Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 1 Corinthians (English → Hindi)
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, drawn from every chapter of 1 Corinthians. Terms already present in the baseline Romans/Galatians translation_memory.json are marked (BASELINE — reused exactly) and their recorded rendering, transliteration, and risk tier are restated unchanged, per the Hard Rule that established renderings must never be altered. New terms proposed for this curriculum are marked (NEW) and must be logged to translation_memory.json in Phase 2 following the Load-and-Enforcement Instructions.
Risk tiers: Critical / High / Medium / Low, per doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions.
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans/Galatians Baseline
| Term (English) | Hindi rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Key 1 Corinthians occurrences | Baseline note (unaltered) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | सुसमाचार | susamācar | High | 1:17; 4:15; 9:12-18; 15:1 | Authoritative proclamation, not one teaching among many |
| grace | अनुग्रह | anugraha | High | 1:3-4; 15:10; 16:23 | Never कृपा in grace/merit contrasts |
| faith | विश्वास | viśvāsa | High | 2:5; 12:9; 13:2,13; 15:2,11,14,17 | Object of faith always specified |
| resurrection | पुनरुत्थान | punaruttāna | Critical | 15:1-58 pervasive | NEVER पुनर्जन्म |
| lord | प्रभु | Prabhu | Critical | 8:6; 12:3; throughout | Exclusive, supreme Lordship |
| holy | पवित्र | pavitra | High | 3:17; 7:14,34 | Moral/relational set-apartness, not ritual purity |
| saints | पवित्र जन | pavitra jana | High | 1:2; 6:1-2; 16:1,15 | Corporate designation, not ascetic elite |
| sanctification | पवित्रीकरण | pavitrikaraṇa | High | 1:2; 6:11 | Spirit’s ongoing work |
| holy_spirit | पवित्र आत्मा | Pavitra Ātmā | Critical | 2:10-13; 3:16; 6:19; 12:3-13 | NEVER ब्रह्म/परमात्मा alone |
| church | कलीसिया | kalīsiyā | Medium | 1:2; 12:28; 14:34-35; 16:19 | NEVER मंदिर |
| called / calling | बुलाए हुए / बुलाहट | bulāe hue / bulāhaṭ | High | 1:1-2,9,24,26; 7:15-24 | Context-sensitive across senses |
| apostle | प्रेरित | prerita | Medium | 1:1; 4:9; 9:1-5; 12:28-29; 15:7-9 | Authorized, not guru role |
| fellowship | संगति | saṃgati | Low/High* | 1:9; 10:16-20 | *Escalates to High at 10:16-20’s Eucharistic use |
| flesh | शरीर | śarīra | High | 1:26,29; 3:1,3; 5:5; 6:16; 15:39,50 | Never used for σῶμα |
| power_of_god | परमेश्वर की सामर्थ्य | Parameśvara kī sāmarthya | High | 1:18,24; 2:4-5; 12:10,28 | Never शक्ति |
| cross | क्रूस | krūsa | Medium | 1:17-18; 2:2 | Established term |
| boasting | घमण्ड | ghamaṇḍa | Low | 1:29,31; 3:21; 4:7 | Excluded by faith |
| kingdom_of_god | परमेश्वर का राज्य | Parameśvara kā rājya | Medium | 4:20; 6:9-10; 15:24,50 | Not political kingdom |
| baptism | बपतिस्मा | bapatismā | Medium | 1:13-17; 10:2; 12:13; 15:29 | Never स्नान/दीक्षा |
| circumcision | खतना | khatanā | Medium | 7:18-19 | Established term |
| covenant | वाचा | vācā | High | 11:25 “new covenant” | Relational, not mere contract |
| firstfruits | पहले फल | pahale phala | Medium | 15:20,23 | Guard against karma-fruit reading |
| law | व्यवस्था | vyavasthā | High | 9:8-9; 14:34 (contested); 15:56 | Reserved exclusively for Torah — never for generic “order” |
| sin | पाप | pāpa | High | 15:3,17,56; 6:18; 7:28,36; 8:12 | Moral transgression before a personal God |
| glory | महिमा | mahimā | High | 2:7-8; 10:31; 11:7,15 | Avoid light-metaphor conflation |
| worship | आराधना | ārādhanā | High | 14:25 | Never पूजा |
| conscience | विवेक | viveka | High | 8:7,10,12; 10:25-29 | Moral awareness, not vedantic discrimination |
| idolatry | मूर्तिपूजा | mūrtipūjā | High | 10:7,14 | Direct term, pastoral handling |
| slavery | दासत्व / दास | dāsatva / dāsa | Medium | 7:21-23 | Consistent across occurrences |
| freedom | स्वतंत्रता | svatantratā | Critical | 9:1,19; 10:29 | NEVER मुक्ति/मोक्ष |
| anathema | शापित हो | śāpita ho | High | 16:22 | God’s judicial curse, not liftable ritual curse |
| thanksgiving | धन्यवाद | dhanyavāda | Low | 1:4; 14:16-18; 15:57 | Standard term |
| justification | धर्मी ठहराया जाना | dharmī ṭaharāyā jānā | Critical | 6:11 | Compound phrase mandatory |
| body_of_christ | मसीह की देह | Masīha kī deha | High | 12:12-27 | Corporate identity metaphor intact |
| spiritual_gifts | आत्मिक वरदान | ātmika varadāna | Medium | 12:1,4,31; 14:1 | Never वरदान alone |
B. New Terms Proposed for the 1 Corinthians Curriculum
| # | Term (English) | Greek (transliteration) | Hindi rendering | Transliteration | Doctrine | Risk | Chapters | Rejected alternatives / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wisdom | σοφία (sophia) | बुद्धि | buddhi | Cross as Wisdom and Power | High | 1,2,3,12 | ज्ञान rejected here (reserved for γνῶσις below); avoid framing as philosophical ascent or meditative insight |
| 2 | foolishness | μωρία (mōria) | मूर्खता | mūrkhatā | Cross as Wisdom and Power | Low | 1 | Standard term |
| 3 | knowledge | γνῶσις (gnōsis) | ज्ञान | jñāna | Christian Liberty; Spiritual Gifts; Love | High | 8,12,13,14 | Direct collision with Hindu jñāna-mārga (liberating self-knowledge); mandatory translator note distinguishing relational Christian knowing from Advaitic self-realization |
| 4 | natural (person/body) | ψυχικός (psychikos) | स्वाभाविक | svābhāvika | Resurrection | High | 2,15 | Never प्राणिक — avoids yogic prāṇa/life-force collision |
| 5 | spiritual (person/body) | πνευματικός (pneumatikos) | आत्मिक | ātmika | Resurrection; Gifts | Medium | 2,15 | Consistent with baseline आत्मिक वरदान root |
| 6 | temple (metaphorical) | ναός (naos) | मन्दिर | mandira | Church Discipline and Holiness | High | 3,6 | Direct collision with Hindu मंदिर/murti-indwelling; mandatory translator note every occurrence |
| 7 | body (physical/resurrection) | σῶμα (sōma) | देह | deha | Resurrection; Lord’s Supper; Marriage | High | 6,7,11,12,15 | Never शरीर (reserved for σάρξ); consistency-critical across the whole book |
| 8 | members | μέλος (melos) | अंग | aṅga | Body of Christ | Low | 6,12 | Standard body-part metaphor |
| 9 | one flesh | μία σάρξ | एक तन | eka tana | Marriage | Medium | 6 | Genesis 2:24 quotation form |
| 10 | marriage | γάμος (gamos) | विवाह | vivāha | Marriage and Singleness | Medium | 7 | Distinguish from Hindu marriage-as-samskara framing |
| 11 | gift (marital state) | χάρισμα (charisma) | परमेश्वर की ओर से विशेष वरदान | — | Marriage and Singleness | Medium | 7 | Not the ministry spiritual_gifts sense; never वरदान unqualified |
| 12 | apostolic command vs. opinion | ἐπιταγή / γνώμη | आज्ञा / राय | ājñā / rāya | Marriage and Singleness | High | 7 | Preserve inspired-but-distinguishable authority levels |
