Core Glossary

1 Peter — Core Glossary (English → Maithili)

PRD Phase 1, Step 1 — Companion to `analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md`

This glossary lists every load-bearing theological term identified across the full text of 1 Peter (chapters 1–5), organized for direct promotion into an expanded translation memory in a later phase. Terms marked [BASELINE REUSE] are already fixed in the Romans translation_memory.json and MUST be reused exactly as recorded there — no alternative renderings are proposed for these. All other terms are new proposals for this curriculum, with full risk rationale grounded in the same Mithila-specific cultural collision analysis the baseline established (Panjikaran lineage/caste registry, hereditary Brahmin priesthood, Vaishnava/Shaiva/Shakta devotional practice, ancestor-spirit veneration and śrāddha death-rites, sacred ritual bathing, karma/fate idiom, and the region’s own Ramayana-based avatar and kingdom narratives).

Section A — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (from Romans `translation_memory.json`)

Term (English)	Maithili	Transliteration	Risk (baseline)	1 Peter References
Gospel	सुसमाचार	susamācār	High	1:12, 1:25, 4:6, 4:17
Grace	अनुग्रह	anugraha	High	1:2, 1:10, 1:13, 3:7, 4:10, 5:5, 5:10, 5:12
Faith	विश्वास	biswas	High	1:5, 1:7, 1:9, 1:21, 5:9
Righteousness	धार्मिकता	dhārmiktā	Critical	2:24, 3:12, 3:14, 3:18
Salvation	उद्धार	uddhār	Critical	1:5, 1:9, 1:10, 2:2
Holy	पवित्र	pavitra	High	1:15, 1:16, 3:5
Sanctification	पवित्रीकरण	pavitrīkaraṇ	High	1:2
Resurrection	पुनरुत्थान	punaruthān	Critical	1:3, 3:21
Lord	प्रभु	prabhu	Critical	1:3, 1:25, 2:3, 2:13, 3:6, 3:15
Glory	महिमा	mahimā	High	1:7, 1:8, 1:11, 1:21, 1:24, 4:11, 4:13, 4:14, 5:1, 5:4, 5:10
Sin	पाप	pāp	High	2:22, 2:24, 3:18, 4:1, 4:8
Called / Calling	बजाओल / बजाओल जाएब	bajāol / bajāol jāeb	High	1:15, 2:9, 2:21, 3:9, 5:10
Election	परमेश्वरक चुनाव	parameśvarak cunāv	High	1:1 (root for “elect”)
Apostle	प्रेरित	prerit	Medium	1:1
Spiritual Gifts	आत्मिक वरदान	ātmik varadān	Medium	4:10
Fellowship	सङ्गति	saṅgati	Low	4:13 (conceptual root)
Power of God	परमेश्वरक सामर्थ्य	parameśvarak sāmarthya	High	1:5
Gentiles	अन्यजाति	anyajāti	Medium	2:12, 4:3
God	परमेश्वर	parameśvar	Critical	throughout
Jesus	यीशु	Yīśu	Critical	throughout
Christ	ख्रीष्ट	Khrīṣṭ	Critical	throughout
Holy Spirit	पवित्र आत्मा	pavitra ātmā	Critical	1:2, 1:12, 4:14
Father	पिता	pitā	Critical	1:2, 1:3, 1:17
Messiah	मसीह	masīh	Critical	conceptual root for “Christ”
Peace	शान्ति	śānti	Medium	1:2, 3:11, 5:14
Church	मण्डली	maṇḍalī	Medium	conceptual (flock/household imagery)

