Core Glossary
08 — Core Glossary: 1 Timothy
This glossary extends the Romans-baseline translation_memory.json for the 1 Timothy curriculum. Section A lists terms reused exactly from the baseline (no changes permitted). Section B lists new terms introduced by 1 Timothy, organized by the curriculum’s eight named doctrines, with a final appendix of additional supporting vocabulary. All new entries must be merged into translation_memory.json (version incremented) before Phase 2 translation begins, per the AI Translation Requirements’ Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions.
Section A — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (No Changes)
| Term | Konkani | Risk | Passages in 1 Timothy |
|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | सुवार्ता | High | 1:11 |
| grace | कृपा | High | 1:2, 1:14 |
| faith | विश्वास | High | throughout (1:2, 1:5, 1:14, 1:19, 2:7, 2:15, 3:9, 3:13, 4:1, 4:6, 4:12, 5:8, 5:12, 6:10-12, 6:21) |
| righteousness | नीतिमत्ता | Critical | 6:11 |
| salvation | तारण | Critical | (root; see also new “Savior/तारक” below) |
| apostle | प्रेषित | Medium | 1:1, 2:7 |
| holy | पवित्र | High | 2:8 (“holy hands”) |
| sanctification | पवित्रीकरण | High | (thematic, cf. 4:5 “sanctified”) |
| law | नियमशास्त्र | High | 1:7-9 |
| sin | पाप | High | 1:9, 1:15, 5:20, 5:22, 5:24 |
| glory | गौरव | High | 1:11, 1:17, 3:16 |
| god | देव (with exclusivity marker) | Critical | throughout |
| lord | प्रभू | Critical | 1:2, 1:12, 1:14, 6:3, 6:14-15 |
| jesus | येशू | Critical | throughout |
| father | पिता | Critical | 1:2 |
| holy_spirit | पवित्र आत्मा | Critical | 4:1 (contrast with deceiving spirits) |
| church | मंडळी | Medium | 3:5, 3:15, 5:16 |
| thanksgiving | धन्यवाद | Low | 1:12, 2:1, 4:3-4 |
| fellowship | सहभागिता | Low | (implicit, household-of-faith context) |
| exhort | उत्तेजन देणें / विनवणी | Low | 1:3, 2:1, 5:1, 6:2 |
| intercession | मध्यस्थी | Medium | 2:1 |
| spiritual_gifts | आत्मिक वरदान | Medium | 4:14 |
| prophecy | भविष्यवाणी | Low | 1:18, 4:14 |
| calling / called | बोलावणें / बोलावलेले | High | (thematic, cf. 6:12 “called”) |
Section B — New Terms Introduced by 1 Timothy, by Doctrine
Doctrine 1: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
| Term | Greek | Konkani | Transliteration | Risk | Alternatives Rejected | Notes / Passages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sound doctrine | ὑγιαινούσῃ διδασκαλίᾳ | सुदृढ शिकवण | sudṛḍh śikavaṇ | High | बरी शिकवण (too weak, loses “health-giving” force) | 1:10, 4:6, 6:3. Central term of the letter. |
| different/false doctrine | ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν | वेगळी शिकवण दिवप | vegḷī śikavaṇ divap | High | खोटी शिकवण (too flatly “lie,” loses “other/deviant” nuance) | 1:3, 6:3. Contrastive pair with सुदृढ शिकवण. |
| myths and genealogies | μῦθοι καὶ γενεαλογίαι | दंतकथा आनी वंशावळी | dantakathā āni vanśāvaḷī | High | पुराणकथा (too directly evokes the Hindu Puranas as a genre, risking over-identification) | 1:4. Scope narrowly to speculative fable, not OT genealogy or all narrative as such. |
| deceiving spirits | πνεύματα πλάνα | भ्रामक आत्मे | bhrāmak ātme | High | (आत्मे alone rejected — collides with holy_spirit root and with Hindu atman) | 4:1. Qualifier भ्रामक mandatory every occurrence. |
| demon | δαιμόνιον | भूत | bhūt | High | दुरात्मा (less established in regional Bible tradition) | 4:1. Concrete collision with Goan folk bhut-pret belief; requires explanatory framing (defeated, hostile, never venerated/appeased). |
| ascetic false teaching (forbid marriage, foods) | κωλυόντων γαμεῖν, ἀπέχεσθαι βρωμάτων | लग्न करूंक बंदी, जेवणाचेर बंदी | lagna karūnk bandī, jevaṇācer bandī | High | (descriptive phrase, no single-word gloss) | 4:3-4. Direct collision with regional ascetic/dietary-purity ideals; must not be softened. |
| knowledge falsely so called | ψευδώνυμος γνῶσις | खोट्या नांवाचें ज्ञान | khoṭyā nāṅvāce jñān | High | नुस्तें ज्ञान (loses “falsely named” force) | 6:20. Qualifier essential — do not let this read as rejecting ज्ञान/jnana as a category. |
| deposit (of faith/doctrine) | παραθήκη | थेवणी | thevaṇī | High | ठेव (regional variant acceptable as alternate spelling; थेवणी preferred for Konkani orthography) | 6:20; cf. doctrine 8 below. |
| faithful saying | πιστὸς ὁ λόγος | विश्वासयोग्य वचन | viśvāsayogya vacan | Medium | खरें वचन (loses “reliably trustworthy” institutional-formula sense) | 1:15, 3:1, 4:9. Render identically at every occurrence (also 2 Tim 2:11, Titus 3:8 in later curricula). |
Doctrine 2: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
| Term | Greek | Konkani | Transliteration | Risk | Alternatives Rejected | Notes / Passages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overseer/bishop (office) | ἐπίσκοπος / ἐπισκοπή | अध्यक्ष | adhyakṣa | High | बिशप (imports Catholic diocesan-bishop hierarchical connotation) | 3:1-2. Requires translator note distinguishing from Catholic institutional bishop. |
| elder | πρεσβύτερος | वडील (qualify as मंडळीचो वडील for the office) | vaḍīl / mandaḷīco vaḍīl | Medium | गुरू (rejected per baseline “apostle” precedent — guru-authority structure) | 5:1, 5:17, 5:19. Also generic “elder person” sense at 5:1-2. |
| deacon | διάκονος | मंडळीचो सेवक | mandaḷīco sevak | Medium-High | सेवक alone (too generic; collides with temple-service sevā/sevak) | 3:8-13. Qualifier मंडळीचो mandatory. |
| blameless / above reproach | ἀνεπίλημπτος | निंदेविरहित | nindevirahit | Medium | निर्दोष (acceptable secondary variant) | 3:2. |
| blameless (forensic sense) | ἀνέγκλητος | दोषरहित | doṣarahit | Low-Medium | — | 3:10. Distinct nuance from ἀνεπίλημπτος. |
| husband of one wife | μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα | एका बायलेचो घोव | ekā bāylecho ghov | High | — | 3:2, 3:12. Flag for theologian review (polity implications). |
| sober / temperate | νηφάλιος | संयमी | sanyamī | Low-Medium | — | 3:2, 3:11. |
| respectable / orderly | κόσμιος | सभ्य | sabhya | Low | — | 3:2. |
| hospitable | φιλόξενος | पावणेराय दाखोवपी | pāvaṇerāy dākhovpī | Low | — | 3:2. |
