Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Titus (English → Hindi)
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, drawn from the entire book of Titus (chapters 1–3), with the core passage (2:11–3:8) as the theological anchor. Terms already fixed in the baseline Romans/Galatians translation_memory.json are marked [TM: reused] and their recorded Hindi rendering is repeated here unchanged, per the hard rule that established renderings must be reused exactly. Terms new to the Titus curriculum are marked [NEW] and are proposed for addition to the translation memory in Phase 2, with a risk tier assigned using the same Critical/High/Medium/Low methodology as bible_term_registry.json and doctrine_risk_registry.json.
Column key: Term = English gloss label · Greek = original word/transliteration · Hindi = proposed/established rendering · Translit. = Hindi transliteration · Risk = Critical/High/Medium/Low · Doctrine = curriculum doctrine area · Status = TM: reused / NEW · Chapter(s).
Table 1 — Critical-Risk Terms
| Term | Greek (translit.) | Hindi | Translit. | Doctrine | Status | Ch. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace | χάρις (charis) | अनुग्रह | anugraha | Salvation by Grace not Works | TM: reused | 2,3 | Never कृपा/कर्म-फल/भाग्य/पुण्य. |
| Salvation / save | σωτηρία / σῴζω (sōtēria/sōzō) | उद्धार | uddhāra | Salvation by Grace not Works | TM: reused | 2,3 | Never मुक्ति/मोक्ष. |
| Savior (title) | σωτήρ (sōtēr) | उद्धारकर्ता | uddhārakartā | Salvation by Grace not Works; Deity of Christ | NEW | 1,2,3 | Applied identically to God the Father (1:3;2:10;3:4) and Jesus Christ (1:4;2:13;3:6) — the Father/Son title-sharing device is a deity-of-Christ argument. Must render identically every occurrence. |
| Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē) | धार्मिकता | dhārmikatā | Salvation by Grace not Works | TM: reused | 3 | Never धर्म. Titus 3:5’s “works done in righteousness” is the letter’s flattest karma-collision point. |
| Justification | δικαίωσις / δικαιόω (dikaiōsis) | धर्मी ठहराया जाना | dharmī ṭaharāyā jānā | Salvation by Grace not Works | TM: reused | 3 | Compound phrase mandatory; never abbreviated. |
| ”Great God and Savior Jesus Christ” | μέγας θεὸς καὶ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός | हमारे महान परमेश्वर और उद्धारकर्ता यीशु मसीह | hamāre mahāna Parameśvara aura uddhārakartā Yīśu Masīha | Deity of Christ | NEW | 2 | Single-referent grammatical structure (Titus 2:13) must be preserved — one person named by both titles, not two beings. Mandatory theologian review. |
| Regeneration / washing of regeneration | παλιγγενεσία / λουτρὸν παλιγγενεσίας (palingenesia / loutron palingenesias) | नये जन्म का धोना | naye janma kā dhonā | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | NEW | 3 | Greek etymology (πάλιν “again” + γένεσις “birth”) is a direct calque-match for the forbidden पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation). Use नया जन्म per baseline new_birth; never a literal “again-birth” construction. λουτρόν (“washing”) must avoid स्नान (ritual bathing, Ganges-bathing collision) per baseline baptism caution. Mandatory theologian review, every occurrence, no exceptions — the single highest-risk term in the book. |
| Holy Spirit | πνεῦμα ἅγιον (pneuma hagion) | पवित्र आत्मा | Pavitra Ātmā | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | TM: reused | 3 | Never ब्रह्म/परमात्मा alone. |
| God | θεός (theos) | परमेश्वर | Parameśvara | (foundational) | TM: reused | 1,2,3 | Never भगवान. |
| Jesus / Christ | Ἰησοῦς Χριστός (Iēsous Christos) | यीशु मसीह | Yīśu Masīha | Deity of Christ | TM: reused | 1,2,3 | Established BSI forms. |
Table 2 — High-Risk Terms
| Term | Greek (translit.) | Hindi | Translit. | Doctrine | Status | Ch. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearing / epiphany | ἐπιφάνεια / ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaneia/epiphainō) | प्रकट होना | prakaṭa honā | Grace That Trains for Godly Living; Deity of Christ | NEW | 2,3 | Grace’s, Christ’s glory’s, and God’s kindness’s threefold “appearing” (2:11,13;3:4) structures the whole core passage. Never अवतार/अवतरण-family vocabulary — avatāra-collision. Mandatory translator note distinguishing a one-time historical/eschatological event from cyclical divine descent. |
| Training (grace that trains) | παιδεύω (paideuō) | प्रशिक्षित करना | praśikṣit karanā | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | NEW | 2 | Grace is the grammatical agent training the believer (2:12); never rendered with a term implying self-achieved ascetic discipline (तपस्या forbidden). Core term for this curriculum’s namesake doctrine. |
| Godliness | εὐσέβεια (eusebeia) | भक्ति | bhakti | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | NEW | 1,2 | Established BSI rendering; strong collision with Hindu bhakti-mārga devotional religion. Mandatory translator note on every occurrence distinguishing Christlike, Spirit-produced character (flowing from grace, 2:12) from generic devotional bhakti toward any chosen deity. |
| Good works | καλά/ἀγαθὰ ἔργα (kala/agatha erga) | भले काम | bhale kāma | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 1,2,3 | Never भले कर्म — काम is mandatory throughout, extending baseline works_of_the_law rule. Occurs 6x (1:16;2:7,14;3:1,8,14); the letter’s single most frequent doctrinal phrase; must be rendered identically every time. |
| Lawlessness | ἀνομία (anomia) | व्यवस्था-उल्लंघन | vyavasthā-ullaṅghana | Salvation by Grace not Works | NEW | 2 | अधर्म is available in common usage but risky — extends the baseline caution against अधर्म for “sin” (imports Hindu dharma-cosmology). Prefer व्यवस्था-उल्लंघन, built on established व्यवस्था. |
| Purify/cleanse | καθαρίζω (katharizō) | शुद्ध करना | śuddha karanā | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 1,2 | Ritual-purity connotation risk (per baseline caution against शुद्ध for “holy”); must be anchored to Christ’s completed cleansing work (2:14), not a repeatable self-performed ritual (cf. Hindu shuddhi). |
| Submission / be subject | ὑποτάσσω (hypotassō) | अधीन होना | adhīna honā | Submission to Authority | NEW | 2,3 | Occurs at 2:5 (wives), 2:9 (slaves), 3:1 (civil rulers). Must convey voluntary, God-ordered submission, distinct from caste-based enforced subordination or implied inherent inferiority. Flag every occurrence for combined theologian + native speaker review. |
| Sound doctrine / healthy teaching | ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία (hygiainousa didaskalia) | खरी शिक्षा | kharī śikṣā | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 1,2 | Occurs 1:9,13;2:1,2,8 (five times) — the letter’s core positive doctrinal-content term. Alternative स्वस्थ शिक्षा preserves Paul’s health metaphor; whichever chosen, apply identically at all five occurrences. |
| Elder (church office) | πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros) | प्राचीन | prācīn | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 1 | Distinguish from generic “old person” (बुज़ुर्ग) and from guru/panchayat-elder authority models; office requires the specific qualifications of 1:6-9, not age/lineage alone. |
| Overseer | ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) | अध्यक्ष | adhyakṣa | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 1 | Synonymous with πρεσβύτερος in 1:5-7 (same local-church office). Not a later hierarchical “bishop over many churches”; not a guru-figure. |
| Knowledge of the truth | ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας (epignōsis alētheias) | सत्य का ज्ञान | satya kā jñāna | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 1 | ज्ञान risks Advaita jñāna-mārga (self-attained liberating gnosis) collision; must be anchored as revealed, relational, apostolic truth received by faith, parallel to baseline known_by_god caution. |
| Divisive/factious person | αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος (hairetikos anthrōpos) | विभाजन करनेवाला | vibhājana karanevālā | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | NEW | 3 | Must NOT be rendered as generic “heretic” (which would import a धर्म-based religious-identity framing and anachronistic heresy-trial connotation); Paul’s concern is intra-church factiousness, addressed pastorally. |
| Renewal (of the Holy Spirit) | ἀνακαίνωσις πνεύματος ἁγίου (anakainōsis pneumatos hagiou) | पवित्र आत्मा के द्वारा नये किए जाने से | Pavitra Ātmā ke dvārā naye kie jāne se | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | NEW | 3 | Related to but distinct from baseline renewing_of_the_mind (Romans 12:2, ongoing sanctification); this is the Spirit’s initial regenerating renewal, co-occurring with new birth. |
| Faith | πίστις (pistis) | विश्वास | viśvāsa | Sound Doctrine and Good Works; Salvation by Grace not Works | TM: reused | 1,2,3 | Object of faith always God/Christ. |
| Law | νόμος (nomos) family (νομικός) | व्यवस्था | vyavasthā | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | TM: reused | 1,3 | Never धर्म. |
| Election / elect | ἐκλεκτός (eklektos) | परमेश्वर के चुने हुए लोग | Parameśvara ke cune hue loga | (foundational) | TM: reused | 1 | परमेश्वर का चुनाव family; never भाग्य/नियति/किस्मत. |