Section B — New Terms Proposed for the 1 Peter Curriculum

Term (English)	Maithili Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Doctrine	Key References	Rejected Alternatives	Notes
New birth / born again	नव जन्म	nav janma	Critical	Living Hope of the Resurrection	1:3, 1:23	पुनर्जन्म (rebirth/reincarnation — absolutely forbidden), दोबारा जन्म (too colloquial/ambiguous)	The single highest-risk new term in 1 Peter. पुनर्जन्म must never be used; नव जन्म avoids the पुनर्-prefix that signals cyclical rebirth. Requires mandatory translator note at every occurrence distinguishing this one-time, Spirit-wrought new beginning from saṃsāric rebirth.
Hope	आशा	āśā	Medium	Living Hope of the Resurrection	1:3, 1:13, 1:21, 3:15	—	Standard vocabulary; risk rises only in compound “living hope.”
Living hope	जीवित आशा	jīvit āśā	High	Living Hope of the Resurrection	1:3	—	Must be anchored explicitly to Christ’s historical resurrection (same verse), not left as free-floating optimism or Vaishnava/Shaiva devotional hope for eventual liberation.
Mercy	दया	dayā	High	Living Hope of the Resurrection; general	1:3, 2:10	कृपा (baseline reserves for non-salvific compassion only)	Must be kept visibly distinct from अनुग्रह (grace); names God’s compassionate disposition, not the resulting unmerited-favor status. Risk of collapsing into generic bhakti-deity compassion idiom.
Inheritance	विरासत (qualify as स्वर्गीय विरासत at first use)	virāsat	High	Living Hope of the Resurrection	1:4, 3:7	उत्तराधिकार (considered — overly legalistic/formal)	Collides with Panjikaran-verified lineage-inheritance customs; must be marked as heavenly, unearned, and not lineage/merit-based.
Imperishable	अविनाशी	avināśī	High	Living Hope of the Resurrection; Holiness in Conduct	1:4, 1:23, 3:4	—	Identical to the Bhagavad Gita’s adjective for the soul’s indestructibility (आत्मा अविनाशी); requires contextual anchoring to the specific object described (inheritance, seed, inner character), not treated as an innate human/soul quality.
Undefiled	निष्कलंक	niṣkalaṅk	Medium	Living Hope of the Resurrection	1:4, 1:19	शुद्ध (baseline-flagged ritual-purity risk)	Moral/relational unblemishedness, not ritual purity.
Unfading	न मुरझाएबाला	na murjhāebālā	Medium	Living Hope of the Resurrection; Elders and Humility	1:4, 5:4	अजर(-अमर) (rejected — stock epithet for divine/deity immortality)	Must be used identically at both 1:4 and 5:4 for cross-book consistency.
Guarded (by God’s power)	रक्षित	rakṣit	Medium	Living Hope of the Resurrection	1:5	—	Must convey active, ongoing military-style custody, not passive fate.
Revelation (of Christ / eschatological unveiling)	प्रकट होएब / प्रकटीकरण	prakaṭ hoeb / prakaṭīkaraṇ	Medium	Living Hope of the Resurrection; Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	1:5, 1:7, 1:13, 4:13, 5:4	—	Keep terminologically distinct from प्रकट भेल used for the incarnation “manifested” (1:20) via translator note.
Trial / testing	परीक्षा	parīkṣā	Medium	Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	1:6, 4:12	—	Must not flatten to an academic “exam” sense nor be read as karmic/fate-based testing (प्रारब्ध).
Genuineness (of tested faith)	विश्वासक खरापन	biswasak kharāpan	Medium	Living Hope of the Resurrection	1:7	शुद्धता (avoided — ritual-purity association)	खरा leverages the everyday Maithili idiom for gold “proven genuine.”
Foreknowledge	पूर्वज्ञान	pūrvajñān	High	Living Hope of the Resurrection; election themes	1:2, 1:20	भविष्यफल (astrological prediction — rejected)	Personal, purposive divine knowledge, not astrology or fatalism.
Elect / exiles (compound identity)	चुनल परदेशी	cunal pardeśī	High	general identity	1:1	भाग्य/किस्मत/प्रारब्ध root (forbidden per baseline election entry)	चुनल reuses baseline election root; परदेशी conveys social displacement.
Diaspora / scattering	बिखराव	bikhrāv	Low	general identity	1:1	—	Descriptive social-geographic term.
Sprinkling with [Christ’s] blood	लहूक छिटकाव	lahūk chiṭkāv	High	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	1:2	—	OT covenant-ratification imagery; must not be conflated with Hindu ritual water-sprinkling in पूजा.
Obedience (general, Christ-directed)	आज्ञाकारिता	ājñākāritā	High	general	1:2, 1:14, 1:22	कर्तव्य पालन (duty-compliance — rejected per baseline caution)	Distinct from but related to baseline’s compound “obedience of faith.”
Reverent fear	भय / श्रद्धा-भय	bhay / śraddhā-bhay	Medium	Holiness in Conduct	1:17	—	Reverent awe before the true Judge, not superstitious bhoot-pret dread or servile terror.
Ransomed / redeemed	छुटकारा	chuṭkārā	High	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	1:18	—	[Uses baseline-permitted rescue-narrative sense]
Precious blood	अनमोल लहू	anmol lahū	High	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	1:19	—	Displaces ancestral-tradition inheritance (1:18) as the source of true deliverance.
Lamb without blemish or spot	निष्कलंक आ निर्दोष मेमना	niṣkalaṅk ā nirdoṣ memnā	High	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	1:19	—	Requires OT sacrificial background note; distinguish from regional animal-sacrifice ritual (बलि/यज्ञ).
Manifested (Christ’s historical appearing)	प्रकट भेल	prakaṭ bhel	Critical	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering (Incarnation link)	1:20	अवतार (forbidden per baseline Incarnation entry)	Same doctrinal stakes as baseline’s देहधारण; requires explicit avatar-distinguishing translator note.
Word of God, living and abiding	परमेश्वरक जीवित आ स्थायी वचन	parameśvarak jīvit ā sthāyī vacan	Medium	Living Hope of the Resurrection	1:23, 1:25	—	Distinguish from devotional authority of Vidyapati/Puranic literature per baseline’s inspiration-of-scripture caution.
Imperishable seed	अविनाशी बीज	avināśī bīj	High	Living Hope of the Resurrection	1:23	—	बीज carries bhakti/tantric बीज-मंत्र resonance; keep firmly agricultural/generative and tied to “word of God” in context.
Pure spiritual milk	निर्मल आत्मिक दूध	nirmal ātmik dūdh	Medium	Holiness in Conduct	2:2	शुद्ध (avoided)	Growth imagery following new birth.
Living stone	जीवित पाथर	jīvit pāthar	Medium	Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood	2:4, 2:5, 2:8	—	Non-native metaphor in Maithili idiom but contextually clear.
Cornerstone	कोनक मुख्य पाथर	konak mukhya pāthar	Medium	Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood	2:6, 2:7	—	Load-bearing/foundational, not decorative.
Spiritual house	आत्मिक घर	ātmik ghar	Medium	Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood	2:5	—	Corporate community, not private dwelling.
Holy priesthood	पवित्र पुरोहिताई	pavitra purohitāī	Critical	Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood	2:5	पंडिताई (rejected — hereditary caste-office association)	Highest-risk new term alongside नव जन्म and बन्दीगृहक आत्मासभकेँ प्रचार. Direct collision with hereditary, Panjikaran-verified Brahmin priesthood. Mandatory translator note: granted corporately to all believers by grace, not lineage.
Royal priesthood	राजकीय पुरोहिताई	rājkīya purohitāī	Critical	Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood	2:9	—	Compounds priesthood risk with Mithila’s own Janak-kingdom royal-identity pride (per baseline kingdom_of_god caution).
Spiritual sacrifices	आत्मिक बलिदान	ātmik balidān	High	Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood	2:5	—	Distinguish from literal animal sacrifice (बलि/यज्ञ) at regional Shakta/Shaiva shrines.
Holy nation	पवित्र राष्ट्र	pavitra rāṣṭra	High	Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood	2:9	पवित्र जाति (rejected — caste-lineage collision, per baseline gentiles caution)	राष्ट्र avoids जाति entirely.
A people for his own possession	परमेश्वरक निज प्रजा	parameśvarak nij prajā	Medium-High	Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood	2:9	—	प्रजा echoes regional royal-subject vocabulary while retaining “treasured possession” sense.
Human institution	मानवीय संस्था	mānavīya saṃsthā	Medium	Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance	2:13	व्यवस्था (baseline-reserved for Mosaic Law — avoided)	Distinct from baseline’s Law term.
Submission / submit	अधीनता / अधीन होएब	adhīnatā / adhīn hoeb	High	Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance	2:13, 2:18, 3:1, 3:5, 5:5	—	Must be framed as free, Christ-imitating conduct, not endorsement of existing caste/gender hierarchy as inherently sacred.
Honor everyone	सभकेँ आदर करू	sabhkẽ ādar karū	Medium-High	Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance	2:17	—	Universal, undifferentiated honor cuts against caste-status hierarchy.
Servants (household)	सेवक	sevak	Medium	Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance	2:18	—	Avoid implying endorsement of caste-based/jajmani hereditary service structures.
Suffer unjustly / suffering	अन्यायपूर्ण दुःख भोगब / दुःख	anyāypūrṇ duḥkh bhogab / duḥkh	High	Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	2:19-20, 3:14, 3:17, 4:1, 4:13, 4:19, 5:9-10	—	Commended because it is for righteousness/God’s sake, not fatalistic misfortune-acceptance.
Commendable (χάρις, non-salvific sense)	श्रेयक बात	śreyak bāt	Medium	Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	2:19-20	अनुग्रह (must NOT be used here)	Critical glossary caution: this occurrence of χάρις is not the soteriological grace term.
Example / pattern	आदर्श	ādarś	Medium	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	2:21	—	Preserve the vivid “tracing a copy” sense where possible.
Bore our sins in his body on the tree	हमर पापकेँ अपन देहमे काठ (क्रूस) पर उठौलनि	hamar pāpkẽ apan dehamē kāṭh (krūs) par uṭhaulani	Critical	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	2:24	—	Core substitutionary-atonement statement; must convey vicarious sin-bearing, not mere example.
Die to sin, live to righteousness	पापक हेतु मरि जाएब आ धार्मिकताक हेतु जीबैत रहब	pāpak hetu mari jāeb ā dhārmiktāk hetu jībait rahab	High	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	2:24	—	Reuses धार्मिकता exactly.
Wounds healed	ओकर घावसँ चंगा भेलहुँ	okar ghāvasã caṅgā bhelahũ	High	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	2:24	—	Spiritual/moral healing from sin, not bodily faith-healing guarantee.
Shepherd and overseer of souls	आत्मासभक रखवार आ अध्यक्ष	ātmāsabhak rakhavār ā adhyakṣa	Medium-High	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering; Elders and Humility	2:25, 5:2, 5:4	—	Root reused consistently between Christ’s title and the elders’ derived task.
Weaker vessel	कमजोर पात्र	kamjor pātra	Medium-High	Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance	3:7	—	Requires pastoral framing toward honor and shared heirship, not superiority.
Heirs of the grace of life	जीवनक अनुग्रहक सहभागी वारिस	jīvanak anugrahak sahabhāgī vāris	High	Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance	3:7	—	Reuses अनुग्रह; echoes विरासत/inheritance theme (1:4).
Suffer for righteousness’ sake	धार्मिकताक हेतु दुःख भोगब	dhārmiktāk hetu duḥkh bhogab	Critical	Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	3:14	धर्मक हेतु (rejected — धर्म forbidden per baseline righteousness entry)	Names the curriculum’s doctrine directly; धार्मिकता must never shift to धर्म.
Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts	अपन हृदयमे ख्रीष्टकेँ प्रभुक रूपमे पवित्र मानू	apan hṛdayamē Khrīṣṭkẽ prabhuk rūpamē pavitra mānū	Critical	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering; general Christology	3:15	—	Combines two baseline Critical terms (प्रभु, पवित्र) applied to Christ in an OT-Yahweh-text context.
Defense / answer	उत्तर / बचाव	uttar / bacāv	Low-Medium	general	3:15	—	Theological weight carried by “hope,” not this word.
Good conscience	नीक विवेक	nīk vivek	Medium	Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits	3:16, 3:21	—	Standard vocabulary.
Christ suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous	ख्रीष्ट एक बेर पापक हेतु दुःख भोगलनि, धर्मी अधर्मीक बदलामे	Khrīṣṭ ek ber pāpak hetu duḥkh bhogalani, dharmī adharmīk badalāmē	Critical	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	3:18	—	एक बेर (once) and बदलामे (in place of) must be preserved for unrepeatability and substitution.
Bring us to God	हमरासभकेँ परमेश्वरक लग आनब	hamarāsabhkẽ parameśvarak lag ānab	High	Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	3:18	—	The purpose/goal of the atonement.
Put to death in the flesh, made alive in the spirit	देहमे मृत्यु भेल, आत्मामे जीवित कएल गेला	dehamē mṛtyu bhel, ātmāmē jīvit kael gelā	Critical	Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits	3:18	—	Keep tightly linked to the resurrection statement (v.21-22); avoid docetic or reincarnation misreadings.
Proclaimed to the spirits in prison	बन्दीगृहक आत्मासभकेँ प्रचार कएलनि	bandīgṛhak ātmāsabhkẽ pracār kaelani	Critical	Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits	3:19	—	Extreme collision risk with regional ancestor-spirit veneration and śrāddha/piṇḍadān death-rites, and with bhoot-pret folklore. Mandatory translator note and theologian review at every occurrence; must not be read as license for ritual intercession for the dead.
Ark	जहाज	jahāj	Low	Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits	3:20	—	Standard term.
Baptism now saves you	बपतिस्मा…अखन बचबैत अछि	baptismā… akhan bacabait achi	Critical	Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits; Living Hope of the Resurrection	3:21	—	Must always be translated together with Peter’s own qualifying clause (below); collides with sacred ritual bathing traditions (गंगा स्नान, तीर्थ स्नान).
Appeal to God for a good conscience (baptism’s true meaning)	नीक विवेकक हेतु परमेश्वरसँ बिनती/प्रतिज्ञा	nīk vivekak hetu parameśvarasã binatī/pratijñā	High	Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits	3:21	—	Theological safeguard clause; must never be dropped when translating “baptism now saves you.”
Angels, authorities, powers subjected	स्वर्गदूत, अधिकार, आ सामर्थ्यसभ ओकर अधीन	svargadūt, adhikār, ā sāmarthyasabh okar adhīn	Medium-High	Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits	3:22	शक्तिसभ (avoided for consistency with power_of_god caution)	Climactic statement of Christ’s supreme Lordship.
Will of God	परमेश्वरक इच्छा	parameśvarak icchā	Medium	Holiness in Conduct	4:2, 4:19	प्रारब्ध (fatalism — rejected)	Personal, moral will to be obeyed, not passive destiny.
Sensuality/idolatry vice list (incl. lawless idolatry)	लम्पटता, अभिलाषा, मद्यपान, उत्सव-भोज, आ अवैध मूर्तिपूजा	lampaṭtā, abhilāṣā, madyapān, utsav-bhoj, ā avaidh mūrtipūjā	High	Holiness in Conduct	4:3	—	मूर्तिपूजा (idol-worship) is the standout item; requires gentle, non-confrontational pastoral framing per baseline evangelism guidance while preserving the text’s plain meaning.
Judge the living and the dead	जीवित आ मृतकसभक न्याय करब	jīvit ā mṛtakasabhak nyāy karab	High	Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits	4:5	—	Personal moral judgment, not karmic rebirth-determination.
Gospel preached even to the dead	मृतकसभकेँ सेहो सुसमाचार प्रचार कएल गेल	mṛtakasabhkẽ sehõ susamācār pracār kael gel	Critical	Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits	4:6	—	Genuinely ambiguous clause; flag for theologian review; must not become license for post-mortem ritual benefit for the dead.
Love covers a multitude of sins	प्रेम बहुत पापकेँ ढकैत अछि	prem bahut pāpkẽ ḍhakait achi	Medium	Holiness in Conduct	4:8	—	Relational forbearance, not a rival atonement mechanism to Christ’s blood.
Good stewards of God’s varied grace	परमेश्वरक विविध अनुग्रहक भण्डारी	parameśvarak vividh anugrahak bhaṇḍārī	Medium	general	4:10	—	Reuses अनुग्रह exactly.
Fiery trial	अग्नि-परीक्षा	agni-parīkṣā	Medium	Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	4:12	—	Intensified beyond generic परीक्षा (1:6); echoes 1:7’s fire-refining image.
Share Christ’s sufferings	ख्रीष्टक दुःखमे सहभागी होएब	Khrīṣṭak duḥkhamē sahabhāgī hoeb	High	Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	4:13	—	Ongoing participatory solidarity, not mere social fellowship.
Spirit of glory and of God rests on you	महिमा आ परमेश्वरक आत्मा अहाँ पर ठहरैत अछि	mahimā ā parameśvarak ātmā ahā̃ par ṭhaharait achi	High	Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	4:14	—	Combines पवित्र आत्मा and महिमा in a striking Trinitarian statement.
Judgment begins at the household of God	परमेश्वरक घरानासँ न्यायक शुरुआत	parameśvarak gharānāsã nyāyak śuruāt	Medium	Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	4:17	—	घराना used distinctly from मण्डली (congregation).
Entrust their souls to a faithful Creator	अपन आत्मा विश्वासयोग्य सृष्टिकर्ताकेँ सुम्हारब	apan ātmā biswasyogya sṛṣṭikartākẽ sumhārab	High	Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	4:19	—	Always pair सृष्टिकर्ता with परमेश्वर to avoid standalone deity-title ambiguity (distinct from baseline’s caution against सृष्टिकर्ता for “Father”).
Elders	प्राचीन	prācīn	Medium	Elders and Humility	5:1, 5:5	मुखिया, पुरोहित/पंडित (both rejected — social-headman and hereditary-caste-office associations)	Functional, appointed church office, not a caste or elder-by-birth status.
Shepherd the flock of God	परमेश्वरक झुण्डक रखवारी करू	parameśvarak jhuṇḍak rakhavārī karū	Medium-High	Elders and Humility	5:2	—	Root consistent with 2:25’s shepherd/overseer of souls.
Exercising oversight	अध्यक्षता करैत	adhyakṣatā karait	Medium	Elders and Humility	5:2	—	Consistent with ch. 2’s overseer root.
Not for shameful gain but eagerly	अनुचित लाभक हेतु नहि बल्कि उत्साहसँ	anucit lābhak hetu nahi balki utsāhasã	Medium-High	Elders and Humility	5:2	—	Contrasts with regional दक्षिणा (ritual-fee) religious economy; handle with pastoral care.
Not domineering but being examples	प्रभुत्व जमौने नहि बल्कि आदर्श बनिकऽ	prabhutva jamaune nahi balki ādarś banikã	High	Elders and Humility	5:3	—	प्रभुत्व built on प्रभु root — elders must never claim Christ’s exclusive Lordship.
Unfading crown of glory	महिमाक न मुरझाएबाला मुकुट	mahimāk na murjhāebālā mukuṭ	Medium	Elders and Humility	5:4	अजर (rejected, see above)	Reuses न मुरझाएबाला from 1:4.
Clothe yourselves with humility	नम्रता धारण करू	namratā dhāraṇ karū	Medium-High	Elders and Humility	5:5	—	Servant-apron imagery ideally preserved.
God opposes the proud, gives grace to the humble	परमेश्वर घमंडीक विरोध करैत छथि, मुदा नम्रकेँ अनुग्रह दैत छथि	parameśvar ghamaṇḍīk virodh karait chathi, mudā namrakẽ anugraha dait chathi	High	Elders and Humility	5:5	—	Reuses अनुग्रह; key grace-versus-pride contrast passage.
Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God	परमेश्वरक सामर्थ्यवान हाथक नीचाँ नम्र होउ	parameśvarak sāmarthyavān hāthak nīcā̃ namra hou	Medium-High	Elders and Humility	5:6	शक्तिशाली (avoided)	सामर्थ्यवान kept consistent with power_of_god baseline caution.
Cast all your anxiety on him	अपन सभ चिन्ता ओहि पर छोड़ि दियौ	apan sabh cintā ohi par choṛi diyau	Low-Medium	general	5:7	—	Active trusting transfer, not fatalistic resignation.
Adversary the devil	शत्रु शैतान	śatru śaitān	High	general (spiritual warfare)	5:8	भूत-प्रेत root, रावण-type figure (both rejected)	Personal spiritual being, distinct from regional ghost-folklore and mythological antagonists.
Resist him, firm in your faith	विश्वासमे दृढ़ रहिकऽ ओकर प्रतिरोध करू	biswasamē dṛṛh rahikã okar pratirodh karū	High	general	5:9	—	Reuses विश्वास exactly.
The God of all grace	सर्व अनुग्रहक परमेश्वर	sarv anugrahak parameśvar	High	general	5:10	—	Reuses अनुग्रह exactly.
Restore, confirm, strengthen, establish	सिद्ध, स्थिर, बलवान्, आ आधारित करता	siddh, sthir, balavān, ā ādhārit kartā	Low-Medium	general (assurance)	5:10	—	Cumulative promise of God’s active sustaining work.
Dominion forever	प्रभुत्व सदासर्वदा	prabhutva sadāsarvadā	Medium	general	5:11	—	Built on प्रभु root.
Kiss of love	प्रेमक चुम्बन	premak cumban	Low (cultural note advised)	general	5:14	—	Physical kissing not standard Maithili greeting custom; cultural-adaptation note recommended in study materials.

