Core Glossary
Core Glossary: Ephesians (English → Marathi)
Section 1 — Baseline Terms Reused Exactly (from Romans translation_memory.json)
These terms recur throughout Ephesians and MUST use the exact recorded Marathi rendering; no alternative is permitted regardless of context.
| English Term | Marathi (reuse exactly) | Risk (baseline) | Ephesians Chapters Where Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| grace | कृपा | Critical | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 |
| faith | विश्वास | High | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 |
| salvation / saved | तारण | Critical | 1, 2, 6 |
| righteousness | नीतिमत्त्व | Critical | 4, 5, 6 |
| sin | पाप | High | 1, 2 |
| gospel | शुभवर्तमान | High | 1, 3, 6 |
| church | मंडळी | Medium | 1, 3, 5 |
| holy | पवित्र | High | 1, 2, 5 |
| saints | पवित्र जन | High | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| sanctification | पवित्रीकरण | High | 5 |
| adoption | दत्तक पुत्रत्व | High | 1 |
| lord | प्रभू | Critical | 1, 4, 5, 6 |
| god | परमेश्वर | Critical | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| holy_spirit | पवित्र आत्मा | Critical | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| father | पिता | Critical | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| jesus / christ | येशू / ख्रिस्त | Critical | 1–6 (throughout) |
| gentiles | अन्यजातीय | Medium | 2, 3 |
| glory | गौरव | High | 1, 3 |
| peace | शांती | Medium | 2, 4, 6 |
| spiritual_gifts | आत्मिक कृपादान | Medium | 4 |
| fellowship | सहभागिता | Low | 3 |
| kingdom_of_god | देवाचे राज्य | Medium | 5 |
| law | नियमशास्त्र | High | 2, 6 |
| election | देवाची निवड | High | 1 |
| power_of_god | देवाचे सामर्थ्य | High | 1, 3, 6 |
| apostle | प्रेषित | Medium | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| prophet | संदेष्टा | Low | 2, 3, 4 |
| thanksgiving | उपकारस्तुती | Low | 1, 5 |
| covenant | करार | High | 2 |
| exhort | उत्तेजन देणे | Low | 4 |
| called / calling | बोलावलेले / पाचारण | High | 1, 4 |
| israel | इस्राएल | Medium | 2 |
Section 2 — New Ephesians-Specific Terms (Proposed for Addition to the Language Package)
| # | English Term | Marathi Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Doctrine | Original Greek / Translit | Chapters | Translation Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | predestination / predestined | पूर्वनियोजन / पूर्वनियोजित केले | pūrvaniyojan | Critical | Election and Predestination in Christ | προορίζω / proorizō | 1 | Never नशीब, दैव, or कर्मफळ (fate/destiny/karmic result) — extends the same guard as baseline “election.” God’s personal, relational predetermination of adoption and inheritance, not an impersonal cosmic ledger; especially sensitive given Ambedkarite Buddhist rejection of karma-determined social status. |
| 2 | mystery (of Christ/God’s will) | रहस्य | rahasya | High | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | μυστήριον / mystērion | 1, 3, 5, 6 | Must be taught as a secret now fully disclosed to all believers, not an esoteric teaching reserved for spiritual initiates (guard against assimilation to tantric/occult “hidden knowledge” traditions). |
| 3 | redemption | उद्धार / खंडणी | uddhār / khaṇḍaṇī | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | ἀπολύτρωσις / apolytrōsis | 1, 4 | A ransom-price paid by Christ and received by the believer; never rendered so as to suggest मोक्ष/मुक्ती-style self-attained liberation. Distinguish from तारण (resulting state of being saved). |
| 4 | forgiveness (of trespasses) | क्षमा | kṣamā | Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | ἄφεσις / aphesis | 1, 4 | Standard term; low ambiguity risk. |
| 5 | seal (of the Spirit) | शिक्का मारणे / आत्म्याचा शिक्का | śikkā | Medium | The Mystery of Christ Revealed / Church | σφραγίζω / sphragizō | 1, 4 | Mark of divine ownership and authentication; keep distinct from ritual marks (tilak, etc.) by anchoring explicitly to the Holy Spirit. |
| 6 | guarantee / down payment | बयाणा / जामीन | bayāṇā | Medium | Election and Predestination in Christ | ἀρραβών / arrabōn | 1 | Commercial/legal image; low religious-collision risk. Connect explicitly to वतन (inheritance) for the “already/not yet” logic. |
| 7 | inheritance | वतन | vatan | High | Election and Predestination / Adoption | κληρονομία / klēronomia | 1 | Reinforces baseline Adoption doctrine (High) — a right received, not a merited reward. |