| able to teach | διδακτικός | शिकोवपाक शक्तिमान | śikovpāk śaktimān | Medium | — | 3:2. Distinguishes overseer role from deacon role (teaching not required of deacons). |
| gentle | ἐπιεικής | सौम्य | saumya | Low | — | 3:3. |
| not a lover of money | ἀφιλάργυρος | धनलोभी न्हय | dhanlobhī nhay | Medium-High | — | 3:3. Must match धनलोभ (6:10) exactly. |
| manage/rule well | προΐστημι (καλῶς) | बरी व्यवस्था करप | barī vyavasthā karap | Medium | — | 3:4, 3:5, 3:12, 5:17. Render identically at every occurrence. |
| in subjection | ὑποταγή | अधीनताय | adhīnatāy | High | — | 3:4; also 2:11. Distinguish from caste/gender social subordination. |
| dignity/gravity | σεμνότης / σεμνός | गंभीरताय / आदरणीय | gambhīratāy / ādaraṇīy | Low-Medium | — | 3:4, 3:8, 3:11. |
| novice | νεόφυτος | नवो विश्वासी | navo viśvāsī | Medium | — | 3:6. |
| good testimony from outsiders | μαρτυρία καλή ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν | बाहेरच्यांकडल्यान बरी साक्ष | bāhercyāṅkaḍlyān barī sākṣ | Medium | — | 3:7. |
| double-tongued | δίλογος | दुबोल्यां न्हय | dubolyā nhay | Low | — | 3:8. |
| greedy of dishonest gain | αἰσχροκερδής | फटकिरो फायदो सोदपी न्हय | phaṭkiro phāydo sodpī nhay | Medium | — | 3:8. Links to Care for Widows (deacons handle charitable funds). |
| tested/proven | δοκιμάζω | परखणें / तपासणें | parakhaṇẽ / tapāsaṇẽ | Medium | — | 3:10. |
| women/wives (deacons’) | γυναῖκας | बायलो | bāylo | High | — | 3:11. Deliberately ambiguous, matching Greek; flag for theologian review, do not resolve. |
| slanderer (adjectival) | διάβολος (adj.) | कुरापती काडपी | kurāpatī kāḍpī | Medium | — | 3:11. Distinguish from proper-noun “Satan/devil” sense. |
| standing/rank | βαθμός (καλόν) | बरो हुद्दो | baro huddo | Medium | कमावलेली नीतिमत्ता (earned righteousness — explicitly rejected; must not read as merit toward salvation) | 3:13. |
| boldness/confidence | παρρησία | धैर्य | dhairya | Medium | — | 3:13; cf. 6:12-13. |
Doctrine 3: Christ as the One Mediator
| Term | Greek | Konkani | Transliteration | Risk | Alternatives Rejected | Notes / Passages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mediator | μεσίτης | मध्यस्थ | madhyastha | Critical | गुरू, संत, मध्यस्थी (noun form reserved for “intercession” per baseline) | 2:5. Excludes all other mediating figures — saints, priests, gurus. Mandatory theologian review. |
| one God / one mediator | εἷς θεός, εἷς μεσίτης | एकच देव, एकच मध्यस्थ | eklo-c dev, eklo-c madhyastha | Critical | — | 2:5. Deliberate rhetorical pairing; render both “one”s identically. |
| ransom | ἀντίλυτρον | खंडणी | khaṇḍaṇī | High | भेट/नैवेद्य-type offering framing (explicitly rejected — this is God’s gift, not a human offering to appease God) | 2:6. |
| Savior | σωτήρ | तारक | tārak | High | रक्षक, मुक्तिदाता (latter risks मुक्ती/liberation-from-rebirth collision) | 1:1, 2:3, 4:10. Built on established तारण root. |
| testimony (in due time) | μαρτύριον | साक्ष | sākṣ | Low | — | 2:6. |
| good confession | ὁμολογία (καλή) | जाहीर कबुली | jāhīr kabulī | Medium-High | — | 6:12-13. Cross-reference to Romans 10:9 confession family. |
Doctrine 4: Public Worship and Prayer
| Term | Greek | Konkani | Transliteration | Risk | Alternatives Rejected | Notes / Passages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prayer (general) | προσευχή | प्रार्थना | prārthanā | High | — | 2:1. Must be marked as direct address to the one true God, no ritual image/intermediary. |
| supplication | δέησις | विनवणी | vinavaṇī | Low | — | 2:1. (Reuses baseline “exhort” vocabulary.) |
| those in authority | ὑπεροχή (οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ) | अधिकारांत आशिल्ले | adhikārānt āśille | Medium | — | 2:2. Politically sensitive given Goa’s colonial/post-colonial history. |
| quiet and peaceable life | ἤρεμος καὶ ἡσύχιος βίος | शांत आनी सुखी जिणी | śānt āni sukhī jiṇī | Low | — | 2:2. |
| modest apparel | καταστολὴ κόσμιος | सभ्य पोशाक | sabhya pośāk | Medium | — | 2:9. Cultural-application note re: jewelry norms; native-speaker review, not theologian. |
| to have/exercise authority over | αὐθεντεῖν | अधिकार गाजोवप | adhikār gājovap | High | — | 2:12. Contested scholarly term; flag for theologian review, follow established formal-equivalence convention. |
| saved in childbearing | σωθήσεται διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας | बाळंतपणांत तारण मेळटलें (working gloss — pending theologian resolution) | bāḷantpaṇānt tāraṇ meḷṭalẽ | Critical | — | 2:15. Must not imply salvation-by-works; mandatory theologian review before finalizing any rendering. |
Doctrine 5: The Church as Pillar of Truth
| Term | Greek | Konkani | Transliteration | Risk | Alternatives Rejected | Notes / Passages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| house of God | οἶκος θεοῦ | देवाचें घर | devāce ghar | Medium | देऊळ/मंदिर (forbidden per baseline “church” entry) | 3:15. Metaphorical, never a literal shrine building. |
| the living God | θεὸς ζῶν | जिवो देव | jivo dev | High | — | 3:15, 4:10. Contrast with fixed temple-image (murti) devotion. |
| truth | ἀλήθεια | सत्य | satya | Medium | — | 3:15. Fixed, revealed, apostolic truth — not relativistic. |
| pillar and foundation of truth | στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας | सत्याचो खांबो आनी पाया | satyāco khāmbo āni pāyā | High | — | 3:15. Names the doctrine directly. |
| mystery | μυστήριον | रहस्य | rahasya | Critical | (no viable substitute identified; risk managed via mandatory translator note) | 3:9, 3:16. Sharpest collision-risk term in the book — reverses the Hindu-tradition sense of “rahasya” as an esoteric secret; biblical mystery is now openly proclaimed to all. |
| mystery of godliness | τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον | देवनिष्ठेचें रहस्य | devaniṣṭhece rahasya | Critical | — | 3:16. Introduces the incarnation/deity-of-Christ creedal fragment; cross-reference baseline incarnation, deity_of_christ, resurrection_of_christ. |
| conscience | συνείδησις | सद्सद्विवेकबुद्धी | sadsadvivekbuddhī | High | — | 1:5, 1:19, 3:9, 4:2. A God-oriented moral faculty, not mere social propriety. |