Section C — Doctrine-to-Term Cross-Reference (Curriculum Doctrines)

Curriculum Doctrine	Primary New/Baseline Terms
The Living Hope of the Resurrection	जीवित आशा, नव जन्म, पुनरुत्थान [baseline], विरासत, अविनाशी, निष्कलंक, न मुरझाएबाला, उद्धार [baseline], अविनाशी बीज
Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake	धार्मिकताक हेतु दुःख भोगब, परीक्षा, अग्नि-परीक्षा, ख्रीष्टक दुःखमे सहभागी होएब, अन्यायपूर्ण दुःख भोगब
The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood	पवित्र पुरोहिताई, राजकीय पुरोहिताई, आत्मिक बलिदान, पवित्र राष्ट्र, परमेश्वरक निज प्रजा, जीवित पाथर, कोनक मुख्य पाथर, आत्मिक घर
Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance	अधीनता/अधीन होएब, मानवीय संस्था, सभकेँ आदर करू, सेवक, कमजोर पात्र
Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering	हमर पापकेँ अपन देहमे काठ पर उठौलनि, ख्रीष्ट एक बेर पापक हेतु दुःख भोगलनि — धर्मी अधर्मीक बदलामे, अनमोल लहू, निष्कलंक आ निर्दोष मेमना, प्रकट भेल
Holiness in Conduct	पवित्र [baseline], निर्मल आत्मिक दूध, परमेश्वरक इच्छा, मूर्तिपूजा-सहित दोष-सूची, प्रेम बहुत पापकेँ ढकैत अछि
Elders and Humility	प्राचीन, परमेश्वरक झुण्डक रखवारी करू, अनुचित लाभक हेतु नहि बल्कि उत्साहसँ, नम्रता धारण करू, परमेश्वर घमंडीक विरोध करैत छथि…अनुग्रह दैत छथि
Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (1 Peter 3:18-22)	बन्दीगृहक आत्मासभकेँ प्रचार कएलनि, देहमे मृत्यु भेल आत्मामे जीवित कएल गेला, बपतिस्मा अखन बचबैत अछि, नीक विवेकक हेतु परमेश्वरसँ बिनती, स्वर्गदूत अधिकार आ सामर्थ्यसभ अधीन

Section D — Terms Flagged for Mandatory Theologian Review (Critical Tier)

नव जन्म (new birth) — 1:3, 1:23
प्रकट भेल (manifested/Incarnation link) — 1:20
पवित्र पुरोहिताई (holy priesthood) — 2:5
राजकीय पुरोहिताई (royal priesthood) — 2:9
हमर पापकेँ अपन देहमे काठ पर उठौलनि (bore our sins on the tree) — 2:24
धार्मिकताक हेतु दुःख भोगब (suffer for righteousness’ sake) — 3:14
अपन हृदयमे ख्रीष्टकेँ प्रभुक रूपमे पवित्र मानू (sanctify Christ as Lord) — 3:15
ख्रीष्ट एक बेर पापक हेतु दुःख भोगलनि (Christ suffered once, righteous for unrighteous) — 3:18
देहमे मृत्यु भेल, आत्मामे जीवित कएल गेला (put to death in flesh, made alive in spirit) — 3:18
बन्दीगृहक आत्मासभकेँ प्रचार कएलनि (proclaimed to spirits in prison) — 3:19
बपतिस्मा अखन बचबैत अछि (baptism now saves you) — 3:21
मृतकसभकेँ सेहो सुसमाचार प्रचार कएल गेल (gospel preached to the dead) — 4:6

These twelve items, together with every baseline Critical-risk term reused from Romans, define the Phase 2 escalation set for 1 Peter and should be incorporated into an expanded doctrine_risk_registry.json in the next pipeline step.

