Core Glossary
Core Glossary: Philippians (English → Konkani)
Section A — Terms reused verbatim from the Romans baseline
These terms recur in Philippians and MUST be rendered exactly as recorded in the baseline translation_memory.json. No new decision is made here; this table exists so Phase 2 translators processing Philippians have a single consolidated reference without needing to cross-check the Romans package for every occurrence.
| English term | Konkani (reused) | Transliteration | Risk (baseline) | Key Philippians occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel | सुवार्ता | suvārtā | High | 1:5, 1:7, 1:12, 1:16, 1:27, 2:22, 4:3, 4:15 |
| Grace | कृपा | kṛpā | High | 1:2, 1:7, 4:23; conceptually in 2:9 (ἐχαρίσατο) |
| Faith | विश्वास | viśvās | High | 1:25, 1:27, 2:17, 3:9 |
| Righteousness | नीतिमत्ता | nītimattā | Critical | 1:11, 3:6, 3:9 |
| Law | नियमशास्त्र | niyamaśāstra | High | 3:5, 3:6, 3:9 |
| Salvation | तारण | tāraṇ | Critical | 1:19, 1:28, 2:12 |
| Resurrection | पुनरुत्थान | punaruthān | Critical | 3:10, 3:11 |
| Lord | प्रभू | prabhū | Critical | 1:2, 1:14, 2:11, 2:19, 2:24, 2:29, 3:1, 3:8, 3:20, 4:1, 4:2, 4:4, 4:5, 4:10, 4:23 |
| Glory | गौरव | gaurav | High | 1:11, 2:11, 3:19, 3:21, 4:19, 4:20 |
| Holy Spirit / Spirit | पवित्र आत्मा | pavitra ātmā | Critical | 1:19, 2:1, 3:3 (contextual — see 08-B note on 1:27) |
| God | देव | dev | Critical | throughout — pair with exclusivity marker in doctrinally load-bearing contexts |
| Father | पिता | pitā | Critical | 1:2, 2:11, 4:20 |
| Calling | बोलावणें | bolāvaṇẽ | High | 3:14 (ἄνω κλῆσις, “upward calling”) |
| Holy | पवित्र | pavitra | High | root of “saints” below |
| Saints | पवित्र जन | pavitra jan | High | 1:1, 4:21, 4:22 |
| Peace | शांती | śāntī | Medium | 1:2, 4:7, 4:9 |
| Fellowship | सहभागिता | sahabhāgitā | Low (baseline); treat as High in Philippians’ “partnership in the gospel” sense — see 08-B | 1:5, 2:1, 3:10, 4:14-15 |
| Power of God | देवाचें सामर्थ्य | devāce sāmarthya | High | conceptually at 3:10, 4:13 |
| Thanksgiving | धन्यवाद | dhanyavād | Low | 4:6 |
| Exhort / entreaty root | उत्तेजन देणें / विनवणी | uttejan denẽ / vinavaṇī | Low | 2:1 (παράκλησις), 4:6 (δέησις) |
| Apostle (technical office only) | प्रेषित | preṣit | Medium | NOT used for 2:25 (Epaphroditus) — see 08-B note |
| Jesus | येशू | yeśū | Critical | throughout |
| Christ | ख्रिस्त | khrist | Critical | throughout (per AI requirements doc established transliteration) |
| Providence | देवाची तरतूद | devācī tartūd | High | conceptually at 1:6, 4:19 |
| Church | मंडळी | maṇḍaḷī | Medium | conceptually at 3:6, 4:15 |
| Son of God / deity/sonship of Christ (conceptual) | देवाचो पुत्र | devāco putra | Critical | conceptually underlying 2:6 (μορφή θεοῦ, ἴσα θεῷ) |
| Incarnation (conceptual) | देहधारण | dehadhāraṇ | Critical | conceptually underlying 2:7 (see Section B for the kenosis-specific extension) |
Section B — New terms first required by Philippians
Risk tiers use the identical framework as doctrine_risk_registry.json: Critical = human theologian review every occurrence; High = human theologian review; Medium = native speaker review; Low = automated review sufficient.
B1. Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis) — new doctrine cluster
| English term | Greek / transliteration | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form of God | μορφὴ θεοῦ / morphē theou | देवाचें रूप | devāce rūp | Critical | देवाचो अवतार, देवाची झलक | Christ’s essential, eternal divine nature — NOT one of several manifest forms a deity may assume (contrast Mahalasa Narayani’s temple-anchored avatar forms, per baseline incarnation note). Requires translator note at first occurrence |
| Self-emptying / emptied himself | ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν / heauton ekenōsen | आपणाक रितो केलो | āpaṇāk rito kelo | Critical | आपणाक सोडून दिलो (implies ceasing to exist/abandoning self, rejected); देवपण सोडलें (implies giving up deity, rejected as heretical) | Never render as “gave up being God.” Emptying = declining to cling to divine privilege while taking on servanthood, not subtraction of divine nature. Mandatory translator note every occurrence |
| A thing to be grasped/exploited | ἁρπαγμός / harpagmos | आपल्या फायद्याखातीर धरून दवरची गजाल | āplyā phāydyākhātīr dharūn davarcī gajāl | Critical | बळजबरीन घेवची गजाल (overemphasizes “not yet possessed” sense alone) | Preserve interpretive nuance: Christ possessed equality with God but did not exploit/cling to it. Requires translator note explaining the choice between “not yet grasped” and “not exploited” readings |
| Equal with God | ἴσα θεῷ / isa theō | देवा बरोबरीचें | devā barobarīce | Critical | देवा सारकें (merely “like God,” weaker) | Full ontological equality, not resemblance |
| Form of a servant | μορφὴν δούλου / morphēn doulou | दासाचें रूप | dāsāce rūp | Critical | — | Must share रूप root with “form of God” to preserve the deliberate 2:6/2:7 contrast |
| Likeness of men | ὁμοίωμα ἀνθρώπων / homoiōma anthrōpōn | मनशांचें सारकेपण | manśāmce sārkepaṇ | High | — | True, not merely apparent, humanity — guards against docetism |
| Found in human form/appearance | σχῆμα / schēma | दिसपाचें रूप / मनीस भशेन दिसतकच | disapāce rūp / manīs bhaśen disatkac | High | — | Outward bearing of a person already truly human (per ὁμοίωμα above) — must not be read as “merely seemed human.” Requires translator note distinguishing from μορφή |
| Humbled himself | ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν / etapeinōsen heauton | आपणाक नम्र केलो | āpaṇāk namra kelo | Critical | — | Shares नम्र root with तापेइनोफ्रोसुने (humility, below) to preserve the 2:3/2:8 echo |
