Doctrine Analysis
Doctrine Analysis — 1 Corinthians — English → Kannada
Core passage (theological anchor): 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Scope mandate: This analysis covers 1 Corinthians chapters 1–16 in full. The core passage anchors the curriculum’s central doctrine (the Resurrection) but does not limit the scope of this matrix. Every chapter is reviewed explicitly below, whether or not it carries Critical/High risk material.
This document is fully consistent with assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json (version 1, 1 Corinthians): the same 27 doctrines, the same risk tiers, and the same review routing are used throughout. It extends that registry into a chapter-by-chapter matrix for Phase 1 planning and Phase 2 routing, and never contradicts it or the Romans baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json.
Risk tier definitions (unchanged from baseline):
- Critical — mistranslation destroys essential doctrine; human theologian review required for every occurrence.
- High — mistranslation creates significant theological confusion or syncretism risk; human theologian review required.
- Medium — mistranslation reduces clarity but preserves core meaning; native speaker review recommended.
- Low — minor imprecision risk; automated review sufficient.
Part 1 — Chapter-by-Chapter Doctrine Matrix
1 Corinthians 1
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gospel of First Importance | 1:17-18, 1:1 | High | ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ must be the one fixed apostolic proclamation, distinct from Karnataka’s own treasured but non-apostolic devotional teaching traditions (Haridasa kirtane, Veerashaiva vachana). | Human theologian |
| The Cross as Wisdom and Power | 1:18-25 | Critical | ಶಿಲುಬೆ (cross) must never soften toward meritorious ascetic suffering (tapasya); ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ (never ಶಕ್ತಿ) for God’s power revealed there. | Human theologian |
| Divine Wisdom versus Worldly Wisdom | 1:18-25 | High | ಜ್ಞಾನ carries Advaita jñāna-mārga (self-realization) associations; must be anchored to the crucified Christ, not left as free-standing philosophical insight. | Human theologian |
| Christian Unity versus Factionalism | 1:10-17 | High | Party-loyalty to Paul/Apollos/Cephas/Christ (1:12) must not read as one acceptable form of matha/denominational alignment among others; ANY faction — even a “Christ party” — is rebuked. | Human theologian |
| Election and the Abolition of Status-Boasting | 1:26-31 | High | God choosing the foolish/weak/lowly/despised carries sharp caste resonance in Karnataka; must convey total abolition of status-boasting (1:29-31), not a mere reversal of ranking. | Human theologian |
| Redemption in Christ | 1:30 | Critical | ವಿಮೋಚನೆ sits adjacent to the forbidden ಮೋಕ್ಷ/ಮುಕ್ತಿ zone; never drift toward release from the rebirth cycle. | Human theologian |
| Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ | 1:13-17 (implied) | Critical | ದೀಕ್ಷಾಸ್ನಾನ must not be assimilated to ದೀಕ್ಷೆ, the Lingayat guru-administered ishtalinga initiation, or to guru-mantra initiation traditions generally. | Human theologian |
| Thanksgiving and Christian Fellowship | 1:4-9 | Low | Standard vocabulary; minor risk of over-ritualization only. | Automated review |
| The Church as God’s Unified People | 1:2 | Medium | ಸಭೆ/ಪವಿತ್ರ ಜನರು must remain a covenant community, not a caste-segregated or ritually-defined institution. | Native speaker review |
1 Corinthians 2
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cross as Wisdom and Power | 2:1-5 | Critical | Paul’s determination to know “nothing… except Christ crucified” restates the ch.1 collision between ಶಿಲುಬೆ/ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ and ascetic-merit or Shakta readings of power. | Human theologian |
| Divine Wisdom versus Worldly Wisdom | 2:6-16 | High | ರಹಸ್ಯ (mystery, 2:7) risks being read as guru-transmitted esoteric teaching reserved for initiates, the opposite of Paul’s point that the Spirit now discloses this wisdom openly (2:10-12); ಪ್ರಾಕೃತ ಮನುಷ್ಯ (2:14, “natural person”) risks collision with Samkhya’s technical prakṛti category. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 3
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divine Wisdom versus Worldly Wisdom | 3:18-20 | High | ”Let no one deceive himself… let him become a fool” continues the ಜ್ಞಾನ/ಮೂರ್ಖತನ contrast established in ch.1. | Human theologian |
| Christian Unity versus Factionalism | 3:1-9, 3:21-23 | High | ”I am of Paul / I am of Apollos” (3:4) restates the factionalism risk; “all things are yours” (3:21-23) must not be read as license for partisan boasting. | Human theologian |
| The Body as Temple and Sexual Purity | 3:16-17 (corporate temple) | High | ದೇವಾಲಯ is identical to the ordinary word for a Hindu temple building; the corporate “you [plural] are God’s temple” here requires the same mandatory clarifying note as the individual-body occurrence in ch.6. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 4
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apostolic Stewardship and Rights Renounced for the Gospel | 4:1-13 | Medium | ಮನೆವಾರ್ತೆಗಾರ (steward) and the “fools for Christ” reversal must be read as gospel-shaped self-giving, not a renunciant/ascetic status claim. | Native speaker review |
| Christian Unity versus Factionalism | 4:6-7 (implied continuation of ch.1-3 argument) | High | ”That none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another” continues the party-loyalty rebuke; reuse ch.1/3 framing. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 5