Critical Risk Terms

Righteousness

Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dhārmiktā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य, सतीत्व
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. NEVER धर्म or सतीत्व. In 1 Peter this term also anchors the letter’s own named doctrine ‘suffer for righteousness’ sake’ (3:14) — see suffer_for_righteousness_sake. 1 Peter references: 2:24, 3:12, 3:14, 3:18.

Salvation

Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhār
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष, छुटकारा
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. NEVER मुक्ति or मोक्ष. In 1 Peter salvation is explicitly future/eschatological (‘ready to be revealed,’ 1:5) — must be kept distinct from present rebirth-cycle liberation. छुटकारा remains reserved for rescue-narrative contexts (see ransomed_redeemed). 1 Peter references: 1:5, 1:9, 1:10, 2:2.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punaruthān
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्जीवन
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. NEVER पुनर्जन्म. This is the doctrinal engine of 1 Peter’s core passage (1:3) and grounds baptism’s saving significance (3:21). Requires a distinguishing note from reincarnation at every occurrence. See also new_birth, a distinct but adjacent Critical term this letter introduces that carries the identical collision risk.

Lord

Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, मालिक
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Consistent honorific verb agreement (छथि) required throughout. At 3:15 combined with पवित्र in ‘sanctify Christ as Lord,’ an OT-Yahweh text (Isa 8:13) applied to Christ. 1 Peter references: 1:3, 1:25, 2:3, 2:13, 3:6, 3:15.

Incarnation

Approved rendering: देहधारण
Transliteration: dehadhāraṇ
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: अवतार, देह प्रकट

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. NEVER अवतार. 1 Peter does not use this exact rendering directly but the doctrine is directly cross-referenced at 1:20’s ‘manifested’ (φανερωθέντος), rendered प्रकट भेल — see manifested. Both terms carry identical doctrinal stakes and must both avoid अवतार.

Messiah

Approved rendering: मसीह
Transliteration: masīh
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Rejected alternatives: अभिषिक्त पुरुष, अवतारी पुरुष
Original: Χριστός / מָשִׁיחַ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Not assimilated to Ram/Krishna as awaited avatar-figures. Conceptual root underlying every ‘Christ’ occurrence — see christ.

Jesus

Approved rendering: यीशु
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Never ईसा. Occurs throughout 1 Peter.

God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: parameśvar
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: भगवान, ईश्वर
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Never भगवान or ईश्वर. Occurs throughout 1 Peter; always paired appropriately with सृष्टिकर्ता at 4:19 (see entrust_souls_to_faithful_creator) to avoid standalone deity-title ambiguity.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: pavitra ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Never ब्रह्म or परमात्मा alone. 1 Peter references: 1:2, 1:12, 4:14 (combined with महिमा — see spirit_of_glory_rests).

Father

Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: pitā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्मा, सृष्टिकर्ता
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Never ब्रह्मा or an unqualified सृष्टिकर्ता standing alone as a Trinitarian-person term. 1 Peter references: 1:2, 1:3, 1:17.

Christ

Approved rendering: ख्रीष्ट
Transliteration: Khrīṣṭ
Doctrine: Christology
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

New entry for the 1 Peter expanded translation memory, following the established North Indian Bible-translation form already recorded in the AI requirements document (Christ = ख्रीष्ट / मसीह). Use ख्रीष्ट for the compound proper name ‘Jesus Christ,’ used dozens of times throughout 1 Peter; reserve मसीह for contexts emphasizing the fulfilled Messianic title. Consistent honorific verb agreement required throughout, per the baseline’s lord/god conventions.

New Birth

Approved rendering: नव जन्म
Transliteration: nav janma
Doctrine: New Birth and Regeneration
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, दोबारा जन्म
Original: ἀναγεννήσας / ἀναγεγεννημένοι
Category: Salvation

The single most dangerous new term in 1 Peter. पुनर्जन्म (already forbidden as a rendering of ‘resurrection’ in the baseline) is the exact everyday word a Vaishnava/Shaiva-rebirth-literate audience will reach for, since both notions involve ‘birth happening again.’ नव जन्म deliberately avoids the पुनर्- prefix that signals cyclical repetition. Mandatory translator note required at every occurrence (1:3, 1:23) distinguishing this one-time, Spirit-wrought new beginning grounded in Christ’s historical resurrection from rebirth within saṃsāra.

Manifested

Approved rendering: प्रकट भेल
Transliteration: prakaṭ bhel
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: अवतार
Original: φανερωθέντος
Category: Christology

Directly touches the Incarnation doctrine at 1:20. Carries identical doctrinal stakes to the baseline’s देहधारण though rendering a different Greek verb (φανερωθέντος); NEVER अवतार. Requires a mandatory translator note distinguishing this once-for-all historical appearing from the region’s own avatar-descent narrative (Ram/Krishna).

Holy Priesthood

Approved rendering: पवित्र पुरोहिताई
Transliteration: pavitra purohitāī
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: पंडिताई
Original: ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον
Category: Church

Among the highest-risk terms in this curriculum. In Mithila, पुरोहित/पंडित is a hereditary caste office held exclusively by Maithil Brahmins, verified through the Panjikaran genealogical registry. Mandatory translator note required at every occurrence (2:5) stating the office is granted corporately to all believers by grace, without lineage qualification.

Royal Priesthood

Approved rendering: राजकीय पुरोहिताई
Transliteration: rājkīya purohitāī
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα
Category: Church

Compounds the priesthood risk with a second collision: ‘royal’ language at 2:9 echoes Mithila’s own proud Janak-kingdom identity. Must not be heard as restoring an earthly royal-priestly caste hierarchy.

Bore Our Sins On The Tree

Approved rendering: हमर पापकेँ अपन देहमे काठ (क्रूस) पर उठौलनि
Transliteration: hamar pāpkẽ apan dehamē kāṭh (krūs) par uṭhaulani
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν αὐτὸς ἀνήνεγκεν ἐν τῷ σώματι αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον
Category: Atonement

The letter’s key substitutionary-atonement statement (2:24). Must convey genuine vicarious sin-bearing, not merely ‘he suffered too’ or moral example alone. काठ (wood) paired with क्रूस (established loanword for ‘cross’) to keep both the OT sacrificial-wood echo and the historical crucifixion event visible.

Suffer For Righteousness Sake

Approved rendering: धार्मिकताक हेतु दुःख भोगब
Transliteration: dhārmiktāk hetu duḥkh bhogab
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Rejected alternatives: धर्मक हेतु दुःख भोगब
Original: πάσχοιτε διὰ δικαιοσύνην
Category: Suffering

Names the doctrine directly at 3:14 (quoting Matt 5:10 Beatitude tradition). धार्मिकता must NEVER shift to धर्म — this is suffering because of right-standing-produced conduct, not failure to perform social/religious duty.

Sanctify Christ As Lord

Approved rendering: अपन हृदयमे ख्रीष्टकेँ प्रभुक रूपमे पवित्र मानू
Transliteration: apan hṛdayamē Khrīṣṭkẽ prabhuk rūpamē pavitra mānū
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: κύριον τὸν Χριστὸν ἁγιάσατε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν
Category: Christology

At 3:15, combines two baseline Critical terms (प्रभु, पवित्र) applied jointly to Christ in a context originally addressed to Yahweh (Isa 8:13) — an explicit high-Christology statement paralleling Romans 10:9’s doctrinal weight; must not be softened.

Christ Suffered Once

Approved rendering: ख्रीष्ट एक बेर पापक हेतु दुःख भोगलनि, धर्मी अधर्मीक बदलामे
Transliteration: Khrīṣṭ ek ber pāpak hetu duḥkh bhogalani, dharmī adharmīk badalāmē
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: Χριστὸς ἅπαξ περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν ἔπαθεν, δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων
Category: Atonement

The letter’s clearest substitutionary/penal statement (3:18). एक बेर (‘once’) must be preserved emphatically — unrepeatable, unlike regional ritual sacrifice performed repeatedly; बदलामे (‘in place of’) must convey genuine substitution, not mere accompaniment or example. धर्मी reuses the baseline righteousness/justification root.

Put To Death In Flesh Alive In Spirit

Approved rendering: देहमे मृत्यु भेल, आत्मामे जीवित कएल गेला
Transliteration: dehamē mṛtyu bhel, ātmāmē jīvit kael gelā
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits
Original: θανατωθεὶς σαρκί, ζῳοποιηθεὶς πνεύματι
Category: Christology

At 3:18, must avoid implying Christ’s human nature was discarded (docetic-leaning misreading) or that this describes reincarnation; must be kept tightly linked to the resurrection statement of v.21-22 so it reads as death-and-resurrection language, not a standalone body-soul separation doctrine. Flag for theologian review.