| Highly exalted | ὑπερύψωσεν / hyperypsōsen | देवान…अत्युच्च केलो | devān…atyucc kelo | Critical | बढती दिली (implies mere “promotion,” rejected) | Vindication/enthronement of the eternal Son in glorified humanity, not first-time elevation to deity (rejects adoptionism) |
| Servant / bondservant | δοῦλος / doulos | दास | dās | Medium | भक्त (rejected — implies chosen devotional worship, not ownership/bondservice) | Paul’s self-designation (1:1) and Christ’s own taking of this status (2:7) |
| Overseer | ἐπίσκοπος / episkopos | अध्यक्ष | adhyakṣa | Medium | गुरू (rejected, per baseline apostle-entry rationale) | Church office |
| Deacon | διάκονος / diakonos | सेवक | sevak | Medium | — | Church office |
B2. Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment — new doctrine cluster
| English term | Greek / transliteration | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joy / rejoice | χαρά, χαίρω / chara, chairō | आनंद | ānand | High | सुख (too generic, wellbeing-only) | Must not collapse into Vedantic सत्-चित्-आनंद (sat-chit-ananda), impersonal ultimate-reality bliss. This is relational, circumstance-transcending joy grounded in a personal Christ. Translator note required at first occurrence |
| Suffering / to suffer | πάσχω, πάθημα / paschō, pathēma | दुख सोसप (verb) / दुःख (noun) | dukh sosop / duḥkh | High | — | Never let this stand without contextual framing distinguishing purposeful, Spirit-given, Christ-participatory suffering from karmic suffering (saṃsāra) escaped via moksha |
| Fellowship of his sufferings | κοινωνία παθημάτων / koinōnia pathēmatōn | ताच्या दुःखांतली सहभागिता | tācyā duḥkhāntlī sahabhāgitā | High | — | Builds on baseline सहभागिता + new दुःख term |
| Conflict/struggle | ἀγών / agōn | संघर्ष | saṅgharṣ | Medium | — | 1:30 |
B3. Unity and Humility in the Church — new doctrine cluster
| English term | Greek / transliteration | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humility | ταπεινοφροσύνη / tapeinophrosynē | नम्रता | namratā | High | दीनता (risks reading as imposed/caste-based lowliness) | Voluntary, dignity-affirming, Christ-modeled humility — not enforced social subordination, not ascetic self-erasure (vairāgya). Translator note required |
| One in soul/spirit | σύμψυχοι / symphychoi | एकजीव | ekjīv | High | एकात्मता (risks Advaita “oneness of being” reading) | Relational unity of love and purpose between distinct persons, NOT ontological merger of souls into one Brahman/Atman. Mandatory translator note |
| Same mind/mindset | τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν / to auto phronein | एकाच मनोवृत्तींत रावप | ekāc manovṛttīnt rāvap | Medium | — | Shared, Christ-shaped disposition, not enforced uniformity |
| Selfish ambition | ἐριθεία / eritheia | स्वार्थीपण | svārthīpaṇ | Low | — | 2:3 |
| Empty conceit/vainglory | κενοδοξία / kenodoxia | व्यर्थ अभिमान | vyartha abhimān | Medium | — | Note κενός-root wordplay with kenōsis (2:7) in translator commentary |
| Regard others as more important | ὑπερέχοντας ἑαυτῶν / hyperechontas heautōn | आपणा परस दुसऱ्यांक चड मानप | āpaṇā paras dusryānk cad mānap | Medium | — | 2:3 |
B4. Righteousness by Faith versus the Law — extends baseline cluster
| English term | Greek / transliteration | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence in the flesh | πεποιθέναι ἐν σαρκί | मानवी सामर्थ्यार भरवसो | mānvī sāmarthyār bharvaso | High | धर्मीक भरवसो (too close to baseline-rejected धर्म) | Sharpest karma-merit collision point in the letter — reliance on pedigree/effort/ritual performance, explicitly renounced |
| Righteousness from the law / from God through faith | δικαιοσύνη ἐκ νόμου / ἐκ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει | नियमशास्त्रा वरवीं आपली नीतिमत्ता / विश्वासा वरवीं देवाकडल्यान मेळपी नीतिमत्ता | niyamaśāstrā varvī āplī nītimattā / viśvāsā varvī devākaḍlyān meḷpī nītimattā | Critical | — | Fullest single-verse (3:9) statement of this doctrine in Philippians; reuses baseline नीतिमत्ता, नियमशास्त्र, विश्वास exactly |
| Loss / gain | ζημία / κέρδος | तोटो / फायदो | toṭo / phāydo | Medium | — | 3:7-8 |
| Rubbish/refuse | σκύβαλα | केर-कचरो | ker-kacro | Low-Medium | — | Preserve rhetorical force; do not over-soften |
| Circumcision (true vs. mere physical rite) | περιτομή / κατατομή | सुनत / कापेली | sunat / kāpelī | Medium-High | — | Requires OT covenant-sign background note |
B5. Contentment in All Circumstances — new doctrine cluster
| English term | Greek / transliteration | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content / self-sufficient | αὐτάρκης / autarkēs | समाधान | samādhān | Critical | संतोष (too directly evokes the yogic niyama of santosha, rejected without qualification) | Must be explicitly grounded in “him who strengthens me” (4:13), Christ-given contentment — NOT self-achieved through yogic discipline/detachment (Patañjali’s niyama of santosha). Mandatory translator note. Human theologian review required |
| Do not be anxious | μὴ μεριμνᾶτε | चिंता करू नाकात | cintā karū nākāt | High | — | Answered by relational prayer to a personal God, not by vairāgya-style detachment from desire |
| Him who strengthens me | ὁ ἐνδυναμῶν με | मका सामर्थ्य दिवपी ख्रिस्त | mākā sāmarthya divpī Khrist | High | — | Reuses baseline सामर्थ्य; strength is Christ-given, not self-generated willpower or yogic siddhi |
B6. Citizenship in Heaven — new doctrine cluster