| 8 | head (headship) | मस्तक | mastak | High | Church as the Body of Christ / Household Codes | κεφαλή / kephalē | 1, 4, 5 | Authority/source metaphor; must not flatten to “डोके” (physical skull). Foundational to both ecclesiology (ch.1,4) and household-code teaching (ch.5). |
| 9 | body (of Christ) | (ख्रिस्ताचे) शरीर | śarīr | High | Church as the Body of Christ | σῶμα / sōma | 1, 3, 4, 5 | Keep visually/lexically distinct from मंडळी (baseline “church” = assembly); use together: “मंडळी, जी ख्रिस्ताचे शरीर आहे.” |
| 10 | fullness | परिपूर्णता | paripūrṇatā | High | Church as the Body of Christ / The Mystery of Christ | πλήρωμα / plērōma | 1, 3, 4 | Recurs across chs.1,3,4 — render consistently. Avoid resonance with Vedantic “all-pervading fullness of Brahman” monism; this fullness is relational/christological. |
| 11 | dead (in trespasses) | मृत | mṛta | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | νεκρός / nekros | 2 | Total spiritual incapacity, not partial weakness; foundational to the grace-not-works argument. |
| 12 | trespasses | अपराध | aparādh | Medium | Salvation by Grace through Faith | παράπτωμα / paraptōma | 1, 2 | Distinct from पाप (baseline “sin”); keep both terms distinguishable where paired. |
| 13 | walk (conduct one’s life) | आचरण करणे | ācaraṇ karṇe | High | Walking in Newness of Life | περιπατέω / peripateō | 2, 4, 5 | The dominant ethical metaphor of the whole book; render consistently so the “old walk / new walk” contrast remains visible across chapters. |
| 14 | prince of the power of the air | हवेतील अधिकाराचा अधिपती | — | High | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος | 2 | Guard against assimilation to folk-Hindu/animist aerial-spirit beliefs; this is Satan specifically, not one spirit among local aerial deities. |
| 15 | passions of the flesh | देहाच्या (पापी) इच्छा | — | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | ἐπιθυμίαι τῆς σαρκός | 2 | Avoid वासना — a technical Hindu/Buddhist term for karmic latent-tendency impressions; prefer इच्छा to avoid importing a karma-residue framework. |
| 16 | children of wrath | क्रोधाची लेकरे | — | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith / Universal Human Accountability | τέκνα ὀργῆς | 2 | Highest-risk phrase in the core passage: must be taught as a universal condition shared equally by all, never echoing the caste-Hindu birth-karma framework explicitly rejected by Ambedkarite Buddhist converts. |
| 17 | gift (of God) | देवाचे दान / देवाची देणगी | — | High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | δῶρον / dōron | 2 | Prefer देणगी over दान where possible — दान carries meritorious-giving connotations in Hindu devotional practice that could undercut “not of works” (v.9). |
| 18 | works | कामे (NEVER कर्म) | kāme | Critical | Salvation by Grace through Faith | ἔργα / erga | 2 | Extends the Critical Forbidden Substitution list: कर्म is the technical karma-doctrine term and must never render ἔργα in grace/works-contrast contexts. |
| 19 | workmanship | देवाची कृती / घडण | — | Medium-High | Salvation by Grace through Faith | ποίημα / poiēma | 2 | Avoid “देवाचे कर्म” — same karma-collision risk as #18. |
| 20 | dividing wall (of hostility) | मधली वैराची भिंत | — | High | Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ | 2 | Positive cultural resonance with the historic breaking of caste-linked social barriers in Maharashtra; teach with full force, not softened. |
| 21 | one new man / new humanity | एक नवा मनुष्य / एक नवी मानवता | — | High | Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | εἷς καινὸς ἄνθρωπος | 2 | A corporate, Christ-created reality — not individual self-transformation (avoid conflation with Buddhist Eightfold Path self-cultivation). |
| 22 | reconcile | समेट करणे | — | Medium-High | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | ἀποκαταλλάσσω | 2 | Both horizontal (Jew-Gentile) and vertical (humanity-God) reconciliation. |
| 23 | fellow citizens / household of God | सहनागरिक / देवाचे घराणे | — | Medium | Unity of Jews and Gentiles / Church | συμπολῖται / οἰκεῖοι τοῦ θεοῦ | 2 | Reinforces corporate belonging. |
| 24 | cornerstone / foundation | कोनशिला / पाया | — | Medium | Church as the Body of Christ | ἀκρογωνιαῖος / θεμέλιος | 2 | Standard building metaphor; low collision risk. |