Proclaimed To Spirits In Prison

Approved rendering: बन्दीगृहक आत्मासभकेँ प्रचार कएलनि
Transliteration: bandīgṛhak ātmāsabhkẽ pracār kaelani
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits
Original: τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν ἐκήρυξεν
Category: Christology

EXTREME collision risk in Mithila specifically: regional ancestor-spirit veneration and death-rites (श्राद्ध, पिंडदान), plus widespread भूत-प्रेत/प्रेतात्मा belief, could cause this to be read as (a) a class of unquiet ancestor-spirits needing ritual release, or (b) evidence the dead can still be spiritually helped through ongoing human ritual action. Mandatory translator note required at 3:19; theologian review at every occurrence, without exception.

Baptism Now Saves

Approved rendering: बपतिस्मा…अखन बचबैत अछि
Transliteration: baptismā… akhan bacabait achi
Doctrine: Baptism as an Appeal to God through Christ’s Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: स्नान, तीर्थ स्नान
Original: ὃ ἀντίτυπον νῦν σῴζει βάπτισμα
Category: Sacraments

Enormous collision risk given deeply embedded regional sacred ritual bathing (गंगा स्नान, तीर्थ स्नान) believed to confer spiritual purification/merit. Peter’s own qualifying clause (see appeal_for_good_conscience) must ALWAYS be translated together with this clause, never in isolation, at 3:21. Saving efficacy is explicitly grounded in Christ’s resurrection, not the water itself. Requires theologian review at every occurrence.

Gospel Preached To The Dead

Approved rendering: मृतकसभकेँ सेहो सुसमाचार प्रचार कएल गेल
Transliteration: mṛtakasabhkẽ sehõ susamācār pracār kael gel
Doctrine: Final Judgment and the Gospel’s Reach to the Dead
Original: εὐηγγελίσθη καὶ νεκροῖς
Category: Eschatology

One of the most exegetically disputed clauses in the NT (4:6). A genuinely ambiguous clause per the ambiguity-handling protocol; must be flagged for theologian review and must NEVER be read as license for post-mortem evangelism, second-chance salvation, or श्राद्ध-style ritual benefit conferred on the deceased by the living.

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: सुसमाचार
Transliteration: susamācār
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: नीक खबर, शुभ सन्देश
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Weighty, proclaimed-message sense, not casual news. 1 Peter references: 1:12, 1:25, 4:6, 4:17.

Grace

Approved rendering: अनुग्रह
Transliteration: anugraha
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कृपा, दया, पुण्य, कर्मफल, भाग
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Unmerited favor, never merit or Sita-modeled achieved virtue. IMPORTANT 1 Peter-specific caveat: at 2:19-20 χάρις is used in its ordinary, non-soteriological sense (‘commendable’) and must NOT be rendered अनुग्रह there — see commendable_nonsalvific_charis. 1 Peter references: 1:2, 1:10, 1:13, 3:7, 4:10, 5:5, 5:10, 5:12.

Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: biswas
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ति
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Personal trust in Christ, not भक्ति-style generalized devotional reverence. 1 Peter references: 1:5, 1:7, 1:9, 1:21, 5:9.

Holy

Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध, निर्मल
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Moral/relational set-apartness, not ritual purity. 1 Peter references: 1:15, 1:16 (quoting Lev 11:44), 3:5; combined with प्रभु at 3:15 (see sanctify_christ_as_lord).

Sanctification

Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: pavitrīkaraṇ
Doctrine: Sanctification and Covenant Consecration
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धिकरण, संस्कार
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Distinct from संस्कार life-cycle purification rites and Panjikaran-linked lineage purity. 1 Peter reference: 1:2 (‘sanctification of the Spirit’).

Law

Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: byavasthā
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, नियम

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Reserved exclusively for the Mosaic Law/Torah. Retained here specifically as a fenced-off contrast term: 1 Peter’s new ‘human institution’ term (मानवीय संस्था, 2:13) must never be confused with or substituted by व्यवस्था.

Sin

Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāp
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म, अशुद्धता
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Distinct from ritual impurity or impersonal karmic debt. 1 Peter references: 2:22, 2:24, 3:18, 4:1, 4:8.

Glory

Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज, ज्योति
Original: δόξα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Avoid light-imagery collisions with regional Puranic divine-radiance description. Very frequent in 1 Peter: 1:7, 1:8, 1:11, 1:21, 1:24, 4:11, 4:13, 4:14, 5:1, 5:4, 5:10; combined with पवित्र आत्मा at 4:14 (see spirit_of_glory_rests).

Obedience Of Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वासक आज्ञाकारिता
Transliteration: biswasak ājñākāritā
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: धार्मिक कर्तव्य पालन

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Conceptual root for this letter’s broader, related but distinct ‘obedience’ term (आज्ञाकारिता) at 1:2, 1:14, 1:22 — see obedience. Both must avoid कर्तव्य पालन.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: parameśvarak sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति, बल
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. NEVER शक्ति (Shakta-goddess association). सामर्थ्य root reused consistently at 1:5 (guarded by God’s power), 3:22 (‘powers’ subjected to Christ), and 5:6 (‘mighty hand,’ सामर्थ्यवान) for full-book terminological consistency.

Covenant

Approved rendering: वाचा
Transliteration: vācā
Doctrine: Sanctification and Covenant Consecration
Rejected alternatives: अनुबंध, बिआह-सम्बन्ध

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Directly relevant OT background for 1 Peter 1:2’s ‘sprinkling with his blood’ (Exod 24:8 covenant-ratification imagery) — see sprinkling_of_blood.

Election

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक चुनाव
Transliteration: parameśvarak cunāv
Doctrine: Election and Foreknowledge
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, किस्मत, प्रारब्ध
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Root of 1 Peter 1:1’s ‘elect exiles’ (ἐκλεκτοῖς) — see elect_exiles. Never भाग्य, किस्मत, or प्रारब्ध.

Abba

Approved rendering: अब्बा
Transliteration: abbā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Not directly occurring in 1 Peter but retained for cross-book consistency with Romans 8:15, relevant to this curriculum’s 3:7 ‘heirs of the grace of life’ adoption-adjacent language.

Living Hope

Approved rendering: जीवित आशा
Transliteration: jīvit āśā
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Original: ἐλπὶς ζῶσα
Category: Salvation

Must be anchored explicitly to the resurrection clause in the same verse (1:3) so it is not heard as the region’s own devotional hope for eventual liberation (मुक्ति/मोक्ष, both forbidden) sought through repeated lifetimes of devotion.

Mercy

Approved rendering: दया
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: कृपा
Original: ἔλεος
Category: God

दया is the everyday Maithili word for a deity’s compassion in regional Vaishnava/Shaiva bhakti idiom. Must be anchored to God’s specific saving act through Christ’s resurrection (1:3) and kept visibly distinct from अनुग्रह (grace) — दया names the compassionate disposition; अनुग्रह names the resulting unmerited gift/status. Occurs also at 2:10.

Inheritance

Approved rendering: विरासत
Transliteration: virāsat
Doctrine: Guarded Inheritance and Assurance of Hope
Rejected alternatives: उत्तराधिकार
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Salvation

विरासत collides with Panjikaran-verified lineage-inheritance customs central to Maithil social structure. Qualify as ‘स्वर्गीय विरासत’ (heavenly inheritance) at first occurrence (1:4) to mark the categorical difference from worldly/lineage inheritance; recurs conceptually at 3:7.

Imperishable

Approved rendering: अविनाशी
Transliteration: avināśī
Doctrine: Guarded Inheritance and Assurance of Hope
Original: ἄφθαρτος
Category: Eschatology

अविनाशी is precisely the adjective regional devotional and Vedantic idiom uses for the soul’s indestructibility (echoing the Bhagavad Gita). Every occurrence (1:4 inheritance, 1:23 seed, 3:4 inner character) requires contextual anchoring to the specific object described; never used predicatively as a standalone soul-quality.

Foreknowledge

Approved rendering: पूर्वज्ञान
Transliteration: pūrvajñān
Doctrine: Election and Foreknowledge
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफल
Original: πρόγνωσις
Category: God

Occurs at 1:2 and 1:20 (Christ ‘foreknown before the foundation of the world’). Personal, purposive divine knowledge, never astrological prediction or fatalistic प्रारब्ध.

Elect Exiles

Approved rendering: चुनल परदेशी
Transliteration: cunal pardeśī
Doctrine: Election and Foreknowledge
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, किस्मत, प्रारब्ध
Original: ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις
Category: Church

चुनल reuses the baseline election root; never fate/luck. परदेशी conveys social displacement, foundational for the whole letter’s pastoral strategy (1:1).

Sprinkling Of Blood

Approved rendering: लहूक छिटकाव
Transliteration: lahūk chiṭkāv
Doctrine: Sanctification and Covenant Consecration
Original: ῥαντισμὸς αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Covenant

OT covenant-ratification and cleansing imagery (Exod 24:8). Requires explicit OT sacrificial-covenant background note at 1:2 to prevent conflation with ritual water-sprinkling in Hindu पूजा.

Obedience

Approved rendering: आज्ञाकारिता
Transliteration: ājñākāritā
Doctrine: Sanctification and Covenant Consecration
Rejected alternatives: कर्तव्य पालन
Original: ὑπακοή
Category: Faith

Occurs at 1:2, 1:14, 1:22. Distinct from but related to the baseline’s compound ‘obedience of faith’ (विश्वासक आज्ञाकारिता). Must not collapse into duty-bound household compliance.