| English term | Greek / transliteration | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizenship (commonwealth) | πολίτευμα / politeuma | स्वर्गीय नागरीकपण | svargīya nāgarīkpaṇ | Critical | राज्य (too easily conflated with baseline देवाचें राज्य, a distinct concept) | Given Goa’s layered colonial-to-Indian-statehood political history, must be taught as primary heavenly allegiance/hope, not devaluation of, or a coded statement about, any earthly political citizenship. Human theologian AND native-speaker review recommended |
| Conduct yourselves as citizens | πολιτεύεσθε / politeuesthe | नागरीक भशेन वागप | nāgarīk bhaśen vāgap | High | — | 1:27, paired with 3:20 as the doctrine’s two halves |
| Savior | σωτήρ / sōtēr | तारणार | tāraṇār | Critical | मुक्तिदाता (rejected — implies a guru/avatar figure granting moksha) | Derived from baseline तारण root; never render with liberation-from-rebirth vocabulary |
| Transform / conform to glorious body | μετασχηματίσει / σύμμορφον | बदलून रूपांतर करतलो / गौरवी शरीरा सारको करतलो | badlūn rūpāntar kartalo / gauravī śarīrā sārko kartalo | Critical | पुनर्जन्म-adjacent phrasing strictly rejected | Unique, future, once-for-all bodily glorification at Christ’s return — never reincarnation-adjacent repeated bodily change |
B7. Partnership in the Gospel — extends baseline fellowship term
| English term | Greek / transliteration | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partnership/fellowship in the gospel | κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον | सुवार्तेंतली सहभागिता | suvārtentlī sahabhāgitā | High | इश्टागत (baseline-rejected, too generic) | Active, costly, joint participation including material giving (4:15-16) and prayer (1:19) — not passive well-wishing |
| Shared with me (partnered) | συγκοινωνέω / synkoinōneō | वांगडी जावन सहभागी जावप | vāṅgḍī jāvan sahabhāgī jāvap | Medium | — | 4:14 |
| Giving and receiving | δόσις καὶ λῆψις | दिवप आनी घेवप | divap āni ghevap | Low | — | 4:15 |
| Poured out as a drink offering | σπένδομαι / spendomai | अर्पण भशेन वताडचें | arpaṇ bhaśen vatāḍcẽ | Medium | — | Distinguish from Hindu ritual libation (tarpaṇ) |
| Sacrifice / offering | θυσία, λειτουργία | बलिदान / सेवा | balidān / sevā | High | यज्ञ (rejected — carries Vedic ritual-mechanism connotation) | A grateful response built on Christ’s completed sacrifice, not a ritual transaction generating merit or divine favor |
| Fragrant, acceptable offering | ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας, θυσία δεκτή | सुवासीक, मान्य अर्पण | suvāsīk, mānya arpaṇ | High | — | Same यज्ञ-collision caution as above |
B8. Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ — new doctrine cluster
| English term | Greek / transliteration | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Press on / pursue | διώκω / diōkō | पाठलाग करप | paṭhlāg karap | High | साधना (rejected — evokes yogic/ascetic spiritual discipline pursued for self-attained merit) | Grace-enabled pursuit flowing from already being laid hold of by Christ (3:12b), not merit-earning effort |
| Lay hold of / attain | καταλαμβάνω / katalambanō | हातान धरप / प्राप्त करप | hātān dharap / prāpt karap | High | सिद्धी मेळोवप (rejected — evokes yogic attainment of spiritual powers) | Same caution as above |
| Mature / perfect | τέλειος / teleios | पूर्ण / प्रौढ | pūrṇa / prauḍh | Medium-High | सिद्ध (rejected — a yogic/ascetic “perfected being” through self-discipline) | Paul explicitly denies having “already attained” even while using this word (3:12) |
| Straining forward | ἐπεκτεινόμενος / epekteinomenos | फुडाराक ओढून वचप | fuḍārāk oḍhūn vacap | Medium | — | 3:13 |
| Goal / prize | σκοπός / βραβεῖον | लक्ष्य / बक्षीस | lakṣya / bakṣīs | High | — | Prize is itself a further gift of grace (“upward call”), not a merit-wage |
| Upward call | ἡ ἄνω κλῆσις | देवाचें वयल्यान बोलावणें | devāce vaylyān bolāvaṇẽ | High | — | Reuses baseline बोलावणें (calling) |
B9. Other new low/medium-risk vocabulary (chapters 1–4, catalogued for completeness)
| English term | Greek / transliteration | Konkani rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love (self-giving) | ἀγάπη / agapē | मोग | mog | High | Distinguish from भक्ती (devotional worship-love) and from romantic/desire love |
| Full/personal knowledge | ἐπίγνωσις / epignōsis | पूर्ण ज्ञान | pūrṇa jñān | Medium | Distinguish from Hindu ज्ञान-मार्ग (impersonal gnosis toward oneness with Brahman) |
| Discernment | αἴσθησις / aisthēsis | विवेक | vivek | Low | — |
| Approve/test | δοκιμάζω / dokimazō | परखून मान्य करप | parkhūn mānya karap | Low | — |
| Sincere | εἰλικρινής / eilikrinēs | प्रामाणिक | prāmāṇik | Low | Not निर्मळ (reserved sense per baseline “holy” entry) |
| Blameless/without offense | ἀπρόσκοπος / aproskopos | निर्दोष | nirdoṣ | Low | — |
| Progress/advance | προκοπή / prokopē | प्रगती | pragatī | Low | — |
| God at work in you | ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν | देव तुमचे मदीं काम करता | dev tumce madī kām kartā | High | Personal divine agency, not karmic causation |
| Fear and trembling | φόβος καὶ τρόμος | भंय आनी कांपत | bhãy āni kāmpat | Medium | Reverent awe, not servile terror |
| Grumbling/disputing | γογγυσμός, διαλογισμός | कुरकुर / वाद-विवाद | kurkur / vād-vivād | Low | — |
| Word of life | λόγος ζωῆς | जिविताचो शब्द | jivitāco śabda | Medium | — |
| Gentleness/reasonableness | ἐπιεικές / epieikes | सौम्यता | saumyatā | Low-Medium | — |
| Their god is their belly | ὧν ὁ θεὸς ἡ κοιλία | ज्या लोकांचें पोटूच देव | jyā lokāmce poṭūc dev | Low-Medium | Must render idiomatically, not literally |
Cross-reference to review routing
Per the baseline’s risk-tier convention:
- All Critical entries in Section B (kenosis cluster, contentment/αὐτάρκης, citizenship/πολίτευμα, savior/σωτήρ, resurrection-transformation, righteousness-from-law/faith) require human theologian review for every occurrence.