| 13 | right / entitlement | ἐξουσία (“right”) | अधिकार | adhikāra | Christian Liberty | High | 8,9 | Distinct from स्वतंत्रता (freedom); avoid Mimamsa ritual-entitlement collision |
| 14 | weak conscience | ἀσθενὴς συνείδησις | निर्बल विवेक | nirbala viveka | Christian Liberty | Medium | 8 | Distinct from baseline weak_in_faith |
| 15 | food offered to idols | εἰδωλόθυτον (eidōlothyton) | मूर्तियों को चढ़ाया हुआ भोजन | — | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | High | 8,10 | Direct parallel to Hindu प्रसाद; do not equate or crudely dismiss |
| 16 | one God, one Lord | εἷς θεός, εἷς κύριος | एक ही परमेश्वर, एक ही प्रभु | — | Christian Liberty; Church Unity | Critical | 8 | Render unqualified; India’s pluralist context |
| 17 | idol | εἴδωλον (eidōlon) | मूर्ति | mūrti | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | High | 8,10,12 | Direct Hindu मूर्ति collision; do not use for εἰκών (image of God) |
| 18 | demons | δαιμόνιον (daimonion) | दुष्टात्मा | duṣṭātmā | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | High | 10 | Distinguish from भूत-प्रेत folk ghosts and mythological asura/rākṣasa |
| 19 | schism / division | σχίσμα (schisma) | फूट | phūṭa | Christian Unity versus Factionalism | High | 1,11,12 | Live pastoral collision with caste/community church splits |
| 20 | quarrels/strife | ἔρις (eris) | झगड़ा | jhagaḑā | Christian Unity versus Factionalism | Low | 1,3 | Standard term |
| 21 | jealousy (vice) | ζῆλος (zēlos, negative) | डाह | ḍāha | Christian Unity versus Factionalism | Medium | 3,13 | Must render distinctly from positive ζηλόω (#48) |
| 22 | Rock is Christ | πνευματικῆς πέτρας | आत्मिक चट्टान (मसीह) | — | Christian Unity/Typology | High | 10 | Requires OT wilderness background |
| 23 | God’s jealousy (positive) | παραζηλοῦμεν | परमेश्वर की धार्मिक जलन | — | Idol Meat | High | 10 | Distinguish from vice-jealousy #21 |
| 24 | image (of God) | εἰκών (eikōn) | प्रतिरूप | pratirūpa | Order in Worship; Resurrection | High | 11,15 | NEVER मूर्ति; maintain rigorous distinction |
| 25 | head / headship | κεφαλή (kephalē) | सिर | sira | Order in Worship | High | 11 | Contested gender-hierarchy interpretation; render literally, flag for theologian review |
| 26 | head covering | ἀκατακαλύπτῳ | सिर ढकना | — | Order in Worship | Medium | 11 | Native speaker review for Indian cultural resonance |
| 27 | Lord’s Supper / Lord’s table | κυριακὸν δεῖπνον | प्रभु का भोज | Prabhu kā bhoja | The Lord’s Supper | High | 11 | Distinguish from ordinary meal and from prasad-sharing rituals |
| 28 | blood (of Christ) | αἷμα (haima) | लहू | lahū | The Lord’s Supper | Medium | 10,11 | Distinct from generic खून |
| 29 | new covenant | καινὴ διαθήκη | नई वाचा | naī vācā | The Lord’s Supper | High | 11 | Extends baseline वाचा |
| 30 | remembrance | ἀνάμνησις (anamnēsis) | स्मरण | smaraṇa | The Lord’s Supper | Medium | 11 | Distinguish from repetitive nām-smaran/japa devotional chanting |
| 31 | unworthy manner | ἀναξίως (anaxiōs) | अनुचित रीति से | — | The Lord’s Supper | Medium | 11 | Sacramental seriousness |
| 32 | discerning the body | διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα | देह को परखना | — | The Lord’s Supper | High | 11 | Contested referent (Christ’s body vs. church-body); do not resolve |
| 33 | sleep (death euphemism) | κοιμάομαι | सो जाना | so jānā | Resurrection | Medium | 11,15 | Not a reincarnation-adjacent intermediate state |
| 34 | tongues | γλῶσσα/γλῶσσαι (glōssa) | अन्य भाषाएँ | anya bhāṣāeṃ | Spiritual Gifts | High | 12,13,14 | Distinguish from possession-trance (आवेश) phenomena |
| 35 | interpretation of tongues | ἑρμηνεία γλωσσῶν | भाषाओं का अर्थ बताना | — | Spiritual Gifts | Medium | 12,14 | Orderly practice requirement |
| 36 | distinguishing of spirits | διάκρισις πνευμάτων | आत्माओं को परखने का वरदान | — | Spiritual Gifts | Medium | 12 | Distinguish from occult discernment practices |
| 37 | healing(s) | ἰάματα (iamata) | चंगाई | caṅgāī | Spiritual Gifts | Low | 12 | Established Christian term |
| 38 | helps | ἀντίλημψις (antilēmpsis) | सहायता के काम | — | Spiritual Gifts | Low | 12 | — |
| 39 | administration | κυβέρνησις (kybernēsis) | प्रबंध के काम | — | Spiritual Gifts | Low | 12 | — |
| 40 | love | ἀγάπη (agapē) | प्रेम | prema | Love as the Greater Way | Critical | 13,16 | Collides with Hindu bhakti prema (romantic/mystical divine-human love); mandatory theologian review, translator note on every occurrence distinguishing ethical/selfless agapē from romantic/mystical prema |
| 41 | hope | ἐλपीस → ἐλπίς (elpis) | आशा | āśā | Love as the Greater Way; Resurrection | Medium | 13,15 | Distinguish from fatalistic karma-acceptance |
| 42 | mirror dimly | ἐν αἰνίγματι | धुंधले ढंग से | — | Love as the Greater Way | Low | 13 | Idiom, translate meaning |
| 43 | edify / build up | οἰκοδομέω (oikodomeō) | उन्नति करना | unnati karanā | Order in Worship | Medium | 8,14 | Ties to mutual_edification doctrine |
| 44 | order / sequence | τάξις (taxis) | क्रम | krama | Order in Worship | High | 14 | MUST NOT use व्यवस्था (reserved for Torah) |
| 45 | women silent in church (contested) | γυναῖκες σιγάτωσαν | स्त्रियाँ चुप रहें | — | Order in Worship | Critical | 14 | Textually/interpretively contested; render literally, do not resolve, mandatory theologian review |
| 46 | crown / imperishable wreath | στέφανος (stephanos) | अविनाशी मुकुट | — | Christian Liberty (self-discipline) | Medium | 9 | Isthmian games background, not a royal crown |
| 47 | disqualified | ἀδόκιμος (adokimos) | अयोग्य ठहरना | — | Christian Liberty (self-discipline) | High | 9 | Flag re: assurance_of_salvation doctrine interaction |
| 48 | earnest desire (positive zeal) | ζηλόω (zēloō, positive) | उत्साह से चाहना | — | Spiritual Gifts | Medium | 12,14 | Distinguish from vice-jealousy #21 |
| 49 | sexual immorality | πορνεία (porneia) | यौन अनैतिकता / व्यभिचार | — | Church Discipline and Holiness | High | 5,6,7 | Do not soften or sensationalize |
| 50 | Passover (Christ our) | πάσχα (pascha) | फसह | phasaha | Church Discipline and Holiness | Medium | 5 | Requires OT Passover background |
| 51 | Satan | Σατανᾶς (Satanas) | शैतान | śaitāna | Church Discipline and Holiness | Medium | 5 | Personal adversary, not impersonal māyā or asura myth |
| 52 | vice list (kingdom-excluding sins) | πόρνοι, μοιχοί, μαλακοί, ἀρσενοκοῖται, κλέπται, μέθυσοι κ.τ.λ. | [see full catalog] | — | Church Discipline and Holiness | High | 6 | Sensitive, contested rendering; follow established BSI OV convention where extant; do not soften or sensationalize |
| 53 | bought with a price | ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς | दाम देकर खरीदे गए | — | Church Discipline and Holiness | High | 6,7 | Related to but distinct from baseline redemption (छुटकारा) |