Doctrine 6: Godliness and Contentment
| Term | Greek | Konkani | Transliteration | Risk | Alternatives Rejected | Notes / Passages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| godliness | εὐσέβεια | देवनिष्ठा | devaniṣṭhā | High | भक्ती (Hindu temple-devotion connotation, per baseline “faith” precedent), धार्मिकपणा (shares forbidden धर्म root) | 2:2, 3:16, 4:7-8, 6:3, 6:5-6, 6:11. Coined compound; use consistently at every occurrence. |
| contentment | αὐτάρκεια | समाधान | samādhān | High | — | 6:6. Distinguish from Stoic self-sufficiency and from Hindu vairagya/renunciation-based detachment. |
| love of money | φιλαργυρία | धनलोभ | dhanlobh | High | — | 6:10. Must match धनलोभी (3:3) exactly. |
| bodily exercise | σωματικὴ γυμνασία | शारीरिक कवायत | śārīrik kavāyat | Low | — | 4:8. |
| man of God | ἄνθρωπε θεοῦ | देवाच्या मनशा | devācyā manśā | Medium | — | 6:11. |
| eternal life | ζωὴ αἰώνιος | सार्वकालिक जीवन | sārvakālik jīvan | High | — | 6:12, 6:19. Distinguish from moksha (impersonal liberation) — relational, personal fellowship with God. |
| King of kings, Lord of lords | βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων καὶ κύριος τῶν κυριευόντων | राजांचो राजा आनी प्रभूंचो प्रभू | rājāṅco rājā āni prabhūṅco prabhū | Critical | — | 6:15. Reinforces baseline lordship_of_christ exclusivity. |
| only Potentate/Sovereign | μόνος δυνάστης | एकच अधिपती | eklo-c adhipatī | High | शक्ती-root terms (forbidden per baseline power_of_god), Maheshwar/Parameshwar-type Shiva-linked honorifics | 6:15. |
| immortality | ἀθανασία | अमरत्व | amaratva | High | — | 6:16. God’s own underived nature, not the Hindu doctrine of an inherently deathless atman. |
| unapproachable light | φῶς ἀπρόσιτον | अगम्य उजवाड | agamya ujavāḍ | High | तेज-based renderings (baseline generally avoids, but this verse’s own light-metaphor cannot be eliminated, only carefully qualified) | 6:16. |
Doctrine 7: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
| Term | Greek | Konkani | Transliteration | Risk | Alternatives Rejected | Notes / Passages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| widow | χήρα | विधवा | vidhavā | Medium | — | 5:3-16. |
| widow indeed | ὄντως χήρα | खरी विधवा | kharī vidhavā | High | — | 5:3, 5:5, 5:16. Counters historical Hindu social marginalization of widows — countercultural doctrine, teach with contrast explicit. |
| household/family of one’s own | οἰκεῖοι | आपलें कुटुंब | āple kuṭumb | Medium | — | 5:8. |
| denied the faith | τὴν πίστιν ἤρνηται | विश्वास न्हकारलो | viśvās nhakārlo | High | — | 5:8. Practical neglect equated with doctrinal denial. |
| double honor | διπλῆ τιμή | दुप्पट मान | duppaṭ mān | Medium | — | 5:17. |
| labor in word and doctrine | κοπιῶντες ἐν λόγῳ καὶ διδασκαλίᾳ | वचन आनी शिकवणींत मेहनत करप | vacan āni śikavaṇīnt mehnat karap | Medium | — | 5:17. |
| servant/bondservant | δοῦλος | दास | dās | High | गुलाम (retains stronger chattel-slavery connotation without the household-of-faith reframing) | 6:1. Requires cultural-historical caution re: Goa’s slave-trade/bonded-labor memory; never read as endorsing slavery. |
| master | δεσπότης | धनी | dhanī | Medium | — | 6:1-2. |
Doctrine 8: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
| Term | Greek | Konkani | Transliteration | Risk | Alternatives Rejected | Notes / Passages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deposit (entrusted trust) | παραθήκη | थेवणी | thevaṇī | High | — | 6:20 (also recurs 2 Tim 1:14 in later curriculum). Pair with जतनाय करप (“to guard”). |
| depart from the faith | ἀποστήσονται τῆς πίστεως | विश्वासापासून पयस जावप | viśvāsāpāsun payas jāvap | High | — | 4:1. Names real apostasy risk. |
| seared conscience | κεκαυτηριασμένη συνείδησις | जळिल्ली सद्सद्विवेकबुद्धी | jaḷillī sadsadvivekbuddhī | High | — | 4:2. |
| tested/proven (of leaders) | δοκιμάζω | परखणें / तपासणें | parakhaṇẽ / tapāsaṇẽ | Medium | — | 3:10; cf. leadership doctrine above — untested leaders as vector for doctrinal corruption. |
| laying on of hands | ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν | हात दवरप | hāt davarap | Medium | — | 4:14, 5:22. Distinguish from generic Hindu blessing-gesture (āśīrvād). |
| the presbytery / council of elders | πρεσβυτέριον | वडिलांची सभा | vaḍilāncī sabhā | Medium | — | 4:14. |
| knowledge falsely so called | ψευδώνυμος γνῶσις | खोट्या नांवाचें ज्ञान | khoṭyā nāṅvāce jñān | High | — | 6:20. (Also cross-listed under Doctrine 1.) |
| delivered unto Satan | παραδίδωμι τῷ Σατανᾷ | सैतानाक सोंपोवप | saitānāk sompovap | Medium | — | 1:20. Corrective discipline, not curse/folk-exorcism ritual. |
| blaspheme | βλασφημέω | देवाची निंदा करप | devācī nindā karap | Medium | — | 1:20. |
Appendix — Additional Supporting Vocabulary (Low/Medium Risk, Cited for Completeness)
| Term | Greek | Konkani | Risk | Passages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mercy | ἔλεος | दया | Medium | 1:2, 1:13, 1:16 |
| blessed (of God) | μακάριος | धन्य | Low-Medium | 1:11 |
| incorruptible/immortal | ἄφθαρτος | अविनाशी | Medium | 1:17 |
| invisible | ἀόρατος | अदृश्य | Medium | 1:17 |
| pattern/example (Paul) | ὑποτύπωσις | नमुनो | Low | 1:16 |
| example (Timothy) | τύπος | आदर्श | Low-Medium | 4:12 |
| snare | παγίς | फाशो | Low | 3:7 |
| reproach | ὀνειδισμός | निंदा | Low | 3:7 |
Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2
- देवनिष्ठा (godliness) is a newly coined compound for this curriculum, not present in the Romans baseline. It must be entered into
translation_memory.jsonbefore any Phase 2 segment translation and used identically at every occurrence across all six chapters. - रहस्य (mystery) and मध्यस्थ (mediator) are this curriculum’s two highest-risk new terms (Critical), given their acute collision with, respectively, the regional esoteric-teaching category “rahasya” and the multiple mediating figures (saints, priests, gurus) present across Goa’s Catholic and Hindu traditions. Both require mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence, consistent with the baseline’s escalation rules.