- All High entries require human theologian review.
- All Medium entries require native speaker review.
- All Low entries require automated review only.
This glossary is designed for direct merge into a future combined translation_memory.json covering both Romans and Philippians; Section A terms should overwrite nothing in the existing baseline, and Section B terms should be appended as new entries with "doctrine_risk" and "notes" fields matching the format already established in the baseline file.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्ता
Transliteration: nītimattā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, न्याय
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 3:9 is the fullest single-verse NT contrast of law-based versus faith-based righteousness outside Romans/Galatians. Never धर्म.
Salvation
Approved rendering: तारण
Transliteration: tāraṇ
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ती, मोक्ष, सुटका
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 2:12’s ‘work out your own salvation’ describes outworking a salvation already given (2:13), not earning it. Never मुक्ती or मोक्ष.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punaruthān
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जीवन
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 3:10-11, 3:21. Never पुनर्जन्म; always distinguish from reincarnation.
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभू
Transliteration: prabhū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, मालक
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Recurs throughout Philippians (1:2, 2:11, 2:19, 3:8, 3:20, 4:1-5, 4:10, 4:23); must convey exclusive, supreme Lordship, not one honored figure among Goa’s several temple deities.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: pavitra ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs Philippians 1:19, 2:1 (κοινωνία πνεύματος); note 1:27’s lowercase ‘one spirit’ refers contextually to human unity of disposition, not the Holy Spirit, and must not automatically receive this rendering.
God
Approved rendering: देव
Transliteration: dev
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Every doctrinally load-bearing occurrence in Philippians (1:2, 2:6-11, 2:13, 4:19, etc.) must be paired with an exclusivity marker (e.g. एकच खरो देव), since देव is the same generic word Goan Hindu practice uses for any individual temple deity.
Jesus
Approved rendering: येशू
Transliteration: yeśū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: जेजू
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Never जेजू (Romi Konkani Catholic spelling).
Son Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचो पुत्र
Transliteration: devāco putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देवाचो अंश, देवपुरुष
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ (conceptually underlying μορφὴ θεοῦ)
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies Philippians 2:6 (μορφὴ θεοῦ) and 2:11 (‘to the glory of God the Father’); never metaphorical or adoptive sonship.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: देहधारण
Transliteration: dehadhāraṇ
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: अवतार, देह प्रगट
Inherited from Romans package. Conceptual root underlying the Philippians 2:7 kenosis cluster (see ‘self_emptying’, ‘form_of_a_servant’, ‘likeness_of_men’ below for the letter-specific extensions). Never अवतार.
Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्त
Transliteration: khrist
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
New term first requiring its own glossary entry in the Philippians package (used throughout as part of Christ’s proper name/title, especially ‘in Christ Jesus’). Established Devanagari Konkani/Marathi transliteration per the AI requirements document; never assimilated to a generic honorific for a revered teacher.
Form Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचें रूप
Transliteration: devāce rūp
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: देवाचो अवतार, देवाची झलक
Original: μορφὴ θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6. रूप is the same word Goan Hindu devotional tradition uses for one of a deity’s many manifest forms (e.g. Mahalasa Narayani’s Mohini रूप at Mardol). Must be explicitly distinguished at first occurrence as Christ’s one, eternal, essential divine nature, not one manifestation among several. Human theologian review required every occurrence.
Self Emptying
Approved rendering: आपणाक रितो केलो
Transliteration: āpaṇāk rito kelo
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: आपणाक सोडून दिलो, देवपण सोडलें
Original: ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7. Central kenosis term, unique to this curriculum. Never render as ‘gave up being God.’ Emptying consists in taking the form of a servant, not subtraction of divine nature. Two grounded collision risks: śūnyatā-adjacent self-dissolution readings, and avatar-descent readings matching Goa’s own temple narrative. Mandatory translator note every occurrence. Human theologian review required.
Harpagmos
Approved rendering: आपल्या फायद्याखातीर धरून दवरची गजाल
Transliteration: āplyā phāydyākhātīr dharūn davarcī gajāl
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Rejected alternatives: बळजबरीन घेवची गजाल
Original: ἁρπαγμός
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6. Descriptive clause deliberately preserves the interpretive ambiguity between ‘not yet grasped’ and ‘not exploited’ readings rather than foreclosing one. Requires translator note explaining the choice. Human theologian review required.
Equality With God
Approved rendering: देवा बरोबरीचें
Transliteration: devā barobarīce
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देवा सारकें
Original: ἴσα θεῷ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:6. Full ontological equality, not mere resemblance. Ties directly to baseline deity_of_christ Critical doctrine.
Form Of A Servant
Approved rendering: दासाचें रूप
Transliteration: dāsāce rūp
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: μορφὴν δούλου
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7. Must share the same रूप root as ‘form_of_god’ (2:6) so the deliberate contrast between divine nature and servant nature remains visible.
Humbled Himself
Approved rendering: आपणाक नम्र केलो
Transliteration: āpaṇāk namra kelo
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτόν
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:8. Shares नम्र root with ‘humility’ (2:3) to preserve Paul’s deliberate lexical echo between commanded community humility and Christ’s own example.
Highly Exalted
Approved rendering: देवान ताका सगळ्यांपरस अत्युच्च केलो
Transliteration: devān tākā saglyāmparas atyucc kelo
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देवान ताका बढती दिली
Original: ὑπερύψωσεν
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:9. Must not be read as Christ’s first-time elevation to deity (adoptionism); this is the Father’s vindication and enthronement of the eternal Son in glorified humanity. Never बढती दिली (‘promoted’).
Confess Jesus Is Lord
Approved rendering: येशू ख्रिस्त प्रभू आसा
Transliteration: Yeśū Khrist Prabhū āsā
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: ἐξομολογήσηται ὅτι Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:11. Must match the Romans 10:9 baseline confession pattern (येशू प्रभू आसा) exactly in structure, extended with ख्रिस्त. Cross-document consistency rule applies: render identically wherever it recurs in any curriculum document. Human theologian review required.