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Discipline and Holiness | 5:1-13 | High | ಸೈತಾನನಿಗೆ ಒಪ್ಪಿಸು (deliver to Satan, 5:5) must read as restorative discipline aimed at the offender’s ultimate salvation, never magical cursing; ಹುಳಿ/ಪಸ್ಕ (leaven/Passover, 5:6-8) require an OT background note given low OT-narrative literacy. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 6
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawsuits Among Believers and Communal Accountability | 6:1-8 | Medium | ”The saints will judge the world” — ಪವಿತ್ರ ಜನರು must retain its corporate, non-elite sense here as elsewhere in the letter. | Native speaker review |
| Church Discipline and Holiness | 6:9-11 | High | The vice list and “such were some of you… but you were washed, sanctified, justified” (6:11) must reuse the ನೀತಿವಂತರೆಂದು ನಿರ್ಣಯಿಸುವುದು / ಪವಿತ್ರೀಕರಣ pairing from Romans exactly; holiness here is a declared status, not ritual purity. | Human theologian |
| The Body as Temple and Sexual Purity | 6:12-20 | High | The individual-body occurrence of ದೇವಾಲಯ (6:19) requires the same mandatory clarifying note as ch.3; ಕ್ರಯಕ್ಕೆ ಕೊಂಡುಕೊಳ್ಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದೀರಿ (bought with a price, 6:20) must retain God as initiating purchaser, not a devotee-initiated self-offering (dāsya-bhāva). | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 7
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marriage and Singleness | 7:1-40 (whole chapter) | Medium | Both states must be taught as equally legitimate, Spirit-gifted callings (7:7), not ranked according to the Hindu āśrama-system logic in which marriage (gṛhastha) is a lower stage eventually transcended by renunciation (sannyāsa); singleness serves undivided gospel devotion, not ascetic merit-accumulation. | Native speaker review |
1 Corinthians 8
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | 8:1-13 | High | ವಿಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿದ ಆಹಾರ must NEVER be rendered ಪ್ರಸಾದ, the ordinary positively-loaded Kannada/Hindu term for deity-blessed sanctifying food, since that would import exactly the sanctifying association Paul is qualifying; ಮನಸ್ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ (conscience) must be a personal, morally responsive faculty, not the impersonal Advaita witness-consciousness (sākṣin). | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 9
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apostolic Stewardship and Rights Renounced for the Gospel | 9:1-27 | Medium | ಸ್ವನಿಯಂತ್ರಣ (self-control, 9:25) must be Spirit-enabled discipline for gospel ministry and future reward, not a self-attained ascetic technique (indriya-nigraha) earning merit or liberation; ಅವಿನಾಶಿ ಕಿರೀಟ (imperishable crown) and ಅಯೋಗ್ಯನೆಂದು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವುದು (disqualified) continue this athletic-metaphor framing. | Native speaker review |
| The Gospel of First Importance | 9:16 | High | ”Necessity is laid upon me… woe is me if I do not preach the gospel” reinforces ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ as an authoritative, compelled proclamation, not an optional teaching offered among others. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 10
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idolatry | 10:1-22 | High | ವಿಗ್ರಹಾರಾಧನೆ is the single most direct cultural-collision doctrine in the letter given the prevalence of temple worship in the Kannada-speaking cultural context; the either/or exclusivity of 10:21 (ಕರ್ತನ ಮೇಜು / ದೆವ್ವಗಳ ಮೇಜು) must be preserved without softening and must not be taught as merely historical. | Human theologian |
| Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | 10:23-11:1 | High | The “all things are lawful, but not all things build up” principle continues the ch.8 conscience/liberty framework and must not be read as license. | Human theologian |
| The Lord’s Supper | 10:16-17 | High | ಆಶೀರ್ವಾದದ ಪಾತ್ರೆ (cup of blessing) and κοινωνία-fellowship here carry an elevated, sacramental sense beyond ordinary ಅನ್ಯೋನ್ಯತೆ; flag as requiring deeper theological qualification than general fellowship. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 11
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Covering and Gender Order in Worship | 11:2-16 | High | ಶಿರಸ್ಸು (headship, 11:3) is sensitive across Karnataka’s varied kinship structures, including coastal Karnataka’s matrilineal Aliyasantana/Bunt traditions; must preserve Paul’s specific ordered-relationship point without importing generic patriarchal caste-household hierarchy or dismissing the passage as mere cultural fashion. | Human theologian |
| Christian Unity versus Factionalism | 11:18-19 | High | ”Divisions among you” at the Lord’s Supper itself extends the ch.1/3 factionalism doctrine into a worship-practice context. | Human theologian |
| The Lord’s Supper | 11:17-34 | High | ಕರ್ತನ ಭೋಜನ must be distinguished both from an ordinary communal potluck (the Corinthian abuse being corrected) and from any naivedya/prasāda-like pattern of food offered to a deity and then consumed as blessing; ದೇಹವನ್ನು ವಿವೇಚಿಸು (discern the body, 11:29) is interpretively ambiguous (Christ’s crucified body vs. the church) and requires a translator’s note rather than a premature interpretive choice. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 12