- Per the baseline’s Theological Consistency Rules Across Documents, all Section A terms must remain byte-for-byte identical to the Romans baseline; any apparent contextual mismatch (e.g., “conscience” appearing far more often here than in Romans) does not justify altering the established renderings of terms Romans already fixed.
- This glossary’s Section B entries should be merged into a single project-wide
translation_memory.json(version incremented) prior to Phase 2, per the Translation Memory Load and Enforcement Instructions in12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्ता
Transliteration: nītimattā
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly; never धर्म. Listed among virtues Timothy must pursue, 6:11.
Salvation
Approved rendering: तारण
Transliteration: tāraṇ
Doctrine: Role of Women in Worship and the ‘Saved in Childbearing’ Crux
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ती, मोक्ष, सुटका
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly; never मुक्ती/मोक्ष. Root underlies तारक (Savior) below and the disputed crux at 2:15.
God
Approved rendering: देव
Transliteration: dev
Doctrine: Nature and Attributes of the One True God
Rejected alternatives: भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. MUST carry an exclusivity marker (एकच देव / एकच खरो देव) in every doctrinally load-bearing occurrence, especially 1:17 (‘only wise God’) and 2:5 (‘one God’).
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभू
Transliteration: prabhū
Doctrine: The Good Confession and Christ’s Sole Sovereignty
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, मालक
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1:2, 1:12, 1:14, 6:3; compounded as ‘Lord of lords’ 6:15.
Jesus
Approved rendering: येशू
Transliteration: yeśū
Doctrine: The Good Confession and Christ’s Sole Sovereignty
Rejected alternatives: जेजू
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly; never जेजू (Romi Konkani Catholic spelling).
Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्त
Transliteration: khrist
Doctrine: The Good Confession and Christ’s Sole Sovereignty
Inherited transliteration standard established across this pipeline’s 12_ai_translation_requirements.md; reused exactly as ख्रिस्त येशू throughout 1 Timothy (e.g. 1:1, 6:13-14).
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: pitā
Doctrine: Nature and Attributes of the One True God
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा, निर्माणकार
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Opening greeting, 1:2.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: pavitra ātmā
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Deceptive Teaching
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον / τὸ Πνεῦμα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly; never ब्रह्म/परमात्मा. 4:1’s personal, prophetic Spirit is set in sharp, textually explicit contrast with भ्रामक आत्मे (deceiving spirits) in the same verse.
Mediator
Approved rendering: मध्यस्थ
Transliteration: madhyastha
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator
Rejected alternatives: गुरू, संत
Original: μεσίτης
Category: Christology
New term, built on the same root as established मध्यस्थी (intercession) but a distinct agent-noun for Christ himself. A genuinely acute local risk: Goan Catholic tradition approaches saints/Mary as intercessory mediators; Goan Hindu temple practice relies on priests (purohit) and gurus as ritually necessary intermediaries. Must carry an explicit exclusivity note excluding all other mediating figures at every occurrence. 2:5. Human theologian review mandatory.
Saved In Childbearing
Approved rendering: बाळंतपणांत तारण मेळटलें (working gloss, pending theologian resolution)
Transliteration: bāḷantpaṇānt tāraṇ meḷṭalẽ
Doctrine: Role of Women in Worship and the ‘Saved in Childbearing’ Crux
Original: σωθήσεται διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας
Category: Salvation
One of the most exegetically difficult verses in the letter. Must carry an explicit translator note that this cannot be read as teaching salvation-by-the-work-of-childbearing, which would contradict the Critical justification-by-faith-alone doctrine. 2:15. Mandatory human theologian review before finalizing.
Mystery
Approved rendering: रहस्य
Transliteration: rahasya
Doctrine: The Mystery of Godliness (Incarnation and Deity of Christ)
Original: μυστήριον
Category: Faith
New term, no viable substitute identified; risk managed via mandatory translator note. रहस्य is heavily used across Hindu religious literature (Tantric rahasya texts, guru-transmitted secret teachings for initiates); biblical usage is the theological opposite — a truth once hidden, now openly proclaimed to all. 3:9, 3:16. Highest-priority fencing term in the letter; mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence.
Mystery Of Godliness
Approved rendering: देवनिष्ठेचें रहस्य
Transliteration: devaniṣṭhece rahasya
Doctrine: The Mystery of Godliness (Incarnation and Deity of Christ)
Original: τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον
Category: Christology
New term, combining रहस्य and देवनिष्ठा. The following creedal fragment (‘manifest in the flesh…received up into glory’) directly engages the baseline’s Critical incarnation, deity_of_christ, and resurrection_of_christ doctrines; never suggest अवतार-style repeatable divine descent. 3:16.
King Of Kings Lord Of Lords
Approved rendering: राजांचो राजा आनी प्रभूंचो प्रभू
Transliteration: rājāṅco rājā āni prabhūṅco prabhū
Doctrine: The Good Confession and Christ’s Sole Sovereignty
Original: ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων καὶ κύριος τῶν κυριευόντων
Category: God
New term, built on the established प्रभू root. Directly reinforces the baseline lordship_of_christ doctrine’s exclusivity requirement; must never read as one revered lord among Goa’s several temple deities. 6:15.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: सुवार्ता
Transliteration: suvārtā
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: बरी खबर, शुभवर्तमान
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1 Timothy 1:11, ‘the glorious gospel of the blessed God.‘
Grace
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: God’s Mercy and Grace toward the Chief of Sinners
Rejected alternatives: कर्मफळ, पुण्य, नशीब
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Opens (1:2, 1:14) and closes (6:21) the letter; must not collapse with दया (mercy, distinct term below).
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvās
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ती
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. The letter’s most frequent theological term; root shared with विश्वासयोग्य वचन, विश्वासापासून पयस जावप, विश्वास न्हकारलो below — all built on this exact root.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मळ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. ‘Holy hands’ lifted in prayer, 2:8.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: pavitrīkaraṇ
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धीकरण
Original: ἁγιάζω (cf. 4:5)
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Cf. 4:5, creation ‘sanctified’ by God’s word and prayer.
Law
Approved rendering: नियमशास्त्र
Transliteration: niyamaśāstra
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, कायदो
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly; never धर्म. 1:7-9, ‘the law is good, if used lawfully.‘
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāp
Doctrine: Elder Accountability and Church Discipline
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता
Original: ἁμαρτία / ἁμαρτωλός
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1:9, 1:15 (‘chief of sinners’), 5:20, 5:22, 5:24.
Glory
Approved rendering: गौरव
Transliteration: gaurav
Doctrine: Nature and Attributes of the One True God
Rejected alternatives: तेज, देवीतेज
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1:11, 1:17, and within the mystery-of-godliness creed 3:16.