Every Knee Shall Bow
Approved rendering: प्रत्येक गुडघो टेंकोवचो
Transliteration: pratyek guḍgho ṭeṅkovco
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: πᾶν γόνυ κάμψῃ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:10. Concretely, locally sensitive in Goa: this same physical posture (दंडवत/नमस्कार) is used daily before multiple temple deities. This posture is claimed for Jesus alone, universally. Human theologian review required every occurrence.
Name Above Every Name
Approved rendering: सगळ्या नांवांपरस व्हडलें नांव
Transliteration: saglyā nāmvāmparas vhaḍlẽ nãv
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὄνομα
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:9. Must be understood as the divine name/title itself (subsequently identified as प्रभू in 2:11), not merely an honorific among many.
Power Of His Resurrection
Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थानाचें सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: punaruthānāce sāmarthya
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: δύναμις τῆς ἀναστάσεως
Category: Eschatology
Philippians 3:10. Reuses baseline पुनरुत्थान and सामर्थ्य exactly; never शक्ती or पुनर्जन्म-adjacent phrasing.
Transform Glorious Body
Approved rendering: बदलून रूपांतर करतलो / गौरवी शरीरा सारको करतलो
Transliteration: badlūn rūpāntar kartalo / gauravī śarīrā sārko kartalo
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: μετασχηματίσει / σύμμορφον
Category: Eschatology
Philippians 3:21. Unique, future, once-for-all bodily glorification at Christ’s return; पुनर्जन्म-adjacent phrasing strictly rejected.
Righteousness From Law Or Faith
Approved rendering: नियमशास्त्रा वरवीं आपली नीतिमत्ता / विश्वासा वरवीं देवाकडल्यान मेळपी नीतिमत्ता
Transliteration: niyamaśāstrā varvī āplī nītimattā / viśvāsā varvī devākaḍlyān meḷpī nītimattā
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: δικαιοσύνη ἐκ νόμου / ἡ ἐκ θεοῦ δικαιοσύνη ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:9, the fullest single-verse NT statement of this doctrine outside Romans/Galatians. Must preserve the forensic, God-given, faith-received nature of righteousness against any reading treating law-righteousness as a legitimate alternative. Human theologian review required.
Content Self Sufficient
Approved rendering: समाधान
Transliteration: samādhān
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Rejected alternatives: संतोष
Original: αὐτάρκης
Category: Faith
Philippians 4:11. समाधान/संतोष is also one of Patañjali’s five niyamas, cultivated through ascetic discipline. Must be explicitly grounded in Christ’s enabling power (4:13), not self-achieved. Mandatory translator note. Human theologian review required every occurrence.
Citizenship
Approved rendering: स्वर्गीय नागरीकपण
Transliteration: svargīya nāgarīkpaṇ
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Rejected alternatives: राज्य
Original: πολίτευμα
Category: Kingdom
Philippians 3:20. Given Goa’s layered colonial-to-Indian-statehood political history, must be taught as primary heavenly allegiance/hope, not devaluation of earthly civic responsibility or a coded political statement. Must not be conflated with baseline देवाचें राज्य. Human theologian AND native-speaker review recommended.
Savior
Approved rendering: तारणार
Transliteration: tāraṇār
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्तिदाता
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:20. Derived from baseline तारण root; never मुक्तिदाता, which would suggest a guru/avatar figure granting release from rebirth.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: सुवार्ता
Transliteration: suvārtā
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: बरी खबर, शुभवर्तमान
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. In Philippians additionally carries a shared-enterprise sense (1:5, 1:12, 1:27, 4:15), not only a proclaimed message; still must convey an authoritative announcement, never generic good news.
Grace
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कर्मफळ, पुण्य, नशीब
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 2:9’s ἐχαρίσατο shares the χάρις root: even Christ’s exaltation is graciously bestowed, not a wage earned; preserve this grace-not-merit thread in translator commentary even though कृपे वरवीं दिलें does not visibly share a root with कृपा the way the Greek does.
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvās
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ती
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 3:9 contrasts righteousness ‘through faith in Christ’ with law-based righteousness; must remain personal trust in Christ, not भक्ती.
Law
Approved rendering: नियमशास्त्र
Transliteration: niyamaśāstra
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, कायदो
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Occurs Philippians 3:5, 3:6, 3:9. Never धर्म.
Glory
Approved rendering: गौरव
Transliteration: gaurav
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज, देवीतेज
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 1:11, 2:11, 3:19, 3:21, 4:19-20; note the deliberate wordplay between false, self-generated ‘empty glory’ (κενοδοξία, 2:3) and Christ’s true glory received through self-emptying (2:7-11).
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: pitā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा, निर्माणकार
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 1:2, 2:11, 4:20.
Calling
Approved rendering: बोलावणें
Transliteration: bolāvaṇẽ
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रण
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Root for Philippians 3:14’s ‘upward call’ (ἄνω κλῆσις) — see separate ‘upward_call’ entry.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मळ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Root of ‘saints’ below.
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्र जन
Transliteration: pavitra jan
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: संत, भक्त
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 1:1, 4:21, 4:22 — corporate designation for all believers, never संत (Varkari bhakti-poet category).
Power Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचें सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: devāce sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ती
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies Philippians 3:10 and 4:13. Never शक्ती (Shakta-goddess associations).
Providence
Approved rendering: देवाची तरतूद
Transliteration: devācī tartūd
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, प्रारब्ध
Original: πρόνοια (cf. Philippians 1:6, 4:19)
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 1:6 (‘he who began a good work…will bring it to completion’) and 4:19 (‘my God will supply every need’) both risk a fatalistic reading if rendered with fate-adjacent vocabulary. Never नशीब/प्रारब्ध.
Likeness Of Men
Approved rendering: मनशांचें सारकेपण
Transliteration: manśāmce sārkepaṇ
Doctrine: Humanity of Christ
Original: ὁμοίωμα ἀνθρώπων
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:7. Guards against docetism; γενόμενος (‘became/came to be’) signals a real change of state, true assumption of humanity.
Found In Human Form
Approved rendering: मनीस भशेन दिसतकच / दिसपाचें रूप
Transliteration: manīs bhaśen disatkac / disapāce rūp
Doctrine: Humanity of Christ
Original: σχῆμα
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:8. σχῆμα (outward bearing) distinct from μορφή (essential nature, 2:6-7); requires translator note so this is not mistaken for ‘only seemed human’ in a docetic sense.
