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: મંદિર, દેરાસર
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package baseline. The Thessalonian congregation as covenant community, never a building. Occurs 1:1,4.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: પરમેશ્વરનું રાજ્ય
Transliteration: Parmeśvarnũ Rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom of God
Rejected alternatives: ઈશ્વરનું રાષ્ટ્ર
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Not a political or territorial kingdom. Occurs 1:5.
Gathering Together
Approved rendering: એકત્રીકરણ
Transliteration: ekatrīkaraṇ
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Rejected alternatives: સંગઠન (generic religious assembly/movement)
Original: ἐπισυναγωγή
Category: Eschatology
Believers’ future gathering unto Christ specifically, not a generic religious sangathan. Occurs 2:1.
Appearing Manifestation
Approved rendering: પ્રગટીકરણ
Transliteration: pragaṭīkaraṇ
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord / Glory and Power of Christ’s Return
Original: ἐπιφάνεια / ἀποκάλυψις
Category: Eschatology
Used both of Christ’s appearing (1:7; 2:8) and, in a distinct sense, of the lawless one’s unveiling (2:3,6,8). Context must disambiguate whose appearing is meant; never confused with periodic avatāra appearances or Jain kevala-jñāna self-attained enlightenment.
Day Already Come False Claim
Approved rendering: (પહેલેથી) આવી ગયો છે એવો ખોટો ખ્યાલ
Transliteration: (pahelethī) āvī gayo che evo khoṭo khyāl
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord
Must read clearly as the erroneous report Paul corrects (ἐνέστηκεν, perfect tense), not his own teaching. Occurs 2:2.
Satan
Approved rendering: શેતાન
Transliteration: Śetān
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Power
Original: Σατανᾶς
Category: Satan and Spiritual Warfare
A familiar loanword across Gujarati religious registers; must be taught as the specific personal adversary of God known from Scripture, not a generic trickster-spirit or an impersonal principle of evil. Neither Vaishnav bhakti nor Jain cosmology has a precise structural equivalent. Occurs 2:9.
The Evil One
Approved rendering: દુષ્ટ / ભૂંડો
Transliteration: duṣṭ / bhũḍo
Doctrine: The Lord’s Faithfulness and Protection
Original: ὁ πονηρός
Category: Satan and Spiritual Warfare
Same personal being as Satan (2:9), from whom the Lord guards believers; not an abstract principle of evil. Occurs 3:3.
Energeia Satan
Approved rendering: પ્રભાવ
Transliteration: prabhāv
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Power
Rejected alternatives: શક્તિ
Original: ἐνέργεια
Category: Satan and Spiritual Warfare
AVOID શક્તિ, consistent with the baseline’s forbidden-substitution rule for δύναμις θεοῦ; a Satan-empowered ‘shakti’ would risk being read through Gujarat’s Ambaji/Shakti devotional frame. Occurs 2:9.
The Lie
Approved rendering: જૂઠાણું
Transliteration: jūṭhāṇũ
Doctrine: Satan’s Counterfeit Power / God’s Judicial Delusion
Original: ψεῦδος
Category: Satan and Spiritual Warfare
The specific deception the lawless one’s display serves and which the perishing come to believe; a definite lie, not a vague falsehood. Occurs 2:9,11.
Ekdikesis
Approved rendering: ન્યાયી બદલો
Transliteration: nyāyī badlo
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: ἐκδίκησις
Category: Judgment
Must be read as judicial retribution by a personal God, not personal vengeance nor an impersonal karmic ‘boomerang’ effect. Occurs 1:8.
Adikia
Approved rendering: અન્યાયીપણું
Transliteration: anyāyīpaṇũ
Doctrine: Condemnation of the Unrighteous
Rejected alternatives: અધર્મ
Original: ἀδικία
Category: Judgment
Built on baseline’s Critical-tier ન્યાયીપણું (righteousness) as its negation. REJECTED અધર્મ for the same Jain adharmāstikāya collision reason documented for ‘lawlessness.’ Occurs 2:10,12.
Plane
Approved rendering: ભ્રમ
Transliteration: bhram
Doctrine: God’s Judicial Delusion
Original: πλάνη
Category: Judgment
Base term underlying ‘working of delusion’; avoid maya/philosophical-illusion associations. Occurs 2:11.
Eudokeo Adikia
Approved rendering: અન્યાયમાં રાજી થવા
Transliteration: anyāymã rājī thavā
Doctrine: Condemnation of the Unrighteous
Original: εὐδοκήσαντες τῇ ἀδικίᾳ
Category: Judgment
Underscores willful, not merely ignorant, rejection of truth in favor of wickedness. Occurs 2:12.