| 54 | rulers of this age | ἄρχοντες τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου | इस युग के अधिकारी | — | Cross as Wisdom and Power | High | 2 | Contested referent (human/spiritual powers); do not resolve |
| 55 | mind of Christ | νοῦς Χριστοῦ (nous Christou) | मसीह की बुद्धि | — | Cross as Wisdom and Power | Medium | 2 | — |
| 56 | spiritual fatherhood | ἐγέννησα (egennēsa) | सुसमाचार के द्वारा आत्मिक पिता बनना | — | Church Unity/Apostleship | High | 4 | Distinguish from guru-diksha spiritual-lineage claims |
| 57 | become all things to all people | πάντα πᾶσιν γέγονα | सब लोगों के लिये सब कुछ बन जाना | — | Cross as Wisdom and Power (mission) | Medium | 9 | Contextual flexibility, not doctrinal compromise |
| 58 | sowing/reaping (resurrection analogy) | σπείρεται / ἐγείρεται | बोया जाता है / उठाया जाता है | — | Resurrection | High | 15 | Distinct from Galatians’ moral sowing_and_reaping (कर्म-फल collision); do not conflate the two metaphors |
| 59 | perishable / imperishable | φθαρτός / ἄφθαρτος | नाशवान / अविनाशी | — | Resurrection | Critical | 9,15 | अविनाशी collides with the Gita’s ātman-eternality doctrine; mandatory translator note distinguishing future bodily gift from present inherent-soul metaphysics |
| 60 | mortal / immortality | θνητός / ἀθανασία | मरणधर्मी / अमरता | — | Resurrection | Critical | 15 | Same collision as #59, intensified; mandatory theologian review every occurrence |
| 61 | last Adam | ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ (eschatos Adam) | अन्तिम आदम | antima Ādama | Resurrection | High | 15 | Parallels baseline federal_headship; needs OT Genesis background |
| 62 | victory / sting of death | νῖκος / κέντρον | विजय / डंक | — | Resurrection | Medium | 15 | Quoting Isaiah 25:8/Hosea 13:14 |
| 63 | Son subjected to God | ὑποταγήσεται καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ υἱός | पुत्र स्वयं भी अधीन हो जाएगा | — | Resurrection; Deity of Christ | Critical | 15 | Functional, not ontological, subordination; mandatory theologian review |
| 64 | baptism for the dead | βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν | मरे हुओं के लिये बपतिस्मा लेनेवाले | — | Resurrection | Critical | 15 | Do not resolve interpretive controversy; render literally |
| 65 | received / delivered (tradition formula) | παραλαμβάνω / παραδίδωμι | पाया / सौंपा | — | Resurrection (core passage) | High | 11,15 | Distinguish from Hindu guru-parampara lineage transmission |
| 66 | appeared (resurrection) | ὤφθη (ōphthē) | दिखाई दिया | — | Resurrection (core passage) | High | 15 | Objective bodily appearance, not devotee’s दर्शन-vision |
| 67 | act like men / be courageous | ἀνδρίζεσθε (andrizesthe) | दृढ़ रहो / हियाव बान्धो | — | Christian Unity/closing exhortation | Medium | 16 | Gendered idiom; render as inclusive courage, not male-only exhortation |
| 68 | submit | ὑποτάσσω (hypotassō) | अधीन होना | adhīna honā | Order in Worship (closing) | Medium | 16 | Connects to headship (#25) and Romans governing_authorities themes |
| 69 | holy kiss | φίλημα ἅγιον | पवित्र चुम्बन | — | Church closing greeting | Low | 16 | Cultural adaptation question |
| 70 | Marana tha | Μαρανα θά | मरनाथा | maranātā | Church closing greeting | Medium | 16 | Preserve transliteration, cf. baseline Abba |
| 71 | day of the Lord / judgment | ἡμέρα κυρίου | प्रभु का दिन | Prabhu kā dina | Church Discipline (eschatology) | High | 1,3,4 | Future accountability before God |
| 72 | temple of the Holy Spirit (individual) | ναὸς τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος | पवित्र आत्मा का मन्दिर | — | Church Discipline and Holiness | High | 6 | Same collision risk as #6, applied individually |
| 73 | type / example | τύπος (typos) | उदाहरण | udāharaṇa | Christian Liberty (warning examples) | Medium | 10 | Do not confuse with baseline दृष्टान्त (allegory) |
| 74 | testing / temptation | πειρασμός (peirasmos) | परीक्षा | parīkṣā | Christian Liberty | Medium | 10 | Established Christian usage (cf. Lord’s Prayer) |
| 75 | all things lawful, not all helpful | πάντα ἔξεστιν, ἀλλ’ οὐ πάντα συμφέρει | सब कुछ उचित है, परन्तु सब लाभदायक नहीं | — | Christian Liberty | Medium | 6,10 | Christian liberty framework |
| 76 | give no offense | ἀπρόσκοπος (aproskopos) | किसी को ठोकर न खिलाना | — | Christian Liberty | Medium | 10 | Consistent with ठोकर pattern |
| 77 | washed, sanctified, justified (triad) | ἀπελούσασθε, ἡγιάσθητε, ἐδικαιώθητε | धोए गए, पवित्र किए गए, धर्मी ठहराए गए | — | Church Discipline and Holiness | Critical | 6 | Three distinct acts, never conflated |
| 78 | saints will judge the world/angels | οἱ ἅγιοι τὸν κόσμον κρινοῦσιν | पवित्र जन जगत का न्याय करेंगे | — | Church Discipline (eschatology) | High | 6 | Striking eschatological claim; flag for theologian review |
| 79 | fellow workers | συνεργός (synergos) | सहकर्मी | sahakarmī | Christian Unity | Low | 3 | — |
| 80 | foundation | θεμέλιος (themelios) | आधार | ādhāra | Christian Unity | Low | 3 | Christ alone |
| 81 | fire (testing works) | πῦρ (pyr) | आग से परखा जाना | — | Church Discipline | Medium | 3 | Judgment-of-works imagery |
| 82 | infants (spiritual immaturity) | νήπιος (nēpios) | बालक | bālaka | Christian Unity | Low | 3,13 | — |
| 83 | carnal / fleshly (adjective) | σαρκικός (sarkikos) | शरीर के अनुसार | — | Christian Unity | Medium | 3 | Adjectival extension of baseline शरीर |
| 84 | steward | οἰκονόμος (oikonomos) | भण्डारी | bhaṇḍārī | Apostleship | Low | 4 | Reuses Galatians baseline word |
| 85 | undivided devotion | ἀπερισπάστως (aperispastōs) | अविभाजित मन से सेवा | — | Marriage and Singleness | Low | 7 | — |
| 86 | present distress | ἐνεστῶσα ἀνάγκη | वर्तमान संकट | — | Marriage and Singleness | Low | 7 | — |
| 87 | form of this world | σχῆμα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου | संसार का रूप | — | Marriage and Singleness | Medium | 7 | Eschatological pattern |
| 88 | only in the Lord (marriage restriction) | ἐν κυρίῳ μόνον | केवल प्रभु में | — | Marriage and Singleness | High | 7 | Sensitive in interfaith/inter-community marriage context |
| 89 | bad company corrupts good morals | φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρηστὰ ὁμιλίαι κακαί | बुरी संगति भले चालचलन को बिगाड़ देती है | — | Resurrection (ethics) | Low | 15 | Menander proverb quotation |
| 90 | collection (for the saints) | λογία (logia) | पवित्र जनों के लिये चढ़ावा | — | Church Unity (practical) | Low | 16 | — |
C. Cross-Cutting Consistency Guardrails (apply across all chapters)
- देह vs. शरीर: σῶμα (physical/resurrection body) → देह; σάρξ (fallen human nature) → शरीर. Never interchange. Both terms occur heavily in chs. 6, 7, and especially 15.