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ | 12:1-31 | High | The single-body-with-differentiated-parts metaphor closely echoes the Puruṣasūkta (Rig Veda 10.90), the ancient myth in which the cosmic Puruṣa’s body parts mythologically justify caste ranking; Paul’s argument — weaker and less-honorable members receive greater, not lesser, honor (12:22-25), “no division in the body” — must be made explicit, never left implicit. | Human theologian |
| Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ | 12:13 | Critical | ”By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body” — ದೀಕ್ಷಾಸ್ನಾನ must be Spirit-wrought identification with Christ and incorporation into his one body, never a guru-transmitted lineage-initiation (ದೀಕ್ಷೆ) or mantra-empowerment. | Human theologian |
| The Church as God’s Unified People | 12:12-27 | Medium | The body-metaphor’s unity claim must remain a living covenant community bound to Christ, not a ritually or caste-defined institution. | Native speaker review |
1 Corinthians 13
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love as the Greater Way | 12:31-13:13 | High | ಪ್ರೀತಿ must be distinguished from the passionate, longing devotional love (prema-bhakti/viraha-bhakti) directed at Krishna in coastal Karnataka’s Haridasa tradition; Paul’s ἀγάπη is active, patient, and neighbor-directed rather than primarily an emotional experience directed at a chosen deity, and its ranking above even faith and hope (13:13) requires careful framing against bhakti traditions’ own claims about devotional love’s supremacy. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 14
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongues and Prophecy Rightly Ordered | 14:1-40 | High | ಭಾಷೆಗಳು must be clearly distinguished from ecstatic trance/spirit-possession phenomena in Karnataka folk religious practice (e.g., village-goddess oracle possession, “ದೇವರು ಮೈಮೇಲೆ ಬರುವುದು”); the chapter’s own controlling principle — “the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets,” all things “decently and in order” — must frame Spirit-given, self-controlled worship speech against involuntary trance-possession. | Human theologian |
| Order in Worship | 14:26-40 | Medium | ಕ್ರಮ must not be read as ritual procedural correctness for its own sake, detached from the stated goal of mutual edification (14:26). | Native speaker review |
| Women’s Speech in Worship Gatherings | 14:34-35 | High | This instruction’s scope is genuinely disputed among faithful interpreters relative to 11:5’s assumption that women do pray and prophesy in the assembly; primarily an interpretive/pastoral risk rather than a Hindu-tradition collision, but doctrinally significant — must not be resolved unilaterally; requires a translator’s note documenting interpretive options. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 15 (Core Passage Chapter)
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gospel of First Importance | 15:1-11 (core passage) | High | ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ here is formally “received” and “delivered” (15:1, 3) — technical transmission-of-tradition language distinct from Karnataka’s own devotional teaching traditions (Haridasa kirtane, Veerashaiva vachana), which are treasured but not claimed as God’s own fixed apostolic message. | Human theologian |
| The Resurrection of Christ | 15:3-8, 15:12-19, 15:20 | Critical | Never ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ. The creedal claim depends on a bodily, historical, once-for-all event witnessed by named, checkable eyewitnesses; ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡನು (appeared, 15:5-8) must denote objective bodily appearing, not a devotional vision or darshan-style inner experience; 15:14-19 makes the entire faith contingent on literal history, not myth. | Human theologian |
| The Resurrection of Believers | 15:12-58 | Critical | ಆತ್ಮಿಕ ದೇಹ (spiritual body, 15:35-49) must be the same body transformed and glorified — continuity of personal identity — never a bodiless soul-only afterlife, reincarnation into a different body, or dissolution/merger into an impersonal spiritual reality as in the Veerashaiva Aikya state. The theologically densest passage in the whole curriculum. | Human theologian |
| Grace and Apostolic Identity | 15:9-10 | High | The threefold ಕೃಪೆ of 15:10 is the letter’s clearest grace-not-merit statement; must be taught against both the general Hindu karma-merit economy and the Lingayat kayaka-dasoha ethic — “I worked harder than any of them” is explicitly subordinated to grace, not offered as independent meritorious achievement. | Human theologian |
1 Corinthians 16
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giving and Generosity | 16:1-4 | Low | Practical instructions for the Jerusalem relief collection carry minimal doctrinal or syncretism risk; standard vocabulary is sufficient. | Automated review |
| Thanksgiving and Christian Fellowship | 16:15-18 | Low | Standard, low-ambiguity vocabulary; minor risk of over-ritualization in ಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾಸ್ತುತಿ, otherwise well-established. | Automated review |
| The Church as God’s Unified People | 16:1-20 | Medium | Closing greetings and instructions must keep ಸಭೆ as a living relational community across households and cities, not a merely administrative or ritual network. | Native speaker review |
Part 2 — Consolidated Doctrine Matrix (Whole Book)
This table restates every doctrine from doctrine_risk_registry.json in full-book form, confirming identical doctrine names and risk tiers.
