Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Philippians (English → Hindi)
This glossary catalogs every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, spanning all four chapters of Philippians. Terms already present in the baseline translation_memory.json (Romans/Galatians) are marked [BASELINE — REUSE EXACTLY] and carry forward their recorded Hindi rendering unchanged. New terms proposed for this curriculum are marked [NEW] and will be submitted to translation_memory.json as v4 entries.
Citation convention: Philippians = फिलिप्पियों (BSI OV/NV standard form), Arabic verse numerals.
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Baseline (Romans/Galatians)
| Term (English) | Hindi rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Key Philippians occurrences | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel | सुसमाचार | susamācar | High | 1:5,7,12,16,27; 2:22; 4:3,15 | [BASELINE] |
| Grace | अनुग्रह | anugraha | High | 1:2,7; 4:23; 1:29 (verb form) | [BASELINE] |
| Peace | शांति | śānti | Medium | 1:2; 4:7,9 | [BASELINE] |
| Faith | विश्वास | viśvāsa | High | 1:25,27; 2:17; 3:9 | [BASELINE] |
| Righteousness | धार्मिकता | dhārmikatā | Critical | 1:11; 3:6,9 | [BASELINE] |
| Law | व्यवस्था | vyavasthā | High | 3:5,6,9 | [BASELINE] |
| Resurrection | पुनरुत्थान | punaruttāna | Critical | 3:10,11 | [BASELINE] |
| Lord | प्रभु | Prabhu | Critical | 1:14; 2:11,19,24,29; 3:1,8,20; 4:1,2,4,5,10,23 | [BASELINE] |
| Cross | क्रूस | krūsa | Medium | 2:8; 3:18 | [BASELINE] |
| Circumcision | खतना | khatanā | Medium | 3:5 | [BASELINE] |
| Zeal | उत्साह | utsāha | Medium | 3:6 | [BASELINE] |
| Fellowship | संगति | saṃgati | Low (routing elevated by doctrine) | 1:5; 2:1; 3:10; 4:14,15 | [BASELINE] |
| Flesh | शरीर | śarīra | High | 1:22,24; 3:3,4 | [BASELINE] |
| Deacon (masc.) | सेवक | sevaka | Medium | 1:1 | [BASELINE] |
| Boasting | घमण्ड | ghamaṇḍa | Low | 2:3 (via कenodoxia compound); 3:3-4 | [BASELINE] |
| Calling | बुलाहट | bulāhaṭ | High | 3:14 | [BASELINE] |
| Confession of faith | अंगीकार करना | aṅgīkāra karanā | High | 2:11 | [BASELINE] |
| Glory | महिमा | mahimā | High | 1:11; 2:11; 3:19,21; 4:19,20 | [BASELINE] |
| Doxology | महिमा-गान | mahimā-gāna | Low | 4:20 | [BASELINE] |
| Providence | परमेश्वर का विधान | Parameśvara kā vidhāna | High | 4:19 (thematic) | [BASELINE] |
| Power of God | परमेश्वर की सामर्थ्य | Parameśvara kī sāmarthya | High | 3:10 (implicit); 4:13 | [BASELINE] |
| Living sacrifice (caution family) | जीवित बलिदान (caution reused) | jīvita balidāna | High | 2:17; 4:18 | [BASELINE] |
| Mystery (caution family) | भेद | bheda | Medium (elevated to High here) | 4:12 (μεμύημαι, related root) | [BASELINE] |
| Renewing/transformed (रूपांतरित) | रूपांतरित | rūpāntarita | Medium | 3:21 | [BASELINE] |
| Salvation | उद्धार | uddhāra | Critical | 1:19,28; 2:12 | [BASELINE] |
| Obedience (आज्ञाकारिता family) | आज्ञाकारी / आज्ञाकारिता | ājñākārī / ājñākāritā | High | 2:8,12 | [BASELINE] |
B. New Terms Proposed for this Curriculum
| # | Term (English gloss) | Greek | Hindi rendering | Transliteration | Doctrine | Risk | Key ref. | Rationale / rejected alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joy / Rejoice | χαρά / χαίρω | आनन्द | ānanda | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment | Critical | 1:4,18,25; 2:2,17,18,28,29; 3:1; 4:1,4,10 | Established Hindi Christian usage, but collides with Vedantic sat-chit-ānanda (impersonal bliss-nature) and bhakti premānanda. Mandatory theologian review and translator note distinguishing relational, Christ-grounded, suffering-compatible joy from meditative/liberation-attained bliss. Alternative considered: प्रसन्नता (rejected — too shallow/emotional, loses devotional register the letter’s tone needs). |
| 2 | Kenosis / emptied himself | ἐκένωσεν | अपने आप को रीता कर दिया | apane āpa ko rītā kar diyā | Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ | Critical | 2:7 | शून्य (rejected) — Buddhist śūnyatā / Advaitic void collision, risks reading Christ’s self-emptying as dissolution into non-being. रीता (plain “empty,” e.g. an empty vessel) preserves the sense of divesting privilege without ontological loss of deity or personhood. Mandatory theologian review, mandatory translator note every occurrence. |
| 3 | Form of God / form of a servant | μορφή θεοῦ / μορφὴν δούλου | परमेश्वर का स्वरूप / दास का स्वरूप | Parameśvara kā svarūpa / dāsa kā svarūpa | Incarnation and Self-Emptying; Sonship/Deity of Christ | Critical | 2:6,7 | स्वरूप = Vedantic svarūpa (essential nature of Ātman/Brahman), often impersonal. रूप alone rejected as too weak (undercuts deity claim). स्वरूप retained for both halves of Paul’s deliberate literary parallel, with mandatory theologian note distinguishing Christ’s personal divine nature from an impersonal ultimate-reality “nature.” |
| 4 | Conformed / co-formed (to Christ) | σύμμορφος / συμμορφιζόμενος | उसके स्वरूप के समान होना/बनना | usake svarūpa ke samāna honā/bananā | Pressing on toward the Goal; Kenosis (linked root) | High | 3:10,21 | Shares the स्वरूप collision risk of #3; must read as progressive patterning after a distinct personal Christ, never merging/dissolving into an impersonal form (parallels the baseline christ_lives_in_me guardrail). |
| 5 | Likeness/form of man (real humanity) | ὁμοίωμα ἀνθρώπων / σχῆμα | मनुष्यों की समानता / रूप-रंग | manuṣyoṃ kī samānatā / rūpa-raṅga | Incarnation; Humanity of Christ (parallel baseline entry) | Critical | 2:7,8 | Must affirm real, full, substantial humanity — risk of docetic reading resonating with māyā (illusory divine appearance/avatāra manifestation). Reuses baseline humanity_of_christ caution (“not an illusion as in Advaita Vedanta”). |
| 6 | Equal with God | ἴσα θεῷ | परमेश्वर के तुल्य / परमेश्वर के समान | Parameśvara ke tulya / Parameśvara ke samāna | Sonship and Deity of Christ | Critical | 2:6 | Ties directly to baseline son_of_god/deity_of_christ Critical entries; must not be softened to “godlike” or “a divine being.” |
| 7 | A thing to be grasped/exploited | ἁρπαγμός | छीनने/पकड़ रखने की वस्तु | chīnane/pakaṛa rakhane kī vastu | Incarnation and Self-Emptying | High | 2:6 | Must convey Christ already possessing and voluntarily not exploiting divine equality — not “striving to attain” it. |
| 8 | Highly exalted | ὑπερύψωσεν | अत्यधिक ऊंचा किया | atyadhika ūñcā kiyā | Sonship and Deity of Christ | High | 2:9 | Distinct from baseline glorification (महिमान्वित किया जाना, which concerns believers’ future glorification) — this is Christ’s own unique exaltation to supreme lordship. |
| 9 | Name above every name | ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα | सब नामों से बड़ा नाम | saba nāmoṃ se baṛā nāma | Lordship of Christ | High | 2:9 | Must be read as supreme rank/authority conferred on Jesus, not the ritual/mystical efficacy of pronouncing a divine name (nāma-japa collision). |
| 10 | Every knee bow / every tongue confess | πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ / πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσηται | हर एक घुटना झुकेगा / हर एक जीभ अंगीकार करेगी | hara eka ghuṭanā jhukegā / hara eka jībha aṅgīkāra karegī | Lordship of Christ | Critical | 2:10,11 | Isaiah 45:23 (a YHWH-text) applied to Jesus; universal, exclusive worship-claim must not be softened to general honor. |