| 25 | holy temple | पवित्र मंदिर | — | Critical | Church as the Body of Christ | ναὸς ἅγιος | 2 | Deliberate tension with baseline’s caution against मंदिर for “church.” Here मंदिर is the correct, established rendering for the OT-Temple image Paul intentionally invokes; requires an explicit translator note distinguishing this metaphorical image from both a literal shrine-building and any Hindu-temple ritual association. |
| 26 | dwelling place (of God) | देवाचे निवासस्थान | — | Medium | Church as the Body of Christ | κατοικητήριον | 2 | Completes the temple metaphor. |
| 27 | fellow heir | सहवारस | — | High | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | συγκληρονόμος | 3 | Compounds with वतन (inheritance, High). |
| 28 | manifold wisdom (of God) | बहुविध ज्ञान | — | Low-Medium | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | πολυποίκιλος σοφία | 3 | Displayed to cosmic powers through the unified church. |
| 29 | boldness / confidence | धैर्य / निर्भयता | — | Medium | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | παρρησία | 3, 6 | Confident access to God and boldness in gospel proclamation. |
| 30 | unity of the Spirit | आत्म्याचे ऐक्य | — | High | Gifts for Building Up the Church | ἑνότης τοῦ πνεύματος | 4 | A Spirit-given unity to be maintained, not manufactured by human effort. |
| 31 | sevenfold unity formula (one body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father) | एक शरीर, एक आत्मा, एक आशा, एक प्रभू, एक विश्वास, एक बाप्तिस्मा, एक देव आणि पिता | — | High | Gifts for Building Up the Church | Eph 4:4-6 | 4 | Fix as an identical, memorable formula across the whole curriculum, on the same principle as baseline’s Romans 8:28/10:9-10 consistency rule. |
| 32 | measure (of Christ’s gift) | ख्रिस्ताच्या दानाचे माप | — | Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | μέτρον τῆς δωρεᾶς | 4 | Sovereignly apportioned, not self-selected or earned. |
| 33 | evangelist / pastor / teacher | सुवार्तिक / मेंढपाळ / शिक्षक | — | Low-Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | εὐαγγελιστής / ποιμήν / διδάσκαλος | 4 | Standard offices; low collision risk. |
| 34 | equipping | सुसज्ज करणे | — | Medium | Gifts for Building Up the Church | καταρτισμός | 4 | Gifts equip all the saints, not a professional clergy class alone. |
| 35 | maturity / mature manhood | पूर्णता / प्रौढता | — | Medium-High | Gifts for Building Up the Church | τέλειος | 4 | Distinguish from the Buddhist self-attained pāramitā ideal — this maturity is Spirit-given corporate growth, not solitary self-cultivation. |
| 36 | old self | जुना मनुष्य | — | High | Walking in Newness of Life | παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος | 4 | A decisive, once-for-all putting-off of the same continuous person’s former identity — not the Buddhist anatta framework of a never-fixed, momentarily-arising self, nor Hindu successive-rebirth of an enduring self. |
| 37 | new self | नवा मनुष्य | — | High | Walking in Newness of Life | καινὸς / νέος ἄνθρωπος | 4 | Paired with #36; Spirit-given new identity “created after the likeness of God.” |
| 38 | renewed (in the spirit of your mind) | मनाच्या आत्म्यात नवे होणे | — | Medium-High | Walking in Newness of Life | ἀνανεόω | 4 | Spirit-worked, not a self-directed meditative technique (avoid conflation with chitta-śuddhi or mindfulness practice). |
| 39 | grieve the Holy Spirit | पवित्र आत्म्याला दुःखी करू नका | — | Medium | Walking in Newness of Life | λυπέω τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον | 4 | Reinforces the Spirit’s full personhood against impersonal “universal spirit” renderings. |
| 40 | offering and sacrifice | अर्पण आणि यज्ञ/बलिदान | — | High | Walking in Newness of Life | προσφορὰ καὶ θυσία | 5 | यज्ञ/बलिदान carry real ritual weight (Vedic fire-sacrifice; goddess-temple animal sacrifice). Must teach Christ’s death as an unrepeatable, once-for-all self-offering, not an ongoing merit/cosmic-balance ritual. |
| 41 | covetousness (which is idolatry) | लोभ (जो मूर्तिपूजा आहे) | — | Medium-High | Walking in Newness of Life | πλεονεξία / εἰδωλολατρία | 5 | Preserve Paul’s equation fully; frame as a universal human temptation, not a comparative religious critique. |
| 42 | children of light | प्रकाशाची लेकरे | — | Medium | Walking in Newness of Life | τέκνα φωτός | 5 | Anchor to moral transformation in Christ specifically, per baseline’s “glory” caution against generic divine-light/bodhi associations. |