| # | Doctrine | Kannada Doctrine Name | Risk | Primary Passages (book-wide) | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gospel of First Importance | ಪ್ರಥಮ ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆಯ ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ | High | 1:17-18; 9:16; 15:1-11 | Human theologian |
| 2 | The Resurrection of Christ | ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನ ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನ | Critical | 15:3-8; 15:12-19; 15:20 | Human theologian |
| 3 | The Resurrection of Believers | ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಿಗಳ ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನ | Critical | 15:12-58 | Human theologian |
| 4 | The Cross as Wisdom and Power | ಶಿಲುಬೆಯು ದೇವರ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ | Critical | 1:18-25; 1:30; 2:1-5 | Human theologian |
| 5 | Divine Wisdom versus Worldly Wisdom | ದೇವರ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಲೋಕದ ಜ್ಞಾನ | High | 1:18-2:16; 3:18-20 | Human theologian |
| 6 | Christian Unity versus Factionalism | ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಏಕತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪಂಗಡಬದ್ಧತೆ | High | 1:10-17; 3:1-9; 3:21-23; 11:18-19 | Human theologian |
| 7 | Church Discipline and Holiness | ಸಭೆಯ ಶಿಸ್ತು ಮತ್ತು ಪವಿತ್ರತೆ | High | 5:1-13; 6:9-11 | Human theologian |
| 8 | The Body as Temple and Sexual Purity | ದೇಹವು ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮನ ದೇವಾಲಯ | High | 6:12-20; 3:16-17 | Human theologian |
| 9 | Lawsuits Among Believers and Communal Accountability | ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಿಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ವ್ಯಾಜ್ಯಗಳು | Medium | 6:1-8 | Native speaker review |
| 10 | Marriage and Singleness | ವಿವಾಹ ಮತ್ತು ಅವಿವಾಹಿತ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ | Medium | 7:1-40 | Native speaker review |
| 11 | Christian Liberty and Idol Meat | ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿದ ಆಹಾರ | High | 8:1-13; 10:23-11:1 | Human theologian |
| 12 | Idolatry | ವಿಗ್ರಹಾರಾಧನೆ | High | 10:1-22 | Human theologian |
| 13 | Apostolic Stewardship and Rights Renounced for the Gospel | ಅಪೊಸ್ತಲಿಕ ಮನೆವಾರ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳು | Medium | 4:1-13; 9:1-27 | Native speaker review |
| 14 | The Lord’s Supper | ಕರ್ತನ ಭೋಜನ | High | 11:17-34; 10:16-17 | Human theologian |
| 15 | Head Covering and Gender Order in Worship | ಆರಾಧನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿರಸ್ಸಿನ ಕ್ರಮ ಮತ್ತು ಮುಸುಕು | High | 11:2-16 | Human theologian |
| 16 | Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ | ಆತ್ಮಿಕ ವರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನ ದೇಹ | High | 12:1-31 | Human theologian |
| 17 | Tongues and Prophecy Rightly Ordered | ಭಾಷೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರವಾದನೆಯ ಕ್ರಮಬದ್ಧ ಬಳಕೆ | High | 14:1-40 | Human theologian |
| 18 | Order in Worship | ಆರಾಧನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ರಮ | Medium | 14:26-40 | Native speaker review |
| 19 | Women’s Speech in Worship Gatherings | ಆರಾಧನಾ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರ ಮಾತು | High | 14:34-35; 11:5 | Human theologian |
| 20 | Love as the Greater Way | ಪ್ರೀತಿಯು ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮವಾದ ಮಾರ್ಗ | High | 12:31-13:13 | Human theologian |
| 21 | Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ | ದೀಕ್ಷಾಸ್ನಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನ ದೇಹದೊಳಗೆ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ | Critical | 12:13; 1:13-17 | Human theologian |
| 22 | Grace and Apostolic Identity | ಕೃಪೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಪೊಸ್ತಲಿಕ ಗುರುತು | High | 15:9-10; 1:1 | Human theologian |
| 23 | Election and the Abolition of Status-Boasting | ದೇವರ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನದ ಹೊಗಳಿಕೆಯ ನಿರಾಕರಣೆ | High | 1:26-31 | Human theologian |
| 24 | Redemption in Christ | ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಮೋಚನೆ | Critical | 1:30 | Human theologian |