Diogmoi
Approved rendering: સતાવણી
Transliteration: satāvaṇī
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Original: διωγμοί
Category: Perseverance
External hostility endured for the faith, not self-inflicted suffering. Occurs 1:4.
Thlipseis
Approved rendering: વિપત્તિ
Transliteration: vipatti
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Original: θλῖψεις
Category: Perseverance
Paired with ὑπομονή; suffering imposed from outside. Occurs 1:4.
Antapodidomi
Approved rendering: બદલો આપવો
Transliteration: badlo āpvo
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: ἀνταποδίδωμι
Category: Perseverance
God’s just, personal recompense — affliction to persecutors, rest to the persecuted; a personal God’s reciprocal justice, not impersonal karmic reaction. Occurs 1:6.
Elpis
Approved rendering: આશા
Transliteration: āśā
Doctrine: Eternal Comfort and Good Hope
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Perseverance
Confident future expectation grounded in God’s promise, not a generic, karma-conditioned worldly expectation of favorable outcome. Occurs 2:16.
Elpis Agathe
Approved rendering: સારી આશા
Transliteration: sārī āśā
Doctrine: Eternal Comfort and Good Hope
Original: ἐλπὶς ἀγαθή
Category: Perseverance
Paired with grace (2:16); assurance, not wishful optimism.
Eternal Comfort
Approved rendering: અનંત આશ્વાસન
Transliteration: anant āśvāsan
Doctrine: Eternal Comfort and Good Hope
Rejected alternatives: સનાતન આશ્વાસન
Original: παράκλησις αἰωνία
Category: Perseverance
Permanent divine consolation grounding perseverance, not a temporary emotional consolation. અનંત preferred over સનાતન per the same Sanātan Dharma collision reasoning applied to eternal_destruction. Occurs 2:16.
Pistos Faithful
Approved rendering: વિશ્વાસુ
Transliteration: viśvāsu
Doctrine: The Lord’s Faithfulness and Protection
Original: πιστός
Category: Faith
Built on baseline’s Critical-tier વિશ્વાસ root; the Lord’s faithfulness grounds believers’ own trust, and this etymological link should be visible. Occurs 3:3.
Mark Take Note
Approved rendering: નોંધ કરવી
Transliteration: noṅdh karvī
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Orderly Conduct
Original: σημειόω
Category: Church
Identification for corrective, restorative purposes, not permanent labeling. Occurs 3:14.
Do Not Associate
Approved rendering: સંગત ન રાખવી
Transliteration: saṅgat na rākhvī
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Orderly Conduct
Original: μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι
Category: Church
Negates baseline’s positive સંગત (fellowship); scope must be limited and corrective (v.15: treat as brother, not enemy), distinct from caste-like social ostracism, a salient category in Gujarati community life. Occurs 3:14.
Lord Of Peace
Approved rendering: શાંતિનો પ્રભુ
Transliteration: Śāntino Prabhu
Doctrine: Peace and Grace Benediction
Original: ὁ κύριος τῆς εἰρήνης
Category: God
Reuse of baseline પ્રભુ + શાંતિ roots. God as the source and giver of relational peace. Occurs 3:16.
Angels
Approved rendering: દૂતો
Transliteration: dūto
Doctrine: Glory and Power of Christ’s Return
Original: ἄγγελοι
Category: God
Christ’s mighty angels accompanying his return in judgment; new to this curriculum’s translation memory, standard Christian term. Occurs 1:7.
Kairos
Approved rendering: નિયત સમય
Transliteration: niyat samay
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Rejected alternatives: જ્યોતિષ-આધારિત શુભ સમય
Original: καιρός
Category: Eschatology
Must convey a time appointed by God’s providence, not an astrologically auspicious moment (a live cultural category in Gujarati life, cf. baseline’s ‘prophet’ entry caution against જ્યોતિષી). Occurs 2:6.
Breath Of His Mouth
Approved rendering: પોતાના મુખના શ્વાસથી
Transliteration: potānā mukhnā śvāsthī
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ
Category: Christology
Christ’s mere spoken word as a sufficient instrument to destroy the lawless one, echoing Isaiah 11:4. Should not be confused with generic ‘breath of life’ (prāṇa) concepts common in Hindu/Jain physiology of the soul. Occurs 2:8.
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Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: આભારસ્તુતિ
Transliteration: ābhārstuti
Doctrine: Growing Faith and Love
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Occurs 1:3; 2:13.