| 43 | filled with the Spirit | पवित्र आत्म्याने भरून जा | — | Medium-High | Walking in Newness of Life | πληρόω ἐν πνεύματι | 5 | Distinguish clearly from folk-religious trance/possession phenomena (“अंगात येणे”) associated with certain Maharashtra folk-deity worship practices; this is ongoing, sober, Scripture-shaped communal life. |
| 44 | submitting to one another | एकमेकांच्या अधीन राहणे | — | High | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις | 5 | Governing mutuality principle that frames and qualifies the specific household instructions that follow. |
| 45 | wives submit to husbands | पत्नींनी आपल्या पतींच्या अधीन राहावे | — | High | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | ὑποτάσσω | 5 | Must retain its explicit “as to the Lord” and mutual-submission (5:21) frame; must not be read as generic cultural patriarchal subordination detached from the husband’s own sacrificial-love obligation. |
| 46 | husbands love wives (as Christ loved the church) | पतींनी पत्नींवर ख्रिस्ताप्रमाणे प्रीती करावी | — | High | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας | 5 | The passage’s dominant instruction by force and verse-count: sacrificial, Christlike love, not mere authority. |
| 47 | washing of water with the word | वचनाद्वारे जलस्नानाने शुद्ध करणे | — | High | Household Codes / Church as Body of Christ | λουτρὸν τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι | 5 | Guard against assimilation to Hindu ritual river-bathing for sin-removal (e.g., Godavari/Kumbh practice); this is Christ’s once-for-all cleansing, signified (not repeated for merit) in baptism. |
| 48 | one flesh | एक देह | — | Medium | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | μία σάρξ | 5 | Marriage’s creational union pattern, applied typologically to Christ and the church. |
| 49 | mystery… referring to Christ and the church | हे रहस्य… ख्रिस्त आणि मंडळीविषयी | — | High | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | τὸ μυστήριον… εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν | 5 | Combines रहस्य + शरीर/मंडळी term families; keep full doctrinal precision, not reduced to generic marriage advice. |
| 50 | bondservants/slaves and masters | दास/सेवक व धनी/मालक | — | High | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | δοῦλοι / κύριοι | 6 | दास carries caste-servitude associations explicitly rejected by Ambedkarite Buddhist converts; requires a translator note that this passage redirects (not endorses) an existing social institution and climaxes (6:9) in explicit impartiality before the shared heavenly Master. |
| 51 | partiality / favoritism | पक्षपात | — | Medium-High | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | προσωπολημψία | 6 | God’s own impartiality relativizes the master-slave household hierarchy. |
| 52 | full armor of God | देवाचे संपूर्ण शस्त्रसामग्री | — | High | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | πανοπλία τοῦ θεοῦ | 6 | Metaphorical spiritual equipment only; not literal weaponry/militancy, and not analogous to Maharashtra folk-exorcism ritual objects (charms, mantrik paraphernalia). |
| 53 | schemes of the devil | सैतानाचे डावपेच | — | Medium | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | μεθοδεία τοῦ διαβόλου | 6 | Calculated, cunning opposition requiring vigilant resistance. |
| 54 | rulers, authorities, cosmic powers, spiritual forces of evil | सत्ता, अधिकार, या अंधकाराचे जगाधिपती, आकाशातील दुष्ट आत्मिक शक्ती | — | High | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι, κοσμοκράτορες, πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας | 6 | High collision risk with Maharashtra folk-religious frameworks (territorial spirits, भूतबाधा, करणी/black-magic practice). Must teach the biblical response (truth, righteousness, gospel, faith, salvation, Scripture, prayer) as categorically distinct from folk exorcism/counter-magic ritual. |
| 55 | belt of truth / breastplate of righteousness / shoes of the gospel of peace / shield of faith / helmet of salvation / sword of the Spirit | सत्याचा कमरबंद / नीतिमत्त्वाचे उरस्त्राण / शांतीच्या शुभवर्तमानाची सिद्धता / विश्वासाची ढाल / तारणाचे शिरस्त्राण / आत्म्याची तलवार (देवाचे वचन) | — | High (as a set, each compounding a Critical/High baseline term) | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Eph 6:14-17 | 6 | Each armor-piece compounds an existing Critical/High baseline term (नीतिमत्त्व, विश्वास, तारण, शुभवर्तमान, पवित्र आत्मा); render each consistently with its baseline root term intact. |