| 25 | Giving and Generosity | ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಔದಾರ್ಯ | Low | 16:1-4 | Automated review |
| 26 | Thanksgiving and Christian Fellowship | ಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾಸ್ತುತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಅನ್ಯೋನ್ಯತೆ | Low | 1:4-9; 16:15-18 | Automated review |
| 27 | The Church as God’s Unified People | ದೇವರ ಏಕೀಕೃತ ಜನರಾಗಿ ಸಭೆ | Medium | 1:2; 12:12-27; 16:1-20 | Native speaker review |
Part 3 — Risk Tier Summary
| Risk Tier | Count | Doctrines |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 5 | The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Believers; The Cross as Wisdom and Power; Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ; Redemption in Christ |
| High | 15 | The Gospel of First Importance; Divine Wisdom versus Worldly Wisdom; Christian Unity versus Factionalism; Church Discipline and Holiness; The Body as Temple and Sexual Purity; Christian Liberty and Idol Meat; Idolatry; The Lord’s Supper; Head Covering and Gender Order in Worship; Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ; Tongues and Prophecy Rightly Ordered; Women’s Speech in Worship Gatherings; Love as the Greater Way; Grace and Apostolic Identity; Election and the Abolition of Status-Boasting |
| Medium | 5 | Lawsuits Among Believers and Communal Accountability; Marriage and Singleness; Apostolic Stewardship and Rights Renounced for the Gospel; Order in Worship; The Church as God’s Unified People |
| Low | 2 | Giving and Generosity; Thanksgiving and Christian Fellowship |
| Total | 27 | — |
Review routing totals: 20 doctrines require human theologian review; 5 require native speaker review; 2 require automated review only. These figures and every doctrine/tier pairing above are drawn directly from and remain fully consistent with assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json.
Part 4 — Full-Chapter Coverage Confirmation
Every chapter of 1 Corinthians (1–16) has been explicitly reviewed above and carries load-bearing doctrinal content requiring translation-risk routing; no chapter in this book is doctrine-silent. Chapters 1, 6, 11, 12, 14, and 15 carry the highest concentration of Critical/High material (multiple overlapping doctrines within a single chapter) and should receive priority sequencing in Phase 2 human theologian review scheduling.
This document extends assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json and analysis/08_core_glossary.md for Phase 2 routing purposes and introduces no new doctrines, terms, or risk tiers beyond those already established in those artifacts and the Romans baseline.
Critical Risk Doctrines
The Resurrection of Christ
Kannada name: ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನ ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನ
Key terms: resurrection, appeared, buried, third day
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: never ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ. The core passage’s creedal claim depends on a bodily, historical, once-for-all event witnessed by named, checkable eyewitnesses (ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡನು must denote objective bodily appearing, not a devotional vision); 15:14-19 makes the entire faith contingent on this being literal history, not myth or mystical experience.
The Resurrection of Believers
Kannada name: ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಿಗಳ ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನ
Key terms: resurrection, spiritual body, perishable/imperishable, last Adam, sting of death, victory
Review routing: Human theologian
ಆತ್ಮಿಕ ದೇಹ must be taught as the same body transformed and glorified — continuity of personal identity — never a bodiless soul-only afterlife, reincarnation into a different body (ಪುನರ್ಜನ್ಮ), or dissolution/merger into an impersonal spiritual reality as in the Veerashaiva Aikya state. This is one of the theologically densest passages in the whole curriculum.