| 11 | Jesus Christ is Lord | Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός | यीशु मसीह प्रभु है | Yīśu Masīha Prabhu hai | Lordship of Christ | Critical | 2:11 | Must match the baseline Romans 10:9 confession pattern (यीशु प्रभु है) exactly, extended with मसीह; zero tolerance for qualification. Cross-document consistency required per the Language Package’s theological consistency rules. |
| 12 | Same mind / this mind (φρονέω family) | φρονεῖν / τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν | एक मन रखना / यही मनसा रखो | eka mana rakhanā / yahī manasā rakho | Unity and Humility in the Church | High | 2:2,5; 3:15,19; 4:2,10 | Recurring motif (10x in Philippians); must be rendered identically at every occurrence for reader recognition. Avoid meditative mind-control (manas-discipline) connotation. |
| 13 | Humility / humbled himself | ταπεινοφροσύνη / ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν | विनम्रता / अपने आप को दीन/नम्र किया | vinamratā / apane āpa ko dīna/namra kiyā | Unity and Humility in the Church | High | 2:3,8 | Distinguish gospel humility (voluntary, dignity-preserving self-giving) from honor-shame status-loss and from ascetic self-mortification (tapasya) undertaken for merit. |
| 14 | United in soul / of one accord | σύμψυχος | एक प्राण होकर | eka prāṇa hokar | Unity and Humility in the Church | Medium | 2:2 | Must not suggest ontological fusion/merging of distinct persons; relational harmony among distinct individuals. |
| 15 | Selfish ambition / empty conceit | ἐριθεία / κενοδοξία | स्वार्थ-भाव / व्यर्थ घमण्ड | svārtha-bhāva / vyartha ghamaṇḍa | Unity and Humility in the Church | Medium | 2:3 | Flag for native-speaker review given honor/shame dynamics per baseline routing rule; reuses baseline घमण्ड for the conceit component. |
| 16 | Fellowship of the Spirit; affection and mercy | κοινωνία πνεύματος; σπλάγχνα καὶ οἰκτιρμοί | पवित्र आत्मा की संगति; करुणा और दया | Pavitra Ātmā kī saṃgati; karuṇā aura dayā | Unity and Humility in the Church | Medium | 2:1 | करुणा carries Buddhist compassion-virtue resonance; acceptable with a brief distinguishing note (compassion flowing from union with Christ). |
| 17 | Death of the cross | θάνατος σταυροῦ | क्रूस की मृत्यु | krūsa kī mṛtyu | Incarnation and Self-Emptying; Atonement | Critical | 2:8 | Ties to baseline Atonement doctrine; preserve the rhetorical intensification (“even death on a cross”). |
| 18 | Work out your salvation with fear and trembling | κατεργάζεσθε τὴν σωτηρίαν μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου | भय और कंपकंपी के साथ अपने उद्धार का काम में लाना | bhaya aura kaṃpakaṃpī ke sātha apane uddhāra kā kāma meṃ lānā | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law (grace-works guard) | Critical | 2:12 | Must always be taught with 2:13 (“God who works in you”) to prevent works-righteousness misreading; reuses baseline उद्धार exactly. |
| 19 | Partnership in the gospel | κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον | सुसमाचार में संगति/भागीदारी | susamācar meṃ saṃgati/bhāgīdārī | Partnership in the Gospel | High (doctrine-elevated) | 1:5; 4:14,15 | Vocabulary reuses Low-risk baseline components (संगति, सुसमाचार) but doctrinal centrality elevates routing; must convey active co-participation (financial, prayer, risk), not passive agreement. |
| 20 | Imprisonment / chains | δεσμά | बंधन / कैद | bandhana / kaida | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment | Medium-High (doctrine-elevated) | 1:7,13,14,17 | Plain vocabulary but doctrinally weighted: imprisonment reframed as gospel-advancing, not evidence of disfavor or bad karma. |
| 21 | To live is Christ, to die is gain | τὸ ζῆν Χριστός, τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος | जीना मसीह के लिये है, और मरना लाभ है | jīnā Masīha ke liye hai, aura maranā lābha hai | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment | Critical | 1:21 | Must not read as fatalistic death-wish or moksha-through-death; “gain” = fuller presence with Christ (v.23), never escape from embodied existence per se. |
| 22 | Granted to suffer (suffering as grace-gift) | ἐχαρίσθη τὸ ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ πάσχειν | यह अनुग्रह किया गया है कि दुख भी उठाओ | yaha anugraha kiyā gayā hai ki dukha bhī uṭhāo | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment | High | 1:29 | Suffering framed with the χάρις-root verb — a grace-gift, not deserved/earned karmic consequence. |
| 23 | Citizenship in heaven / conduct as citizens | πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς / πολιτεύεσθε | हमारी नागरिकता स्वर्ग में है / नागरिक जीवन बिताओ | hamārī nāgarikatā svarga meṃ hai / nāgarika jīvana bitāo | Citizenship in Heaven | High | 1:27; 3:20 | Must avoid (a) political-nationalism misreading given India’s contested citizenship discourse, and (b) merit-based heavenly-destination misreading (contra loka-attainment through accumulated merit). A present status with future bodily consummation (3:21), not a post-mortem promotion. |
| 24 | Savior | σωτήρ | उद्धारकर्ता | uddhārakartā | Citizenship in Heaven; Salvation | Critical | 3:20 | Reuses उद्धार root exactly (baseline salvation family); never मुक्तिदाता/मोक्षदाता. |
| 25 | Rubbish / dung | σκύβαλα | कूड़ा-करकट | kūṛā-karkaṭ | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law | Medium | 3:8 | Preserve vivid force of Paul’s coarse term in formal register without becoming crude. |
| 26 | Knowledge of Christ | γνῶσις / ἐπίγνωσις τοῦ Χριστοῦ | मसीह को जानने का ज्ञान | Masīha ko jānane kā jñāna | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law | Critical | 1:9; 3:8 | ज्ञान standing alone collides with jñāna-mārga liberating self-knowledge; the personal object (मसीह को जानना) must always be grammatically attached, paralleling the baseline faith entry’s object-specification rule. |
| 27 | Fellowship of his sufferings | κοινωνία [τῶν] παθημάτων αὐτοῦ | उसके दुखों में सहभागी होना | usake dukhoṃ meṃ sahabhāgī honā | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment; Partnership in the Gospel | High | 3:10 | Relational union with a person through suffering, not merit-earning ascetic practice (tapasya). |
| 28 | Pressing on toward the goal | διώκω / τὸν σκοπόν | लक्ष्य की ओर दौड़ता/पीछा करता रहता हूं | lakṣya kī ora dauṛatā/pīchā karatā rahatā hūṃ | Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ | High | 3:12,14 | Must be read as response to already having been “laid hold of” by Christ (v.12), not autonomous striving toward self-attained liberation (karma-yoga collision). |
| 29 | Prize | βραβεῖον | पुरस्कार | puraskāra | Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ | Medium | 3:14 | Fulfillment of God’s call, not a merit-accumulated karma-fruit reward. |
| 30 | Their god is their belly | ἡ κοιλία θεός | उनका पेट ही उनका ईश्वर है | unakā peṭa hī unakā īśvara hai | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law (contrast figure) | Medium | 3:19 | Idiom; flag for native-speaker naturalness review; low doctrinal-collision risk. |