| Promise | ἐπαγγελία / ἐπαγγέλλομαι (epangelia) | प्रतिज्ञा | pratijñā | (foundational) | TM: reused | 1 | Never वरदान. |
| Heir | κληρονόμος (klēronomos) | वारिस | vārisa | Salvation by Grace not Works | TM: reused | 3 | Governed by grace/promise framework, never merit-earned. |
| Eternal life | ζωὴ αἰώνιος (zōē aiōnios) | अनन्त जीवन | ananta jīvana | Salvation by Grace not Works | TM: reused | 1,3 | Never अमरता/moksha-adjacent framing. |
| Conscience | συνείδησις (syneidēsis) | विवेक | viveka | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | TM: reused | 1 | Distinguish from ritual-purity discernment and Vedantic विवेक (discrimination). |
| Confession of profession vs. works | ὁμολογέω (homologeō) | अंगीकार करना | aṅgīkāra karanā | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | TM: reused | 1 | Public allegiance; here used ironically of false profession contradicted by works. |
Table 3 — Medium-Risk Terms
| Term | Greek (translit.) | Hindi | Translit. | Doctrine | Status | Ch. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldly passions | κοσμικαὶ ἐπιθυμίαι (kosmikai epithymiai) | संसारिक अभिलाषाएँ | saṃsārika abhilāṣāeṅ | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | NEW | 2 | Desires of the present age, not embodiment itself. |
| Present age | ὁ νῦν αἰών (ho nyn aiōn) | वर्तमान युग | vartamāna yuga | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | NEW | 2 | युग carries Hindu cyclical-cosmology overtones; context must anchor as a linear historical epoch bounded by Christ’s two appearings. |
| Lawlessness (blameless / lifestyle relative terms) | ἀνέγκλητος (anenklētos) | निर्दोष | nirdoṣa | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 1 | Above reproach. |
| Steward | οἰκονόμος (oikonomos) | भण्डारी | bhaṇḍārī | Qualifications for Elders | TM: reused | 1 | Reuses baseline Galatians guardians_stewards. |
| Rebuke/reprove | ἐλέγχω (elenchō) | उलाहना देना | ulāhanā denā | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 1,2 | Consistent corrective-pastoral tone across 1:9,13;2:15. |
| Authority/command | ἐπιταγή (epitagē) | अधिकार | adhikāra | Submission to Authority | NEW | 1,2,3 | Derived apostolic/teaching authority. |
| Obey | πειθαρχέω (peitharcheō) | आज्ञा मानना | ājñā mānanā | Submission to Authority | NEW | 3 | Active compliance, paired with ὑποτάσσω. |
| Master (human) | δεσπότης (despotēs) | स्वामी | svāmī | Submission to Authority | NEW | 2 | Caution: baseline rejects स्वामी for God/Lord (guru-title collision); here appropriate for a human referent, but context must be unmistakable. |
| Philanthropy / love for mankind | φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpia) | मनुष्यों के प्रति प्रेम | manuṣyoṅ ke prati prema | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | NEW | 3 | God’s own saving disposition, not detached secular humanitarianism. |
| Poured out (the Spirit) | ἐκχέω (ekcheō) | उंडेल दिया | uṇḍela diyā | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | NEW | 3 | Personal divine gift, never impersonal शक्ति-like force. |
| Trustworthy saying (formula) | πιστὸς ὁ λόγος (pistos ho logos) | यह वचन विश्वासयोग्य है | yaha vacana viśvāsayogya hai | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 3 | Fixed Pastoral-Epistles formula; flag for cross-document consistency if other Pastorals are added later. |
| Myths | μῦθος (mythos) | कल्पित कहानियाँ | kalpita kahāniyāṅ | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | NEW | 1 | Contextually anchor as “Jewish myths” specifically; avoid unqualified “myth” given itihāsa/purāṇa collision risk. |
| Foolish controversies / disputes | ζήτησις, ἔρις, μάχη (zētēsis, eris, machē) | मूर्खतापूर्ण विवाद | mūrkhatāpūrṇa vivāda | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | NEW | 3 | Distinguish from the doctrinal rebuking Titus is elsewhere commanded to do; only speculative/divisive debate is condemned. |
| Special possession people | λαὸς περιούσιος (laos periousios) | अपनी निज प्रजा | apanī nija prajā | Salvation by Grace not Works | NEW | 2 | Inclusive New Covenant identity, not ethnic/caste privilege. |
| Older men | πρεσβύτης (presbytēs) | बूढ़े पुरुष | būṛhe puruṣa | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 2 | Distinct from πρεσβύτερος (church office); glossary must record the distinction explicitly. |
| Love (general) | ἀγάπη (agapē) | प्रेम | prema | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 2 | Distinct from baseline brotherly_love (philadelphia-specific); general Christian love. |
| Reverent in behavior | ἱεροπρεπής (hieroprepēs) | पवित्रता के योग्य | pavitratā ke yogya | Qualifications for Elders (extended) | NEW | 2 | ἱερός root risks priestly/ritual-decorum overtone; read as general godly dignity. |
| Pure/chaste (ἁγνός family) | ἁγνός (hagnos) | सतीत्व / शुद्ध चरित्र | satītva | Qualifications for Elders (extended) | NEW | 2 | Distinguish from ἅγιος (पवित्र) and καθαρός (शुद्ध) — three overlapping purity terms must not collapse into one Hindi word. |
| Adorn (the doctrine) | κοσμέω (kosmeō) | शिक्षा को शोभा देना | śikṣā ko śobhā denā | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 2 | Vivid “beautify” image linking good conduct to gospel credibility; do not flatten. |
| Kindness of God | χρηστότης (chrēstotēs) | कृपा | kṛpā | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | TM: reused | 3 | Permitted per baseline note (non-grace context). |
| Mercy | ἔλεος (eleos) | दया | dayā | Salvation by Grace not Works | TM: reused | 3 | Kept distinct from अनुग्रह. |
| Zeal | ζηλωτής (zēlōtēs) | उत्साह | utsāha | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | TM: reused | 2 | Sincere devotion redirected toward good works, not law-merit. |
| Governing authorities | ἀρχαὶ ἐξουσίαι (archai exousiai) | शासन के अधिकारी | śāsana ke adhikārī | Submission to Authority | TM: reused | 3 | Native speaker/theologian review per baseline routing rule. |
| Circumcision (party) | περιτομή (peritomē) | खतना | khatanā | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | TM: reused | 1 | The Cretan false teachers’ faction. |
| Slavery / slave | δοῦλος / δουλεύω (doulos/douleuō) | दास / दासत्व | dāsa/dāsatva | Submission to Authority | TM: reused | 1,2,3 | Paul’s self-designation (1:1) and household-ethics referent (2:9;3:3). |
| Redemption | λυτρόω (lytroō) | छुटकारा | chuṭakārā | Salvation by Grace not Works | TM: reused | 2 | Never मुक्ति/मोक्ष. |
| Confession vs. works gap | ἔργα (contrast with ὁμολογέω) | काम | kāma | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | TM: reused | 1 | Never कर्म. |
| Hope | ἐλπίς (elpis) | आशा | āśā | Salvation by Grace not Works | NEW | 1,2,3 | Confident expectation grounded in God’s promise, not generic wishful hope or karma-uncertain rebirth expectation. Inclusio: 1:2;2:13;3:7. |
| Sound in faith/love/endurance | ὑγιαίνω + πίστις/ἀγάπη/ὑπομονή | विश्वास, प्रेम, धीरज में खरे | viśvāsa, prema, dhīraja meṅ khare | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 2 | Health-metaphor extended from doctrine to personal character. |
| Pure vs. defiled (paradox) | καθαρός / μεμιαμμένος (katharos/memiammenos) | शुद्ध / अशुद्ध | śuddha/aśuddha | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 1 | The verse itself argues against ritual-purity legalism — valuable but delicate teaching opportunity for śuddha/aśuddha-conditioned readers. |
| Foolish/disobedient/led astray (pre-conversion state) | ἀνόητος, ἀπειθής, πλανώμενος | निर्बुद्धि, आज्ञा न माननेवाला, भटकता हुआ | nirbuddhi, ājñā na mānanevālā, bhaṭakatā huā | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | NEW | 3 | Sets up the “before/after” narrative culminating in 3:4-7. |
| Unfruitful | ἄκαρπος (akarpos) | निष्फल | niṣphala | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 3 | Avoid फल-based phrasing that could evoke कर्म-फल even in negated form; contrasts with 3:8’s ὠφέλιμα. |
Table 4 — Low-Risk Terms
| Term | Greek (translit.) | Hindi | Translit. | Doctrine | Status | Ch. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apostle | ἀπόστολος (apostolos) | प्रेरित | prerita | (foundational) | TM: reused | 1 |
| Genuine child | γνήσιος τέκνον (gnēsios teknon) | सच्चा पुत्र | saccā putra | (foundational) | NEW | 1 |
| Manifested | φανερόω (phaneroō) | प्रकट किया | prakaṭa kiyā | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 1 |
| Proclamation/preaching | κήρυγμα (kērygma) | प्रचार | pracāra | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 1 |
| Appoint | καθίστημι (kathistēmi) | नियुक्त करना | niyukta karanā | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 1 |
| Hospitable | φιλόξενος (philoxenos) | अतिथि-सत्कार करनेवाला | atithi-satkāra karanevālā | Qualifications for Elders | TM: reused | 1 |
| Elder vice-list (arrogant, quick-tempered, drunkard, violent, greedy) | αὐθάδης, ὀργίλος, πάροινος, πλήκτης, αἰσχροκερδής | अहंकारी, क्रोधी, पियक्कड़, हिंसक, लोभी | ahaṅkārī, krodhī, piyakkaṛa, hiṃsaka, lobhī | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 1 |
| Empty talkers/deceivers | ματαιολόγος, φρεναπάτης | बकवादी, धोखा देनेवाला | bakavādī | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | NEW | 1 |
| Commandments of men | ἐντολαὶ ἀνθρώπων (entolai anthrōpōn) | मनुष्यों की आज्ञाएँ | manuṣyoṅ kī ājñāeṅ | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | NEW | 1 |