Exhort
Approved rendering: પ્રોત્સાહન આપવું
Transliteration: protsāhan āpavũ
Doctrine: Eternal Comfort and Good Hope
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Context-sensitive between entreaty and encouragement. Occurs 2:17; 3:12.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: સંગત
Transliteration: saṅgat
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Orderly Conduct
Rejected alternatives: મિત્રતા
Original: κοινωνία (implied; negated in discipline, 3:14)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package baseline. Negated in a strictly corrective, restorative sense at 3:14 (સંગત ન રાખવી), never permanent exclusion.
Endeigma
Approved rendering: પુરાવો
Transliteration: purāvo
Doctrine: Perseverance under Persecution
Original: ἔνδειγμα
Category: Perseverance
The Thessalonians’ endurance as visible proof of God’s righteous judgment already at work. Occurs 1:5.
Rest Relief
Approved rendering: વિસામો
Transliteration: visāmo
Doctrine: God’s Righteous Judgment
Original: ἄνεσις
Category: Perseverance
Future relief granted to the persecuted at Christ’s return, not present-life ease. Occurs 1:7.
Sterizo
Approved rendering: મજબૂત કરવું
Transliteration: majbūt karvũ
Doctrine: Eternal Comfort and Good Hope
Original: στηρίζω
Category: Perseverance
God’s strengthening of hearts for good work and word. Occurs 2:17; 3:3.
Peitho Confidence
Approved rendering: ભરોસો
Transliteration: bharoso
Doctrine: The Lord’s Faithfulness and Protection
Original: πείθω
Category: Faith
Settled confidence, distinct from but related to વિશ્વાસ. Occurs 3:4.
Mnemoneuo
Approved rendering: યાદ કરવું
Transliteration: yād karvũ
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Original: μνημονεύω
Category: Covenant and Tradition
Appeal to Paul’s earlier oral teaching as authoritative tradition. Occurs 2:5.
Walking Disorderly
Approved rendering: અવ્યવસ્થિત રીતે ચાલવું
Transliteration: avyavasthit rīte cālvũ
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Orderly Conduct
Original: ἀτάκτως περιπατέω
Category: Church
Living in undisciplined idleness, refusing responsible work; practical, not doctrinal, failure. Occurs 3:6,11.
Mimeomai
Approved rendering: અનુકરણ કરવું
Transliteration: anukaraṇ karvũ
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Orderly Conduct
Original: μιμέομαι
Category: Church
Modeling conduct on Paul’s apostolic example, not a guru’s personal charisma. Occurs 3:7,9.
Typos
Approved rendering: નમૂનો
Transliteration: namūno
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Orderly Conduct
Original: τύπος
Category: Church
Paul’s conduct as a deliberate model for the church. Occurs 3:9.
Noutheteo
Approved rendering: ચેતવવું / સમજાવવું
Transliteration: cetavvũ / samjāvvũ
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Orderly Conduct
Original: νουθετέω
Category: Church
Restorative correction of a brother motivated by care, distinct from Hindu/Jain community-based social ostracism. Occurs 3:15.
Apate
Approved rendering: છેતરપિંડી
Transliteration: chetarpiṇḍī
Doctrine: Love of the Truth and Salvation
Original: ἀπάτη
Category: Judgment
The deceptive means by which the perishing are ensnared. Occurs 2:10.
Perishing
Approved rendering: નાશ પામનારા
Transliteration: nāś pāmnārā
Doctrine: Love of the Truth and Salvation
Original: ἀπολλύμενοι
Category: Judgment
The eternal destiny of those who reject the gospel, contrasted with the saved. Occurs 2:10.
Destroy Abolish
Approved rendering: નાશ કરશે / રદ કરી નાખશે
Transliteration: nāś karśe / rad karī nākhśe
Doctrine: The Man of Lawlessness
Original: ἀναιρέω / καταργέω
Category: Eschatology
Christ’s effortless, total destruction and nullification of the lawless one at his appearing, contrasted with the figure’s own violent self-exaltation. Occurs 2:8.
Firstfruits
Approved rendering: પ્રથમફળ
Transliteration: prathamphaḷ
Doctrine: Divine Calling and Election
Original: ἀπαρχή
Category: Salvation
The Thessalonians as an early, representative offering to God among the nations (textual variant at 2:13); standard agricultural-offering metaphor.
Worthy Counted
Approved rendering: યોગ્ય ગણાવું
Transliteration: yogya gaṇāvũ
Doctrine: Kingdom of God
Being counted worthy of the kingdom through God’s own gracious work, not self-attained merit. Occurs 1:5.
Command
Approved rendering: આજ્ઞા આપવી
Transliteration: āgnā āpvī
Doctrine: Standing Firm in the Traditions
Apostolic authority behind the traditions/instructions given to the church. Occurs 3:4,6,10,12.
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