| 31 | Transform our lowly body | μετασχηματίσει τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως | हमारी दीन देह को रूपांतरित करेगा | hamārī dīna deha ko rūpāntarita karegā | Citizenship in Heaven; Resurrection (baseline-adjacent) | Critical | 3:21 | Must not be assimilated to reincarnation/transmigration; a singular, final, resurrection-pattern transformation. |
| 32 | Contentment / self-sufficient | αὐτάρκεια / αὐτάρκης | संतोष | santoṣa | Contentment in All Circumstances | Critical | 4:11 | Collides with yogic santoṣa (Patañjali niyama, self-cultivated detachment toward mokṣa). Paul’s contentment is learned through experience and Christ-empowered (v.13), not self-achieved detachment via renunciation. Mandatory theologian review, mandatory translator note. |
| 33 | I have learned the secret (mystery-initiation term) | μεμύημαι | मैंने यह भेद सीख लिया है | maiṃne yaha bheda sīkha liyā hai | Contentment in All Circumstances | Critical | 4:12 | Reuses baseline भेद (mystery); must explicitly avoid दीक्षा (guru/tantric initiation) framing — this is hard-won experiential learning, not mystical initiation. |
| 34 | Him who strengthens me | ὁ ἐνδυναμῶν με | मुझे सामर्थ्य देनेवाले [मसीह] | mujhe sāmarthya denevāle [Masīha] | Contentment in All Circumstances | High | 4:13 | Reuses baseline सामर्थ्य (power_of_god family) exactly; never शक्ति. |
| 35 | Shared with me in my affliction | συγκοινωνήσαντές μου τῇ θλίψει | तुम मेरे दुख में सहभागी हुए | tuma mere dukha meṃ sahabhāgī hue | Partnership in the Gospel | High | 4:14 | Reuses baseline संगति exactly; concrete material-partnership expression of κοινωνία. |
| 36 | Giving and receiving; to your account | δόσις καὶ λῆψις / εἰς λόγον ὑμῶν | देने और लेने का सम्बन्ध / तुम्हारे लाभ के खाते में | dene aura lene kā sambandha / tumhāre lābha ke khāte meṃ | Partnership in the Gospel | High | 4:15,17 | Accounting/ledger metaphor risks karma-ledger misreading; must be annotated as relational gift-partnership language, not merit-accumulation. |
| 37 | Fruit (to your account) | καρπός | तुम्हारे लाभ के लिये बढ़ता फल | tumhāre lābha ke liye baṛhatā phala | Partnership in the Gospel | High | 4:17 | Reuses baseline फल caution (कर्म-फल collision) from the fruit_of_the_spirit entry. |
| 38 | Acceptable sacrifice, fragrant aroma | θυσία δεκτή, εὐάρεστος τῷ θεῷ, ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας | सुखदायक सुगन्ध, ग्रहणयोग्य और परमेश्वर को भावता हुआ बलिदान | sukhadāyaka sugandha, grahaṇayogya aura Parameśvara ko bhāvatā huā balidāna | Partnership in the Gospel | High | 4:18 | Metaphor for grateful generosity; must not imply material gifts function as ritual offerings securing divine favor (reuses baseline living_sacrifice caution). |
| 39 | Overseer | ἐπίσκοπος | अध्यक्ष | adhyakṣa | Unity and Humility in the Church (church office) | Medium | 1:1 | Distinguish from guru-like personal/charismatic authority; a recognized, accountable church office. |
| 40 | Obedient (unto death) | ὑπήκοος | आज्ञाकारी | ājñākārī | Incarnation and Self-Emptying; Unity and Humility | High | 2:8 | Reuses baseline आज्ञाकारिता family; obedience from loving submission to the Father, not fear-driven cosmic-law compliance. |
| 41 | Word of life | λόγος ζωῆς | जीवन का वचन | jīvana kā vacana | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment (gospel-adjacent) | Low-Medium | 2:16 | Distinguish वचन from mere spoken word per baseline caution where relevant. |
| 42 | Poured out as a drink offering | σπένδομαι | बलिदान की तरह उंडेला जाना | balidāna kī taraha uṇḍelā jānā | Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment; Partnership in the Gospel | Medium-High | 2:17 | Reuses baseline living_sacrifice caution; self-giving in ministry, not a means of securing divine favor. |
| 43 | Day of Christ | ἡμέρα Χριστοῦ | मसीह का दिन | Masīha kā dina | Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ (eschatology) | Medium | 1:6,10 | Clarify: Christ’s future return/judgment day, not a weekly holy day or cyclical cosmic age (yuga). |
| 44 | Fruit of righteousness | καρπὸς δικαιοσύνης | धार्मिकता का फल | dhārmikatā kā phala | Righteousness by Faith versus the Law | High | 1:11 | Reuses baseline फल caution and धार्मिकता exactly; fruit flowing from received righteousness, not fruit producing/earning it. |
C. Chapter Coverage Confirmation
| Chapter | New terms introduced | Baseline terms reused | Coverage status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | δοῦλος (church-office sense), ἐπίσκοπος/διάκονος, κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, ἡμέρα Χριστοῦ, ἐπίγνωσις/αἴσθησις, καρπὸς δικαιοσύνης, δεσμά, παρρησία, τὸ ζῆν Χριστός/τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος, πολιτεύεσθε, ἐχαρίσθη…πάσχειν | अनुग्रह, शांति, संगति, सुसमाचार, महिमा (partial) | Fully reviewed |
| 2 (2:1-11, core passage) | κένωσις/ἐκένωσεν, μορφή θεοῦ/δούλου, ἁρπαγμός, ὁμοίωμα/σχῆμα, ταπεινοφροσύνη/ἐταπείνωσεν, ὑπερύψωσεν, ὄνομα ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα, πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ, Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, φρονεῖν family, σύμψυχος, ἐριθεία/κενοδοξία | प्रभु, महिमा, पिता, क्रूस, आज्ञाकारिता family | Fully reviewed, verse-by-verse |
| 2 (2:12-30, remainder) | κατεργάζεσθε…σωτηρίαν, εὐδοκία, τέκνα θεοῦ, φωστῆρες, λόγος ζωῆς, σπένδομαι, θυσία καὶ λειτουργία, λειτουργός | उद्धार, आज्ञाकारिता, बलिदान family | Fully reviewed |
| 3 | δικαιοσύνη ἐκ νόμου/διὰ πίστεως, σκύβαλα, γνῶσις/ἐπίγνωσις τοῦ Χριστοῦ, κοινωνία παθημάτων, σύμμορφος, ἐξανάστασις, διώκω, βραβεῖον, σκοπός, ἡ ἄνω κλῆσις, πολίτευμα, σωτήρ, μετασχηματίσει, ἡ κοιλία θεός | धार्मिकता, व्यवस्था, विश्वास, खतना, उत्साह, पुनरुत्थान, बुलाहट, महिमा, क्रूस | Fully reviewed |
| 4 | χαίρετε ἐν Κυρίῳ πάντοτε (climactic joy), αὐτάρκεια, μεμύημαι, ὁ ἐνδυναμῶν με, συγκοινωνήσαντές, δόσις καὶ λῆψις, καρπός (giving-context), θυσία δεκτή/ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας, πληρώσει πᾶσαν χρείαν | शांति, सामर्थ्य, संगति, महिमा-गान, विधान | Fully reviewed |
No chapter of Philippians lacks load-bearing theological vocabulary; all four chapters contribute new terms or activate new collision risks for existing baseline terms, consistent with the density of doctrinal content in this short but theologically concentrated letter.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dhārmikatā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER धर्म. Philippians occurrences: 1:11 (fruit of righteousness); 3:6,9 — this letter’s clearest law/faith antithesis statement, routes with the existing justification_by_faith doctrine established in Romans/Galatians.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punaruttāna
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जीवन
Original: ἀνάστασις / ἐξανάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER पुनर्जन्म. Philippians occurrences: 3:10-11 (the intensified compound ἐξανάστασις, used only here in the NT — does not require a different Hindi word, only emphasis in surrounding teaching prose) and thematically 3:21.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: Prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences are pervasive: 1:14; 2:11,19,24,29; 3:1,8,20; 4:1,2,4,5,10,23. Every occurrence must retain exclusive, supreme Lordship — never ‘a lord’ among other lords or deities in a pluralist pantheon.
Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhāra
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष, छुटकारा
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. NEVER मुक्ति/मोक्ष. Philippians occurrences: 1:19,28; 2:12 — 2:12 (‘work out your own salvation’) must ALWAYS be taught together with 2:13 (‘for it is God who works in you’) to prevent a works-righteousness misreading. See work_out_your_salvation entry.
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvara
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences pervasive, especially 2:11 (‘to the glory of God the Father’) and 4:19,20.
Jesus
Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा, ईशू
Inherited from Romans package. BSI OV standard form; pervasive throughout Philippians.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा, देव-आत्मा
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 1:19 (‘the Spirit of Jesus Christ’) and 2:1 (κοινωνία πνεύματος, ‘fellowship of the Spirit’, see fellowship_of_the_spirit entry). Never ब्रह्म/परमात्मा — the personal, distinct Third Person, never an impersonal universal spirit.
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा, सृष्टिकर्ता
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 1:2; 2:11; 4:20.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: Masīha
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: अभिषिक्त व्यक्ति, देव-दूत
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians uses Χριστός as a standing title/name throughout the letter (30+ occurrences) — always मसीह, never treated as one of several religious teachers/avatars.
Form Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का स्वरूप
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā svarūpa
Doctrine: Incarnation and Kenosis
Rejected alternatives: रूप (rejected as too weak — undercuts the deity claim)
Original: μορφή θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6, μορφή θεοῦ. स्वरूप collides with the Vedantic term for the essential, often impersonal nature of Ātman/Brahman; must be read as Christ’s full, personal, eternal nature as the one true God, not an impersonal ultimate reality. Retained for BOTH halves of Paul’s deliberate literary parallel with form_of_a_servant — the contrast between the two phrases, not a change of Hindi vocabulary, carries the theological weight. Mandatory theologian review and translator note on every occurrence.
Equal With God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर के तुल्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara ke tulya
Doctrine: Deity and Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर जैसा (godlike — implies lesser/created divine status, echoes Watchtower rendering), परमेश्वर के समान (acceptable secondary phrasing, not primary)
Original: ἴσα θεῷ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6, ἴσα θεῷ. Ties directly to baseline son_of_god/deity_of_christ Critical entries; must never be softened to ‘godlike’ or ‘a divine being among others’ — this is full ontological co-equality with the Father, not one deity in a pluralist pantheon.
Kenosis Emptied Himself
Approved rendering: अपने आप को रीता कर दिया
Transliteration: apane āpa ko rītā kar diyā
Doctrine: Incarnation and Kenosis
Rejected alternatives: शून्य करना (FORBIDDEN — Buddhist śūnyatā / Advaitic nirguṇa Brahman collision; risks Christ dissolving into non-being), घटा लिया (acceptable secondary phrasing)
Original: ἐκένωσεν
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7, ἐκένωσεν. The single highest-risk term in this curriculum. This is a DELIBERATE, DOCUMENTED DEPARTURE from BSI OV, which uses शून्य here; that substitution is explicitly rejected for this curriculum and must be flagged as a theologian-approved departure, not a silent correction. रीता (a plain ‘emptied vessel’ image) conveys divesting of privilege/status WITHOUT loss of divine nature or personhood — Christ remains a distinct, named, exalted person in 2:9-11. Mandatory theologian review and translator note on every occurrence.
Form Of A Servant
Approved rendering: दास का स्वरूप
Transliteration: dāsa kā svarūpa
Doctrine: Incarnation and Kenosis
Rejected alternatives: दास का रूप (breaks Paul’s deliberate μορφή/μορφή literary parallel with form_of_god)
Original: μορφὴν δούλου
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7, μορφὴν δούλου. Uses स्वरूप (not रूप) to preserve Paul’s literary parallel with ‘form of God’ — the same Greek word links both phrases. दास reuses the baseline slavery family established in Galatians (honored, voluntarily-claimed identity, not degraded status).
Likeness Of Men
Approved rendering: मनुष्यों की समानता
Transliteration: manuṣyoṃ kī samānatā
Doctrine: Incarnation and Kenosis
Original: ὁμοίωμα ἀνθρώπων
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7, ὁμοίωμα ἀνθρώπων. Must affirm REAL, full, substantial humanity — risk of a docetic reading (Christ only appeared human) that would resonate with Hindu māyā (illusory divine manifestation/avatāra appearance). Consistent with the baseline humanity_of_christ registry entry (‘not an illusion as in Advaita Vedanta’). Mandatory theologian review.
Death Of The Cross
Approved rendering: क्रूस की मृत्यु
Transliteration: krūsa kī mṛtyu
Doctrine: Atonement
Original: θάνατος σταυροῦ
Category: Atonement
Philippians 2:8, θάνατος σταυροῦ. Ties directly to the baseline Atonement doctrine; preserve the rhetorical intensification (‘even death on a cross,’ an escalating afterthought in the Greek) — do not flatten to a plain narrative fact.
Every Knee Bow Every Tongue Confess
Approved rendering: हर एक घुटना झुकेगा / हर एक जीभ अंगीकार करेगी
Transliteration: hara eka ghuṭanā jhukegā / hara eka jībha aṅgīkāra karegī
Doctrine: Deity and Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: सब लोग उसका सम्मान करेंगे (generalized-honor softening — loses the Isaiah 45:23 exclusive-worship force)
Original: πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ / πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσηται
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:10-11. Applies Isaiah 45:23 (a YHWH-exclusive text) to Jesus. Must never soften to general honor; must retain universal, exclusive worship-force, including over any beings Indian cosmology might locate in celestial or subterranean realms (devas, ancestors, nāga).
Jesus Christ Is Lord
Approved rendering: यीशु मसीह प्रभु है
Transliteration: Yīśu Masīha Prabhu hai
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: यीशु मसीह एक महान प्रभु है (qualified — forbidden)
Original: Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:11, Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. MUST match the established baseline Romans 10:9 confession pattern (यीशु प्रभु है) exactly, extended with मसीह for the fuller title. Zero tolerance for qualification. Cross-document consistency required per the Language Package’s theological consistency rules.
Work Out Your Salvation
Approved rendering: भय और कंपकंपी के साथ अपने उद्धार का काम में लाना
Transliteration: bhaya aura kaṃpakaṃpī ke sātha apane uddhāra kā kāma meṃ lānā
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: κατεργάζεσθε τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου
Category: Salvation
Philippians 2:12, κατεργάζεσθε τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου. Reuses baseline उद्धार exactly. Must ALWAYS be taught/annotated together with 2:13 (‘for it is God who works in you’) to prevent a works-righteousness misreading. ‘भय और कंपकंपी’ = reverent seriousness, not anxious uncertainty about karmic outcome. Mandatory theologian review.
To Live Is Christ To Die Is Gain
Approved rendering: जीना मसीह के लिये है, और मरना लाभ है
Transliteration: jīnā Masīha ke liye hai, aura maranā lābha hai
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: τὸ ζῆν Χριστός, τὸ ἀποθανεῖν κέρδος
Category: Salvation
Philippians 1:21. Must not read as a fatalistic death-wish, nor be assimilated to a moksha-through-death release from rebirth. ‘Gain’ = fuller presence with Christ (v.23); this reason clause must remain attached in any teaching material. Mandatory theologian review.