| Disqualified/unfit | ἀδόκιμος (adokimos) | अयोग्य | ayogya | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 1 |
| Sober-minded, dignified, endurance | νηφάλιος, σεμνός, ὑπομονή | संयमी, गंभीर, धीरज | saṃyamī, gambhīra, dhīraja | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 2 |
| Older women | πρεσβῦτις (presbytis) | बूढ़ी स्त्री | būṛhī strī | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 2 |
| Not slanderers/not enslaved to wine | διάβολος (adj.), οἴνῳ πεπωλωμένη | निन्दा करनेवाली नहीं, दाखमधु की दासी नहीं | nindā karanevālī nahīṅ | Qualifications for Elders | NEW | 2 |
| Example/pattern | τύπος (typos) | आदर्श | ādarśa | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 2 |
| Integrity, sound speech | ἀφθορία, λόγος ὑγιής | खराई, खरी बात | kharāī, kharī bāta | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 2 |
| Well-pleasing, not pilfering | εὐάρεστος, νοσφιζόμενος | प्रसन्न करनेवाला, चोरी न करनेवाला | prasanna karanevālā | Submission to Authority | NEW | 2 |
| Not quarrelsome | ἄμαχος (amachos) | झगड़ालू न होना | jhagaṛālū na honā | Submission to Authority | NEW | 3 |
| Gentle/considerate | ἐπιεικής (epieikēs) | कोमल स्वभाव | kōmala svabhāva | Submission to Authority | NEW | 3 |
| Gentleness | πραΰτης (prautēs) | नम्रता | namratā | Submission to Authority | TM: reused | 3 |
| Slander no one | βλασφημέω (blasphēmeō) | निन्दा न करना | nindā na karanā | Submission to Authority | NEW | 2,3 |
| Various passions and pleasures | ἐπιθυμία, ἡδονή | विभिन्न अभिलाषाएँ और सुख | vibhinna abhilāṣāeṅ aura sukha | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | NEW | 3 |
| Malice, envy, mutual hatred | κακία, φθόνος, μισοῦντες ἀλλήλους | दुष्टता, डाह, बैर | duṣṭatā, ḍāha, baira | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | NEW | 3 |
| Richly (adverb) | πλουσίως (plousiōs) | भरपूर मात्रा में | bharapūra mātrā meṅ | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | NEW | 3 |
| Insist confidently | διαβεβαιόομαι (diabebaioomai) | दृढ़ता से कहना | dṛḍhatā se kahanā | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 3 |
| Be careful/intent | φροντίζω (phrontizō) | ध्यान रखना | dhyāna rakhanā | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 3 |
| Profitable/beneficial | ὠφέλιμος (ōphelimos) | लाभदायक | lābhadāyaka | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | NEW | 3 |
| Genealogies | γενεαλογία (genealogia) | वंशावली विवाद | vaṅśāvalī vivāda | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | NEW | 3 |
| Unprofitable and worthless | ἀνωφελής, μάταιος | निष्फल और व्यर्थ | niṣphala aura vyartha | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | NEW | 3 |
| Warning/admonition | νουθεσία (nouthesia) | चितावनी | citāvanī | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | NEW | 3 |
| Self-condemned | αὐτοκατάκριτος (autokatakritos) | अपने आप को दोषी ठहरानेवाला | apane āpa ko doṣī ṭharānevālā | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | NEW | 3 |
Doctrine-to-Term Cross-Reference
| Curriculum Doctrine | Primary Terms |
|---|---|
| Grace That Trains for Godly Living | grace (अनुग्रह), appearing (प्रकट होना), training (प्रशिक्षित करना), godliness (भक्ति), worldly passions, present age |
| Qualifications for Elders | elder (प्राचीन), overseer (अध्यक्ष), blameless (निर्दोष), steward (भण्डारी), self-control family, elder vice-list, older men/women |
| Sound Doctrine and Good Works | sound doctrine (खरी शिक्षा), good works (भले काम), knowledge of the truth (सत्य का ज्ञान), rebuke (उलाहना देना), adorn (शोभा देना), confession vs. works |
| Salvation by Grace not Works | righteousness (धार्मिकता), justification (धर्मी ठहराया जाना), salvation/save (उद्धार), lawlessness (व्यवस्था-उल्लंघन), mercy (दया), heir (वारिस), eternal life (अनन्त जीवन), hope (आशा), special possession people |
| Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | washing of regeneration (नये जन्म का धोना), Holy Spirit (पवित्र आत्मा), renewal (नये किए जाने से), poured out (उंडेल दिया), kindness/philanthropy, before/after vice list |
| Submission to Authority | submission (अधीन होना), obey (आज्ञा मानना), governing authorities (शासन के अधिकारी), master (स्वामी), gentleness (नम्रता), slavery (दास) |
| Avoiding Divisive Controversies | myths (कल्पित कहानियाँ), foolish controversies (मूर्खतापूर्ण विवाद), divisive person (विभाजन करनेवाला), genealogies, circumcision party, warning (चितावनी) |
| Deity of Christ (cross-cutting) | “great God and Savior” (महान परमेश्वर और उद्धारकर्ता), Savior title-sharing (उद्धारकर्ता) |
Risk Summary
| Risk Tier | Count (approx.) | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 10 | Human theologian, every occurrence |
| High | 21 | Human theologian |
| Medium | 34 | Native speaker; theologian for flagged subset (submission, purity terms, hope) |
| Low | 30 | Automated review |
All Critical and High risk terms above must be loaded into translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json before Phase 2 segment translation begins, per the Pre-flight Checklist in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md. New entries require theologian sign-off before enforcement status is granted, consistent with the baseline’s version-increment protocol.
Critical Risk Terms
Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhāra
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष, छुटकारा
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER use मुक्ति or मोक्ष — these carry Hindu liberation from samsara meaning. उद्धार = deliverance by God through Christ. छुटकारा may be used for ‘redemption’ in specific contexts. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:5 (‘he saved us, not because of works’) is the letter’s flattest karma-collision sentence; this verse requires sentence-level, not merely term-level, theologian review.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dhārmikatā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
CRITICAL: Never use धर्म (Hindu cosmic duty). धार्मिकता = right standing before God received through faith. Not a duty performed. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:5’s ‘works done by us in righteousness’ is co-fenced with काम and उद्धार in the single highest-density karma-collision clause in the book.
Justification
Approved rendering: धर्मी ठहराया जाना
Transliteration: dharmī ṭaharāyā jānā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: माफी पाना, पुण्य प्राप्त करना
Original: δικαιωθέντες / δικαιόω
Category: Salvation
Compound phrase required. Forensic declaration of right standing. No single-word Hindi equivalent. Never abbreviate. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:7 (‘having been justified by his grace’) requires this exact compound phrase, immediately following 3:5’s works-exclusion.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा, देव-आत्मा
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
CRITICAL: Never use ब्रह्म (Hindu Brahman) or परमात्मा alone (Hindu universal Self). पवित्र आत्मा is the personal Holy Spirit — third Person of the Trinity. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:5-6 names the Spirit as the explicit personal agent of the washing of regeneration and as the one ‘poured out’ — must never read as an impersonal life-force or the believer’s own ātman.
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvara
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वर, भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
परमेश्वर (Supreme Lord) is the BSI OV standard. भगवान has broad Hindu deity usage — avoid. Inherited from Romans package. Titus applies this term to both Father (1:3;2:10;3:4) and, at 2:13, directly to Jesus Christ — see great_god_and_savior entry below.
Jesus
Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा, ईशू
BSI OV standard form. ईसा is used in Muslim/Urdu contexts; यीशु is the Hindi Christian standard. Inherited from Romans package. Combines with मसीह as यीशु मसीह throughout Titus.
Messiah
Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: Masīha
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: अभिषिक्त व्यक्ति, देव-दूत
Transliterated term; established in all Hindi Bible traditions. Inherited from Romans package. Combines with यीशु as यीशु मसीह throughout Titus.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: Prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर
Established term. Must convey exclusive, supreme Lordship. Inherited from Romans package. Referenced in Titus as the reason स्वामी is FORBIDDEN for God/Christ (guru/ascetic-title collision) even though स्वामी is permitted for the human household master of Titus 2:9 — see master_human entry.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punaruttāna
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जीवन
CRITICAL: NEVER use पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation). Inherited from Romans package. Not itself a Titus term, but the exact forbidden-term discipline this entry established (never पुनर्जन्म) is the direct precedent and rationale for the Titus-specific regeneration_washing entry below, whose Greek etymology independently calques onto the same forbidden word.