Called
Approved rendering: बोलावलेले
Transliteration: bolāvlele
Doctrine: The Good Confession and Christ’s Sole Sovereignty
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रित
Original: κλητός (implicit)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 6:12, ‘called’ to eternal life at the good confession.
Calling
Approved rendering: बोलावणें
Transliteration: bolāvaṇẽ
Doctrine: The Good Confession and Christ’s Sole Sovereignty
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रण
Original: κλῆσις (implicit)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Underlies 6:12’s summons to lay hold on eternal life.
Sound Doctrine
Approved rendering: सुदृढ शिकवण
Transliteration: sudṛḍh śikavaṇ
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: बरी शिकवण
Original: ὑγιαινούσῃ διδασκαλίᾳ
Category: Faith
New term. Must retain the ὑγιαίνω ‘health-giving’ medical metaphor; never flatten to generic ‘good advice.’ Render identically at 1:10, 4:6, 6:3.
False Doctrine
Approved rendering: वेगळी शिकवण दिवप
Transliteration: vegḷī śikavaṇ divap
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: खोटी शिकवण
Original: ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω
Category: Faith
New term. Deliberate contrastive pair with सुदृढ शिकवण; avoid खोटी शिकवण alone, which flattens the ‘other/deviant’ nuance into simple falsehood. 1:3, 6:3.
Myths And Genealogies
Approved rendering: दंतकथा आनी वंशावळी
Transliteration: dantakathā āni vanśāvaḷī
Doctrine: Rejection of Speculative Myths and Genealogies
Rejected alternatives: पुराणकथा
Original: μῦθοι καὶ γενεαλογίαι ἀπέραντοι
Category: Faith
New term. पुराणकथा rejected because it over-identifies with the revered Puranic genre (Mahalasa/Shantadurga legends; the Kristapurana precedent). Scope narrowly to speculative, faith-distracting fable, never to OT genealogy or sacred narrative generally. 1:4.
Deceiving Spirits
Approved rendering: भ्रामक आत्मे
Transliteration: bhrāmak ātme
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Deceptive Teaching
Rejected alternatives: आत्मे (bare, without qualifier)
Original: πνεύματα πλάνα
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New term. भ्रामक is a mandatory qualifier at every occurrence, since आत्मा alone is the root of पवित्र आत्मा (Holy Spirit) and of the Hindu philosophical ‘atman.’ 4:1.
Demon
Approved rendering: भूत
Transliteration: bhūt
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Deceptive Teaching
Rejected alternatives: दुरात्मा
Original: δαιμόνιον
Category: Spiritual Warfare
New term (established Marathi/Konkani NT rendering, retained here). Concrete collision with lived Goan folk belief in bhut-pret requiring propitiation and exorcism; every occurrence needs explicit framing as a defeated, hostile being never to be venerated, feared as autonomous, or appeased. 4:1.
Ascetic False Teaching
Approved rendering: लग्न करूंक बंदी, जेवणाचेर बंदी
Transliteration: lagna karūnk bandī, jevaṇācer bandī
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Deceptive Teaching
Original: κωλυόντων γαμεῖν, ἀπέχεσθαι βρωμάτων
Category: Faith
New term (descriptive phrase). Directly confronts respected regional ascetic ideals (Brahminical vegetarianism, ritual food-purity codes, sannyasa celibacy); the counter-claim ‘every creature of God is good’ (4:4) must be rendered plainly, without softening. 4:3-4.
Knowledge Falsely Named
Approved rendering: खोट्या नांवाचें ज्ञान
Transliteration: khoṭyā nāṅvāce jñān
Doctrine: Guarding the Conscience and Rejecting False Knowledge
Rejected alternatives: नुस्तें ज्ञान
Original: ψευδώνυμος γνῶσις
Category: Faith
New term. ज्ञान (jñāna) is a major, respected Hindu soteriological category (jnana yoga/marga, Advaita Vedanta); the qualifier खोट्या नांवाचें is structurally essential and must never be dropped, since this verse rejects a specific counterfeit, not true knowledge of God (cf. 2:4). 6:20.
Deposit
Approved rendering: थेवणी
Transliteration: thevaṇī
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Rejected alternatives: ठेव (acceptable regional variant, not preferred)
Original: παραθήκη
Category: Faith
New term. Names an entrusted legal/financial trust-deposit metaphor for apostolic teaching; pair consistently with जतनाय करप (‘to guard’). Must be understood as doctrinal, not literally financial. 6:20.
Overseer
Approved rendering: अध्यक्ष
Transliteration: adhyakṣa
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: बिशप
Original: ἐπίσκοπος / ἐπισκοπή
Category: Church Leadership
New term. बिशप rejected because in Goa’s dominant Roman Catholic tradition it denotes a single diocesan bishop over many parishes with apostolic-succession authority; this text assumes a plural, local-congregation office (cf. 5:17, functionally overlapping with ‘elder’). Mandatory translator note at first occurrence (3:1) distinguishing the two.
Deacon
Approved rendering: मंडळीचो सेवक
Transliteration: mandaḷīco sevak
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: सेवक (bare, without qualifier)
Original: διάκονος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. सेवक alone collides with the Goan Hindu temple devotional-service category sevā/sevak; the qualifying phrase मंडळीचो is mandatory every time this office is meant. 3:8-13.
Husband Of One Wife
Approved rendering: एका बायलेचो घोव
Transliteration: ekā bāylecho ghov
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Literal formal-equivalence rendering, deliberately left interpretively open (monogamy / marital fidelity / no remarriage) pending pastoral/theological adjudication, given direct church-polity consequences. 3:2, 3:12. Mandatory human theologian review before any policy application.
Not A Lover Of Money
Approved rendering: धनलोभी न्हय
Transliteration: dhanlobhī nhay
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: ἀφιλάργυρος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Must be kept consistent with the positive form धनलोभ (6:10, ‘love of money is a root of all evil’). Directly confronts expectations that religious leaders profit from gifts/offerings as a mark of spiritual status. 3:3.
In Subjection
Approved rendering: अधीनताय
Transliteration: adhīnatāy
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: ὑποταγή
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Must be carefully distinguished from culturally loaded caste/gender subordination patterns in South Asian household structures; the text’s point is respectful order flowing from loving headship. 3:4; also 2:11.
Women Deacons Wives
Approved rendering: बायलो
Transliteration: bāylo
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: γυναῖκας
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Deliberately left as ambiguous in Konkani as γυναῖκας is in Greek (‘wives of deacons’ vs. ‘women deacons’); must not be resolved in translation. Flag for both native-speaker and human theologian review; record ‘women deacons’ as an alternative rendering considered. 3:11.
Ransom
Approved rendering: खंडणी
Transliteration: khaṇḍaṇī
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator
Original: ἀντίλυτρον
Category: Salvation
New term. Must be distinguished from any transactional offering-to-appease-a-deity framework (e.g. votive/naivedya offerings); this ransom is paid by God himself, for humanity, once. 2:6.