Ransomed Redeemed

Approved rendering: छुटकारा
Transliteration: chuṭkārā
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ἐλυτρώθητε
Category: Salvation

Uses the baseline-permitted rescue-narrative sense of छुटकारा. At 1:18, deliverance is from ‘futile ways inherited from your forefathers’ by Christ’s blood, not by perishable silver/gold.

Precious Blood

Approved rendering: अनमोल लहू
Transliteration: anmol lahū
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: τίμιον αἷμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Atonement

At 1:19, directly displaces ancestral-tradition/lineage inheritance (1:18) as the source of true deliverance — theologically loaded given regional ancestor-veneration and lineage-purity customs.

Lamb Without Blemish

Approved rendering: निष्कलंक आ निर्दोष मेमना
Transliteration: niṣkalaṅk ā nirdoṣ memnā
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος καὶ ἄσπιλος
Category: Christology

Requires OT sacrificial background explanation at 1:19; distinguished from ongoing regional animal-sacrifice practice (goat/buffalo offerings at Shakta shrines such as Ugratara) as a categorically different, once-for-all, substitutionary event.

Imperishable Seed

Approved rendering: अविनाशी बीज
Transliteration: avināśī bīj
Doctrine: New Birth and Regeneration
Original: σπορὰ ἄφθαρτος
Category: Salvation

बीज carries strong resonance in regional bhakti/tantric idiom (बीज मंत्र); at 1:23 context must keep this firmly agricultural/generative and tied explicitly to ‘the word of God’ in the same verse. अविनाशी reused for consistency with 1:4.

Spiritual Sacrifices

Approved rendering: आत्मिक बलिदान
Transliteration: ātmik balidān
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: πνευματικαὶ θυσίαι
Category: Church

At 2:5, must be distinguished from ongoing literal animal sacrifice (बलि/यज्ञ) practiced at regional Shakta/Shaiva shrines.

Holy Nation

Approved rendering: पवित्र राष्ट्र
Transliteration: pavitra rāṣṭra
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: पवित्र जाति
Original: ἔθνος ἅγιον
Category: Church

राष्ट्र deliberately chosen over जाति at 2:9, since जाति carries caste-lineage weight in Mithila’s Panjikaran-conscious social structure; ἔθνος here must never be heard as a caste category.

Peculiar People

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक निज प्रजा
Transliteration: parameśvarak nij prajā
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν
Category: Church

प्रजा at 2:9 echoes the region’s own royal-subject vocabulary from the Janak-kingdom tradition but must retain the sense of God’s own treasured possession, not mere political subjecthood.

Submission

Approved rendering: अधीनता
Transliteration: adhīnatā
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Ethics

Spans government (2:13), masters (2:18), husbands and wives (3:1, 3:5), and younger believers toward elders (5:5). Must always retain an explicit ‘for the Lord’s sake’ purpose clause in the same sentence; never left as a bare imperative that could be silently absorbed into pre-existing caste/gender-based hierarchical duty.

Honor Everyone

Approved rendering: सभकेँ आदर करू
Transliteration: sabhkẽ ādar karū
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: πάντας τιμήσατε
Category: Ethics

At 2:17, the universality intersects with the baseline’s universal_scope_of_gospel caution regarding Panjikaran-verified caste-lineage hierarchy; must not be qualified or limited by social status.

Suffer Unjustly

Approved rendering: अन्यायपूर्ण दुःख भोगब
Transliteration: anyāypūrṇ duḥkh bhogab
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: πάσχων ἀδίκως
Category: Suffering

At 2:19-20, must be framed as suffering commended specifically because it is for righteousness/for God, not generalized, fatalistic acceptance of misfortune (avoid प्रारब्ध-toned resignation).

Die To Sin Live To Righteousness

Approved rendering: पापक हेतु मरि जाएब आ धार्मिकताक हेतु जीबैत रहब
Transliteration: pāpak hetu mari jāeb ā dhārmiktāk hetu jībait rahab
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ἀπογενόμενοι τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ ζήσωμεν
Category: Sanctification

At 2:24; reuses धार्मिकता exactly per baseline — never धर्म or सतीत्व.

Wounds Healed

Approved rendering: ओकर घावसँ चंगा भेलहुँ
Transliteration: okar ghāvasã caṅgā bhelahũ
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: τῷ μώλωπι αὐτοῦ ἰάθητε
Category: Atonement

At 2:24 (quoting Isa 53:5), must be read as spiritual/moral healing from sin’s dominion, not physical faith-healing or prosperity-gospel-style bodily healing guarantee.

Shepherd And Overseer Of Souls

Approved rendering: आत्मासभक रखवार आ अध्यक्ष
Transliteration: ātmāsabhak rakhavār ā adhyakṣa
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ποιμὴν καὶ ἐπίσκοπος τῶν ψυχῶν
Category: Christology

At 2:25, sets up a direct terminological link to ch. 5’s elder/shepherd instructions; the root रखवार must be reused there (see shepherd_the_flock) for consistency.

Weaker Vessel

Approved rendering: कमजोर पात्र
Transliteration: kamjor pātra
Doctrine: Marriage and Mutual Honor
Original: ἀσθενέστερον σκεῦος
Category: Ethics

At 3:7, requires careful pastoral framing so it lands as honor and shared heirship, not reinforcement of existing gender-hierarchy assumptions.

Heirs Of The Grace Of Life

Approved rendering: जीवनक अनुग्रहक सहभागी वारिस
Transliteration: jīvanak anugrahak sahabhāgī vāris
Doctrine: Marriage and Mutual Honor
Original: συγκληρονόμοι χάριτος ζωῆς
Category: Salvation

At 3:7; अनुग्रह reused exactly; echoes the विरासत/inheritance theme from 1:4, reinforcing that this inheritance is unearned and mutual, not gained through lineage-verified household status.

Bring Us To God

Approved rendering: हमरासभकेँ परमेश्वरक लग आनब
Transliteration: hamarāsabhkẽ parameśvarak lag ānab
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ἵνα ὑμᾶς προσαγάγῃ τῷ θεῷ
Category: Atonement

At 3:18; echoes the baseline’s peace/grace conceptual ground — access to God is the goal of the atonement, not an incidental byproduct.

Appeal For Good Conscience

Approved rendering: नीक विवेकक हेतु परमेश्वरसँ बिनती/प्रतिज्ञा
Transliteration: nīk vivekak hetu parameśvarasã binatī/pratijñā
Doctrine: Baptism as an Appeal to God through Christ’s Resurrection
Original: συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς ἐπερώτημα εἰς θεόν
Category: Sacraments

This clause (3:21) is the theological safeguard against baptism being read as ritual water-purification and must NEVER be dropped or abbreviated when the preceding ‘baptism saves’ clause is translated.

Angels Authorities Powers Subjected

Approved rendering: स्वर्गदूत, अधिकार, आ सामर्थ्यसभ ओकर अधीन
Transliteration: svargadūt, adhikār, ā sāmarthyasabh okar adhīn
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits
Rejected alternatives: शक्तिसभ
Original: ἀγγέλων καὶ ἐξουσιῶν καὶ δυνάμεων ὑποταγέντων αὐτῷ
Category: Christology

सामर्थ्य (not शक्ति) reused at 3:22 for ‘powers’ to remain consistent with power_of_god caution, even though here it denotes created spiritual powers rather than God’s own power.

Idolatry Vice List

Approved rendering: लम्पटता, अभिलाषा, मद्यपान, उत्सव-भोज, आ अवैध मूर्तिपूजा
Transliteration: lampaṭtā, abhilāṣā, madyapān, utsav-bhoj, ā avaidh mūrtipūjā
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Original: ἀσέλγειαι, ἐπιθυμίαι, οἰνοφλυγίαι, κῶμοι, πότοι, ἀθέμιτοι εἰδωλολατρίαι
Category: Sin

मूर्तिपूजा (idol-worship) at 4:3 is the standout high-risk item: explicit naming of image-worship as sin requires the same pastoral sensitivity the baseline’s evangelism doctrine flags for a region with deep, sincere Vaishnava/Shaiva/Shakta devotional practice — translate plainly and completely, frame gently in study notes, never soften or omit.

Judge Living And Dead

Approved rendering: जीवित आ मृतकसभक न्याय करब
Transliteration: jīvit ā mṛtakasabhak nyāy karab
Doctrine: Final Judgment and the Gospel’s Reach to the Dead
Original: κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς
Category: Eschatology

At 4:5, must be a personal, moral judgment by Christ, not an impersonal karmic reckoning determining rebirth-status.

Approved rendering: ख्रीष्टक दुःखमे सहभागी होएब
Transliteration: Khrīṣṭak duḥkhamē sahabhāgī hoeb
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: κοινωνεῖτε τοῖς τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθήμασιν
Category: Suffering

At 4:13; echoes the baseline’s fellowship = सङ्गति, but compounded with suffering raises the stakes considerably — shared participation in Christ’s own redemptive suffering pattern, not merely social fellowship.

Spirit Of Glory Rests

Approved rendering: महिमा आ परमेश्वरक आत्मा अहाँ पर ठहरैत अछि
Transliteration: mahimā ā parameśvarak ātmā ahā̃ par ṭhaharait achi
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: τὸ τῆς δόξης καὶ τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ πνεῦμα ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ἀναπαύεται
Category: God

At 4:14; combines पवित्र आत्मा and महिमा in a striking Trinitarian statement (echoing Isa 11:2) requiring careful, undiminished rendering.