| 56 | praying in the Spirit | आत्म्याने प्रार्थना करणे | — | Medium | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God / Prayer and Intercession | προσευχόμενοι ἐν πνεύματι | 6 | Distinguish from bhakti puja/kirtan and Buddhist chanting/meditation practice, per baseline’s prayer_and_intercession caution. |
Section 3 — Risk Summary (Ephesians-Specific New Terms)
| Risk Tier | Count | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 5 (predestination, redemption, children of wrath, works/कामे, holy temple) | Human theologian — every occurrence |
| High | 34 | Human theologian |
| Medium-High | 6 | Human theologian (recommended) |
| Medium | 10 | Native speaker review |
| Low-Medium | 1 | Native speaker review |
Note on the “works” (ἔργα → कामे, never कर्म) entry: this recommendation should be formally added to the Critical Forbidden Substitution list in a future revision of 12_ai_translation_requirements.md, alongside the existing salvation/righteousness/resurrection/incarnation/grace substitutions, given how directly Ephesians 2:8-10 stages the grace-vs-karma contrast that is otherwise only implicit in Romans.
Chapter coverage confirmation: Chapters 1 through 6 of Ephesians have each been reviewed. No chapter lacks load-bearing theological vocabulary; every chapter is represented above either with new terms or with reused baseline/Ephesians terms carried forward (e.g., μυστήριον/रहस्य threads chs. 1, 3, 5, 6; κεφαλή/शरीर threads chs. 1, 4, 5).
Critical Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: कृपा
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कर्मफळ, पुण्य, स्वतःच्या प्रयत्नाने मिळवलेले
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. In Ephesians 2:5-8 this is the curriculum’s core-passage term; every occurrence must reinforce unearned, Christ-specific favor against both Warkari bhakti’s devotional-grace vocabulary and Buddhist self-cultivation ethics.
Salvation
Approved rendering: तारण
Transliteration: tāraṇ
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष, मुक्ती, निर्वाण
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Core passage term (Eph 2:5,8); keep conceptually distinct from the new term ‘redemption’ (उद्धार/खंडणी), which names the ransom-act rather than the resulting saved state.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्त्व
Transliteration: nītimattva
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Reused in Ephesians 4:24 (new self ‘created…in true righteousness’) and as the armor compound 6:14 (नीतिमत्त्वाचे उरस्त्राण).
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभू
Transliteration: prabhū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: स्वामी, ईश्वर
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Appears in the sevenfold unity formula (Eph 4:5, ‘एक प्रभू’) and throughout.
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameśvar
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देव, भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: परमात्मा, ब्रह्म
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Must never be confused with the contrasted ‘spirit of disobedience’ (Eph 2:2) — see new term below; every occurrence in Ephesians (1,2,3,4,5,6) reinforces personhood against impersonal-spirit readings.
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: निर्माता
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Appears in the sevenfold unity formula (Eph 4:6, ‘एक देव आणि पिता’).
Jesus
Approved rendering: येशू
Transliteration: Yeśū
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ईसा
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes.
Christ Title
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्त
Transliteration: Khrist
Doctrine: Christology
Rejected alternatives: अवतार, गुरू, बोधिसत्त्व
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
New term for Ephesians. Χριστός as name/title, used constantly (‘in Christ,’ ‘Christ Jesus’) as the ground of every spiritual blessing (Eph 1:3). Must always name the one, unique Anointed Son, never one avatar-figure or enlightened teacher among others.