- बुद्धि vs. ज्ञान: σοφία (wisdom) → बुद्धि; γνῶσις (knowledge) → ज्ञान. Keep distinct across chs. 1-3, 8, 12-13.
- डाह vs. उत्साह से चाहना: ζῆλος-root must render as vice (डाह, chs. 3,13) or virtue (उत्साह से चाहना, chs. 12,14) depending on context — never the same Hindi word for both senses.
- मूर्ति vs. प्रतिरूप: εἴδωλον/idol-related terms → मूर्ति; εἰκών (image of God/Christ) → प्रतिरूप. This distinction is uniquely load-bearing in this book given its extensive idol-polemic (chs. 8,10) alongside its image-of-God theology (chs. 11,15).
- क्रम vs. व्यवस्था: τάξις (“order/sequence,” 14:40) → क्रम. व्यवस्था remains reserved exclusively for νόμος (Mosaic Law) per the Romans baseline; never use it for “order in worship.”
- शांति — two senses: relational peace-with-God (baseline doctrine) vs. worship-order/harmony (14:33) — same Hindi word शांति serves both; disambiguating context notes required at 14:33.
- अविनाशी / अमरता: both terms directly collide with Sanskrit/Gita metaphysics of the ātman’s inherent eternality (Bhagavad Gita 2:17-25). Every occurrence (9:25; 15:42,50,52-54) requires a translator note distinguishing Paul’s future, God-conferred, bodily resurrection-imperishability from the Hindu doctrine of the soul’s already-existing, resurrection-independent immortality. This is the single highest-stakes new collision risk introduced by this curriculum, on par with the baseline’s freedom/mukti and christ_lives_in_me guardrails.
- प्रेम: the single highest-stakes NEW term overall (ch.13, and closing ch.16). Every occurrence requires a translator note distinguishing agapē’s selfless, ethically-defined, others-oriented love from Hindu bhakti-prema’s romantic/mystical divine-union connotations.
- Sowing metaphors: chs. 9 (ministry support), 15 (resurrection transformation) each use σπείρω/related vocabulary with senses distinct from each other AND from Galatians’ moral sowing_and_reaping (κर्म-फल collision term). Do not let students conflate these three distinct Pauline sowing metaphors across the Romans/Galatians/1 Corinthians curriculum sequence.
- Contested/unresolved referents: 11:29 (“discerning the body”), 14:34-35 (“women keep silent”), 15:28 (“the Son himself will be subjected”), and 15:29 (“baptism for the dead”) must all be rendered literally without resolving the underlying interpretive controversy in the translated text itself, consistent with the baseline’s israel_of_god precedent. All four are flagged Critical/High for mandatory theologian review.
See 07_semantic_analysis.md for full verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter exegetical support for every entry in this glossary.
Critical Risk Terms
Resurrection
Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punaruttāna
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जीवन
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Resurrection
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER पुनर्जन्म. Central term of 1 Corinthians 15. ἐγήγερται (15:4, perfect tense) requires a Hindi verb form conveying abiding present result, never a bare simple past.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: Prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Corinthians 12:3 ‘यीशु प्रभु है’ must be verbatim-identical to the Romans 10:9 rendering across all curricula.
Jesus
Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा, ईशू
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. BSI OV standard form; never ईसा.
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvara
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Preferred for doctrinal precision throughout 1 Corinthians 8:4-6’s monotheistic confession.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: Masīha
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: अभिषिक्त व्यक्ति, देव-दूत
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Used almost as a second proper name throughout 1 Corinthians; every occurrence retains exclusive, singular reference.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का पुत्र
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर का अंश, देव-पुरुष
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ / ὁ υἱός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Directly at stake in 15:24-28 (see son_subjected_to_god) where functional submission must never be read as ontological inferiority.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा, देव-आत्मा
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Load-bearing at 2:10-13, 3:16, 6:19, and 12:3-13. Must remain a distinct personal divine Person, never an impersonal pervading presence.
Freedom
Approved rendering: स्वतंत्रता
Transliteration: svatantratā
Doctrine: Freedom
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष
Original: ἐλευθερία
Category: Freedom
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER मुक्ति/मोक्ष. 9:1,19; 10:29. Kept distinct from अधिकार (right_entitlement, new term for ἐξουσία).
Justification
Approved rendering: धर्मी ठहराया जाना
Transliteration: dharmī ṭaharāyā jānā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: माफी पाना, पुण्य प्राप्त करना
Original: δικαίωσις / ἐδικαιώθητε
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Compound phrase mandatory, never abbreviated. Central to the 6:11 washed/sanctified/justified triad — must remain distinct from the other two acts.
One God One Lord
Approved rendering: एक ही परमेश्वर, एक ही प्रभु
Transliteration: eka hī Parameśvara, eka hī Prabhu
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἷς θεός…εἷς κύριος
Category: God
NEW. 8:4-6. Must be rendered unqualified, no softening toward ‘a god among gods,’ given India’s pluralist religious landscape.
Love
Approved rendering: प्रेम
Transliteration: prema
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Rejected alternatives: भक्ति-प्रेम शैली रोमांटिक/रहस्यवादी वर्णन (bhakti-prema romantic/mystical framing, rejected)
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Love
NEW — single highest-stakes term in this curriculum. Ch. 13; 16:14,24. Mandatory theologian review and translator note every occurrence distinguishing ἀγάπη’s selfless, ethically-defined, others-oriented love from Krishna-bhakti/Chaitanya prema-bhakti’s romantic/mystical divine-union connotations.
Women Silent Contested
Approved rendering: स्त्रियाँ चुप रहें
Transliteration: striyāṃ cupa raheṃ
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: γυναῖκες…σιγάτωσαν
Category: OrderInWorship
NEW. 14:34-35. Textually and interpretively contested (manuscript placement varies; complementarian/egalitarian debate). Render literally, do not resolve; mandatory theologian review.
Washed Sanctified Justified Triad
Approved rendering: धोए गए, पवित्र किए गए, धर्मी ठहराए गए
Transliteration: dhoe gae, pavitra kie gae, dharmī ṭaharāe gae
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: ἀπελούσασθε, ἡγιάσθητε, ἐδικαιώθητε
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW combination of baseline compound terms. 6:11. Three distinct divine acts; never conflated into one generic notion of moral improvement.
Perishable Imperishable
Approved rendering: नाशवान / अविनाशी
Transliteration: nāśavāna / avināśī
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: φθαρτός / ἄφθαρτος
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 9:25; 15:42,50,52-54. अविनाशी collides with the Gita’s ātman-eternality doctrine (Bhagavad Gita 2:17-25). Mandatory translator note every occurrence distinguishing Paul’s future, God-conferred, bodily imperishability from the soul’s already-existing inherent immortality.
Mortal Immortality
Approved rendering: मरणधर्मी / अमरता
Transliteration: maraṇadharmī / amaratā
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: θνητός / ἀθανασία
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 15:53-54. अमरता directly names the Hindu doctrine of the soul’s inherent immortality. Mandatory theologian review and translator note every occurrence.