Freedom
Approved rendering: स्वतंत्रता
Transliteration: svatantratā
Doctrine: Freedom
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष
मुक्ति/मोक्ष absolutely forbidden. Inherited from Galatians baseline. Titus 3:3 describes the pre-conversion self as δουλεύοντες (‘enslaved’) to passions — the implicit slavery/freedom antithesis this entry governs, even though ‘freedom’ is not itself an explicit Titus term.
Jesus Christ
Approved rendering: यीशु मसीह
Transliteration: Yīśu Masīha
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
Category: Christology
Combined proper-name form built from the baseline jesus and messiah entries, reused exactly. Inherited from Romans/Galatians baseline established forms. Occurs throughout Titus, most critically at 2:13 within the great_god_and_savior single-referent construction.
Savior Title
Approved rendering: उद्धारकर्ता
Transliteration: uddhārakartā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Christology
NEW — Titus’s dominant Christological title (6x: 1:3,4; 2:10,13; 3:4,6), applied identically to both God the Father and Jesus Christ. Must be rendered with the IDENTICAL Hindi word every single occurrence regardless of referent. Any inconsistency (e.g., a more exalted word for the Father, a lesser one for the Son) erases Paul’s deliberate Father/Son title-sharing deity-of-Christ argument. Mandatory theologian review, every occurrence.
Great God And Savior
Approved rendering: हमारे महान परमेश्वर और उद्धारकर्ता यीशु मसीह
Transliteration: hamāre mahāna Parameśvara aura uddhārakartā Yīśu Masīha
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: comma/conjunction insertion implying two beings (‘हमारे महान परमेश्वर, और उद्धारकर्ता यीशु मसीह’ read as two separate figures)
Original: τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Christology
NEW — Titus 2:13’s single-referent (Granville Sharp construction) title identifying Jesus Christ directly as ‘our great God and Savior.’ The Hindi MUST preserve one-person reference; any syntax permitting a two-being reading (natural in a milieu accustomed to distinguishing a supreme deity from subordinate emissaries/avatars) destroys this direct affirmation of Christ’s full deity. Fixed template, applied verbatim, no paraphrase variation. Mandatory theologian review, every occurrence.
Regeneration Washing
Approved rendering: नये जन्म का धोना
Transliteration: naye janma kā dhonā
Doctrine: Regeneration
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म-आधारित रचना (any literal ‘again-birth’ calque construction), स्नान (ritual bathing)
Original: λουτρὸν παλιγγενεσίας
Category: Regeneration
NEW — the single highest-risk term in Titus. παλιγγενεσία (πάλιν ‘again’ + γένεσις ‘birth’) is a direct etymological calque-match for the forbidden पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation); a word-by-word rendering from Greek roots independently arrives at the forbidden term without any individual word being ‘wrong.’ λουτρόν (‘washing’) additionally risks a Ganges-bathing/tīrtha-snāna reading if rendered स्नान. Use नया जन्म (never a literal again-birth construction) plus a descriptive washing/cleansing phrase anchored to Christ’s completed, non-repeatable work. Fixed string, no paraphrase variation permitted. Mandatory theologian review, every occurrence, no exceptions. Titus 3:5, in combination with the works-exclusion clause of the same verse, is the single highest cumulative doctrinal-collision point in the entire curriculum.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: अनुग्रह
Transliteration: anugraha
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कृपा, दया, वरदान, भाग्य, कर्म-फल, पुण्य
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Must convey unmerited favor apart from any human merit. Directly counters karma worldview. कृपा may be used for mercy/compassion in non-grace contexts only. Inherited from Romans package. In Titus 2:11-12, अनुग्रह is additionally the grammatical AGENT that ‘trains’ (प्रशिक्षित करना) believers — sentence-level review required to confirm अनुग्रह remains the acting subject, not a background gift the believer uses to train themselves. Foundational to Salvation by Grace not Works (2:11; 3:4-7) and Grace That Trains for Godly Living (2:12).
Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavasthā
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, शरीयत, नियम
Original: νόμος / νομικός
Category: Covenant
Torah/Mosaic law. NEVER use धर्म (Hindu dharma). व्यवस्था is established in BSI OV. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:9 (‘quarrels about the law’) and 3:13 (‘Zenas the lawyer,’ νομικός) both build on this term; also the base for the new व्यवस्था-उल्लंघन (lawlessness) compound.
Election
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का चुनाव
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā cunāva
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, नियति, किस्मत
Original: ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ
Category: Salvation
God’s sovereign personal choice; not karma-determined fate or impersonal destiny. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 1:1’s ‘God’s elect’ (ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ) is rendered परमेश्वर के चुने हुए लोग, the plural-noun form of this same family; never भाग्य/नियति/किस्मत.
Promise
Approved rendering: प्रतिज्ञा
Transliteration: pratijñā
Doctrine: Covenant
Rejected alternatives: वरदान, वचन (alone, ambiguous with mere spoken word)
Original: ἐπηγγείλατο / ἐπαγγελία
Category: Covenant
God’s unilateral, unconditional covenant pledge. वरदान forbidden — would make the promise merit-conditioned. Inherited from Galatians baseline. Titus 1:2: God ‘promised eternal life before the ages began’ — grounds the letter’s opening hope and its 3:7 inclusio partner.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: अनन्त जीवन
Transliteration: ananta jīvana
Doctrine: Eschatology
Rejected alternatives: अमरता (immortality-through-liberation framing)
Original: ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Eschatology
Gift-harvest from the Spirit; never liberation-immortality or moksha-style absorption. Inherited from Galatians baseline. Forms an inclusio in Titus between 1:2 and 3:7.
Conscience
Approved rendering: विवेक
Transliteration: viveka
Doctrine: Conscience
Rejected alternatives: अंतरात्मा
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Doctrine
Moral awareness before God; distinguish from Vedantic विवेक (discrimination between the real and unreal, Brahman/māyā). Inherited from Romans package. Titus 1:15’s pure/defiled paradox and 1:16’s confession-vs-works both hinge on this term.
Confession Of Faith
Approved rendering: अंगीकार करना
Transliteration: aṅgīkāra karanā
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वीकार करना
Public, personal allegiance to Jesus as Lord. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 1:16 uses this term ironically of FALSE profession (‘profess to know God but deny him by their works’) — the inverse warning to 3:8’s genuine belief-then-good-works pattern.
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, आस्था, भरोसा
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Trust in a specific person (Christ/God); object of faith must always be specified in context. Inherited from Romans package. Occurs throughout Titus (1:1,4,13; 2:2,10; 3:8,15); precedes and grounds good works (3:8), never the reverse.
Redemption
Approved rendering: छुटकारा
Transliteration: chuṭakārā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष
Original: λυτρώσηται
Category: Salvation
Deliverance secured at a price; never मुक्ति/मोक्ष. Inherited from Romans/Galatians baseline. Titus 2:14: Christ’s decisive, price-paid rescue of believers ‘from all lawlessness.‘
New Birth
Approved rendering: नया जन्म
Transliteration: nayā janma
Doctrine: Regeneration
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म
Established Christian term. NEVER पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation). Inherited from Romans package. This is the base phrase incorporated into the Titus-specific compound नये जन्म का धोना (regeneration_washing, Titus 3:5) — never rendered as a literal ‘again-birth’ calque.
Works Of The Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था के काम
Transliteration: vyavasthā ke kāma
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: कर्म
NEVER कर्म for ‘works’ — karma imports merit-accumulation cosmology. Inherited from Galatians baseline. This is the direct precedent for Titus’s absolute, six-times-repeated काम (never कर्म) rule for the good_works refrain (1:16; 2:7,14; 3:1,8,14).
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāpa
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता
Moral transgression before a personal God; distinguish from ritual impurity (अशुद्धता) and bad karma. Inherited from Romans package. This entry’s rejection of अधर्म (imports Hindu dharma-cosmology) is the direct precedent governing the new lawlessness (व्यवस्था-उल्लंघन, Titus 2:14) entry, which extends the same prohibition to ἀνομία.
Glory
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देव-ज्योति, प्रकाश
God’s radiant presence and honor. Avoid light-metaphors that could conflate with Hindu divine light concepts. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 2:13: ‘the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ’ — combines with the new epiphany_appearing entry.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास की आज्ञाकारिता
Transliteration: viśvāsa kī ājñākāritā
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: धार्मिक नियम पालन, धार्मिक कर्तव्य
Obedience that flows from faith, not works-based obedience that achieves standing. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:3’s ἀπειθεῖς (‘disobedient’) is the direct antonym of this doctrine, describing the pre-conversion condition reversed at 3:4-7.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर की सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: Parameśvara kī sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति, ताकत
Use सामर्थ्य; never शक्ति (Hindu Shakti concept). Inherited from Romans package. This entry’s prohibition of शक्ति is the direct governing rule for the new poured_out entry (Titus 3:6): the Spirit is poured out by a personal God, never like an impersonal shakti-force.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मल
Set apart for God; morally pure. शुद्ध has ritual purity connotations. Inherited from Romans package. Anchors one leg of Titus’s three-way purity-family distinction: ἅγιος→पवित्र, καθαρός→शुद्ध (never used for ‘holy’), ἁγνός→सतीत्व — the three Hindi words must never collapse into one another.