Savior
Approved rendering: उद्धारकर्ता
Transliteration: uddhārakartā
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Rejected alternatives: मुक्तिदाता, मोक्षदाता
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:20, σωτήρ. Reuses the उद्धार root exactly (baseline salvation family); never मुक्तिदाता/मोक्षदाता, which would imply a liberator from rebirth rather than a personal deliverer who transforms and glorifies the body.
Transform Our Lowly Body
Approved rendering: हमारी दीन देह को रूपांतरित करेगा
Transliteration: hamārī dīna deha ko rūpāntarita karegā
Doctrine: Bodily Resurrection and Final Transformation
Original: μετασχηματίσει τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως ἡμῶν
Category: Eschatology
Philippians 3:21, μετασχηματίσει τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως ἡμῶν. Must not be assimilated to reincarnation/transmigration into successive bodies; a singular, final, resurrection-pattern transformation, tied to the baseline resurrection Critical entry.
Knowledge Of Christ
Approved rendering: मसीह को जानने का ज्ञान
Transliteration: Masīha ko jānane kā jñāna
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: ज्ञान (bare, standing alone — FORBIDDEN)
Original: γνῶσις / ἐπίγνωσις τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:9; 3:8, γνῶσις/ἐπίγνωσις τοῦ Χριστοῦ. ज्ञान alone is the central term for jñāna-mārga liberating self-knowledge (knowledge that itself dissolves ignorance/avidyā and liberates the knower). The personal object (मसीह को जानना) must ALWAYS be grammatically attached, paralleling the baseline faith-object rule. Mandatory theologian review on every occurrence.
Contentment
Approved rendering: संतोष
Transliteration: santoṣa
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: αὐτάρκεια / αὐτάρκης
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 4:11, αὐτάρκεια. संतोष is one of Patañjali’s classical yoga niyamas — a self-cultivated virtue via disciplined detachment (vairāgya) toward liberation through renunciation. No safer Hindi alternative exists; retain संतोष but MANDATORILY pair with (a) ‘learned’ (सीखा हुआ, v.11 — through lived experience, not ascetic technique) and (b) ‘Christ-empowered’ (मसीह की सामर्थ्य से, v.13 — not self-generated). Mandatory theologian review and translator note on every occurrence.
Learned The Secret
Approved rendering: मैंने यह भेद सीख लिया है
Transliteration: maiṃne yaha bheda sīkha liyā hai
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Rejected alternatives: दीक्षा ली है (FORBIDDEN — guru/tantric ritual initiation framing)
Original: μεμύημαι
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 4:12, μεμύημαι. Borrowed Greco-Roman mystery-cult initiation vocabulary. Uses baseline भेद with explicit avoidance of दीक्षा; frames Paul’s hard-won EXPERIENTIAL learning through varied circumstances, not a ritual/lineage-transmitted mystical initiation event. Mandatory theologian review.
Joy Rejoice
Approved rendering: आनन्द
Transliteration: ānanda
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Rejected alternatives: प्रसन्नता (rejected — too shallow/emotional, loses the devotional register the letter’s tone needs)
Original: χαρά / χαίρω
Category: Sanctification
χαρά/χαίρω, 16 occurrences, the letter’s signature term (1:4,18,25; 2:2,17,18,28,29; 3:1; 4:1,4,10). आनन्द collides with the Vedantic/bhakti bliss-nature (sat-chit-ānanda, premānanda) — typically impersonal, self-realized, or achieved through withdrawal from suffering. The qualifier ‘in the Lord’ (ἐν Κυρίῳ, 3:1;4:4) is theologically load-bearing and must NEVER be dropped. Mandatory theologian review and translator note on every major joy-passage.
Righteousness From Law Vs Faith
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था से नहीं परन्तु मसीह पर विश्वास के द्वारा धार्मिकता
Transliteration: vyavasthā se nahīṃ parantu Masīha para viśvāsa ke dvārā dhārmikatā
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: δικαιοσύνη ἐκ νόμου / διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:6,9, δικαιοσύνη ἐκ νόμου / διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ. Reuses baseline धार्मिकता, व्यवस्था, and विश्वास exactly — no deviation permitted. This letter’s clearest law/faith antithesis statement; routes with the existing justification_by_faith doctrine.
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; never colloquial alternatives). Philippians occurrences: 1:5,7,12,16,27; 2:22; 4:3,15 — the gospel is defended and advanced even from prison (1:7,12-16), not merely proclaimed in comfort.
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. Philippians occurrences: 1:2,7; 4:23; and distinctively the grace-root verb ἐχαρίσθη at 1:29, which frames suffering itself as granted by God, not a deserved or karmic consequence. The grace-verb at 1:29 must be recognizably the same gift-giving concept as the noun at 1:2/4:23.
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, आस्था, भरोसा
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 1:25,27; 2:17 (θυσία τῆς πίστεως, the Philippians’ own faith as an offering); 3:9 (the law/faith antithesis) — the object of faith (Christ) must remain explicit at every occurrence.
Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavasthā
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, शरीयत, नियम
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (doctrine field preserved exactly as baseline for cross-document consistency). NEVER धर्म. Philippians occurrences: 3:5,6,9 — must never drift toward धर्म, which would recast 3:9 as trading one dharma-path for another rather than excluding all law-performance from justification.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: संगति
Transliteration: saṃgati
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: दोस्ती, भाईचारा
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited rendering from Romans package (baseline risk there: Low), but routing is EXPLICITLY ELEVATED to High for this curriculum: κοινωνία is the vehicle for the curriculum-level Partnership in the Gospel doctrine (1:5; 2:1; 3:10; 4:14,15) and must convey active co-participation — financial, prayer, shared risk — never passive social camaraderie, in every occurrence.
Flesh
Approved rendering: शरीर
Transliteration: śarīra
Doctrine: Sin
Rejected alternatives: देह (in sarx contexts)
Original: σάρξ
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Philippians occurrences: 3:3-4 (technical sense — self-reliant confidence in credentials, contrasted with confidence ‘in the Spirit’) vs. 1:22,24 (plain physical/earthly-life sense). Context must distinguish the two senses or the doctrine of the flesh established in Romans/Galatians is confused.
Calling
Approved rendering: बुलाहट
Transliteration: bulāhaṭ
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आह्वान
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrence: 3:14, ἡ ἄνω κλῆσις ‘the upward call’ — God’s own sovereign summons toward which Paul presses, never human religious aspiration or self-generated striving. See also the upward_call entry below for the full phrase.
Confession Of Faith
Approved rendering: अंगीकार करना
Transliteration: aṅgīkāra karanā
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वीकार करना
Original: ἐξομολογέω
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrence: 2:11 — the culmination of the Christ-hymn (‘every tongue confess’); pairs directly with the jesus_christ_is_lord entry below and must remain consistent with the established Romans 10:9 confession pattern.
Glory
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देव-ज्योति, प्रकाश
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 1:11; 2:11; 3:19,21; 4:19,20. Must preserve Trinitarian coherence at 2:11 — the Son’s exaltation glorifies the Father, not a rival or competing deity in a pantheon.
Providence
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का विधान
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā vidhāna
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, कर्म का नियम
Original: πρόνοια (thematic; cf. 1:6, 4:19)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 1:6 (God completing the good work he began) and 4:19 (supplying every need) — God’s personal, purposive governance; never fate/karma vocabulary (भाग्य/नियति/कर्म-आधारित निश्चय forbidden).
Power Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति, ताकत
Original: δύναμις (implicit; cf. ἐνδυναμῶν, 4:13)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrence: 4:13, ὁ ἐνδυναμῶν με (‘him who strengthens me’) — the doctrinal answer to how the contentment of 4:11 is possible. Never शक्ति.