Son Subjected To God
Approved rendering: पुत्र स्वयं भी अधीन हो जाएगा
Transliteration: putra svayaṃ bhī adhīna ho jāegā
Doctrine: Christ’s Eternal Sonship and Eschatological Functional Subordination
Original: ὑποταγήσεται καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ υἱός
Category: Christology
NEW. 15:24-28. Functional/economic submission of a co-equal, eternal Son — must not be read as ontological inferiority, especially given Hindu rank-ordered pantheon frames (e.g., Trimurti). Mandatory theologian review every occurrence.
Baptism For The Dead
Approved rendering: मरे हुओं के लिये बपतिस्मा लेनेवाले
Transliteration: mare huoṃ ke liye bapatismā lenevāle
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: βαπτιζόμενοι ὑπὲρ τῶν νεκρῶν
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 15:29. One of the most contested verses in the NT; do not resolve the interpretive controversy; render literally; mandatory theologian review.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: सुसमाचार
Transliteration: susamācar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: खुशखबरी, शुभ सन्देश
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Gospel
Inherited from Romans package. Established BSI OV term. Do not use colloquial alternatives. In 1 Corinthians 15:1 this names the fixed, received/delivered apostolic tradition (see received_delivered_tradition).
Grace
Approved rendering: अनुग्रह
Transliteration: anugraha
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कृपा, दया, वरदान, भाग्य, कर्म-फल, पुण्य
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Must convey unmerited favor apart from human merit. 1 Corinthians 15:10 is the densest grace-statement in the letter — grace precedes AND empowers Paul’s labor; never कृपा here.
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, आस्था, भरोसा
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Object of faith always specified. 1 Corinthians 15:2,11,14,17 ties faith to the resurrection-gospel content; 13:13 places it in the faith/hope/love triad.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मल
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs at 3:17; 7:14,34.
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्र जन
Transliteration: pavitra jana
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: संत, संतजन
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. 1:2; 6:1-2 (‘the saints will judge the world’); 16:1,15.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: pavitrikaraṇa
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: सफाई, शुद्धिकरण
Original: ἁγιασμός / ἡγιάσθητε
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Central to the 6:11 washed/sanctified/justified triad — must not be conflated with the other two acts.
Called
Approved rendering: बुलाए हुए
Transliteration: bulāe hue
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: निमंत्रित, आमंत्रित
Original: κλητός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive across 1:1-2,9,24,26 and 7:15-24. Distinguish from the mundane καλεῖσθαι (‘to be named/designated’) at 15:9, rendered कहलाना, not बुलाए हुए.
Calling
Approved rendering: बुलाहट
Transliteration: bulāhaṭ
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आह्वान
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 7:20 ‘the calling in which he was called.‘
Fellowship
Approved rendering: संगति
Transliteration: saṃgati
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: दोस्ती, भाईचारा
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package (originally Low risk). RISK ESCALATED to High for 1 Corinthians: 10:16-20 uses this term in a Eucharistic sense (‘participation in the blood of Christ’ / ‘fellowship with demons’), a load higher than the baseline’s general Christian-community usage at 1:9.
Flesh
Approved rendering: शरीर
Transliteration: śarīra
Doctrine: Sin
Rejected alternatives: देह (in sarx contexts)
Original: σάρξ
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Never used for σῶμα (physical/resurrection body, rendered देह — see body_physical). 1:26,29; 3:1,3; 5:5; 6:16; 15:39,50.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति, ताकत
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Never शक्ति. Core to 1:18,24; 2:4-5; 12:10,28.
Covenant
Approved rendering: वाचा
Transliteration: vācā
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: अनुबंध, समझौता
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Extended at 11:25 into ‘new covenant’ (see new_covenant).
Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavasthā
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, शरीयत, नियम
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Reserved exclusively for Torah — never rendered for 14:40’s ‘order’ (see order_sequence, which uses क्रम instead). 9:8-9; 15:56.
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāpa
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. 15:3,17,56; 6:18; 7:28,36; 8:12 (‘sin against Christ’).
Glory
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देव-ज्योति, प्रकाश
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. 2:7-8; 10:31; 11:7,15.
Worship
Approved rendering: आराधना
Transliteration: ārādhanā
Doctrine: Worship
Rejected alternatives: पूजा
Original: προσκυνέω
Category: Worship
Inherited from Romans package. Never पूजा. 14:25 — the convicted unbeliever falls down and worships God.
Conscience
Approved rendering: विवेक
Transliteration: viveka
Doctrine: Conscience
Rejected alternatives: अंतरात्मा
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Ethics
Inherited from Romans package. 8:7,10,12; 10:25-29 — distinguish from vedantic self-discrimination sense; pairs with weak_conscience (new, 1 Corinthians-specific).
Idolatry
Approved rendering: मूर्तिपूजा
Transliteration: mūrtipūjā
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. 10:7,14.
Anathema
Approved rendering: शापित हो
Transliteration: śāpita ho
Doctrine: Gospel
Original: ἀνάθεμα
Category: Gospel
Inherited from Romans package (Galatians extension). 16:22. Requires a translator note distinguishing God’s fixed judicial verdict from a liftable ritual curse (श्राप).
Body Of Christ
Approved rendering: मसीह की देह
Transliteration: Masīha kī deha
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Original: σῶμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Central to 12:12-27, the core text for ‘Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ.‘
Wisdom
Approved rendering: बुद्धि
Transliteration: buddhi
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: ज्ञान (reserved for γνῶσις)
Original: σοφία
Category: Wisdom
NEW. 1:17,19-22,24,27,30; 2:1,6-7; 12:8. Must not be framed as attainable by philosophical ascent, meditative insight, or guru-transmitted teaching — disclosed exclusively in the crucified Messiah.
Knowledge
Approved rendering: ज्ञान
Transliteration: jñāna
Doctrine: Knowledge versus Love in Christian Practice
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Wisdom
NEW. 8:1,7,10-11; 12:8; 13:2,8; 14:6. Direct collision with Hindu jñāna-mārga (liberating self-knowledge). Mandatory translator note distinguishing relational, love-paired Christian knowing (8:1) from Vedantic self-realization.
Natural And Spiritual Person
Approved rendering: स्वाभाविक मनुष्य / आत्मिक मनुष्य
Transliteration: svābhāvika manuṣya / ātmika manuṣya
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: प्राणिक मनुष्य (would import yogic prāṇa/life-force connotation)
Original: ψυχικός ἄνθρωπος / πνευματικός ἄνθρωπος
Category: Wisdom
NEW. 2:14-15. Unregenerate Spirit-less person vs. Spirit-indwelt believer.
Rulers Of This Age
Approved rendering: इस युग के अधिकारी
Transliteration: isa yuga ke adhikārī
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: ἄρχοντες τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου
Category: Wisdom
NEW. 2:6,8. Contested referent (human rulers vs. spiritual/demonic powers); render literally, do not resolve.
Temple
Approved rendering: मन्दिर
Transliteration: mandira
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: ναός
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW. 3:16-17 (church); 6:19 (individual believer’s body). Direct collision with the Hindu मंदिर housing a consecrated murti. Mandatory translator note every occurrence distinguishing personal Spirit-indwelling from image-housing.
Body Physical
Approved rendering: देह
Transliteration: deha
Doctrine: Sexual Ethics and the Believer’s Body
Rejected alternatives: शरीर (reserved exclusively for σάρξ)
Original: σῶμα
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 6:13,15,19-20; 7 passim; 11:24,27,29; 12:12-27; 15:35-44. Must be kept rigorously distinct from शरीर across the entire book, especially ch. 15.