Entrust Souls To Faithful Creator

Approved rendering: अपन आत्मा विश्वासयोग्य सृष्टिकर्ताकेँ सुम्हारब
Transliteration: apan ātmā biswasyogya sṛṣṭikartākẽ sumhārab
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: παρατιθέσθωσαν τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν πιστῷ κτίστῃ
Category: God

At 4:19; विश्वास root reused. सृष्टिकर्ता should always be paired with परमेश्वर to avoid standing alone as an ambiguous, un-personalized deity-title heard as one more Creator-figure among regional creation narratives (e.g., Brahma), distinct from the baseline’s caution against सृष्टिकर्ता as a rendering for ‘Father.‘

Shepherd The Flock

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक झुण्डक रखवारी करू
Transliteration: parameśvarak jhuṇḍak rakhavārī karū
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ποιμάνατε τὸ ἐν ὑμῖν ποίμνιον τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Ministry

At 5:2; रखवार/रखवारी deliberately reused from 2:25 for terminological consistency between Christ’s pattern and the elders’ derived task.

Not For Shameful Gain

Approved rendering: अनुचित लाभक हेतु नहि बल्कि उत्साहसँ
Transliteration: anucit lābhak hetu nahi balki utsāhasã
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: μὴ αἰσχροκερδῶς ἀλλὰ προθύμως
Category: Ministry

At 5:2; invites a live, potentially sensitive contrast with regional दक्षिणा (ritual-fee) customs paid to Brahmin priests. Handle with pastoral care, without disparaging existing religious practitioners inflammatorily.

Not Domineering But Examples

Approved rendering: प्रभुत्व जमौने नहि बल्कि आदर्श बनिकऽ
Transliteration: prabhutva jamaune nahi balki ādarś banikã
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: μηδ᾽ ὡς κατακυριεύοντες ἀλλὰ τύποι γινόμενοι τοῦ ποιμνίου
Category: Ministry

प्रभुत्व at 5:3 is deliberately built on the same प्रभु root as Christ’s exclusive Lordship term, making clear elders must never claim the authority reserved uniquely for Christ.

Clothe With Humility

Approved rendering: नम्रता धारण करू
Transliteration: namratā dhāraṇ karū
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: τὴν ταπεινοφροσύνην ἐγκομβώσασθε
Category: Ethics

At 5:5; the central term for the doctrine of Elders and Humility, extended to the whole congregation. The servant-apron imagery should ideally be preserved rather than flattened to a generic ‘be humble.‘

God Opposes Proud Gives Grace To Humble

Approved rendering: परमेश्वर घमंडीक विरोध करैत छथि, मुदा नम्रकेँ अनुग्रह दैत छथि
Transliteration: parameśvar ghamaṇḍīk virodh karait chathi, mudā namrakẽ anugraha dait chathi
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ὁ θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν
Category: Salvation

At 5:5 (quoting Prov 3:34); अनुग्रह reused exactly. This is precisely the kind of grace-versus-merit/self-achievement contrast the baseline flags as needing careful preservation, paralleling Romans 4:4-5 and 11:5-6.

Humble Under Mighty Hand

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक सामर्थ्यवान हाथक नीचाँ नम्र होउ
Transliteration: parameśvarak sāmarthyavān hāthak nīcā̃ namra hou
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Rejected alternatives: शक्तिशाली
Original: ταπεινώθητε ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Ethics

At 5:6; सामर्थ्यवान (built on सामर्थ्य) chosen over शक्तिशाली to remain consistent with the power_of_god caution against शक्ति’s Shakta-goddess associations, even in this idiomatic ‘mighty hand’ expression.

Adversary The Devil

Approved rendering: शत्रु शैतान
Transliteration: śatru śaitān
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Perseverance
Rejected alternatives: भूत-प्रेत, रावण-प्रकारक पात्र
Original: ὁ ἀντίδικος ὑμῶν διάβολος
Category: Spiritual Warfare

शैतान is the established North Indian Bible-translation convention for ‘the devil.’ Must be kept as a specific, personal spiritual being distinct from regional भूत-प्रेत ghost-folklore and mythological antagonist-figures (e.g. Ravana) at 5:8.

Resist Firm In Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वासमे दृढ़ रहिकऽ ओकर प्रतिरोध करू
Transliteration: biswasamē dṛṛh rahikã okar pratirodh karū
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Perseverance
Original: ᾧ ἀντίστητε στερεοὶ τῇ πίστει
Category: Faith

At 5:9; विश्वास reused exactly as the ground of resistance.

God Of All Grace

Approved rendering: सर्व अनुग्रहक परमेश्वर
Transliteration: sarv anugrahak parameśvar
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Perseverance
Original: ὁ θεὸς πάσης χάριτος
Category: God

At 5:10; अनुग्रह reused exactly. Doxological title summarizing the letter’s entire grace-theme.

Medium Risk Terms

Peace

Approved rendering: शान्ति
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: चैन, सुख
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter references: 1:2, 3:11, 5:14.

Spiritual Gifts

Approved rendering: आत्मिक वरदान
Transliteration: ātmik varadān
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: वरदान, सिद्धि
Original: χάρισμα
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Never वरदान alone (Puranic boon-for-austerity association). 1 Peter reference: 4:10 (χάρισμα).

Church

Approved rendering: मण्डली
Transliteration: maṇḍalī
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: मन्दिर, मठ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter prefers flock/household/priesthood imagery over direct ekklēsia references; retained for any direct congregational reference and kept distinct from घराना (household imagery at 4:17).

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक राज्य
Transliteration: parameśvarak rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वरक राष्ट्र

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Not used verbatim in 1 Peter but directly relevant background for the ‘royal priesthood’ collision with Mithila’s own Janak-kingdom identity — see royal_priesthood.

Gentiles

Approved rendering: अन्यजाति
Transliteration: anyajāti
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: विदेशी
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter references: 2:12, 4:3.

Mission

Approved rendering: सुसमाचार प्रचार
Transliteration: susamācār pracār
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations
Rejected alternatives: मिशन

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Relevant background term for framing 1 Peter’s evangelism sensitivities, especially around the idolatry vice list (4:3) and gentle, non-confrontational proclamation.

Hope

Approved rendering: आशा
Transliteration: āśā
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Faith

Standard vocabulary at 1:13, 1:21, 3:15 (‘the hope that is in you’); risk rises specifically in the compound ‘living hope’ (see living_hope).

Undefiled

Approved rendering: निष्कलंक
Transliteration: niṣkalaṅk
Doctrine: Guarded Inheritance and Assurance of Hope
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध
Original: ἀμίαντος
Category: Sanctification

Moral/relational unblemishedness, not ritual purity. Occurs at 1:4 (inheritance) and 1:19 (Christ’s blood, paired with निर्दोष).

Unfading

Approved rendering: न मुरझाएबाला
Transliteration: na murjhāebālā
Doctrine: Guarded Inheritance and Assurance of Hope
Rejected alternatives: अजर-अमर, अजर
Original: ἀμάραντος
Category: Eschatology

अजर-अमर was rejected as a stock Maithili/Hindi epithet for the immortality of gods in devotional literature. Must be used identically at 1:4 and 5:4 (‘unfading crown of glory’) for cross-book consistency; also echoes 1:24’s withering-flower image.

Guarded By Gods Power

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक सामर्थ्यसँ रक्षित
Transliteration: parameśvarak sāmarthyasã rakṣit
Doctrine: Guarded Inheritance and Assurance of Hope
Original: φρουρούμενοι δυνάμει θεοῦ
Category: Salvation

Must convey active, ongoing, military-style divine custody at 1:5, not a vague passive ‘being kept safe’ readable as impersonal fate.

Revelation Of Christ

Approved rendering: प्रकट होएब
Transliteration: prakaṭ hoeb
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Original: ἀποκάλυψις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Eschatology

Must be used consistently at 1:7, 1:13, 4:13, 5:4 for Christ’s second-coming sense, kept terminologically distinct via translator note from प्रकट भेल used for the first-coming ‘manifested’ at 1:20 (see manifested).

Trial Testing

Approved rendering: परीक्षा
Transliteration: parīkṣā
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: πειρασμός
Category: Suffering

Everyday word for an academic exam; requires contextual anchoring (e.g. ‘दुःख आ कष्टक परीक्षा’) at 1:6 so it is not read as a neutral school-test image or karmic testing/punishment for past-life deeds (प्रारब्ध).

Genuineness Of Faith

Approved rendering: विश्वासक खरापन
Transliteration: biswasak kharāpan
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धता
Original: τὸ δοκίμιον τῆς πίστεως
Category: Faith

खरा is the ordinary Maithili word for gold verified genuine (खरा सोना), giving a natural bridge to Peter’s goldsmith’s-fire metaphor (1:7) without invoking शुद्ध’s ritual-purity baggage.

Reverent Fear

Approved rendering: श्रद्धा-भय
Transliteration: śraddhā-bhay
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Rejected alternatives: भूत-प्रेतक डर
Original: φόβος
Category: Sanctification

At 1:17 must convey reverent awe before the true, personal God, not superstitious fear of ancestral/nature spirits common in regional folk religion, and not servile terror incompatible with adoption/sonship.