Living Sacrifice
Approved rendering: जीवित बलिदान
Transliteration: jīvita balidāna
Doctrine: Consecration
Rejected alternatives: बलि, यज्ञ
Original: θυσία (thematic; cf. 2:17, 4:18)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 2:17 (Paul’s ministry/potential martyrdom pictured as a poured-out libation) and 4:18 (the Philippians’ gift as a fragrant, acceptable sacrifice). Both must be read as metaphors for grateful, Spirit-prompted self-giving, never as ritual offerings that secure divine favor.
Mystery
Approved rendering: भेद
Transliteration: bheda
Doctrine: Revelation
Rejected alternatives: रहस्य
Original: μυέω (root of μεμύημαι, 4:12)
Category: Faith
Inherited rendering from Romans/Galatians package (baseline risk there: Medium), but routing is EXPLICITLY ELEVATED to High for this curriculum because Philippians 4:12 (μεμύημαι) explicitly borrows Greco-Roman mystery-cult initiation vocabulary. भेद must be used; दीक्षा (guru/tantric ritual initiation into hidden lineage-transmitted knowledge) is explicitly forbidden.
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्र जन
Transliteration: pavitra jana
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: संत, संतजन
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrence: 1:1, ‘to all the saints in Christ Jesus’ — corporate designation for all believers, never an ascetic elite (guard against संत’s Indian ascetic-holy-man connotation).
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास की आज्ञाकारिता
Transliteration: viśvāsa kī ājñākāritā
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: धार्मिक नियम पालन, धार्मिक कर्तव्य
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 2:8 (Christ’s own obedience unto death, the model for believers) and 2:12 (आज्ञाकारी family) — obedience flowing from loving submission to the Father, never fear-driven compliance with an impersonal cosmic order or dharma.
A Thing To Be Grasped
Approved rendering: छीनने की वस्तु
Transliteration: chīnane kī vastu
Doctrine: Incarnation and Kenosis
Rejected alternatives: प्राप्त करने की वस्तु (something to attain — WRONG DIRECTION; would imply Christ did not yet possess equality)
Original: ἁρπαγμός
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6, ἁρπαγμός. Must convey that Christ ALREADY possessed divine equality and voluntarily declined to exploit it — not that he was striving to attain a status not yet his. This is the exact point where Watchtower Hindi NWT literature inverts the sense; do not echo that rendering.
Found In Human Form
Approved rendering: रूप-रंग
Transliteration: rūpa-raṅga
Doctrine: Incarnation and Kenosis
Original: σχῆμα
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:8, σχῆμα, paired with ὁμοίωμα to stress verifiable, observable humanity (‘being found in human form’). Same docetism caution as likeness_of_men — this was not a divine costume or temporary appearance.
Humbled Himself
Approved rendering: अपने आप को दीन किया
Transliteration: apane āpa ko dīna kiyā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:8, ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν. Must be read as voluntary, dignity-preserving self-giving by one who holds supreme authority — an act of strength, not forced degradation or honor-shame status-loss; distinct from ascetic self-mortification (tapasya) performed for personal merit.
Obedient Unto Death
Approved rendering: आज्ञाकारी
Transliteration: ājñākārī
Doctrine: Incarnation and Kenosis
Original: ὑπήκοος
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:8, ὑπήκοος. Reuses the baseline आज्ञाकारिता family. Christ’s obedience extending even to death on a cross, flowing from loving submission to the Father’s will, not fear-driven compliance with an impersonal cosmic order.
Highly Exalted
Approved rendering: अत्यधिक ऊंचा किया
Transliteration: atyadhika ūñcā kiyā
Doctrine: Deity and Lordship of Christ
Original: ὑπερύψωσεν
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:9, ὑπερύψωσεν. Distinct from the baseline glorification entry (महिमान्वित किया जाना, which concerns BELIEVERS’ future glorification) — this is Christ’s own unique, once-for-all exaltation to supreme lordship.
Name Above Every Name
Approved rendering: सब नामों से बड़ा नाम
Transliteration: saba nāmoṃ se baṛā nāma
Doctrine: Deity and Lordship of Christ
Original: ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:9, ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα. Must be read as supreme RANK and AUTHORITY conferred on Jesus, not the ritual/mystical efficacy of repeating a divine name (nāma-japa/nāma-smaraṇa).
Conformed To Christ
Approved rendering: उसके स्वरूप के समान होना
Transliteration: usake svarūpa ke samāna honā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: σύμμορφος / συμμορφιζόμενος
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 3:10,21, σύμμορφος/συμμορφιζόμενος. Shares the स्वरूप collision risk of form_of_god — the believer must be progressively patterned after a distinct, personal Christ, never merging/dissolving into an impersonal form (parallels the baseline christ_lives_in_me guardrail against advaitic ego-dissolution).
Pre Existence Of Christ
Approved rendering: जो…था
Transliteration: jo…thā
Doctrine: Incarnation and Kenosis
Original: ὑπάρχων
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6, ὑπάρχων (present participle). Must convey ongoing, continuous prior existence, not a state Christ entered at a point in time; teaching prose must gloss as ‘continuously existing before.‘
Granted To Suffer
Approved rendering: यह अनुग्रह किया गया है कि दुख भी उठाओ
Transliteration: yaha anugraha kiyā gayā hai ki dukha bhī uṭhāo
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: ἐχαρίσθη τὸ ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ πάσχειν
Category: Salvation
Philippians 1:29, ἐχαρίσθη τὸ ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ πάσχειν. Reuses baseline अनुग्रह exactly. Suffering for Christ described with the χάρις-root verb — a grace-gift alongside faith, never a deserved/earned karmic consequence.
Fruit Of Righteousness
Approved rendering: धार्मिकता का फल
Transliteration: dhārmikatā kā phala
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: καρπὸς δικαιοσύνης
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 1:11, καρπὸς δικαιοσύνης. Reuses baseline फल caution (कर्म-फल collision, per the fruit_of_the_spirit entry) and धार्मिकता exactly; fruit flows FROM righteousness already received, never produces/earns it.
Same Mind
Approved rendering: एक मन रखना
Transliteration: eka mana rakhanā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: φρονεῖν / τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν
Category: Church
Philippians 2:2,5; 3:15,19; 4:2,10, φρονεῖν/τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν family. Recurs 10x; must be rendered IDENTICALLY at every occurrence for reader pattern-recognition. Avoid meditative manas-discipline connotation — a relational, gospel-shaped, communal disposition, not an individually cultivated inner state.
Humility
Approved rendering: विनम्रता
Transliteration: vinamratā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη
Category: Church
Philippians 2:3, ταπεινοφροσύνη. In an honor-shame culture, self-lowering can be heard as status-loss; must also be distinguished from ascetic self-mortification (tapasya) for personal merit. Voluntary, dignity-preserving self-giving modeled on Christ’s own act (2:8). Theologian review recommended given structural link to 2:8.
Partnership In The Gospel
Approved rendering: सुसमाचार में संगति
Transliteration: susamācar meṃ saṃgati
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Church
Philippians 1:5, κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον. Reuses संगति and सुसमाचार exactly; vocabulary components individually Low-risk baseline, but doctrinal centrality elevates routing. Must convey active co-participation — financial, prayer, shared risk — never passive spectator agreement.
Fellowship Of His Sufferings
Approved rendering: उसके दुखों में सहभागी होना
Transliteration: usake dukhoṃ meṃ sahabhāgī honā
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: κοινωνία [τῶν] παθημάτων αὐτοῦ
Category: Church
Philippians 3:10, κοινωνία [τῶν] παθημάτων αὐτοῦ. Reuses baseline संगति family. Must not be read as merit-earning ascetic suffering (tapasya) but relational union with a specific person, Christ.