Predestination
Approved rendering: पूर्वनियोजन / पूर्वनियोजित केले
Transliteration: pūrvaniyojan
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, दैव, कर्मफळ
Original: προορίζω
Category: Election and Predestination
Ephesians 1:5,11. God’s prior, personal, relational determination of adoption and inheritance ‘before the foundation of the world’ — never an impersonal fate or karmic ledger, a framework Ambedkarite Buddhist converts explicitly and painfully rejected. Always pair with देवाची निवड (election).
Redemption
Approved rendering: उद्धार / खंडणी
Transliteration: uddhār / khaṇḍaṇī
Doctrine: Redemption through Christ’s Blood
Rejected alternatives: मोक्ष, मुक्ती
Original: ἀπολύτρωσις
Category: Salvation
Ephesians 1:7,14; 4:30. A ransom-price paid by Christ’s blood, received by the believer — structurally opposite to self- or devotion-attained मोक्ष/मुक्ती. Keep conceptually distinct from तारण (the resulting saved state); खंडणी is the technical anchor, उद्धार the readable gloss.
Children Of Wrath
Approved rendering: क्रोधाची लेकरे
Transliteration: krodhācī lekare
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Original: τέκνα ὀργῆς
Category: Sin
Ephesians 2:3. The single highest-risk phrase in the core passage: ‘by nature children of wrath’ could echo the caste-Hindu birth-karma doctrine that Ambedkarite Buddhist communities explicitly renounced. Mandatory teaching note every occurrence: this is a universal condition (‘like the rest of mankind,’ 2:3b) equally true of every person, answered only by God’s initiative (v.4).
Works
Approved rendering: कामे
Transliteration: kāme
Doctrine: Grace Contrasted with Works
Rejected alternatives: कर्म, कर्मे
Original: ἔργα
Category: Salvation
Ephesians 2:9-10. कर्म is the central technical term of Hindu/Buddhist karma doctrine; rendering ἔργα as कर्म would import precisely the meritorious cause-effect framework Paul excludes. HARD FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION: NEVER कर्म/कर्मे for ‘works’ in any grace-vs-works context — always कामे.
Holy Temple
Approved rendering: पवित्र मंदिर
Transliteration: pavitra mandir
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple and Dwelling Place
Rejected alternatives: देऊळ
Original: ναὸς ἅγιος
Category: Church
Ephesians 2:21. Deliberate, NARROWLY BOUNDED exception to the general rule that ‘church’ (मंडळी) must never be rendered मंदिर/देऊळ. Here Paul intentionally invokes the OT Jerusalem Temple, for which मंदिर is the correct, established term. This exception applies ONLY to this fixed phrase पवित्र मंदिर and must carry a standing translator note distinguishing the OT-Temple image from both a literal shrine-building and Hindu temple ritual practice; मंडळी remains the sole rendering of ‘church’ everywhere else.
Raised With Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्तासोबत एकत्र उठवले
Transliteration: khristāsobat ekatra uṭhavle
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म, पुनर्भव
Ephesians 2:6. Must use the established पुनरुत्थान root/verb family (baseline Critical) and NEVER a rebirth term (पुनर्जन्म/पुनर्भव); this is participation in Christ’s own historical, bodily resurrection victory, not a new personal life-cycle.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: शुभवर्तमान
Transliteration: śubhavartamān
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: बातमी, खबर
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Established Marathi Bible term for the one saving proclamation. Used in Ephesians 1:13, 3:6, 6:15, 6:19.
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: viśvāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ति
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Ephesians 2:8 (‘through faith’) requires faith be read as the receiving instrument, not a meritorious act.
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: pāp
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अधर्म
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Paired with the new term ‘trespasses’ (अपराध) in Ephesians 2:1,5; both words must remain visible when paired.
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes.
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्र जन
Transliteration: pavitra jan
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: संत, मुनी
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Occurs throughout Ephesians 1,3,4,5,6; never संत, which names the elite Warkari poet-saints.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: pavitrīkaraṇ
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धीकरण
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Extended in Ephesians 5 by the new term ‘washing of water with the word.‘
Adoption
Approved rendering: दत्तक पुत्रत्व
Transliteration: dattak putratva
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: दत्तक घेणे
Original: υἱοθεσία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Grounded in Ephesians 1:5 within predestination language; pair with the new term ‘inheritance’ (वतन).