Living And Abiding Word

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक जीवित आ स्थायी वचन
Transliteration: parameśvarak jīvit ā sthāyī vacan
Doctrine: New Birth and Regeneration
Original: λόγος ζῶν θεοῦ καὶ μένων
Category: Scripture

At 1:23, 1:25, must be distinguished from the devotional authority of Vidyapati’s poetry or Puranic narrative — this word is the living instrument of new birth, not merely revered literature.

Pure Spiritual Milk

Approved rendering: निर्मल आत्मिक दूध
Transliteration: nirmal ātmik dūdh
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध
Original: τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα
Category: Sanctification

निर्मल chosen over शुद्ध at 2:2 to avoid ritual-purity caution; आत्मिक echoes the आत्मिक वरदान pattern for Spirit/word-given realities.

Living Stone

Approved rendering: जीवित पाथर
Transliteration: jīvit pāthar
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: λίθος ζῶν
Category: Christology

At 2:4, 2:5, 2:8. Metaphor not native to Maithili idiom (stones not customarily ‘alive’) but clear in context; moderate need for explanatory framing.

Cornerstone

Approved rendering: कोनक मुख्य पाथर
Transliteration: konak mukhya pāthar
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: ἀκρογωνιαῖος
Category: Christology

At 2:6-7, must be understood as load-bearing/foundational, not merely decorative.

Spiritual House

Approved rendering: आत्मिक घर
Transliteration: ātmik ghar
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: οἶκος πνευματικός
Category: Church

At 2:5, must be read corporately (the whole community), not as a private individual dwelling.

Human Institution

Approved rendering: मानवीय संस्था
Transliteration: mānavīya saṃsthā
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Rejected alternatives: व्यवस्था
Original: ἀνθρωπίνη κτίσις
Category: Ethics

At 2:13, deliberately distinct from व्यवस्था (baseline term reserved for the Mosaic Law) to avoid terminological collision.

Household Servants

Approved rendering: सेवक
Transliteration: sevak
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: οἰκέται
Category: Ethics

At 2:18, care needed not to conflate with, or seem to endorse, regional caste-based or jajmani-style hereditary service relationships as divinely sanctioned in the same way.

Commendable Nonsalvific Charis

Approved rendering: श्रेयक बात
Transliteration: śreyak bāt
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Rejected alternatives: अनुग्रह (forbidden in this specific occurrence)
Original: τοῦτο χάρις
Category: Suffering

CRITICAL GLOSSARY CAUTION: this occurrence of χάρις at 2:19-20 must NOT be rendered अनुग्रह or it will wrongly imply patient suffering earns saving grace. श्रेयक बात keeps the two senses of χάρις cleanly distinct throughout the letter.

Example Pattern

Approved rendering: आदर्श
Transliteration: ādarś
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ὑπογραμμός
Category: Christology

At 2:21, ensure the vivid ‘tracing a copy’ sense (imitation in detail) is not lost to a vague ‘role model.’ Must remain textually distinct from the substitution formula at 2:24/3:18 — one is example, the other is vicarious atonement; never let one gloss substitute for the other.

Good Conscience

Approved rendering: नीक विवेक
Transliteration: nīk vivek
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits
Original: συνείδησις ἀγαθή
Category: Ethics

Recurring at 3:16 and 3:21, tying right living to inward integrity.

Will Of God

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक इच्छा
Transliteration: parameśvarak icchā
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Rejected alternatives: प्रारब्ध
Original: τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: God

At 4:2, 4:19; distinguish from fatalistic प्रारब्ध — a personal, moral will to be actively obeyed, not an impersonal destiny to be passively accepted.

Love Covers Sins

Approved rendering: प्रेम बहुत पापकेँ ढकैत अछि
Transliteration: prem bahut pāpkẽ ḍhakait achi
Doctrine: Mutual Love and Stewardship of Grace
Original: ἀγάπη καλύπτει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν
Category: Ethics

At 4:8, must not be read as human love atoning for sin the way Christ’s blood does (2:24, 3:18); relational forbearance, not a rival, merit-based atonement mechanism.

Good Stewards Of Grace

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक विविध अनुग्रहक भण्डारी
Transliteration: parameśvarak vividh anugrahak bhaṇḍārī
Doctrine: Mutual Love and Stewardship of Grace
Original: καλοὶ οἰκονόμοι ποικίλης χάριτος θεοῦ
Category: Ministry

At 4:10; अनुग्रह reused exactly. भण्डारी (steward/store-keeper) is a natural, well-understood Maithili household-management term.

Fiery Trial

Approved rendering: अग्नि-परीक्षा
Transliteration: agni-parīkṣā
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: ἡ ἐν ὑμῖν πύρωσις
Category: Suffering

At 4:12; deliberately intensified beyond the generic परीक्षा of 1:6, echoing the gold-refining-by-fire image of 1:7 for terminological continuity.

Judgment Begins At Household

Approved rendering: परमेश्वरक घरानासँ न्यायक शुरुआत
Transliteration: parameśvarak gharānāsã nyāyak śuruāt
Doctrine: Final Judgment and the Gospel’s Reach to the Dead
Original: ἄρξασθαι τὸ κρίμα ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Eschatology

At 4:17; घराना (household/family) used distinctly from मण्डली (baseline term for the local congregation).

Elders

Approved rendering: प्राचीन
Transliteration: prācīn
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Rejected alternatives: मुखिया, पुरोहित, पंडित
Original: πρεσβύτεροι
Category: Ministry

प्राचीन (5:1, 5:5) follows established North Indian Bible-translation convention; must be distinguished from the village मुखिया headman role and from the hereditary Brahmin पुरोहित/पंडित office — a functional, appointed church office, not a caste or elder-by-birth status.

Exercising Oversight

Approved rendering: अध्यक्षता करैत
Transliteration: adhyakṣatā karait
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ἐπισκοποῦντες
Category: Ministry

At 5:2; consistent with ch. 2’s overseer (ἐπίσκοπος) root.

Unfading Crown Of Glory

Approved rendering: महिमाक न मुरझाएबाला मुकुट
Transliteration: mahimāk na murjhāebālā mukuṭ
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Rejected alternatives: अजर
Original: ὁ ἀμαράντινος τῆς δόξης στέφανος
Category: Eschatology

At 5:4; deliberately reuses न मुरझाएबाला from 1:4 (not अजर) for full-book terminological consistency.

Cast Anxiety On Him

Approved rendering: अपन सभ चिन्ता ओहि पर छोड़ि दियौ
Transliteration: apan sabh cintā ohi par choṛi diyau
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Perseverance
Original: πᾶσαν τὴν μέριμναν ὑμῶν ἐπιρίψαντες ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν
Category: Faith

At 5:7; must read as active, trusting transfer of care to a personal God, not passive fatalistic acceptance (प्रारब्ध-toned resignation).

Restore Confirm Strengthen Establish

Approved rendering: सिद्ध, स्थिर, बलवान्, आ आधारित करता
Transliteration: siddh, sthir, balavān, ā ādhārit kartā
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Perseverance
Original: καταρτίσει, στηρίξει, σθενώσει, θεμελιώσει
Category: Assurance

At 5:10; the cumulative four-verb promise should read as God’s own active, certain work, not human self-improvement effort.

Dominion Forever

Approved rendering: प्रभुत्व सदासर्वदा
Transliteration: prabhutva sadāsarvadā
Doctrine: Thanksgiving and Doxology
Original: τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας
Category: Christology

At 5:11; प्रभुत्व built on the प्रभु root, consistent with the letter’s Lordship theme; avoid शक्ति for the same reasons noted throughout.

Low Risk Terms

Thanksgiving

Approved rendering: धन्यवाद
Transliteration: dhanyavād
Doctrine: Thanksgiving and Doxology

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter references: 1:3 (doxology opening), 4:11, 5:11 (dominion doxologies).

Fellowship

Approved rendering: सङ्गति
Transliteration: saṅgati
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: मित्रता, समाज
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Conceptual root underlying 4:13’s ‘share Christ’s sufferings’ — see share_christs_sufferings, where the compound with suffering raises the risk tier considerably above this base term.

Prophet

Approved rendering: भविष्यद्वक्ता
Transliteration: bhaviṣyadvaktā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter reference: 1:10-12 (prophets who searched and inquired concerning this salvation).

Prophecy

Approved rendering: भविष्यवाणी
Transliteration: bhaviṣyavāṇī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: भविष्यफल

Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter reference: 1:10-12.

Diaspora

Approved rendering: बिखराव
Transliteration: bikhrāv
Doctrine: Election and Foreknowledge
Original: διασπορά
Category: Church

Descriptive social-geographic term at 1:1; low doctrinal ambiguity.

Defense Answer

Approved rendering: उत्तर / बचाव
Transliteration: uttar / bacāv
Doctrine: Faith
Original: ἀπολογία
Category: Faith

At 3:15; theological weight carried by ‘hope,’ not this word itself.

Ark

Approved rendering: जहाज
Transliteration: jahāj
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits
Original: κιβωτός
Category: Covenant

At 3:20; typological link to baptism.

Kiss Of Love

Approved rendering: प्रेमक चुम्बन
Transliteration: premak cumban
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and Greeting
Original: φίλημα ἀγάπης
Category: Church

At 5:14; physical kissing is not a standard Maithili social-greeting custom, so study materials should note this as a first-century cultural expression that may be culturally adapted in practice without altering the text’s translation.

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