Savior
Approved rendering: तारक
Transliteration: tārak
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator
Rejected alternatives: रक्षक, मुक्तिदाता
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation
New term, built directly on established तारण root for lexical coherence; never रक्षक (too generic) or मुक्तिदाता (risks मुक्ती/liberation-from-rebirth collision). Applied to God (1:1, 2:3, 4:10).
Good Confession
Approved rendering: जाहीर कबुली
Transliteration: jāhīr kabulī
Doctrine: The Good Confession and Christ’s Sole Sovereignty
Original: ὁμολογία καλή
Category: Christology
New term. Belongs to the same public-testimony genre as the baseline’s Romans 10:9 salvation confession; both Timothy’s confession (6:12) and Christ’s before Pilate (6:13) must use this same term family.
Prayer
Approved rendering: प्रार्थना
Transliteration: prārthanā
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Original: προσευχή
Category: Worship
New term. Also the common Konkani/Hindi word for petitionary prayer/puja-adjacent devotional address to a temple deity or image; every doctrinally load-bearing use must mark this as direct address to the one true God through Christ, with no ritual intermediary image, priestly caste-restriction, or intercessory saint. 2:1.
Exercise Authority Over
Approved rendering: अधिकार गाजोवप
Transliteration: adhikār gājovap
Doctrine: Role of Women in Worship and the ‘Saved in Childbearing’ Crux
Original: αὐθεντεῖν
Category: Worship
New term rendering a rare, contested Greek verb (αὐθεντεῖν) with real polity consequences; render per established formal-equivalence convention and flag for human theologian review rather than resolving the debate unilaterally. 2:12.
Living God
Approved rendering: जिवो देव
Transliteration: jivo dev
Doctrine: The Church as Pillar of Truth
Original: θεὸς ζῶν
Category: God
New term. Emphasizes God’s active, present reality, distinct from a consecrated but materially fixed temple image (murti). 3:15, 4:10.
Pillar And Foundation Of Truth
Approved rendering: सत्याचो खांबो आनी पाया
Transliteration: satyāco khāmbo āni pāyā
Doctrine: The Church as Pillar of Truth
Original: στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας
Category: Church
New term. Names the Church-as-Pillar-of-Truth doctrine directly; an institutional identity claim that must not be diluted into generic ‘good moral organization’ language. 3:15.
Conscience
Approved rendering: सद्सद्विवेकबुद्धी
Transliteration: sadsadvivekbuddhī
Doctrine: Guarding the Conscience and Rejecting False Knowledge
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Faith
New key term for this curriculum. Must be understood as a God-oriented moral faculty answerable to God, not merely social propriety or ritual purity codes. 1:5, 1:19, 3:9, 4:2.
Godliness
Approved rendering: देवनिष्ठा
Transliteration: devaniṣṭhā
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Rejected alternatives: भक्ती, धार्मिकपणा
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Sanctification
Deliberately coined compound (देव + निष्ठा). भक्ती rejected (Goan Hindu temple-devotion connotation toward chosen deities); धार्मिकपणा rejected (shares forbidden धर्म root). Must be used identically at every occurrence: 2:2, 3:16, 4:7-8, 6:3, 6:5-6, 6:11. Human theologian review required for first-occurrence framing; coinage-stability is the primary ongoing risk.
Contentment
Approved rendering: समाधान
Transliteration: samādhān
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: αὐτάρκεια
Category: Sanctification
New term. Must be distinguished from Stoic self-sufficiency and from Hindu vairagya (renunciation-based detachment achieved by one’s own discipline); biblical contentment is relational trust in God’s provision while remaining engaged in ordinary life. 6:6.
Love Of Money
Approved rendering: धनलोभ
Transliteration: dhanlobh
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: φιλαργυρία
Category: Sanctification
New term. Must render consistently with धनलोभी (3:3); a much-quoted, easily-overstated verse (Greek says ‘a root,’ not ‘the root,’ of all kinds of evil) — flag for care in phrasing. 6:10.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: सार्वकालिक जीवन
Transliteration: sārvakālik jīvan
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Eschatology
New term. Must be clearly distinguished from moksha (liberation from rebirth into an impersonal ultimate state); eternal life here is relational fellowship with a personal God, not dissolution into an impersonal absolute or endless continuation of the atman. 6:12, 6:19.
Only Potentate
Approved rendering: एकच अधिपती
Transliteration: eklo-c adhipatī
Doctrine: Nature and Attributes of the One True God
Rejected alternatives: शक्ती-root terms, Maheshwar/Parameshwar-type honorifics
Original: μόνος δυνάστης
Category: God
New term, deliberately built from अधिपती (neutral political-sovereignty root) rather than any शक्ती-root word, consistent with the baseline’s forbidden-substitution rule for God’s power; also avoids honorific titles specifically associated with Shiva. 6:15.
Immortality
Approved rendering: अमरत्व
Transliteration: amaratva
Doctrine: Nature and Attributes of the One True God
Original: ἀθανασία
Category: God
New term. Must be distinguished from the Hindu doctrine of an inherently deathless atman; here immortality belongs to God alone by nature. 6:16.
Unapproachable Light
Approved rendering: अगम्य उजवाड
Transliteration: agamya ujavāḍ
Doctrine: Nature and Attributes of the One True God
Rejected alternatives: तेज-based renderings
Original: φῶς ἀπρόσιτον
Category: God
New term. The baseline generally prefers गौरव over तेज-based light imagery to avoid conflating with temple-luster iconography (aarti light, darshan radiance); this verse’s own explicit light-metaphor cannot be avoided, so it is rendered with उजवाड plus careful explanatory qualification. 6:16. Human theologian review flagged.
Widow Indeed
Approved rendering: खरी विधवा
Transliteration: kharī vidhavā
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: ὄντως χήρα
Category: Household Ethics
New term. Significant countercultural force against traditional South Asian Hindu social custom marginalizing widows (remarriage restriction, dress/diet codes, inauspiciousness stigma); teach with this contrast explicit. 5:3, 5:5, 5:16.
Denied The Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास न्हकारलो
Transliteration: viśvās nhakārlo
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: τὴν πίστιν ἤρνηται
Category: Household Ethics
New term, built on established विश्वास root. Practical neglect of family equated with doctrinal denial of faith itself; a strong statement worth preserving without softening. 5:8.
Servant Bondservant
Approved rendering: दास
Transliteration: dās
Doctrine: Servants, Masters, and the Household Code
Rejected alternatives: गुलाम
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Household Ethics
New term. Requires firm cultural-historical framing: Goa’s own history includes Portuguese-era slave trade and caste-based bonded labor still socially remembered; must never be read as endorsing slavery or caste-bondage. Human theologian review required for any teaching material built on this passage. 6:1.
Depart From The Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वासापासून पयस जावप
Transliteration: viśvāsāpāsun payas jāvap
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Original: ἀποστήσονταί τινες τῆς πίστεως
Category: Faith
New term, built on established विश्वास root. Names apostasy as a real, Spirit-foretold possibility. 4:1.