Shared In My Affliction
Approved rendering: तुम मेरे दुख में सहभागी हुए
Transliteration: tuma mere dukha meṃ sahabhāgī hue
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: συγκοινωνήσαντές μου τῇ θλίψει
Category: Church
Philippians 4:14, συγκοινωνήσαντές μου τῇ θλίψει. Reuses baseline संगति exactly; concrete financial-partnership expression, not abstracted sympathy alone.
Poured Out As Drink Offering
Approved rendering: बलिदान की तरह उंडेला जाना
Transliteration: balidāna kī taraha uṇḍelā jānā
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: σπένδομαι
Category: Church
Philippians 2:17, σπένδομαι. Reuses baseline living_sacrifice caution (avoid बलि/यज्ञ generic ritual-offering register); self-giving IN ministry, not a means of securing divine favor.
Sacrifice And Service Of Faith
Approved rendering: तुम्हारे विश्वास का बलिदान और सेवा
Transliteration: tumhāre viśvāsa kā balidāna aura sevā
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: θυσία καὶ λειτουργία τῆς πίστεως
Category: Church
Philippians 2:17, θυσία καὶ λειτουργία τῆς πίστεως. Same living_sacrifice caution; describes grateful faith-expression, not a ritual means of earning divine favor.
Citizenship In Heaven
Approved rendering: हमारी नागरिकता स्वर्ग में है
Transliteration: hamārī nāgarikatā svarga meṃ hai
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Original: πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς
Category: Eschatology
Philippians 3:20, πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς. Two hazards: (1) नागरिकता is a modern civic/political-nation term, risking a nationalism misreading given India’s contested citizenship discourse; (2) risk of assimilation to Hindu merit-based heavenly loka attainment (Svarga, Vaikuṇṭha). Must be framed as a PRESENT, Christ-secured status awaiting FUTURE bodily transformation (3:21), never a post-mortem merit-based promotion. Mandatory theologian review; keep consistent with conduct_as_citizens (1:27).
Conduct As Citizens
Approved rendering: सुसमाचार के योग्य नागरिक जीवन बिताओ
Transliteration: susamācar ke yogya nāgarika jīvana bitāo
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Original: πολιτεύεσθε ἀξίως τοῦ εὐαγγελίου
Category: Eschatology
Philippians 1:27, πολιτεύεσθε ἀξίως τοῦ εὐαγγελίου. First appearance of the πολιτ- root culminating in citizenship_in_heaven (3:20); flag both occurrences together for theologian review; keep vocabulary consistent between 1:27 and 3:20.
Pressing On Toward The Goal
Approved rendering: लक्ष्य की ओर दौड़ता रहता हूं
Transliteration: lakṣya kī ora dauṛatā rahatā hūṃ
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: διώκω
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 3:12,14, διώκω. Must not be read as autonomous spiritual striving toward self-attained liberation, paralleling karma-yoga effort toward mokṣa; the pursuit is a RESPONSE to already having been ‘laid hold of’ by Christ (v.12). Theologian review recommended.
Upward Call
Approved rendering: ऊंचाई पर के बुलावे की बुलाहट
Transliteration: ūñcāī para ke bulāve kī bulāhaṭ
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: ἡ ἄνω κλῆσις
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 3:14, ἡ ἄνω κλῆσις. Reuses baseline बुलाहट exactly (see calling entry) — God’s own sovereign summons, not human religious aspiration or self-generated striving.
Him Who Strengthens Me
Approved rendering: मुझे सामर्थ्य देनेवाले
Transliteration: mujhe sāmarthya denevāle
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: ὁ ἐνδυναμῶν με
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 4:13, ὁ ἐνδυναμῶν με. Reuses baseline सामर्थ्य (power_of_god family) exactly; never शक्ति. The doctrinal answer preventing संतोष from being read as self-achieved.
Giving And Receiving
Approved rendering: देने और लेने का सम्बन्ध
Transliteration: dene aura lene kā sambandha
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: δόσις καὶ λῆψις / εἰς λόγον ὑμῶν
Category: Church
Philippians 4:15,17, δόσις καὶ λῆψις / εἰς λόγον ὑμῶν. The accounting-ledger metaphor superficially resembles a karma-ledger (deeds credited toward future outcome/rebirth). Must be annotated as relational gift-partnership within an existing κοινωνία bond, never merit-accumulation toward salvation.
Fruit To Your Account
Approved rendering: तुम्हारे लाभ के लिये बढ़ता फल
Transliteration: tumhāre lābha ke liye baṛhatā phala
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: καρπός
Category: Church
Philippians 4:17, καρπός. Reuses baseline फल caution (कर्म-फल collision, fruit_of_the_spirit entry). Must not stand isolated from the giving_and_receiving relational frame.
Acceptable Sacrifice Fragrant Aroma
Approved rendering: सुखदायक सुगन्ध, ग्रहणयोग्य और परमेश्वर को भावता हुआ बलिदान
Transliteration: sukhadāyaka sugandha, grahaṇayogya aura Parameśvara ko bhāvatā huā balidāna
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: θυσία δεκτή, εὐάρεστος τῷ θεῷ, ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας
Category: Church
Philippians 4:18, θυσία δεκτή, εὐάρεστος τῷ θεῷ, ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας. Reuses baseline living_sacrifice caution. Metaphor for grateful, Spirit-prompted generosity, never a claim that material gifts function as ritual offerings (बलि/यज्ञ/पूजा) securing divine favor.
Imprisonment Chains
Approved rendering: बंधन
Transliteration: bandhana
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: δεσμά
Category: Salvation
Philippians 1:7,13,14,17, δεσμά. Plain vocabulary but doctrinally weighted: must never be read as evidence of divine disfavor or accumulated bad karma; reframed as gospel-advancing (1:12) and grounds for rejoicing.
Knowledge And Discernment
Approved rendering: पहचान और समझ
Transliteration: pahacāna aura samajha
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: बोध/ज्ञान (bare — shares the jñāna-mārga collision documented for knowledge_of_christ)
Original: ἐπίγνωσις καὶ αἴσθησις
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:9, ἐπίγνωσις καὶ αἴσθησις. Shares the same root (ἐπίγνωσις) as knowledge_of_christ at 3:8; rendered as understanding/discernment rather than a bare ज्ञान term, to avoid the jñāna-mārga liberating-knowledge collision. Flag for theologian review for consistency with 3:8.
Doulos Self Designation
Approved rendering: दास
Transliteration: dāsa
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
Philippians 1:1, δοῦλος (Paul and Timothy’s self-designation). Reuses baseline दास/दासत्व family exactly (Galatians). Must read as an honored identity-in-Christ, not degrading social/caste status, since it deliberately foreshadows Christ’s own δοῦλος-form taken on in 2:7 (see form_of_a_servant).
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: शांति
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: चैन, सुकून
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 1:2; 4:7,9. At 4:6-7, शांति must be read as a received, guarding gift given through prayer with thanksgiving, distinguished from self-achieved meditative tranquility (native speaker review recommended for natural, non-mystical phrasing).
Cross
Approved rendering: क्रूस
Transliteration: krūsa
Doctrine: Atonement
Rejected alternatives: सूली
Original: σταυρός
Category: Atonement
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 2:8; 3:18 (‘enemies of the cross of Christ’). Never सूली.
Circumcision
Approved rendering: खतना
Transliteration: khatanā
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: περιτομή
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Philippians occurrence: 3:5 — listed among Paul’s former grounds of confidence, now relativized.
Zeal
Approved rendering: उत्साह
Transliteration: utsāha
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: जोश
Original: ζῆλος
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Philippians occurrence: 3:6 — Paul’s former Pharisaic zeal, sincere religious energy that could not, of itself, produce righteousness.
Deacon
Approved rendering: सेवक
Transliteration: sevaka
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Original: διάκονος
Category: Church
Inherited convention from Romans package: baseline’s deacon entry recorded the feminine सेविका (for Phoebe, Romans 16:1) with the note ‘masculine = सेवक’. Philippians 1:1 uses the masculine plural διάκονοι, so सेवक applies here. A recognized local-church office of service, named alongside overseers.