Unity In Christ
Approved rendering: तुम सब मसीह यीशु में एक हो
Transliteration: tuma saba Masīha Yīśu meṃ eka ho
Doctrine: Church
The apex anti-caste, anti-class, anti-gender-hierarchy text of Galatians. Inherited from Galatians baseline. Cited as the theological counterweight guarding Titus’s submission doctrine (2:5,9;3:1) from being misread as reinstating the very fixed social hierarchy this verse dismantles.
Known By God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर ने तुम्हें जान लिया
Transliteration: Parameśvara ne tumheṃ jāna liyā
Doctrine: Salvation
Divine relational initiative, not attainment of jñāna (liberating self-realization). Inherited from Galatians baseline. Direct precedent and parallel caution for the new knowledge_of_truth entry (Titus 1:1’s ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας), which must likewise be anchored as revealed, relational truth received by faith, not self-attained jñāna-mārga gnosis.
Renewal Of Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा के द्वारा नये किए जाने से
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā ke dvārā naye kie jāne se
Doctrine: Regeneration
Original: ἀνακαίνωσις πνεύματος ἁγίου
Category: Regeneration
NEW — Titus 3:5: the Spirit’s renewing action, one event together with the washing of regeneration, naming the Holy Spirit as the explicit personal agent of new birth. Related to but distinct from the baseline renewing_of_the_mind entry (ongoing sanctification, Romans 12:2); this is the Spirit’s INITIAL regenerating renewal at conversion. पवित्र आत्मा must remain the personal, distinct divine agent, not an impersonal life-force renewing the believer’s own ātman.
Epiphany Appearing
Approved rendering: प्रकट होना
Transliteration: prakaṭa honā
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: अवतार, अवतरण
Original: ἐπιφάνεια / ἐπιφαίνω
Category: Christology
NEW — the verb/noun family (ἐπιφάνεια/ἐπιφαίνω) describing grace’s past appearing (2:11), Christ’s future glorious appearing (2:13), and God’s kindness’s appearing (3:4) — a deliberate threefold structural inclusio around the core passage. Hellenistic ἐπιφάνεια vocabulary was used of a deity’s periodic visible manifestation, structurally parallel to avatāra/darśan. NEVER use अवतार/अवतरण-family vocabulary. Mandatory translator note on first use in every document distinguishing a one-time, historical/eschatological event from a repeatable cyclical divine descent.
Training Paideuo
Approved rendering: प्रशिक्षित करना
Transliteration: praśikṣit karanā
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: तपस्या (ascetic self-discipline/penance), साधना
Original: παιδεύουσα (παιδεύω)
Category: Sanctification
NEW — Titus 2:12: grace itself, as grammatical subject, ‘trains’ believers to renounce ungodliness and live godly lives — the curriculum’s namesake doctrine term. अनुग्रह must remain the acting subject; तपस्या/साधना (self-achieved ascetic discipline) are categorically forbidden, since either would invert the doctrine into a karma/tapasya self-training model — precisely what Titus 3:5 rules out for salvation and 2:12 rules out for sanctification.
Godliness
Approved rendering: भक्ति
Transliteration: bhakti
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: εὐσέβεια / εὐσεβῶς
Category: Sanctification
NEW — established BSI rendering of εὐσέβεια (1:1; 2:12), but simultaneously the primary Hindi term for Hindu devotional religion (bhakti-mārga, devotional love toward a chosen personal deity, one of three classical paths to liberation). No substitute word exists; every occurrence requires a mandatory standing translator note distinguishing Spirit-produced, grace-flowing Christlike character (2:12’s immediate context) from generic devotional bhakti toward any deity of one’s choosing. This is a fencing-by-annotation strategy, since substitution is not available.
Good Works
Approved rendering: भले काम
Transliteration: bhale kāma
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: भले कर्म
Original: καλὰ / ἀγαθὰ ἔργα
Category: Sanctification
NEW — καλά/ἀγαθὰ ἔργα, the letter’s single most frequent doctrinal phrase (1:16; 2:7,14; 3:1,8,14 — six occurrences). काम is mandatory, NEVER कर्म, extending the baseline works_of_the_law absolute prohibition. This is an override of ordinary stylistic register: कर्म is more idiomatic in casual spoken Hindi for ‘good deed,’ meaning natural drafting instinct actively works AGAINST doctrinal accuracy here. Must be rendered identically at all six occurrences without exception.
Lawlessness
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था-उल्लंघन
Transliteration: vyavasthā-ullaṅghana
Doctrine: Christ’s Self-Giving and Redemption
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म
Original: ἀνομία
Category: Sin
NEW — ἀνομία, Titus 2:14: the condition of being fundamentally opposed to God’s order, from which Christ’s self-giving redeems a people. अधर्म is available and common but forbidden, extending the baseline sin entry’s prohibition against अधर्म (imports Hindu dharma-cosmology). व्यवस्था-उल्लंघन, built compositionally on the already-established व्यवस्था, is the doctrinally safer construction.
Purify Cleanse
Approved rendering: शुद्ध करना
Transliteration: śuddha karanā
Doctrine: Christ’s Self-Giving and Redemption
Original: καθαρίσῃ / καθαρίζω
Category: Sanctification
NEW — καθαρίζω/καθαρίσῃ, Titus 2:14: Christ’s own completed cleansing action creating a holy people. शुद्ध carries ritual-purity connotations; must be anchored by context/note as Christ’s own once-for-all, completed cleansing work through his self-giving, never a repeatable ritual purification the redeemed people perform on themselves (the precise Hindu shuddhi-rite collision risk).
Submission
Approved rendering: अधीन होना
Transliteration: adhīna honā
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ὑποτάσσω / ὑποτάσσεσθαι
Category: Household Ethics
NEW — ὑποτάσσω/ὑποτάσσεσθαι, occurring at 2:5 (wives), 2:9 (slaves), 3:1 (civil rulers) — a consistent household/social-order vocabulary. Must convey voluntary, God-ordered submission within a relationally-entered structure, distinct from (a) caste-based enforced subordination assumed permanent and unchangeable by birth, and (b) any implication of inherent inferiority of the one submitting. Given the letter’s three distinct social contexts and India’s live caste/gender hierarchy, EVERY occurrence must be flagged for combined theologian and native speaker review, with a co-located translator note (not merely a glossary entry).
Sound Doctrine
Approved rendering: खरी शिक्षा
Transliteration: kharī śikṣā
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: स्वस्थ शिक्षा (viable alternative preserving the health metaphor, but must not be alternated with खरी शिक्षा once one is chosen)
Original: ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία
Category: Doctrine
NEW — ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία, occurring 5x (1:9,13; 2:1,2,8) — the letter’s central positive doctrinal-content term (teaching that produces spiritual health, vs. diseased/corrupting teaching). Whichever rendering is chosen must be applied IDENTICALLY at all five occurrences without alternation.
Elder
Approved rendering: प्राचीन
Transliteration: prācīn
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: बुज़ुर्ग (generic elderly person), गुरु
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — πρεσβύτερος, the church office Titus is to establish in every town (1:5), synonymous in this text with ἐπίσκοπος. Must be distinguished from generic secular ‘old person’ and from guru/panchayat-elder authority models, where authority is unquestionable by virtue of age/lineage rather than the specific, checkable moral/doctrinal qualifications Paul lists (1:6-9).
Overseer
Approved rendering: अध्यक्ष
Transliteration: adhyakṣa
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: बिशप (transliterated ‘bishop,’ implying later monarchical hierarchy)
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — ἐπίσκοπος, used interchangeably with πρεσβύτερος for the same local-church office in 1:5-7. Must be read as functionally identical to प्राचीन in this text — shepherding oversight of a single local congregation, not a later monarchical bishop ranking over multiple congregations, and not a guru-figure whose authority rests on personal charisma.
Knowledge Of Truth
Approved rendering: सत्य का ज्ञान
Transliteration: satya kā jñāna
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας
Category: Gospel
NEW — ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας, Titus 1:1: the objectively revealed apostolic truth Paul’s ministry serves. ज्ञान risks an Advaita jñāna-mārga reading (self-attained liberating gnosis); must be anchored by context as revealed, apostolic, relational truth received by faith, parallel to the baseline known_by_god caution.
Divisive Person
Approved rendering: विभाजन करनेवाला
Transliteration: vibhājana karanevālā
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Rejected alternatives: पाखण्डी, विधर्मी, नास्तिक
Original: αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Church
NEW — αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος, Titus 3:10: a person who fractures church unity through persistent quarrelsomeness, addressed with two pastoral warnings before avoidance. Must NOT be rendered with a generic ‘heretic’ term (विधर्मी/पाखण्डी are built on the धर्म morpheme and import a right-religion-vs-wrong-religion framing foreign to Paul’s actual, narrower pastoral concern with intra-church factiousness). Categorically reject any धर्म-rooted alternative for this term across all documents in the curriculum.
Confession Vs Works
Approved rendering: अंगीकार करना
Transliteration: aṅgīkāra karanā
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: θεὸν ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι, τοῖς δὲ ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται
Category: Doctrine
NEW (Titus-specific application of the inherited confession_of_faith entry) — θεὸν ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι τοῖς δὲ ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται, Titus 1:16: false teachers profess to know God but deny him by their works — the inverse warning to the 3:8 genuine-belief-then-good-works pattern. काम, never कर्म, must be maintained here as elsewhere so the confession/works contrast reads as a test of genuineness, not a karma-merit ledger.