Obedient To Death
Approved rendering: क्रूसाचेर मरण मेरेन आज्ञाधारक
Transliteration: krūsācer maraṇ meren āj̈ñādhārak
Doctrine: Incarnation and Self-Emptying of Christ (Kenosis)
Original: ὑπήκοος … θανάτου δὲ σταυροῦ
Category: Christology
Philippians 2:8. Reuses baseline आज्ञाधारक root; क्रूस is the standard Devanagari-register Konkani/Marathi term for cross (distinct from Romi Konkani’s ‘Khuris’). Must retain the shock of ‘even’ marking the cross as the extreme point of Christ’s descent.
Conformed To His Death
Approved rendering: ताच्या मरणा सारको जावप
Transliteration: tācyā maraṇā sārko jāvap
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Original: συμμορφιζόμενος τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτοῦ
Category: Eschatology
Philippians 3:10. Ongoing spiritual identification with Christ’s own historical, once-for-all death, leading toward resurrection — must not be read through a reincarnation-adjacent lens of a repeated dying/becoming cycle.
Upward Call
Approved rendering: देवाचें वयल्यान बोलावणें
Transliteration: devāce vaylyān bolāvaṇẽ
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: ἡ ἄνω κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:14. Reuses baseline बोलावणें; the prize itself is a further gift of grace, not a wage earned by effort.
Humility
Approved rendering: नम्रता
Transliteration: namratā
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Rejected alternatives: दीनता
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 2:3, echoed at 2:8. Two distinct risks: caste-based enforced lowliness, and Hindu ascetic self-abnegation (vairāgya) that erases the ego. Biblical ταπεινοφροσύνη is voluntary, dignity-affirming, chosen from strength. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence.
One In Soul
Approved rendering: एकजीव
Transliteration: ekjīv
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Rejected alternatives: एकात्मता
Original: σύμψυχοι
Category: Church
Philippians 2:2. Must be distinguished from Advaita Vedanta’s ontological merger of individual souls (jīva) into one impersonal Brahman; this is relational unity of love/purpose between distinct persons. Mandatory translator note at first occurrence.
Confidence In The Flesh
Approved rendering: मानवी सामर्थ्यार भरवसो
Transliteration: mānvī sāmarthyār bharvaso
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Rejected alternatives: धर्मीक भरवसो
Original: πεποιθέναι ἐν σαρκί
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:4-6. Sharpest karma-merit collision point in the letter: reliance on pedigree/effort/ritual performance, structurally analogous to accumulated karma or ritual merit, explicitly renounced.
Circumcision True And False
Approved rendering: सुनत / कापेली
Transliteration: sunat / kāpelī
Doctrine: True Circumcision as a Spirit-Wrought Reality
Original: περιτομή / κατατομή
Category: Covenant
Philippians 3:2-3. Requires OT covenant-sign background note for low-OT-literacy readers; true circumcision is Spirit-wrought, not the physical rite.
Know Him
Approved rendering: ताका वळखप
Transliteration: tākā vaḷkhap
Doctrine: Knowing Christ Relationally
Original: τοῦ γνῶναι αὐτόν
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:10. Must be distinguished from Hindu ज्ञान as impersonal gnosis toward identity with an impersonal Brahman/Absolute; relational, ongoing knowledge of a distinct divine Person.
Do Not Be Anxious
Approved rendering: चिंता करू नाकात
Transliteration: cintā karū nākāt
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: μὴ μεριμνᾶτε
Category: Faith
Philippians 4:6. Answered by relational prayer to a personal God, not वैराग्य (dispassionate detachment).
Him Who Strengthens Me
Approved rendering: मका सामर्थ्य दिवपी ख्रिस्त
Transliteration: mākā sāmarthya divpī Khrist
Doctrine: Contentment in All Circumstances
Original: ὁ ἐνδυναμῶν με
Category: God
Philippians 4:13. Reuses baseline सामर्थ्य root; strength is Christ-given, not self-generated willpower or yogic siddhi.
Peace Of God
Approved rendering: देवाची शांती
Transliteration: devācī śāntī
Doctrine: Peace with God
Original: εἰρήνη τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Salvation
Philippians 4:7. Reuses baseline शांती paired with देव and its exclusivity marker; distinguish from meditative or ritual calm achieved through one’s own spiritual discipline.
Conduct As Citizens
Approved rendering: नागरीक भशेन वागप
Transliteration: nāgarīk bhaśen vāgap
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Original: πολιτεύεσθε
Category: Kingdom
Philippians 1:27, the practical companion to 3:20’s πολίτευμα noun.
Partnership In The Gospel
Approved rendering: सुवार्तेंतली सहभागिता
Transliteration: suvārtentlī sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Rejected alternatives: इश्टागत
Original: κοινωνία εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον / συγκοινωνέω
Category: Church
Philippians 1:5, 1:7, 2:1, 3:10, 4:14-16. Active, costly, joint participation including material giving and shared suffering, not passive well-wishing. Always pair सहभागिता with the सुवार्तेंतली qualifier in this sense.
Fellowship Of His Sufferings
Approved rendering: ताच्या दुःखांतली सहभागिता
Transliteration: tācyā duḥkhāntlī sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: κοινωνία παθημάτων αὐτοῦ
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:10. Participatory identification with Christ’s own redemptive suffering, not karmic suffering escaped via moksha.
Sacrifice Offering
Approved rendering: बलिदान / सेवा
Transliteration: balidān / sevā
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Rejected alternatives: यज्ञ
Original: θυσία / λειτουργία
Category: Church
Philippians 2:17, 2:30, 4:18. Risks collision with Vedic यज्ञ ritual sacrifice as a favor-obtaining mechanism. Biblical sense: grateful response built on Christ’s completed sacrifice, not a merit-generating ritual transaction.
Fragrant Acceptable Offering
Approved rendering: सुवासीक, मान्य अर्पण
Transliteration: suvāsīk, mānya arpaṇ
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας, θυσία δεκτή, εὐάρεστος τῷ θεῷ
Category: Church
Philippians 4:18. Same यज्ञ-collision caution as ‘sacrifice_offering’.