Command Vs Opinion
Approved rendering: आज्ञा / मेरी राय
Transliteration: ājñā / merī rāya
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: ἐπιταγή / γνώμη
Category: Marriage
NEW. 7:6,25. Must not imply Paul’s ‘opinion’ is uninspired; intersects Inspiration of Scripture doctrine. Always paired, never used singly.
Right Entitlement
Approved rendering: अधिकार
Transliteration: adhikāra
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: स्वतंत्रता (reserved for ἐλευθερία)
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Ethics
NEW. 8:9; 9:4-6,12,18. Also the technical Mimamsa term for caste-restricted ritual entitlement; must not evoke that framework.
Food Offered To Idols
Approved rendering: मूर्तियों को चढ़ाया हुआ भोजन
Transliteration: mūrtiyoṃ ko caḍhāyā huā bhojana
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: प्रसाद (direct loanword rejected — would sacralize or trivialize the concept)
Original: εἰδωλόθυτον
Category: ChristianLiberty
NEW. Chs. 8, 10. Direct structural parallel to Hindu प्रसाद; requires standing translator note preserving Paul’s two-layered argument (food materially neutral, 8:8; idol-table participation spiritually dangerous, 10:20-21).
Idol
Approved rendering: मूर्ति
Transliteration: mūrti
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: प्रतिरूप (never used for εἴδωλον)
Original: εἴδωλον
Category: Sin
NEW. 8:4; 10:7,14,19; 12:2. Direct Hindu मूर्ति collision; never interchanged with प्रतिरूप (image_of_god).
Demons
Approved rendering: दुष्टात्मा
Transliteration: duṣṭātmā
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: भूत-प्रेत, असुर/राक्षस
Original: δαιμόνιον
Category: Sin
NEW. 10:20-21. Compositional coinage; distinguish from folk ghosts and mythological beings.
Schism Division
Approved rendering: फूट
Transliteration: phūṭa
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: σχίσμα
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW. 1:10-17; 11:18; 12:25. Names a live pastoral wound (caste/community/language congregational splits); must not be softened to generic ‘disagreement.‘
Rock Is Christ
Approved rendering: आत्मिक चट्टान (मसीह)
Transliteration: ātmika caṭṭāna (Masīha)
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: πνευματικῆς πέτρας
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW. 10:4, ‘the Rock was Christ.’ Requires OT wilderness background (Exodus 17; Numbers 20).
Gods Jealousy Positive
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर को जलन दिलाना (धार्मिक अर्थ में)
Transliteration: Parameśvara ko jalana dilānā (dhārmika arth meṃ)
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: παραζηλοῦμεν τὸν κύριον
Category: ChristianLiberty
NEW. 10:22. Must be distinguished by the qualifying phrase from the vice-sense of jealousy (jealousy_vice) elsewhere in the letter.
Image Of God
Approved rendering: प्रतिरूप
Transliteration: pratirūpa
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Rejected alternatives: मूर्ति (never used for εἰκών)
Original: εἰκών
Category: OrderInWorship
NEW. 11:7,15; 15:49. Never interchanged with मूर्ति (idol) — one of the book’s most load-bearing fences given its extensive idol-polemic alongside this image-of-God theology.
Head Headship
Approved rendering: सिर
Transliteration: sira
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: κεφαλή
Category: OrderInWorship
NEW. 11:3. Contested authority-vs-source interpretive debate; render literally, do not resolve in the translated text.
Lords Supper
Approved rendering: प्रभु का भोज
Transliteration: Prabhu kā bhoja
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Rejected alternatives: सामूहिक भोज (generic communal meal, insufficient)
Original: κυριακὸν δεῖπνον / τράπεζα κυρίου
Category: LordsSupper
NEW. 10:21; 11:20. Must be distinguished from an ordinary shared meal and from Hindu prasad-sharing communal ritual meals.
New Covenant
Approved rendering: नई वाचा
Transliteration: naī vācā
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: καινὴ διαθήκη
Category: LordsSupper
NEW usage extending baseline वाचा. 11:25.
Discerning The Body
Approved rendering: देह को परखना
Transliteration: deha ko parakhanā
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα
Category: LordsSupper
NEW. 11:29. Contested referent (Christ’s body vs. church-body); render literally, record alternatives, do not resolve — per the baseline israel_of_god precedent.
Tongues
Approved rendering: अन्य भाषाएँ
Transliteration: anya bhāṣāeṃ
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: आवेश-शैली अभिव्यक्ति (possession-trance framing, rejected)
Original: γλῶσσαι
Category: SpiritualGifts
NEW. 12:10,28,30; ch. 14. Intelligible-but-unknown Spirit-given language exercised under the speaker’s self-control, never involuntary possession-babbling.
Order Sequence
Approved rendering: क्रम
Transliteration: krama
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Rejected alternatives: व्यवस्था (forbidden — reserved exclusively for Torah per baseline)
Original: τάξις
Category: OrderInWorship
NEW. 14:40 ‘decently and in order.’ Must never collide with the baseline law entry.
Disqualified
Approved rendering: अयोग्य ठहरना
Transliteration: ayogya ṭaharanā
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation and the Final Judgment of Believers’ Works
Original: ἀδόκιμος
Category: Ethics
NEW. 9:27. Flag for theologian review re: interaction with assurance-of-salvation doctrine; must not be read as an impersonal karmic ledger.
Sexual Immorality
Approved rendering: यौन अनैतिकता / व्यभिचार
Transliteration: yauna anaitikatā / vyabhicāra
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: πορνεία
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW. 5:1; 6:13,18; 7:2. Do not soften or sensationalize.
Vice List Kingdom Excluding
Approved rendering: व्यभिचारी, मूर्तिपूजक, पुरुषगामी आदि (सूची — संदर्भ देखें)
Transliteration: vyabhicārī, mūrtipūjaka, puruṣagāmī ādi
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: πόρνοι, μοιχοί, μαλακοί, ἀρσενοκοῖται, κλέπται, μέθυσοι κ.τ.λ.
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW. 6:9-10. Sensitive, contested rendering choices (esp. μαλακοί/ἀρσενοκοῖται); follow established BSI OV convention where extant; do not soften or sensationalize.
Bought With A Price
Approved rendering: दाम देकर खरीदे गए
Transliteration: dāma dekara kharīde gae
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Rejected alternatives: छुटकारा अकेले (a related but distinct baseline verb, not substituted here)
Original: ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW. 6:20; 7:23. Must not read as a bare commercial transaction devoid of grace.
Saints Judge The World
Approved rendering: पवित्र जन जगत का न्याय करेंगे
Transliteration: pavitra jana jagata kā nyāya kareṅge
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation and the Final Judgment of Believers’ Works
Original: οἱ ἅγιοι τὸν κόσμον κρινοῦσιν
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW. 6:2-3. Striking eschatological claim; flag for theologian review.
Spiritual Fatherhood
Approved rendering: सुसमाचार के द्वारा आत्मिक पिता बनना
Transliteration: susamācar ke dvārā ātmika pitā bananā
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Rejected alternatives: दीक्षा-आधारित गुरु-पितृत्व (guru-diksha spiritual-lineage framing, rejected)
Original: ἐγέννησα
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW. 4:15. Distinguish from literal biological fathering and from guru-diksha initiatory claims.
Sowing Reaping Resurrection
Approved rendering: बोया जाता है / उठाया जाता है
Transliteration: boyā jātā hai / uṭhāyā jātā hai
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: σπείρεται / ἐγείρεται
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 15:36-44. Distinct from Galatians’ moral sowing_and_reaping (कर्म-फल collision term); concerns bodily transformation continuity, not moral cause-effect. Do not conflate the two metaphors.
Last Adam
Approved rendering: अन्तिम आदम
Transliteration: antima Ādama
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 15:45. Parallels the baseline federal_headship entry; requires OT Genesis background.