Medium Risk Terms
Heir
Approved rendering: वारिस
Transliteration: vārisa
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: κληρονόμοι
Category: Covenant
Full inheritance by promise/adoption, never merit-earned. Inherited from Galatians baseline. Titus 3:7: believers ‘become heirs’ as a direct result of being justified by grace — must be governed by the surrounding grace/promise framework, never suggesting inheritance earned by dutiful family service.
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेरित
Transliteration: prerita
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत, संदेशवाहक
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Established Hindi Christian term. Conveys authorized sent-out messenger with delegated authority. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 1:1: Paul’s self-identification, grounding all subsequent apostolic authority delegated to Titus (1:5; 2:15; 3:1).
Mercy
Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: Mercy of God
Original: τὸ αὐτοῦ ἔλεος
Category: God
Kept distinct from अनुग्रह (grace, unmerited favor). दया = compassion toward the miserable. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:5: ‘according to his own mercy’ is the positive ground of salvation replacing human works.
Kindness Of God
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Character of God
Original: χρηστότης
Category: God
Permitted per the grace entry’s note (कृपा allowed in non-grace contexts). Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:4: χρηστότης (‘the goodness/kindness of God our Savior’) maps to this entry exactly.
Zeal
Approved rendering: उत्साह
Transliteration: utsāha
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: जोश
Original: ζηλωτὴν (καλῶν ἔργων)
Category: Sanctification
Sincere religious energy that cannot save. Inherited from Romans/Galatians baseline. Titus 2:14: believers made ‘zealous for good works’ — sincere devotion redirected toward the FRUIT of redemption, never toward earning it.
Governing Authorities
Approved rendering: शासन के अधिकारी
Transliteration: śāsana ke adhikārī
Doctrine: Civil Authority
Original: ἀρχαῖς ἐξουσίαις
Category: Civil Authority
For ‘civil order’ use नागरिक/सामाजिक सुव्यवस्था — never bare व्यवस्था, reserved for Torah. All Romans 13:1-7-style content routes to native speaker review. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:1: ‘submissive to rulers and authorities’ — routed to the same review lane as Romans 13:1-7 given identical honor/political-sensitivity profile.
Circumcision
Approved rendering: खतना
Transliteration: khatanā
Doctrine: Covenant
Original: περιτομή
Category: Covenant
BSI OV term. Inherited from Romans/Galatians baseline. Titus 1:10: ‘those of the circumcision party,’ the faction among the false teachers on Crete.
Slavery
Approved rendering: दासत्व / दास
Transliteration: dāsatva / dāsa
Doctrine: Freedom
Original: δοῦλος / δουλεύω
Category: Household Ethics
Must be used consistently across all occurrences. Inherited from Galatians baseline. Titus uses this family at three distinct sites: Paul’s self-designation as God’s δοῦλος (1:1), the household ethics for believing slaves (2:9), and the pre-conversion bondage to passions (3:3) — consistency across all three is required.
Baptism
Approved rendering: बपतिस्मा
Transliteration: bapatismā
Doctrine: Union with Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्नान, दीक्षा
Established transliterated term; never ritual-bathing or initiation vocabulary. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 3:5’s λουτρόν (‘washing’) likely alludes to baptism as its visible sign; this entry’s prohibition of स्नान is the direct governing rule preventing a Ganges-bathing (tīrtha-snāna) reading of that verse.
Brotherly Love
Approved rendering: भाईचारे का प्रेम
Transliteration: bhāīcāre kā prema
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Philadelphia-specific term. Inherited from Romans/Galatians baseline. Kept distinct from the new Titus love_general entry (ἀγάπη, 2:2,4), which is generic Christian love, not the philadelphia-specific fellowship term.
Weak In Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास में निर्बल
Transliteration: viśvāsa meṃ nirbala
Doctrine: Christian Liberty
Rejected alternatives: कमज़ोर विश्वासी
Descriptive of scruples, not spiritual inferiority — tone must stay non-contemptuous. Inherited from Romans package. This tone precedent directly governs the Titus submission entry (2:5,9;3:1): submission language must likewise remain non-contemptuous toward the submitting party.
Renewing Of The Mind
Approved rendering: मन का नया हो जाना
Transliteration: mana kā nayā ho jānā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Ongoing Spirit-worked renewal (Romans 12:2), not self-improvement technique or meditation practice. Inherited from Romans package. Distinct from Titus’s renewal_of_holy_spirit entry (3:5), which names the Spirit’s INITIAL regenerating renewal at conversion, not ongoing sanctification renewal — the two must not be conflated.
Worldly Passions
Approved rendering: संसारिक अभिलाषाएँ
Transliteration: saṃsārika abhilāṣāeṃ
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: κοσμικαὶ ἐπιθυμίαι
Category: Sin
NEW — κοσμικαὶ ἐπιθυμίαι, Titus 2:12. Parallels the baseline flesh caution — must not read as body-negation/asceticism; the fault named is the present age’s orientation, not embodiment itself.
Present Age
Approved rendering: वर्तमान युग
Transliteration: vartamāna yuga
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: ὁ νῦν αἰών
Category: Eschatology
NEW — ὁ νῦν αἰών, Titus 2:12. युग carries strong Hindu cyclical-cosmology connotation (Satya, Kali Yuga, etc.); context must make clear this is a single linear historical epoch bounded by Christ’s first and second appearing, not a point within an endless cosmic cycle.
Blameless
Approved rendering: निर्दोष
Transliteration: nirdoṣa
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἀνέγκλητος
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — ἀνέγκλητος, the repeated elder qualification standard (1:6,7). Moral credibility as a precondition for spiritual authority, not an assumed status of age or lineage.
Steward
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का भण्डारी
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā bhaṇḍārī
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: θεοῦ οἰκονόμον
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — θεοῦ οἰκονόμον, Titus 1:7. Term-family reused from the baseline guardians_stewards (Galatians) entry. The elder/overseer manages what belongs to God, not a personal domain.
Rebuke
Approved rendering: उलाहना देना
Transliteration: ulāhanā denā
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἔλεγχε / ἐλέγχω
Category: Doctrine
NEW — ἐλέγχω/ἔλεγχε (1:9,13; 2:15). Firm doctrinal correction paired with encouragement as the full range of pastoral speech. Tone must remain corrective-pastoral and consistent across all three occurrences, matching the register of the baseline restore_gently entry.
Authority Command
Approved rendering: अधिकार
Transliteration: adhikāra
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ἐπιταγή
Category: Civil Authority
NEW — ἐπιταγή (1:3; 2:15; 3:1 background). Derived apostolic/teaching authority with which Titus is to speak, not merely personal opinion.
Obey
Approved rendering: आज्ञा मानना
Transliteration: ājñā mānanā
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: πειθαρχεῖν
Category: Civil Authority
NEW — πειθαρχεῖν, Titus 3:1: active compliance with civil rulers and authorities, reinforcing ὑποτάσσεσθαι. Must not be read as unconditional or unlimited obedience overriding conscience toward God.
Master Human
Approved rendering: स्वामी
Transliteration: svāmī
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Household Ethics
NEW — δεσπότης, Titus 2:9: a human household-authority title (a slave’s earthly master), distinct in referent from θεός/κύριος. IMPORTANT CAUTION: the baseline lord entry explicitly REJECTS स्वामी for κύριος/God because of its Hindu guru/ascetic-title association (‘Swami’). Here स्वामी is permitted ONLY for this human referent; surrounding context must make the human, non-divine referent unmistakable in every occurrence, since Devanagari carries no case-distinction equivalent to English capitalization of ‘Lord’ vs. ‘lord.‘
Philanthropy
Approved rendering: मनुष्यों के प्रति प्रेम
Transliteration: manuṣyoṃ ke prati prema
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: φιλανθρωπία
Category: Regeneration
NEW — φιλανθρωπία, Titus 3:4: God’s own loving disposition toward humanity, paired with χρηστότης as the ground of the before/after salvation narrative. Must not be flattened into humanitarian benevolence divorced from the gospel.
Poured Out
Approved rendering: उंडेल दिया
Transliteration: uṇḍela diyā
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: ἐξέχεεν
Category: Regeneration
NEW — ἐξέχεεν, Titus 3:6: the Spirit’s giving is generous, personal, and abundant. Must retain the Spirit as a personal divine gift given by a personal God, not an impersonal energy/shakti ‘poured’ like a substance, per the baseline power_of_god caution against शक्ति.
Trustworthy Saying
Approved rendering: यह वचन विश्वासयोग्य है
Transliteration: yaha vacana viśvāsayogya hai
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος
Category: Doctrine
NEW — πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, Titus 3:8: a fixed Pastoral-Epistles formula marking 3:4-7 as a settled creedal summary of the gospel. Flag for cross-document consistency if other Pastoral Epistles using this same formula are added to the curriculum later.
Myths
Approved rendering: कल्पित कहानियाँ
Transliteration: kalpita kahāniyāṃ
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: μύθοις (Ἰουδαϊκοῖς)
Category: Church
NEW — μῦθοι (Ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις), Titus 1:14. Must be contextually anchored to ‘Jewish myths’ specifically, not left as an unqualified ‘myths’ — in the Indian context, an unqualified rendering readily maps onto itihāsa/purāṇa sacred narrative traditions the text does not itself address.