Press On
Approved rendering: पाठलाग करप
Transliteration: paṭhlāg karap
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Rejected alternatives: साधना
Original: διώκω
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:12, 3:14. Must be distinguished from yogic sādhanā (self-effort toward merit/moksha); grace-enabled pursuit flowing from already being laid hold of by Christ.
Lay Hold Of
Approved rendering: हातान धरप / प्राप्त करप
Transliteration: hātān dharap / prāpt karap
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Rejected alternatives: सिद्धी मेळोवप
Original: καταλαμβάνω
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:12-13. Same caution as ‘press_on’; never सिद्धी (yogic spiritual attainment).
Mature Perfect
Approved rendering: पूर्ण / प्रौढ
Transliteration: pūrṇa / prauḍh
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Rejected alternatives: सिद्ध
Original: τέλειος
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 3:12, 3:15. Distinguished from सिद्ध (a yogic perfected being through self-discipline); Paul explicitly denies having ‘already attained’ even while using this word.
Goal And Prize
Approved rendering: लक्ष्य / बक्षीस
Transliteration: lakṣya / bakṣīs
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: σκοπός / βραβεῖον
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:14. Must not be read as a wage earned for meritorious performance; the prize is itself a gift of grace.
God At Work In You
Approved rendering: देव तुमचे मदीं काम करता
Transliteration: dev tumce madī kām kartā
Doctrine: Providence
Original: ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν
Category: God
Philippians 2:13. Personal divine agency enabling both will and action, not impersonal karmic causation.
Will Supply Every Need
Approved rendering: देवाची तरतूद सगळी गरज पुराय करतली
Transliteration: devācī tartūd saglī garaj purāy kartalī
Doctrine: Providence
Original: πληρώσει πᾶσαν χρείαν
Category: God
Philippians 4:19. Reuses baseline तरतूद root; personal provision, not impersonal fate/karma.
Joy
Approved rendering: आनंद
Transliteration: ānand
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Rejected alternatives: सुख
Original: χαρά / χαίρω
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:4, 1:18, 1:25, 2:2, 4:4. आनंद is also the Vedantic term for सत्-चित्-आनंद, impersonal ultimate-reality bliss. Paul’s joy is relational, circumstance-transcending, grounded in a personal Christ. Requires translator note at first occurrence and whenever contrasted with suffering.
Suffering
Approved rendering: दुःख / दुख सोसप
Transliteration: duḥkh / dukh sosop
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: πάσχω / πάθημα
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:29-30. दुःख is also the central Buddhist/Hindu term for karmic, saṃsāra-conditioned suffering escaped via moksha/nirvana. Philippians’ suffering is purposeful, Spirit-given, Christ-participatory. Requires translator note.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: मोग
Transliteration: mog
Doctrine: Growing Love and Discernment
Rejected alternatives: भक्ती
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:9, 2:1-2. Distinguished from भक्ती (devotional worship-love toward a chosen deity) and from romantic/desire love; committed, self-giving covenant love.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: शांती
Transliteration: śāntī
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: सुख, समाधान
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 1:2, 4:7, 4:9.
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेषित
Transliteration: preṣit
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत, गुरू
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, reserved for the technical apostolic office (Philippians 1:1 context of Paul). CAUTION specific to Philippians: 2:25’s ἀπόστολος describing Epaphroditus is a loose, non-technical usage (‘your messenger’) and must NOT receive this प्रेषित rendering, which would overstate his role — render contextually instead.
Church
Approved rendering: मंडळी
Transliteration: maṇḍaḷī
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: देऊळ, मंदिर
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies church-office language at Philippians 1:1 and shared community life at 4:15. Never देऊळ/मंदिर.
Servant Doulos
Approved rendering: दास
Transliteration: dās
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: भक्त
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
Philippians 1:1 (Paul/Timothy’s self-designation) and 2:7 (Christ’s own taking of this status). Must be distinguished from भक्त, which implies chosen devotional worship, not legal ownership/bondservice.
Overseer
Approved rendering: अध्यक्ष
Transliteration: adhyakṣa
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: गुरू
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Church
Philippians 1:1. Church office; distinguished from a guru/general spiritual-authority figure.
Deacon
Approved rendering: सेवक
Transliteration: sevak
Doctrine: Apostleship
Original: διάκονος
Category: Church
Philippians 1:1. Church office of practical service.
Same Mind
Approved rendering: एकाच मनोवृत्तींत रावप
Transliteration: ekāc manovṛttīnt rāvap
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν
Category: Church
Philippians 2:2, 2:5, echoed 4:2. Shared, Christ-shaped disposition, not enforced uniformity.
Empty Conceit
Approved rendering: व्यर्थ अभिमान
Transliteration: vyartha abhimān
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: κενοδοξία
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 2:3. Shares κενός (‘empty’) root with κενόω (2:7, self-emptying) in the Greek; note this wordplay in translator commentary though not reproducible lexically in Konkani.
Regard Others As More Important
Approved rendering: आपणा परस दुसऱ्यांक चड मानप
Transliteration: āpaṇā paras dusryānk cad mānap
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ὑπερέχοντας ἑαυτῶν
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 2:3, practical outworking of humility.
Loss And Gain
Approved rendering: तोटो / फायदो
Transliteration: toṭo / phāydo
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: ζημία / κέρδος
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:7-8. Ensure the deliberate rhetorical reversal (former gain now counted loss) is retained.
Prayer And Petition
Approved rendering: प्रार्थना आनी विनवणी
Transliteration: prārthanā āni vinavaṇī
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Original: προσευχή καὶ δέησις
Category: Faith
Philippians 4:6. विनवणी reused from baseline ‘exhort’ entry.
Enemies Of The Cross
Approved rendering: क्रुसाचे वैरी
Transliteration: krusāce vairī
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Original: ἐχθροὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ
Category: Salvation
Philippians 3:18. Reuses क्रूस.
Their God Is Their Belly
Approved rendering: ज्या लोकांचें पोटूच देव
Transliteration: jyā lokāmce poṭūc dev
Doctrine: Citizenship in Heaven
Original: ὧν ὁ θεὸς ἡ κοιλία
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 3:19. Must be rendered idiomatically (‘they worship their own appetites’), not as a literal claim about stomach-worship.
Koinonia Pneumatos
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्म्याची सहभागिता
Transliteration: pavitra ātmyācī sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: κοινωνία πνεύματος
Category: Church
Philippians 2:1. Participation in the personal, divine Holy Spirit, not a generic ‘shared spiritual atmosphere’ or impersonal collective consciousness.