Seared Conscience
Approved rendering: जळिल्ली सद्सद्विवेकबुद्धी
Transliteration: jaḷillī sadsadvivekbuddhī
Doctrine: Guarding the Conscience and Rejecting False Knowledge
Original: κεκαυστηριασμένη συνείδησις
Category: Faith
New term, uses established सद्सद्विवेकबुद्धी plus जळिल्ली (seared/burnt). A conscience so repeatedly overridden it can no longer register moral warning. 4:2.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेषित
Transliteration: preṣit
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: दूत, गुरू
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Paul’s self-description, 1:1, 2:7.
Church
Approved rendering: मंडळी
Transliteration: maṇḍaḷī
Doctrine: The Church as Pillar of Truth
Rejected alternatives: देऊळ, मंदिर
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly; never देऊळ/मंदिर or the Romi Konkani loanword ‘Igorz’. 3:5, 3:15, 5:16.
Intercession
Approved rendering: मध्यस्थी
Transliteration: madhyasthī
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Rejected alternatives: शिफारस
Original: ἔντευξις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 2:1. Distinct from the new agent-noun मध्यस्थ (mediator) reserved for Christ’s unique office at 2:5 — same root, never interchange the two.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: आत्मिक वरदान
Transliteration: ātmik varadān
Doctrine: Ministry Commissioning and Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: वरदान, सिद्धी
Original: χάρισμα
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly; never वरदान alone. 4:14, given ‘by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.‘
Faithful Saying
Approved rendering: विश्वासयोग्य वचन
Transliteration: viśvāsayogya vacan
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: खरें वचन
Original: πιστὸς ὁ λόγος
Category: Faith
New term, built on established विश्वास root. A fixed formula introducing a reliable apostolic maxim; render identically at every occurrence: 1:15, 3:1, 4:9 (and 2 Tim 2:11, Titus 3:8 in later curricula).
Elder
Approved rendering: वडील / मंडळीचो वडील
Transliteration: vaḍīl / mandaḷīco vaḍīl
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: गुरू
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. वडील alone is the ordinary word for a respected senior person; qualify as मंडळीचो वडील when the specific church office (not generic seniority) is meant. गुरू rejected per baseline apostle-entry precedent (guru-authority structure). 5:1, 5:17, 5:19.
Blameless Above Reproach
Approved rendering: निंदेविरहित
Transliteration: nindevirahit
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: निर्दोष
Original: ἀνεπίλημπτος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Freedom from reproach, not sinless perfection. 3:2 (ἀνεπίλημπτος).
Blameless Forensic
Approved rendering: दोषरहित
Transliteration: doṣarahit
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: ἀνέγκλητος
Category: Church Leadership
New term, distinct nuance from निंदेविरहित (more legally-flavored ‘beyond formal charge’). 3:10 (ἀνέγκλητος).
Sober Temperate
Approved rendering: संयमी
Transliteration: sanyamī
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: νηφάλιος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. 3:2, 3:11.
Able To Teach
Approved rendering: शिकोवपाक शक्तिमान
Transliteration: śikovpāk śaktimān
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: διδακτικός
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Distinguishes overseer role from deacon role (teaching not required of deacons); must not be confused with guru-style charismatic personal authority. 3:2.
Manage Household Well
Approved rendering: बरी व्यवस्था करप
Transliteration: barī vyavasthā karap
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: καλῶς προϊστάμενος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Render identically at every occurrence: 3:4, 3:5, 3:12, 5:17.
Dignity Gravity
Approved rendering: गंभीरताय / आदरणीय
Transliteration: gambhīratāy / ādaraṇīy
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: σεμνότης / σεμνός
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Render the same root concept consistently across all three occurrences: 3:4 (households), 3:8 (deacons), 3:11 (women).
Novice
Approved rendering: नवो विश्वासी
Transliteration: navo viśvāsī
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: νεόφυτος
Category: Church Leadership
New term, built on established विश्वास root. Avoid implying spiritual maturity is measured by caste-like seniority. 3:6.
Good Testimony From Outsiders
Approved rendering: बाहेरच्यांकडल्यान बरी साक्ष
Transliteration: bāhercyāṅkaḍlyān barī sākṣ
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: μαρτυρία καλὴ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Echoes the baseline’s concern for the gospel’s reputation among outsiders. 3:7.
Greedy Of Dishonest Gain
Approved rendering: फटकिरो फायदो सोदपी न्हय
Transliteration: phaṭkiro phāydo sodpī nhay
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: αἰσχροκερδής
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Particularly relevant since deacons directly handled charitable funds (cf. Acts 6); links to Care for Widows’ requirement of financial integrity. 3:8.
Tested Proven
Approved rendering: परखणें / तपासणें
Transliteration: parakhaṇẽ / tapāsaṇẽ
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Original: δοκιμάζω
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Untested leaders are a vector for doctrinal corruption; directly relevant to Guarding the Deposit doctrine. 3:10.
Slanderer
Approved rendering: कुरापती काडपी
Transliteration: kurāpatī kāḍpī
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: διάβολος (adjectival)
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Translator note required distinguishing this adjectival ‘slanderous/malicious gossip’ sense from the proper-noun ‘Satan/devil’ sense at 3:6-7 (same Greek root, no shared Konkani root). 3:11.
Standing Rank
Approved rendering: बरो हुद्दो
Transliteration: baro huddo
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: कमावलेली नीतिमत्ता
Original: βαθμὸς καλός
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Must be flagged alongside the Grace doctrine to ensure this reads as community trust/reputation, never as merit accumulated toward salvation. 3:13.
Boldness
Approved rendering: धैर्य
Transliteration: dhairya
Doctrine: The Good Confession and Christ’s Sole Sovereignty
Original: παρρησία
Category: Church Leadership
New term. Links to the baseline’s Romans 10:9 Lordship-confession tradition of open public testimony. 3:13; cf. 6:12-13.
Authorities In Power
Approved rendering: अधिकारांत आशिल्ले
Transliteration: adhikārānt āśille
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Original: ὑπεροχή (οἱ ἐν ὑπεροχῇ ὄντες)
Category: Worship
New term. Given Goa’s layered political history (Portuguese colonial rule, 1961 integration, pre-colonial kingdoms), frame as intercession for the common good, not endorsement of any regime. 2:2.
Modest Apparel
Approved rendering: सभ्य पोशाक
Transliteration: sabhya pośāk
Doctrine: Role of Women in Worship and the ‘Saved in Childbearing’ Crux
Original: καταστολὴ κόσμιος
Category: Worship
New term. Gold/pearls/costly clothing are prominent in South Asian bridal/festival adornment (mangalsutra etc.); render the principle of inward character over display plainly, without implying jewelry itself is sinful. Native-speaker cultural review, not theologian review. 2:9.
House Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचें घर
Transliteration: devāce ghar
Doctrine: The Church as Pillar of Truth
Rejected alternatives: देऊळ, मंदिर
Original: οἶκος θεοῦ
Category: Church
New term. Strictly metaphorical, never a physical shrine/temple building, reinforcing the baseline church entry’s caution. 3:15.