Foolish Controversies
Approved rendering: मूर्खतापूर्ण विवाद
Transliteration: mūrkhatāpūrṇa vivāda
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: μωρὰς ζητήσεις
Category: Church
NEW — μωρὰς ζητήσεις, Titus 3:9. Must be carefully distinguished from the doctrinal rebuking Titus is elsewhere commanded to do (1:9,13; 2:15) — only speculative, unprofitable disputes are condemned, not necessary doctrinal correction.
Special Possession People
Approved rendering: अपनी निज प्रजा
Transliteration: apanī nija prajā
Doctrine: Christ’s Self-Giving and Redemption
Original: λαὸν περιούσιον
Category: Covenant
NEW — λαὸν περιούσιον, Titus 2:14, an LXX-echoing covenant term (Exodus 19:5). Must be read as inclusive New Covenant identity open to all who believe, not an ethnic-privilege or caste-like exclusive category conferring inherited spiritual rank.
Older Men
Approved rendering: बूढ़े पुरुष
Transliteration: būṛhe puruṣa
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: πρεσβύτας
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — πρεσβύτας, Titus 2:2: an age-category distinct from the church office πρεσβύτερος though sharing the same root. Must record the elder-office vs. older-man distinction explicitly to prevent conflation with the elder entry.
Love General
Approved rendering: प्रेम
Transliteration: prema
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Sanctification
NEW — ἀγάπη, Titus 2:2,4: general Christian love, distinct from the baseline brotherly_love (philadelphia-specific) entry. Recorded separately to avoid confusion between the two.
Reverent In Behavior
Approved rendering: पवित्रता के योग्य
Transliteration: pavitratā ke yogya
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἱεροπρεπεῖς
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — ἱεροπρεπεῖς, Titus 2:3, required of older women. Contains the ἱερός (‘sacred/priestly’) root, risking priestly/ritual-decorum overtone (cf. Hindu pujari ritual decorum); must be read as general godly dignity of character, not ritual performance.
Pure Chaste
Approved rendering: सतीत्व
Transliteration: satītva
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἁγνάς
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — ἁγνάς, Titus 2:5, required of younger wives. A distinct purity term from ἅγιος (पवित्र) and καθαρός (शुद्ध), carrying a specifically sexual/marital-fidelity nuance; the three overlapping Greek purity-family terms must never collapse into one Hindi word.
Adorn Doctrine
Approved rendering: शिक्षा को शोभा देना
Transliteration: śikṣā ko śobhā denā
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: τὴν διδασκαλίαν κοσμῶσιν
Category: Doctrine
NEW — τὴν διδασκαλίαν κοσμῶσιν, Titus 2:10: a slave’s godly conduct ‘adorns’/beautifies the teaching, making the gospel attractive to outside observers. Must not be flattened to a bland ‘make the teaching look good,’ losing the beautify/adorn nuance.
Hope
Approved rendering: आशा
Transliteration: āśā
Doctrine: Hope of Eternal Life
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Salvation
NEW — ἐλπίς, forming the inclusio 1:2…2:13…3:7. Must be confident expectation grounded in God’s specific, prior promise, not generic wishful hope, and must not carry any resemblance to karma-conditioned rebirth-outcome uncertainty.
Sound In Faith Love Endurance
Approved rendering: विश्वास, प्रेम, और धीरज में खरे
Transliteration: viśvāsa, prema, aura dhīraja meṃ khare
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ὑγιαίνοντας τῇ πίστει τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ὑπομονῇ
Category: Doctrine
NEW — ὑγιαίνοντας τῇ πίστει τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ὑπομονῇ, Titus 2:2: the health-metaphor extended from doctrine to personal character. Must keep the medical/health image intact and consistent with whichever sound_doctrine rendering is chosen elsewhere.
Pure Vs Defiled
Approved rendering: शुद्ध / अशुद्ध
Transliteration: śuddha / aśuddha
Doctrine: Conscience and the Corrupted Mind
Original: καθαρὰ / μεμιαμμένοις
Category: Doctrine
NEW — καθαρὰ/μεμιαμμένοις, Titus 1:15: ‘to the pure all things are pure…to the defiled…nothing is pure’ — a paradoxical proverb SUBVERTING ritual-purity legalism, not affirming it. Requires careful contextual framing/note, since Hindi readers carry a strong prior śuddha/aśuddha framework that could cause the verse to be misread as endorsing rather than dismantling ritual-purity thinking.
Pre Conversion State
Approved rendering: निर्बुद्धि, आज्ञा न माननेवाला, भटकता हुआ
Transliteration: nirbuddhi, ājñā na mānanevālā, bhaṭakatā huā
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: ἀνόητοι, ἀπειθεῖς, πλανώμενοι
Category: Regeneration
NEW — ἀνόητοι, ἀπειθεῖς, πλανώμενοι, Titus 3:3: ‘foolish, disobedient, led astray’ — the pre-conversion condition contrasted with 3:4-7’s salvation narrative. ἀπειθεῖς is the antonym-family of the baseline obedience_of_faith doctrine.
Unfruitful
Approved rendering: निष्फल
Transliteration: niṣphala
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἄκαρποι
Category: Doctrine
NEW — ἄκαρποι, Titus 3:14, contrasted with 3:8’s ‘profitable.’ Avoid फल-based phrasing that could evoke कर्म-फल merit-accumulation even in this negated form.
Servant Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर का दास
Transliteration: Parameśvara kā dāsa
Doctrine: Greeting and Apostolic Identity
Original: δοῦλος θεοῦ
Category: Church
NEW — δοῦλος θεοῦ, Titus 1:1: Paul’s self-identification as God’s bondservant, framing all subsequent authority as derived from total ownership by God — modeling the submission he later commends to others. Term-family reused from the baseline slavery entry.
Husband Of One Wife
Approved rendering: एक ही पत्नी का पति
Transliteration: eka hī patnī kā pati
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἀνήρ
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἀνήρ, Titus 1:6: marital fidelity required of an elder. Handle with pastoral sensitivity given diverse marital histories in convert populations; flag for native speaker review.
Insubordinate
Approved rendering: अनाज्ञाकारी
Transliteration: anājñākārī
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἀνυπότακτα
Category: Household Ethics
NEW — ἀνυπότακτα, Titus 1:6,10: ‘not-submissive,’ unruly, used of disqualifying children’s conduct and of false teachers — the direct antonym of ὑποτάσσω. Must be kept lexically linked to अधीन होना so the antithesis remains audible.
Elder Virtue Cluster
Approved rendering: संयमी, न्यायी, भक्त, आत्मसंयमी
Transliteration: saṃyamī, nyāyī, bhakta, ātma-saṃyamī
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: σώφρονα, δίκαιον, ὅσιον, ἐγκρατῆ
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — σώφρονα, δίκαιον, ὅσιον, ἐγκρατῆ, Titus 1:8. ὅσιος (भक्त/धार्मिक) is distinct from ἅγιος (holy, पवित्र) — personal devout piety rather than cultic/relational set-apartness. ἐγκράτεια (self-control) must be kept consistent with the Fruit-of-the-Spirit self-control quality, distinct from Hindu ascetic brahmacharya self-mastery pursued for liberation.
Quarrels And Legal Battles
Approved rendering: झगड़े और व्यवस्था के विषय में वाद-विवाद
Transliteration: jhagaṛe aura vyavasthā ke viṣaya meṃ vāda-vivāda
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: ἔρεις καὶ μάχας νομικὰς
Category: Church
NEW — ἔρεις καὶ μάχας νομικὰς, Titus 3:9: disputes specifically over Mosaic-law interpretation, echoing the circumcision-party controversy of chapter 1. Term-family built on व्यवस्था.
Low Risk Terms
Hospitality
Approved rendering: अतिथि-सत्कार
Transliteration: atithi-satkāra
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Established term. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 1:8: an elder qualification.
Restore Gently
Approved rendering: नम्रता की आत्मा से ऐसे को संभालो
Transliteration: namratā kī ātmā se aise ko saṃbhālo
Doctrine: Church
Restorative, not punitive, tone. नम्रता (gentleness) is one of the Fruit-of-the-Spirit qualities; keep terminology consistent. Inherited from Galatians baseline. Titus 3:2 (πραΰτητα, gentleness toward all) and Titus 3:10-11’s graduated pastoral-discipline pattern (two warnings before avoidance) both draw on this restorative register.
Guardians Stewards
Approved rendering: रक्षकों और भण्डारियों के अधीन
Transliteration: rakṣakoṃ aura bhaṇḍāriyoṃ ke adhīna
Doctrine: Covenant
Inherited from Galatians baseline. Titus 1:7 draws the भण्डारी (‘steward’) half of this family for θεοῦ οἰκονόμον, ‘God’s steward’ — see the new steward entry below.
Exhort
Approved rendering: प्रोत्साहित करना
Transliteration: protsāhita karanā
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Context-sensitive: use विनती (entreaty) for beseeching; प्रोत्साहित (encourage) for building up. Inherited from Romans package. Titus 2:15: παρακάλει, paired with ἔλεγχε (rebuke) as the full range of Titus’s pastoral speech.