The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Kannada name: ಶಿಲುಬೆಯು ದೇವರ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ
Key terms: cross, wisdom, foolishness, power of God
Review routing: Human theologian
The claim that God’s ಜ್ಞಾನ is revealed specifically and only in a crucified Messiah collides with jñāna-mārga’s centrality in Vedantic thought (wisdom as self-realized philosophical insight) and with ಶಕ್ತಿ-style notions of divine power; ಶಿಲುಬೆ must never be softened toward meritorious ascetic suffering (tapasya), and ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ (never ಶಕ್ತಿ) must be used for God’s power revealed in the cross.
Baptism and Incorporation into the Body of Christ
Kannada name: ದೀಕ್ಷಾಸ್ನಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನ ದೇಹದೊಳಗೆ ಸೇರ್ಪಡೆ
Key terms: baptism, body of Christ, members, called
Review routing: Human theologian
Not addressed in the Romans baseline despite Romans 6 usage, and therefore established fresh here as Critical: ದೀಕ್ಷೆ (dīkṣā) is the technical name of the Lingayat community’s own central guru-administered initiation sacrament (receiving the ishtalinga), and of guru-mantra initiation traditions more broadly. Christian baptism must be taught as Spirit-wrought identification with Christ’s death and resurrection and incorporation into his one body, never as a guru-transmitted lineage-initiation or mantra-empowerment. Recommended for the curriculum’s own forbidden-substitution watch list.
Redemption in Christ
Kannada name: ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಮೋಚನೆ
Key terms: redemption, righteousness, sanctification, wisdom
Review routing: Human theologian
ವಿಮೋಚನೆ sits immediately adjacent to the forbidden ಮೋಕ್ಷ/ಮುಕ್ತಿ zone already excluded by the Romans baseline for ‘salvation’; it must never be allowed to drift toward ‘release’ from the rebirth cycle. This redemption is a purchased deliverance from sin’s penalty and power, received by a person who remains a person in relationship with God.
High Risk Doctrines
The Gospel of First Importance
Kannada name: ಪ್ರಥಮ ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆಯ ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ
Key terms: gospel, received, delivered, preach
Review routing: Human theologian
ಸುವಾರ್ತೆ must remain the one, fixed, historically-anchored proclamation Paul formally ‘delivered’ and the Corinthians formally ‘received’ (15:1, 3) — technical transmission-of-tradition language distinct from Karnataka’s own devotional teaching traditions (Haridasa kirtane, Veerashaiva vachana), which are treasured but not claimed as God’s own fixed apostolic message.
Divine Wisdom versus Worldly Wisdom
Kannada name: ದೇವರ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಲೋಕದ ಜ್ಞಾನ
Key terms: wisdom, mystery, natural person, knowledge
Review routing: Human theologian
ಜ್ಞಾನ’s Advaita jñāna-mārga associations and ರಹಸ್ಯ’s esoteric-initiation associations both risk assimilating Paul’s Spirit-revealed, openly-disclosed wisdom to a self-attained or guru-transmitted secret teaching reserved for spiritual elites, exactly the opposite of Paul’s point that this wisdom is now revealed to all who have the Spirit (2:10-12).
Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Kannada name: ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಏಕತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪಂಗಡಬದ್ಧತೆ
Key terms: divisions/factions, church, called
Review routing: Human theologian
The Corinthians’ party-loyalty to human leaders (Paul/Apollos/Cephas/Christ, 1:12) risks being read through Karnataka’s own plural matha (monastic-lineage institution) loyalties or denominational partisanship as simply one more acceptable form of religious-community alignment, rather than as the rebuke of ANY faction-forming loyalty — even a ‘Christ party’ — that Paul intends.
Church Discipline and Holiness
Kannada name: ಸಭೆಯ ಶಿಸ್ತು ಮತ್ತು ಪವಿತ್ರತೆ
Key terms: sexual immorality, deliver to Satan, leaven, Passover, holy
Review routing: Human theologian
The severe corrective act of 5:5 (‘deliver to Satan’) must be taught as restorative discipline (‘that his spirit may be saved’), not magical cursing; the leaven/Passover imagery (5:6-8) requires OT background given the audience’s low OT-narrative literacy, and holiness here is corporate accountability, not individual ritual purity.
The Body as Temple and Sexual Purity
Kannada name: ದೇಹವು ಪವಿತ್ರಾತ್ಮನ ದೇವಾಲಯ
Key terms: temple, sexual immorality, one flesh, bought with a price, members
Review routing: Human theologian
ದೇವಾಲಯ, identical to the ordinary word for a Hindu temple building, cannot be avoided since Paul’s own metaphor requires ‘temple’; must be repeatedly clarified as the Spirit’s indwelling of the believer’s body, not a physical shrine requiring ritual purity codes comparable to Hindu temple-purity practice, and must ground chastity teaching in belonging to God (bought with a price), not ritual defilement.
Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Kannada name: ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿದ ಆಹಾರ
Key terms: idol meat, idol, conscience, liberty, stumbling block, knowledge
Review routing: Human theologian
ವಿಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿದ ಆಹಾರ must NEVER be rendered ಪ್ರಸಾದ, the ordinary positively-loaded Kannada/Hindu term for deity-blessed, sanctifying food; using it would import exactly the sanctifying association Paul is qualifying, since for Paul the meat itself is neutral (‘an idol is nothing’) while participation can still wound conscience or compromise witness.
Idolatry
Kannada name: ವಿಗ್ರಹಾರಾಧನೆ
Key terms: idolatry, the Lord’s table / table of demons, idol
Review routing: Human theologian
ವಿಗ್ರಹಾರಾಧನೆ is the single most direct cultural-collision doctrine in the letter, given the prevalence of temple worship practices across the Kannada-speaking cultural context; the either/or exclusivity of 10:21 (‘the Lord’s table’ vs ‘the table of demons’) must be preserved without softening, and must not be taught as merely a historical Corinthian problem irrelevant to contemporary readers.
The Lord’s Supper
Kannada name: ಕರ್ತನ ಭೋಜನ
Key terms: Lord’s Supper, new covenant, remembrance, discern the body, unworthy manner, cup of blessing
Review routing: Human theologian
ಕರ್ತನ ಭೋಜನ must be distinguished both from an ordinary communal potluck (the Corinthian abuse Paul corrects) and from any pattern resembling naivedya/prasāda, where food is offered to a deity and then consumed as a blessing; the meal commemorates Christ’s finished sacrificial death and does not itself constitute an offering made to God.
Head Covering and Gender Order in Worship
Kannada name: ಆರಾಧನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿರಸ್ಸಿನ ಕ್ರಮ ಮತ್ತು ಮುಸುಕು
Key terms: head/headship, covering/veil, glory
Review routing: Human theologian
The headship analogy (Christ/man/God, 11:3) is sensitive across Karnataka’s varied kinship structures, including coastal Karnataka’s matrilineal Aliyasantana/Bunt traditions; must preserve Paul’s specific ordered-relationship point without importing a generic patriarchal caste-household hierarchy or dismissing the passage as a merely cultural fashion note.
Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Kannada name: ಆತ್ಮಿಕ ವರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನ ದೇಹ
Key terms: spiritual gifts, members, body of Christ, tongues, word of wisdom, gifts of healing, discerning of spirits
Review routing: Human theologian
The single-body-with-differentiated-parts metaphor closely echoes the Puruṣasūkta (Rig Veda 10.90), the ancient myth in which the cosmic Puruṣa’s body parts are the mythological origin of caste ranking; Paul’s argument is the opposite — weaker and less-honorable members receive greater, not lesser, honor (12:22-25), with ‘no division in the body.’ This contrast must be made explicit, never left implicit, to avoid the body-metaphor being read as endorsing caste-like ranking of persons.
Tongues and Prophecy Rightly Ordered
Kannada name: ಭಾಷೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರವಾದನೆಯ ಕ್ರಮಬದ್ಧ ಬಳಕೆ
Key terms: tongues, interpretation of tongues, prophecy, order
Review routing: Human theologian
ಭಾಷೆಗಳು must be clearly distinguished from ecstatic trance/spirit-possession phenomena in Karnataka folk religious practice (e.g., village-goddess oracle possession, ‘ದೇವರು ಮೈಮೇಲೆ ಬರುವುದು’); chapter 14’s own controlling principle — that ‘the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets’ and all things must be done ‘decently and in order’ — must be preserved as the frame distinguishing Spirit-given, self-controlled worship speech from involuntary trance-possession.
Women’s Speech in Worship Gatherings
Kannada name: ಆರಾಧನಾ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯರ ಮಾತು
Key terms: let the women keep silence, covering/veil, prophecy
Review routing: Human theologian
This instruction’s scope is genuinely disputed among faithful interpreters relative to 11:5’s assumption that women do pray and prophesy in the assembly; the primary risk is interpretive/pastoral rather than a Hindu-tradition collision, but it is doctrinally significant and must not be resolved unilaterally by the translation team — a translator’s note documenting the interpretive options is required alongside mandatory theologian review.