Renewing Of The Mind
Approved rendering: मन का नया हो जाना
Transliteration: mana kā nayā ho jānā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. ‘Transformed’ = रूपांतरित; this root is reused at Philippians 3:21 for the future bodily transformation (μετασχηματίσει) — see the transform_our_lowly_body entry. Must not be assimilated to reincarnation/rebirth vocabulary.
Mercy
Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: Mercy of God
Original: ἔλεος (thematic; cf. οἰκτιρμοί, 2:1)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Philippians occurrences: 2:1 (οἰκτιρμοί, paired with the new term करुणा) and 2:27 (God’s mercy shown to Epaphroditus). Kept distinct from अनुग्रह (grace).
Rubbish
Approved rendering: कूड़ा-करकट
Transliteration: kūṛā-karkaṭ
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: बेकार (too soft — loses Paul’s deliberately coarse rhetorical force)
Original: σκύβαλα
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:8, σκύβαλα. Preserve vivid, deliberately coarse force without becoming crude in formal Hindi Bible-study register.
United In Soul
Approved rendering: एक प्राण होकर
Transliteration: eka prāṇa hokar
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: σύμψυχος
Category: Church
Philippians 2:2, σύμψυχος. Must not suggest ontological fusion of distinct persons into one undifferentiated soul (a possible Vedantic misreading); relational harmony AMONG distinct persons, never merger OF persons.
Selfish Ambition
Approved rendering: स्वार्थ-भाव
Transliteration: svārtha-bhāva
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἐριθεία
Category: Church
Philippians 2:3, ἐριθεία. Flag for native-speaker review given honor/shame dynamics per baseline routing rule; keep distinct from legitimate zeal/ambition (उत्साह, baseline).
Empty Conceit
Approved rendering: व्यर्थ घमण्ड
Transliteration: vyartha ghamaṇḍa
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: κενοδοξία
Category: Church
Philippians 2:3, κενοδοξία. Reuses baseline घमण्ड plus व्यर्थ (‘empty’); flag for native-speaker review given honor/shame social dynamics.
Overseer
Approved rendering: अध्यक्ष
Transliteration: adhyakṣa
Doctrine: Church Leadership and Office
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Church
Philippians 1:1, ἐπίσκοπος. Must be distinguished from a guru-like figure whose authority is personal/charismatic rather than an appointed, accountable congregational office. Native speaker review recommended.
Fellowship Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा की संगति
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā kī saṃgati
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: κοινωνία πνεύματος
Category: Church
Philippians 2:1, κοινωνία πνεύματος. Reuses baseline संगति and पवित्र आत्मा exactly. Must not be read as merely social camaraderie but the Spirit’s own personal, unifying work among believers.
Affection And Mercy
Approved rendering: करुणा और दया
Transliteration: karuṇā aura dayā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: σπλάγχνα καὶ οἰκτιρμοί
Category: Church
Philippians 2:1, σπλάγχνα καὶ οἰκτιρμοί. करुणा carries Buddhist compassion-virtue resonance (the Buddha’s karuṇā, typically detached universal benevolence cultivated through meditative practice); a brief distinguishing note is warranted on first use — this is compassion flowing from union with Christ.
Word Of Life
Approved rendering: जीवन का वचन
Transliteration: jīvana kā vacana
Doctrine: Gospel
Original: λόγος ζωῆς
Category: Gospel
Philippians 2:16, λόγος ζωῆς. Distinguish वचन from a bare spoken word per baseline caution; names the life-giving gospel message itself, not a philosophical teaching or mantra.
Day Of Christ
Approved rendering: मसीह का दिन
Transliteration: Masīha kā dina
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: ἡμέρα Χριστοῦ
Category: Eschatology
Philippians 1:6,10, ἡμέρα Χριστοῦ. Clarify: Christ’s future, singular return/judgment day — not a weekly holy day, not a cyclical cosmic age (yuga).
Prize
Approved rendering: पुरस्कार
Transliteration: puraskāra
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: βραβεῖον
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 3:14, βραβεῖον. Annotate as the fulfillment of God’s own sovereign call, not a merit-accumulated karma-fruit reward.
Their God Is Their Belly
Approved rendering: उनका पेट ही उनका ईश्वर है
Transliteration: unakā peṭa hī unakā īśvara hai
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: ἡ κοιλία θεός
Category: Sin
Philippians 3:19, ἡ κοιλία θεός. Idiom for self-worship through indulgence; low doctrinal-collision risk but flagged for native-speaker naturalness review.
God Will Supply Every Need
Approved rendering: तुम्हारी सब आवश्यकताओं को पूरा करेगा
Transliteration: tumhārī saba āvaśyakatāoṃ ko pūrā karegā
Doctrine: Providence
Original: πληρώσει πᾶσαν χρείαν ὑμῶν
Category: God
Philippians 4:19, πληρώσει πᾶσαν χρείαν ὑμῶν. Reuses baseline परमेश्वर का विधान framing; provision of NEED (not necessarily every want), grounded in a personal, relational God, never an impersonal cosmic-balance/karma mechanism.
Boldness
Approved rendering: निडरता
Transliteration: niḍaratā
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: παρρησία
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:20, παρρησία. Register must remain formal and courageous, not merely casual ‘openness.‘
Enemies Of The Cross
Approved rendering: मसीह के क्रूस के दुश्मन
Transliteration: Masīha ke krūsa ke duśmana
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: ἐχθροὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Sin
Philippians 3:18, ἐχθροὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Reuses baseline क्रूस exactly; names a lived contradiction of cross-shaped discipleship, not merely doctrinal error.
Consider Others Better
Approved rendering: अपने से बड़ा समझना
Transliteration: apane se baṛā samajhanā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ὑπερέχοντας ἑαυτῶν
Category: Church
Philippians 2:3, ὑπερέχοντας ἑαυτῶν. Must not be read as false self-deprecation but genuine esteem for others’ worth.
Encouragement In Christ
Approved rendering: मसीह में प्रोत्साहन
Transliteration: Masīha meṃ protsāhana
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: παράκλησις ἐν Χριστῷ
Category: Church
Philippians 2:1, παράκλησις ἐν Χριστῷ. Reuses baseline verb-form प्रोत्साहित करना as its noun counterpart. ‘In Christ’ (मसीह में) must remain explicit so this is not read as generic self-help encouragement.
Comfort Of Love
Approved rendering: प्रेम की शान्ति
Transliteration: prema kī śānti
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: παραμύθιον ἀγάπης
Category: Church
Philippians 2:1, παραμύθιον ἀγάπης. Must avoid a term suggesting Stoic self-composure; relational comfort received from others’ love, not a philosophical consolation one reasons oneself into.
Eudokia Good Pleasure
Approved rendering: अपनी भली इच्छा से
Transliteration: apanī bhalī icchā se
Doctrine: Providence
Original: εὐδοκία
Category: God
Philippians 2:13, εὐδοκία. God’s personal, gracious purposing at work within believers, grounding the imperative of 2:12; must not be read as an impersonal fated inclination of events.
Low Risk Terms
Boasting
Approved rendering: घमण्ड
Transliteration: ghamaṇḍa
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Original: καύχησις / κενοδοξία (compound)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians occurrences: 2:3 (compounded with व्यर्थ for the new term κενοδοξία/empty_conceit) and 3:3-4 (confidence in the flesh).
Doxology
Approved rendering: महिमा-गान
Transliteration: mahimā-gāna
Doctrine: Worship
Rejected alternatives: स्तुति
Original: δόξα… εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν
Category: Worship
Inherited from Romans/Galatians package. Philippians occurrence: 4:20, the letter’s closing doxology.
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