Genuine Child
Approved rendering: सच्चा पुत्र
Transliteration: saccā putra
Doctrine: Greeting and Apostolic Identity
Original: γνησίῳ τέκνῳ
Category: Church
NEW — γνησίῳ τέκνῳ, Titus 1:4: Titus’s true spiritual (not biological) sonship to Paul in the common faith.
Manifested
Approved rendering: प्रकट किया
Transliteration: prakaṭa kiyā
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἐφανέρωσεν
Category: Gospel
NEW — ἐφανέρωσεν, Titus 1:3: God’s word made known through preaching at the appointed time. Distinct from the ἐπιφαίνω family (epiphany_appearing), though sharing the प्रकट root; keep the distinction noted in glossary use to avoid conflation.
Proclamation
Approved rendering: प्रचार
Transliteration: pracāra
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: κήρυγμα
Category: Gospel
NEW — κήρυγμα, Titus 1:3: the authorized public message entrusted to Paul. Term-family reused from the baseline mission entry.
Appoint
Approved rendering: नियुक्त करना
Transliteration: niyukta karanā
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: καταστήσῃς
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — καταστήσῃς, Titus 1:5: formal ecclesial installation of elders into office, not informal social deference.
Elder Vice List
Approved rendering: अहंकारी, क्रोधी, पियक्कड़, हिंसक, लोभी
Transliteration: ahaṅkārī, krodhī, piyakkaṛa, hiṃsaka, lobhī
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: αὐθάδη, ὀργίλον, πάροινον, πλήκτην, αἰσχροκερδῆ
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — αὐθάδη, ὀργίλον, πάροινον, πλήκτην, αἰσχροκερδῆ, Titus 1:7: disqualifying vices for an overseer. Standard Hellenistic moral-catalogue genre; low individual theological risk.
Empty Talkers
Approved rendering: बकवादी, धोखा देनेवाले
Transliteration: bakavādī, dhokhā denevāle
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: ματαιολόγοι, φρεναπάται
Category: Church
NEW — ματαιολόγοι, φρεναπάται, Titus 1:10: descriptive polemic against the false teachers.
Commandments Of Men
Approved rendering: मनुष्यों की आज्ञाएँ
Transliteration: manuṣyoṃ kī ājñāeṃ
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: ἐντολαῖς ἀνθρώπων
Category: Church
NEW — ἐντολαῖς ἀνθρώπων, Titus 1:14: human-originated religious rules contrasted with divine revelation, distinct from Mosaic-law discussions (this is human tradition, not Torah).
Disqualified
Approved rendering: अयोग्य
Transliteration: ayogya
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἀδόκιμοι
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — ἀδόκιμοι, Titus 1:16: false teachers fail every test of fitness for good works — an ironic reversal of the elder-qualification vocabulary of 1:5-9.
Sober Dignified Endurance
Approved rendering: संयमी, गंभीर, धीरज
Transliteration: saṃyamī, gambhīra, dhīraja
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: νηφαλίους, σεμνούς, ὑπομονῇ
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — νηφαλίους, σεμνούς, ὑπομονῇ, Titus 2:2: virtue-cluster for older men.
Older Women
Approved rendering: बूढ़ी स्त्रियाँ
Transliteration: būṛhī striyāṃ
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: πρεσβύτιδας
Category: Church Leadership
NEW — πρεσβύτιδας, Titus 2:3: parallel age-category to older men, given a teaching role toward younger women.
Example Pattern
Approved rendering: आदर्श
Transliteration: ādarśa
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: τύπον
Category: Doctrine
NEW — τύπον, Titus 2:7: Titus is to be a living pattern of sound teaching in his own life.
Integrity Sound Speech
Approved rendering: खराई, गंभीरता, खरी बात, निर्दोष
Transliteration: kharāī, gambhīratā, kharī bāta, nirdoṣa
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἀφθορίαν, σεμνότητα, λόγον ὑγιῆ, ἀκατάγνωστον
Category: Doctrine
NEW — ἀφθορίαν, σεμνότητα, λόγον ὑγιῆ, ἀκατάγνωστον, Titus 2:7-8: integrity, dignity, and sound speech beyond reproach, part of the sound_doctrine health-metaphor family.
Well Pleasing
Approved rendering: प्रसन्न करनेवाले, बहस न करनेवाले, चोरी न करनेवाले
Transliteration: prasanna karanevāle, bahasa na karanevāle, corī na karanevāle
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: εὐαρέστους, μὴ ἀντιλέγοντας, μὴ νοσφιζομένους
Category: Household Ethics
NEW — εὐαρέστους, μὴ ἀντιλέγοντας, μὴ νοσφιζομένους, Titus 2:9-10: practical household-servant virtue list.
Not Quarrelsome
Approved rendering: झगड़ालू न होना
Transliteration: jhagaṛālū na honā
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ἀμάχους
Category: Civil Authority
NEW — ἀμάχους, Titus 3:2: peaceable, contrasted with the ‘legal battles’ of 3:9.
Gentle Considerate
Approved rendering: कोमल स्वभाव के
Transliteration: kōmala svabhāva ke
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ἐπιεικεῖς
Category: Civil Authority
NEW — ἐπιεικεῖς, Titus 3:2: forbearing, not insisting on one’s own rights.
Slander No One
Approved rendering: किसी की निन्दा न करना
Transliteration: kisī kī nindā na karanā
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: μηδένα βλασφημεῖν
Category: Civil Authority
NEW — μηδένα βλασφημεῖν, Titus 3:2; also echoed at 2:5 (so the word of God may not be reviled).
Passions And Pleasures
Approved rendering: विभिन्न अभिलाषाएँ और सुख
Transliteration: vibhinna abhilāṣāeṃ aura sukha
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: ἐπιθυμίαις καὶ ἡδοναῖς ποικίλαις
Category: Regeneration
NEW — ἐπιθυμίαις καὶ ἡδοναῖς ποικίλαις, Titus 3:3: various passions and pleasures enslaving the pre-conversion self.
Malice Envy Hatred
Approved rendering: दुष्टता, डाह, बैर
Transliteration: duṣṭatā, ḍāha, baira
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: κακίᾳ καὶ φθόνῳ…μισοῦντες ἀλλήλους
Category: Regeneration
NEW — κακίᾳ καὶ φθόνῳ…μισοῦντες ἀλλήλους, Titus 3:3: malice and envy culminating in mutual hatred — direct antithesis of brotherly love.
Richly
Approved rendering: भरपूर मात्रा में
Transliteration: bharapūra mātrā meṃ
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: πλουσίως
Category: Regeneration
NEW — πλουσίως, Titus 3:6: the abundance/lavishness of the Spirit’s outpouring.
Insist Confidently
Approved rendering: दृढ़ता से कहना
Transliteration: dṛḍhatā se kahanā
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: διαβεβαιοῦσθαι
Category: Doctrine
NEW — διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, Titus 3:8: Titus is to teach these truths with full confidence.
Be Careful Intent
Approved rendering: ध्यान रखना
Transliteration: dhyāna rakhanā
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: φροντίζωσιν
Category: Doctrine
NEW — φροντίζωσιν, Titus 3:8: deliberate, attentive pursuit of good works.
Profitable
Approved rendering: लाभदायक
Transliteration: lābhadāyaka
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ὠφέλιμα
Category: Doctrine
NEW — ὠφέλιμα, Titus 3:8: good works are ‘profitable for people,’ contrasted with 3:9’s unprofitable controversies.
Genealogies
Approved rendering: वंशावली विवाद
Transliteration: vaṃśāvalī vivāda
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: γενεαλογίας
Category: Church
NEW — γενεαλογίας, Titus 3:9: speculative ancestral/lineage disputation to be avoided.
Unprofitable Worthless
Approved rendering: निष्फल और व्यर्थ
Transliteration: niṣphala aura vyartha
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι
Category: Church
NEW — ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι, Titus 3:9: direct antonym-contrast with 3:8’s ‘profitable.‘
Warning Admonition
Approved rendering: चितावनी
Transliteration: citāvanī
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: νουθεσίαν
Category: Church
NEW — νουθεσίαν, Titus 3:10: the graduated, patient pastoral-discipline process for a divisive person, consistent with the baseline restore_gently restorative tone.
Self Condemned
Approved rendering: अपने आप को दोषी ठहरानेवाला
Transliteration: apane āpa ko doṣī ṭharānevālā
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: αὐτοκατάκριτος
Category: Church
NEW — αὐτοκατάκριτος, Titus 3:11: the divisive person’s own persistent conduct constitutes their condemnation.
Titus Proper Name
Approved rendering: तीतुस
Transliteration: Tītusa
Doctrine: Greeting and Apostolic Identity
NEW — the letter’s addressee and this curriculum’s Hindi book name. Standard BSI proper-name convention, parallel to पौलुस (Paulus).
Crete Cretans
Approved rendering: क्रेते / क्रेतीय
Transliteration: Krete / Kretīya
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
NEW — geographic proper name (1:5,10,12). The Cretan-liar proverb (1:12) is Paul’s quotation of a pagan cultural saying and should be rendered as reported speech, not adapted into an equivalent Hindi proverb, to preserve its status as citation rather than Paul’s own teaching.
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