Received Delivered Tradition
Approved rendering: पाया / सौंपा
Transliteration: pāyā / sauṃpā
Doctrine: Gospel Tradition and Apostolic Eyewitness Testimony
Rejected alternatives: गुरु-परम्परा-शैली प्रस्तुति (guru-parampara framing, rejected)
Original: παραλαμβάνω / παραδίδωμι
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 11:23; 15:1,3 — core to the core passage. Must be distinguished from the reinterpretable oral-lineage model; this names fixed, eyewitness-anchored content.
Appeared Resurrection
Approved rendering: दिखाई दिया
Transliteration: dikhāī diyā
Doctrine: Gospel Tradition and Apostolic Eyewitness Testimony
Rejected alternatives: दर्शन (a devotee’s visionary sight of a deity, rejected)
Original: ὤφθη
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 15:5-8. Objective, externally-verifiable appearance to named historical witnesses (Cephas, the Twelve, 500 brothers, James, Paul).
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु का दिन
Transliteration: Prabhu kā dina
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation and the Final Judgment of Believers’ Works
Rejected alternatives: कर्म का हिसाब (impersonal karmic-ledger framing, rejected)
Original: ἡμέρα κυρίου
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW. 1:8; 3:13; 4:5. Personal divine accountability, not impersonal karmic reckoning.
Only In The Lord
Approved rendering: केवल प्रभु में
Transliteration: kevala Prabhu meṃ
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: ἐν κυρίῳ μόνον
Category: Marriage
NEW. 7:39. Sensitive in India’s interfaith/inter-community marriage context; must preserve faith-endogamy without reinforcing caste-endogamy logic. Native speaker review flagged.
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: कलीसिया
Transliteration: kalīsiyā
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: मंदिर, गिरजाघर
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Never मंदिर. 1:2; 12:28; 14:34-35; 16:19.
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेरित
Transliteration: prerita
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत, संदेशवाहक
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. 1:1; 4:9; 9:1-5; 12:28-29; 15:7-9. Distinguish from a guru whose authority rests on lineage or personal insight.
Cross
Approved rendering: क्रूस
Transliteration: krūsa
Doctrine: Atonement
Rejected alternatives: सूली
Original: σταυρός
Category: Atonement
Inherited from Romans package. 1:17-18; 2:2.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का राज्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर का राष्ट्र
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package. 4:20; 6:9-10; 15:24,50.
Baptism
Approved rendering: बपतिस्मा
Transliteration: bapatismā
Doctrine: Union with Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्नान, दीक्षा
Original: βαπτίζω
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. 1:13-17; 10:2; 12:13; 15:29 (see baptism_for_the_dead).
Circumcision
Approved rendering: खतना
Transliteration: khatanā
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: περιτομή
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. 7:18-19.
Firstfruits
Approved rendering: पहले फल
Transliteration: pahale phala
Doctrine: Holy Spirit
Original: ἀπαρχή
Category: Resurrection
Inherited from Romans package. 15:20,23 — Christ as firstfruits guaranteeing believers’ resurrection; guard against a कर्म-फल reading.
Slavery
Approved rendering: दासत्व / दास
Transliteration: dāsatva / dāsa
Doctrine: Freedom
Original: δουλεία / δοῦλος
Category: Freedom
Inherited from Romans package (Galatians extension). 7:21-23 — literal slave/free social status addressed pastorally alongside the freedom/slavery antithesis.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: आत्मिक वरदान
Transliteration: ātmika varadāna
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: वरदान, देवीय शक्तियां
Original: πνευματικά / χαρίσματα
Category: SpiritualGifts
Inherited from Romans package. Never वरदान alone. 12:1,4,31; 14:1.
Mind Of Christ
Approved rendering: मसीह की बुद्धि
Transliteration: Masīha kī buddhi
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: νοῦς Χριστοῦ
Category: Wisdom
NEW. 2:16, quoting Isaiah 40:13.
One Flesh
Approved rendering: एक तन
Transliteration: eka tana
Doctrine: Sexual Ethics and the Believer’s Body
Original: μία σάρξ
Category: Marriage
NEW. 6:16, Genesis 2:24 quotation form; must match any future Genesis-curriculum rendering.
Marriage
Approved rendering: विवाह
Transliteration: vivāha
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: γάμος
Category: Marriage
NEW. Ch. 7. Distinguish from Hindu marriage-as-saṃskāra (obligatory life-stage religious duty); Paul’s treatment is pragmatic and eschatological.
Marital Gift
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की ओर से विशेष वरदान
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī ora se viśeṣa varadāna
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Rejected alternatives: वरदान अकेले (never used alone)
Original: χάρισμα
Category: Marriage
NEW. 7:7. Distinct sense from ministry spiritual_gifts (आत्मिक वरदान); never वरदान standing alone.
Weak Conscience
Approved rendering: निर्बल विवेक
Transliteration: nirbala viveka
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: ἀσθενὴς συνείδησις
Category: Ethics
NEW. 8:7,10,12. Distinct from the baseline weak_in_faith (Romans 14).
Jealousy Vice
Approved rendering: डाह
Transliteration: ḍāha
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Rejected alternatives: उत्साह से चाहना (reserved exclusively for the positive sense, see earnest_desire_positive)
Original: ζῆλος (negative sense)
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW. 3:3; 13:4. Must never share a root morpheme with the positive earnest_desire_positive rendering.
Earnest Desire Positive
Approved rendering: उत्साह से चाहना
Transliteration: utsāha se cāhanā
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: डाह (vice sense, forbidden here)
Original: ζηλόω (positive sense)
Category: SpiritualGifts
NEW. 12:31; 14:1,39. Positive counterpart to jealousy_vice; must be rendered distinctly.
Head Covering
Approved rendering: सिर ढकना / बिना ढके सिर
Transliteration: sira ḍhakanā / bina ḍhake sira
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: ἀκατακαλύπτῳ / κατακαλύπτω
Category: OrderInWorship
NEW. 11:4-6,13. Culturally live practice (dupatta/pallu head-covering); flag for native speaker review to avoid conflating cultural custom with the text’s specific argument.
Blood Of Christ
Approved rendering: लहू
Transliteration: lahū
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Rejected alternatives: खून (generic, rejected)
Original: αἷμα
Category: LordsSupper
NEW. 10:16; 11:25,27.
Remembrance
Approved rendering: स्मरण
Transliteration: smaraṇa
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Rejected alternatives: जप / नाम-स्मरण (repetitive mantra-recitation, rejected)
Original: ἀνάμνησις
Category: LordsSupper
NEW. 11:24-25. Distinguish from repetitive devotional recitation.
Unworthy Manner
Approved rendering: अनुचित रीति से
Transliteration: anucita rīti se
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ἀναξίως
Category: LordsSupper
NEW. 11:27.
Sleep Death Euphemism
Approved rendering: सो जाना
Transliteration: so jānā
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: κοιμάομαι / ἐκοιμήθησαν
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 11:30; 15:6,18,20,51. Must not be read as an interim reincarnation-adjacent ‘soul-sleep’ state.
Interpretation Of Tongues
Approved rendering: भाषाओं का अर्थ बताना
Transliteration: bhāṣāoṃ kā artha batānā
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: ἑρμηνεία γλωσσῶν
Category: SpiritualGifts
NEW. 12:10,30; ch. 14.
Distinguishing Of Spirits
Approved rendering: आत्माओं को परखने का वरदान
Transliteration: ātmāoṃ ko parakhane kā varadāna
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: διάκρισις πνευμάτων
Category: SpiritualGifts
NEW. 12:10. Distinguish from occult/astrological discernment practices.