Partnership Shared With Me
Approved rendering: वांगडी जावन सहभागी जावप
Transliteration: vāṅgḍī jāvan sahabhāgī jāvap
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: συγκοινωνέω
Category: Church
Philippians 4:14-15.
Poured Out As Drink Offering
Approved rendering: अर्पण भशेन वताडचें
Transliteration: arpaṇ bhaśen vatāḍcẽ
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: σπένδομαι
Category: Church
Philippians 2:17. Must not be conflated with Hindu ritual water-libation (tarpaṇ); metaphor for Paul’s self-sacrificial ministry, not a ritual act securing divine favor.
Straining Forward
Approved rendering: फुडाराक ओढून वचप
Transliteration: fuḍārāk oḍhūn vacap
Doctrine: Pressing on toward the Goal in Christ
Original: ἐπεκτεινόμενος
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:13.
Riches In Glory
Approved rendering: वैभव
Transliteration: vaibhav
Doctrine: Providence
Original: πλοῦτος
Category: God
Philippians 4:19, paired with baseline गौरव.
Conflict Struggle
Approved rendering: संघर्ष
Transliteration: saṅgharṣ
Doctrine: Joy in Suffering and Imprisonment
Original: ἀγών
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:30.
Full Knowledge
Approved rendering: पूर्ण ज्ञान
Transliteration: pūrṇa jñān
Doctrine: Growing Love and Discernment
Original: ἐπίγνωσις
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:9. Distinguished from Hindu ज्ञान-मार्ग (impersonal gnosis toward oneness with Brahman); growing relational knowledge within a love relationship.
Word Of Life
Approved rendering: जिविताचो शब्द
Transliteration: jivitāco śabda
Doctrine: Gospel
Original: λόγος ζωῆς
Category: Faith
Philippians 2:16.
Fear And Trembling
Approved rendering: भंय आनी कांपत
Transliteration: bhãy āni kāmpat
Doctrine: Salvation
Original: φόβος καὶ τρόμος
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 2:12. Reverent awe before a personal God, not servile terror or ritual fear of an impersonal cosmic order.
Low Risk Terms
Fellowship
Approved rendering: सहभागिता
Transliteration: sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: इश्टागत, समाज
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Several Philippians occurrences (1:5, 2:1, 3:10, 4:14-15) are elevated to the High-risk ‘partnership_in_the_gospel’ sense — see that separate entry; bare सहभागिता alone remains Low risk for generic shared-participation contexts.
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: धन्यवाद
Transliteration: dhanyavād
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Philippians 1:3, 4:6.
Exhort
Approved rendering: उत्तेजन देणें
Transliteration: uttejan denẽ
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω / παράκλησις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Noun form उत्तेजन used at Philippians 2:1 (παράκλησις); विनवणी (entreaty) used at 4:6 (δέησις) — same root, context-sensitive.
Selfish Ambition
Approved rendering: स्वार्थीपण
Transliteration: svārthīpaṇ
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Original: ἐριθεία
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 2:3.
Rubbish
Approved rendering: केर-कचरो
Transliteration: ker-kacro
Doctrine: Righteousness by Faith versus the Law
Original: σκύβαλα
Category: Faith
Philippians 3:8. Register matter: do not soften Paul’s rhetorical force.
Surpasses Understanding
Approved rendering: सगळ्या समजुतीच्या परस व्हड
Transliteration: saglyā samajutīcyā paras vhaḍ
Doctrine: Peace with God
Original: ὑπερέχουσα πάντα νοῦν
Category: God
Philippians 4:7.
Giving And Receiving
Approved rendering: दिवप आनी घेवप
Transliteration: divap āni ghevap
Doctrine: Partnership in the Gospel
Original: δόσις καὶ λῆψις
Category: Church
Philippians 4:15.
Discernment
Approved rendering: विवेक
Transliteration: vivek
Doctrine: Growing Love and Discernment
Original: αἴσθησις
Category: Faith
Philippians 1:9.
Approve Test
Approved rendering: परखून मान्य करप
Transliteration: parkhūn mānya karap
Doctrine: Growing Love and Discernment
Philippians 1:10.
Sincere
Approved rendering: प्रामाणिक
Transliteration: prāmāṇik
Doctrine: Christian Testimony and Blameless Witness
Rejected alternatives: निर्मळ
Philippians 1:10. Not निर्मळ (reserved sense per baseline ‘holy’ entry).
Blameless Without Offense
Approved rendering: निर्दोष
Transliteration: nirdoṣ
Doctrine: Christian Testimony and Blameless Witness
Philippians 1:10, echoed 2:15. Moral/relational integrity, not ritual-purity avoidance.
Progress Advance
Approved rendering: प्रगती
Transliteration: pragatī
Doctrine: Gospel
Philippians 1:12, 1:25.
Grumbling Disputing
Approved rendering: कुरकुर / वाद-विवाद
Transliteration: kurkur / vād-vivād
Doctrine: Unity and Humility in the Church
Philippians 2:14.
Crooked Generation
Approved rendering: वाकडी पिळगी
Transliteration: vākḍī piḷgī
Doctrine: Christian Testimony and Blameless Witness
Philippians 2:15, echoing Deuteronomy 32:5.
Lights In The World
Approved rendering: तारे
Transliteration: tāre
Doctrine: Christian Testimony and Blameless Witness
Philippians 2:15.
Gentleness
Approved rendering: सौम्यता
Transliteration: saumyatā
Doctrine: Christian Testimony and Blameless Witness
Original: ἐπιεικές
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 4:5.
Virtues To Dwell On
Approved rendering: खरें, आदरणीय, न्यायी, शुद्ध, प्रिय, बरी कीर्त, सद्गुण, स्तुतीलायक
Transliteration: kharẽ, ādaraṇīya, nyāyī, śuddh, priya, barī kīrt, sadguṇ, stutīlāyak
Doctrine: Christian Testimony and Blameless Witness
Original: ἀληθής, σεμνός, δίκαιος, ἁγνός, προσφιλής, εὔφημος, ἀρετή, ἔπαινος
Category: Sanctification
Philippians 4:8. δίκαιος here (‘न्यायी’) is ordinary ‘justice/rightness’ in a virtue list, distinct from the technical forensic नीतिमत्ता sense used elsewhere.
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