Love as the Greater Way
Kannada name: ಪ್ರೀತಿಯು ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮವಾದ ಮಾರ್ಗ
Key terms: love, hope, faith, spiritual gifts
Review routing: Human theologian
ಪ್ರೀತಿ must be distinguished from the passionate, longing devotional love (prema-bhakti/viraha-bhakti) directed at Krishna in coastal Karnataka’s Haridasa tradition; Paul’s ἀγάπη is active, patient, and neighbor-directed rather than primarily an emotional experience directed at a chosen deity, and its ranking above even faith and hope (13:13) requires careful framing against bhakti traditions’ own claims about devotional love’s supremacy.
Grace and Apostolic Identity
Kannada name: ಕೃಪೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಪೊಸ್ತಲಿಕ ಗುರುತು
Key terms: grace, called, untimely born, least of the apostles
Review routing: Human theologian
The threefold ಕೃಪೆ of 15:10 is the letter’s clearest statement that Paul’s entire transformed identity and labor is grace’s product, not merit; this must be taught against both the general Hindu karma-merit economy and the Lingayat kayaka-dasoha ethic in which right standing is demonstrated through disciplined sacred work — Paul’s ‘I worked harder than any of them’ is immediately and explicitly subordinated to grace, not offered as independent meritorious achievement.
Election and the Abolition of Status-Boasting
Kannada name: ದೇವರ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನದ ಹೊಗಳಿಕೆಯ ನಿರಾಕರಣೆ
Key terms: election/God’s choice, boasting, wisdom, redemption
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s deliberate choosing of the foolish, weak, lowly, and despised of the world carries sharp caste-hierarchy resonance in Karnataka; the point of the passage is the total abolition of all worldly status-based boasting before God (1:29-31), not merely a reversal that still ranks persons by status — this distinction must be made explicit in teaching materials.
Medium Risk Doctrines
Lawsuits Among Believers and Communal Accountability
Kannada name: ವಿಶ್ವಾಸಿಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ವ್ಯಾಜ್ಯಗಳು
Key terms: saints will judge the world, judge/judgment
Review routing: Native speaker review
Paul’s expectation that believers resolve disputes within the church rather than before secular courts is a practical wisdom matter with limited syncretism risk in the Kannada context, but requires care that ಪವಿತ್ರ ಜನರು (‘the saints’) retains its corporate, non-elite sense here as elsewhere.
Marriage and Singleness
Kannada name: ವಿವಾಹ ಮತ್ತು ಅವಿವಾಹಿತ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ
Key terms: marriage, singleness, virgin, conjugal duty, divorce, calling
Review routing: Native speaker review
Both states must be taught as equally legitimate, Spirit-gifted callings (7:7), not ranked according to the Hindu āśrama-system logic in which marriage (gṛhastha) is a lower life-stage eventually transcended by renunciation (sannyāsa) for higher spiritual attainment; singleness here serves undivided gospel devotion, not ascetic merit-accumulation.
Apostolic Stewardship and Rights Renounced for the Gospel
Kannada name: ಅಪೊಸ್ತಲಿಕ ಮನೆವಾರ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳು
Key terms: steward, self-control, imperishable crown, disqualified, apostle
Review routing: Native speaker review
Paul’s self-control (ಸ್ವನಿಯಂತ್ರಣ) in ministry must be framed as Spirit-enabled discipline for gospel service and future reward, not assimilated to yogic/ascetic indriya-nigraha practiced as a self-attained technique earning liberation or merit.
Order in Worship
Kannada name: ಆರಾಧನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ರಮ
Key terms: order, decently and in order, edification
Review routing: Native speaker review
The general principle of orderly, edifying worship carries limited syncretism risk in itself; care is needed only that ಕ್ರಮ is not read as ritual procedural correctness for its own sake, detached from the stated goal of mutual edification (14:26).
The Church as God’s Unified People
Kannada name: ದೇವರ ಏಕೀಕೃತ ಜನರಾಗಿ ಸಭೆ
Key terms: church, saints, body of Christ, fellowship
Review routing: Native speaker review
The church throughout 1 Corinthians must remain a covenant community of persons in living relationship with Christ and one another, not a caste-segregated or ritually-defined institution; this doctrine underlies and summarizes the unity, discipline, and body-of-Christ material spread across the whole letter.
Low Risk Doctrines
Giving and Generosity
Kannada name: ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಔದಾರ್ಯ
Key terms: collection
Review routing: Automated review
Practical instructions for the Jerusalem relief collection carry minimal doctrinal or syncretism risk; standard vocabulary is sufficient.
Thanksgiving and Christian Fellowship
Kannada name: ಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾಸ್ತುತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತ ಅನ್ಯೋನ್ಯತೆ
Key terms: thanksgiving, fellowship
Review routing: Automated review
Standard, low-ambiguity vocabulary; minor risk of over-ritualization in ಕೃತಜ್ಞತಾಸ್ತುತಿ, otherwise well-established.
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