Hope
Approved rendering: आशा
Transliteration: āśā
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Rejected alternatives: भाग्यवादी स्वीकृति (fatalistic karma-acceptance, rejected)
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Love
NEW. 13:13; 15:19. Confident expectation grounded in the resurrection promise, not generic optimism.
Edify Build Up
Approved rendering: उन्नति करना
Transliteration: unnati karanā
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: οἰκοδομέω
Category: OrderInWorship
NEW. Pervasive in ch. 14; also 8:1. Ties to mutual_edification doctrine.
Crown Imperishable
Approved rendering: अविनाशी मुकुट
Transliteration: avināśī mukuṭa
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation and the Final Judgment of Believers’ Works
Original: στέφανος
Category: Ethics
NEW. 9:24-27. Isthmian games victor’s wreath, not a royal ruling crown; requires cultural/athletic background note.
Passover Christ
Approved rendering: फसह
Transliteration: phasaha
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: πάσχα
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW. 5:7. Requires OT Passover background explanation.
Satan
Approved rendering: शैतान
Transliteration: śaitāna
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Rejected alternatives: माया (impersonal illusion, rejected), असुर/राक्षस मायथोलॉजिकल फ्रेमिंग (rejected)
Original: Σατανᾶς
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW. 5:5. Personal fallen adversary, distinct from impersonal evil-principle or mythological beings.
Become All Things To All
Approved rendering: सब लोगों के लिये सब कुछ बन जाना
Transliteration: saba logoṃ ke liye saba kucha bana jānā
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Missionary Contextual Flexibility
Original: πάντα πᾶσιν γέγονα
Category: Ministry
NEW. 9:19-22. Evangelistic adaptability, not doctrinal compromise or religious relativism.
Victory Sting Of Death
Approved rendering: विजय / मृत्यु का डंक
Transliteration: vijaya / mṛtyu kā ḍaṅka
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: νῖκος / κέντρον τοῦ θανάτου
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 15:54-57, quoting Isaiah 25:8/Hosea 13:14; reuses baseline sin/law within the citation.
Act Like Men Courageous
Approved rendering: दृढ़ रहो
Transliteration: dṛḍha raho
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Rejected alternatives: केवल पुरुषों के लिए वीरता (exclusively male-courage framing, rejected)
Original: ἀνδρίζεσθε
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW. 16:13. Greek idiom for courage/resolve; render as inclusive courage.
Submit
Approved rendering: अधीन होना
Transliteration: adhīna honā
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: OrderInWorship
NEW. 16:16. Voluntary recognition of faithful ministry leaders, not coerced hierarchy; connects to head_headship.
Marana Tha
Approved rendering: मरनाथा
Transliteration: maranātā
Doctrine: Church closing greeting
Original: Μαρανα θά
Category: Worship
NEW. 16:22. Preserve the Aramaic transliteration, per the baseline अब्बा precedent.
Type Example
Approved rendering: उदाहरण
Transliteration: udāharaṇa
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: दृष्टान्त (reserved for allegory)
Original: τύπος
Category: ChristianLiberty
NEW. 10:6,11.
Testing Temptation
Approved rendering: परीक्षा
Transliteration: parīkṣā
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: πειρασμός
Category: ChristianLiberty
NEW. 10:13. Established Christian usage (cf. Lord’s Prayer).
All Things Lawful Not All Helpful
Approved rendering: सब कुछ उचित है, परन्तु सब लाभदायक नहीं
Transliteration: saba kucha ucita hai, parantu saba lābhadāyaka nahīṃ
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: πάντα ἔξεστιν, ἀλλ’ οὐ πάντα συμφέρει
Category: ChristianLiberty
NEW. 6:12; 10:23.
Give No Offense
Approved rendering: किसी को ठोकर न खिलाना
Transliteration: kisī ko ṭhokara na khilānā
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: ἀπρόσκοπος
Category: ChristianLiberty
NEW. 10:32-33. Consistent with the established ठोकर pattern.
Fire Testing Works
Approved rendering: आग से परखा जाना
Transliteration: āga se parakhā jānā
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation and the Final Judgment of Believers’ Works
Original: πῦρ
Category: ChurchDiscipline
NEW. 3:13-15.
Carnal Fleshly Adjective
Approved rendering: शरीर के अनुसार
Transliteration: śarīra ke anusāra
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: σαρκικός
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW; adjectival extension of baseline शरीर. 3:1,3.
Form Of This World
Approved rendering: संसार का रूप
Transliteration: saṃsāra kā rūpa
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: σχῆμα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου
Category: Marriage
NEW. 7:31.
Low Risk Terms
Boasting
Approved rendering: घमण्ड
Transliteration: ghamaṇḍa
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Original: καυχάομαι
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 1:29,31; 3:21; 4:7.
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: धन्यवाद
Transliteration: dhanyavāda
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. 1:4; 14:16-18; 15:57.
Foolishness
Approved rendering: मूर्खता
Transliteration: mūrkhatā
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: μωρία
Category: Wisdom
NEW. 1:18,21,23,25. Standard term.
Members
Approved rendering: अंग
Transliteration: aṅga
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: μέλος
Category: Church
NEW. 6:15; 12:12-27.
Quarrels Strife
Approved rendering: झगड़ा
Transliteration: jhagaḑā
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: ἔρις
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW. 1:11; 3:3.
Healings
Approved rendering: चंगाई
Transliteration: caṅgāī
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: ἰάματα
Category: SpiritualGifts
NEW. 12:9,28.
Helps Administration
Approved rendering: सहायता के काम / प्रबंध के काम
Transliteration: sahāyatā ke kāma / prabandha ke kāma
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: ἀντίλημψις / κυβέρνησις
Category: SpiritualGifts
NEW. 12:28.
Mirror Dimly
Approved rendering: धुंधले ढंग से
Transliteration: dhundhale ḍhaṅga se
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Original: ἐν αἰνίγματι
Category: Love
NEW. 13:12 idiom; translate the meaning (indirect, incomplete present knowledge).
Holy Kiss
Approved rendering: पवित्र चुम्बन
Transliteration: pavitra cumbana
Doctrine: Church closing greeting
Original: φίλημα ἅγιον
Category: Church
NEW. 16:20. Native speaker review for culturally meaningful greeting adaptation, without altering the base text.
Fellow Workers
Approved rendering: सहकर्मी
Transliteration: sahakarmī
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: συνεργός
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW. 3:9.
Foundation
Approved rendering: आधार
Transliteration: ādhāra
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: θεμέλιος
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW. 3:10-11. Christ alone.
Infants Immaturity
Approved rendering: बालक
Transliteration: bālaka
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: νήπιος
Category: ChristianUnity
NEW. 3:1; 13:11.
Steward
Approved rendering: भण्डारी
Transliteration: bhaṇḍārī
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Missionary Contextual Flexibility
Original: οἰκονόμος
Category: Ministry
NEW; reuses the Galatians baseline term. 4:1-2.
Undivided Devotion
Approved rendering: अविभाजित मन से सेवा
Transliteration: avibhājita mana se sevā
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: ἀπερισπάστως
Category: Marriage
NEW. 7:32-35.
Present Distress
Approved rendering: वर्तमान संकट
Transliteration: vartamāna saṃkaṭa
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: ἐνεστῶσα ἀνάγκη
Category: Marriage
NEW. 7:26.
Bad Company Corrupts
Approved rendering: बुरी संगति भले चालचलन को बिगाड़ देती है
Transliteration: burī saṃgati bhale cālacalana ko bigāḑa detī hai
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρηστὰ ὁμιλίαι κακαί
Category: Resurrection
NEW. 15:33, quoting Menander.
Collection For Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्र जनों के लिये चढ़ावा
Transliteration: pavitra janoṃ ke liye caḍhāvā
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: λογία
Category: Church
NEW; reuses baseline पवित्र जन. 16:1-4.
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