Truth
Approved rendering: सत्य
Transliteration: satya
Doctrine: The Church as Pillar of Truth
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Church
New term. Fixed, revealed, apostolic truth, not a generic philosophical or relativistic ‘one’s own truth.’ 3:15.
Man Of God
Approved rendering: देवाच्या मनशा
Transliteration: devācyā manśā
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: ἄνθρωπε θεοῦ
Category: Sanctification
New term. Standard formal address; ensure it is not read as an honorific implying guru-like personal spiritual attainment. 6:11.
Widow
Approved rendering: विधवा
Transliteration: vidhavā
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: χήρα
Category: Household Ethics
New term. Chapter 5, throughout.
Household Members
Approved rendering: आपलें कुटुंब
Transliteration: āple kuṭumb
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: οἰκεῖοι
Category: Household Ethics
New term. Links to the ‘household of faith’ doctrine named in this curriculum. 5:8.
Double Honor
Approved rendering: दुप्पट मान
Transliteration: duppaṭ mān
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: διπλῆ τιμή
Category: Household Ethics
New term. Connects to Godliness and Contentment’s caution against greed on one hand and this chapter’s insistence on due honor on the other. 5:17.
Labor In Word And Doctrine
Approved rendering: वचन आनी शिकवणींत मेहनत करप
Transliteration: vacan āni śikavaṇīnt mehnat karap
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: κοπιῶντες ἐν λόγῳ καὶ διδασκαλίᾳ
Category: Household Ethics
New term. Ensure ‘labor’ is understood as devoted service, not merit-earning toward salvation. 5:17.
Master
Approved rendering: धनी
Transliteration: dhanī
Doctrine: Servants, Masters, and the Household Code
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Household Ethics
New term, paired with दास; same cultural-historical caution applies. 6:1-2.
Laying On Of Hands
Approved rendering: हात दवरप
Transliteration: hāt davarap
Doctrine: Ministry Commissioning and Spiritual Gifts
Original: ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν
Category: Ministry
New term. Must be distinguished from the generic ritual hand-blessing gesture (āśīrvād) common in Hindu guru-disciple and elder-blessing practice; this is a specific commissioning act, not magical power-transfer. 4:14, 5:22.
Presbytery
Approved rendering: वडिलांची सभा
Transliteration: vaḍilāncī sabhā
Doctrine: Ministry Commissioning and Spiritual Gifts
Original: πρεσβυτέριον
Category: Church Leadership
New term, built on वडील (elder). 4:14.
Delivered Unto Satan
Approved rendering: सैतानाक सोंपोवप
Transliteration: saitānāk sompovap
Doctrine: Elder Accountability and Church Discipline
Original: παρέδωκα τῷ Σατανᾷ
Category: Discipline
New term. Must be understood as corrective church discipline aimed at restoration, not a curse or magical banishment ritual, given the risk of that misreading in a culture with lived possession/exorcism practice. 1:20.
Blaspheme
Approved rendering: देवाची निंदा करप
Transliteration: devācī nindā karap
Doctrine: Elder Accountability and Church Discipline
Original: βλασφημέω
Category: Discipline
New term. 1:20.
Mercy
Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: God’s Mercy and Grace toward the Chief of Sinners
Original: ἔλεος
Category: God
New term. Distinguish from कृपा (grace): दया emphasizes compassion toward the distressed/needy, कृपा emphasizes unearned favor toward the guilty. Both operate together in 1:13-16 and should not be collapsed into one word.
Blessed Of God
Approved rendering: धन्य
Transliteration: dhanya
Doctrine: Nature and Attributes of the One True God
Original: μακάριος
Category: God
New term. Applied to God as ‘the blessed God,’ 1:11.
Incorruptible
Approved rendering: अविनाशी
Transliteration: avināśī
Doctrine: Nature and Attributes of the One True God
Original: ἄφθαρτος
Category: God
New term. God’s essential nature as not subject to decay or corruption, 1:17.
Invisible
Approved rendering: अदृश्य
Transliteration: adṛśya
Doctrine: Nature and Attributes of the One True God
Original: ἀόρατος
Category: God
New term. A substantive doctrinal contrast point given Goan Hindu temple worship’s visible, consecrated murti engaged through darshan. 1:17.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: धन्यवाद
Transliteration: dhanyavād
Doctrine: Thanksgiving in Prayer and God’s Provision
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1:12, 2:1, 4:3-4.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: सहभागिता
Transliteration: sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Rejected alternatives: इश्टागत, समाज
Original: κοινωνία (implicit, household-of-faith concept)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Underlies the household-of-faith/mutual-care instructions of chapter 5.
Exhort
Approved rendering: उत्तेजन देणें / विनवणी
Transliteration: uttejan denẽ / vinavaṇī
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly; context-sensitive. 1:3, 2:1, 5:1, 6:2.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Ministry Commissioning and Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफळ
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1:18, 4:14.
Respectable Orderly
Approved rendering: सभ्य
Transliteration: sabhya
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: κόσμιος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. 3:2.
Hospitable
Approved rendering: पावणेराय दाखोवपी
Transliteration: pāvaṇerāy dākhovpī
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: φιλόξενος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. 3:2.
Gentle
Approved rendering: सौम्य
Transliteration: saumya
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: ἐπιεικής
Category: Church Leadership
New term. 3:3.
Double Tongued
Approved rendering: दुबोल्यां न्हय
Transliteration: dubolyā nhay
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: δίλογος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. 3:8.
Testimony In Due Time
Approved rendering: यथावेळ साक्ष
Transliteration: yathāveḷ sākṣ
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator
Original: τὸ μαρτύριον καιροῖς ἰδίοις
Category: Christology
New term. 2:6.
Supplication
Approved rendering: विनवणी
Transliteration: vinavaṇī
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Original: δέησις
Category: Worship
New term, reuses baseline exhort-family vocabulary. 2:1.
Quiet And Peaceable Life
Approved rendering: शांत आनी सुखी जिणी
Transliteration: śānt āni sukhī jiṇī
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Original: ἤρεμος καὶ ἡσύχιος βίος
Category: Worship
New term. 2:2.
Bodily Exercise
Approved rendering: शारीरिक कवायत
Transliteration: śārīrik kavāyat
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: σωματικὴ γυμνασία
Category: Sanctification
New term. 4:8.
Pattern Example Paul
Approved rendering: नमुनो
Transliteration: namuno
Doctrine: God’s Mercy and Grace toward the Chief of Sinners
Original: ὑποτύπωσις
Category: Faith
New term. Paul’s own conversion held up as a pattern for all future believers. 1:16.
Example Conduct
Approved rendering: आदर्श
Transliteration: ādarś
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: τύπος
Category: Sanctification
New term. The model Timothy is to be for other believers in word and conduct. 4:12.
Snare
Approved rendering: फाशो
Transliteration: phāśo
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: παγίς
Category: Church Leadership
New term. 3:7.
Reproach
Approved rendering: निंदा
Transliteration: nindā
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: ὀνειδισμός
Category: Church Leadership
New term. 3:7.
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