Glory
Approved rendering: गौरव
Transliteration: gaurav
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज, प्रकाश
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Recurs as the refrain of Ephesians 1 (‘to the praise of his glory’).
Law
Approved rendering: नियमशास्त्र
Transliteration: niyamśāstra
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, धम्म
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Ephesians 2:15 (‘the law of commandments’) is the abolished dividing element between Jew and Gentile.
Election
Approved rendering: देवाची निवड
Transliteration: devācī nivaḍ
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: नशीब, दैव, कर्मफळ
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Ephesians 1:4 grounds election ‘before the foundation of the world,’ intensifying this doctrine; pair consistently with the new term ‘predestination’ (पूर्वनियोजन).
Power Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचे सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: devāce sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ती
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Occurs at Ephesians 1:19-20 (resurrection power), 3:16, 3:20, and 6:10 (armor of God introduction); never शक्ती.
Covenant
Approved rendering: करार
Transliteration: karār
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: वचन
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Ephesians 2:12 uses the plural ‘covenants of promise’ from which Gentiles were formerly excluded.
Called
Approved rendering: बोलावलेले
Transliteration: bolāvlele
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आमंत्रित
Original: κλητός
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Ephesians 4:1,4 anchor ‘calling’ to the sevenfold unity formula.
Calling
Approved rendering: पाचारण
Transliteration: pācāraṇ
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: आवाहन
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Ephesians 1:18, 4:4.
Mystery
Approved rendering: रहस्य
Transliteration: rahasya
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Rejected alternatives: गूढ ज्ञान
Original: μυστήριον
Category: Christology
Ephesians 1:9, 3:3-9, 5:32, 6:19. A formerly hidden plan now fully and openly disclosed to every believer through the gospel — the opposite of esoteric/initiatory ‘hidden knowledge’ (गूढ ज्ञान) traditions. Require the qualifying clause ‘आता उघड झालेले रहस्य’ at first use in each teaching unit.
Inheritance
Approved rendering: वतन
Transliteration: vatan
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance in Christ
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Election and Predestination
Ephesians 1:11,14,18; 3:6. The adopted child’s right, granted by grace, never a merited reward; reinforces the Adoption doctrine.
Head Headship
Approved rendering: मस्तक
Transliteration: mastak
Doctrine: Christ’s Headship over the Church
Rejected alternatives: डोके
Original: κεφαλή
Category: Church
Ephesians 1:22, 4:15, 5:23. Must never flatten to डोके (the physical skull), which loses the authority-and-source metaphor. Foundational to both ecclesiology (chs.1,4) and household-code teaching (ch.5).
Body Of Christ
Approved rendering: (ख्रिस्ताचे) शरीर
Transliteration: śarīr
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: σῶμα
Category: Church
Ephesians 1:22-23; 3:6; 4:4,12,16,25; 5:23,30. Keep visually/lexically distinct from मंडळी (church = assembly); the two should typically appear paired (‘मंडळी, जी ख्रिस्ताचे शरीर आहे’).
Fullness
Approved rendering: परिपूर्णता
Transliteration: paripūrṇatā
Doctrine: The Fullness of Christ in the Church
Rejected alternatives: सर्वव्यापी पूर्णता
Original: πλήρωμα
Category: Church
Ephesians 1:23, 3:19, 4:13. Recurs across three chapters; render consistently. Avoid resonance with Vedantic monistic ‘all-pervading fullness of Brahman’; this fullness is relational/christological, never implying the church supplies something Christ lacks.
Dead In Trespasses
Approved rendering: मृत
Transliteration: mṛta
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Rejected alternatives: कमजोर
Original: νεκρός
Category: Salvation
Ephesians 2:1,5. Total spiritual incapacity, not partial weakness; foundational to the grace-not-works argument of vv.8-9. Never softened to कमजोर (weak/sick).
Walk Conduct
Approved rendering: आचरण करणे
Transliteration: ācaraṇ karṇe
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Rejected alternatives: चालणे
Original: περιπατέω
Category: Sanctification
Ephesians 2:2,10; 4:1,17; 5:2,8,15. The book’s dominant ethical metaphor; literal चालणे (physical walking) loses the habitual-life sense. Render identically at every occurrence so the ‘old walk / new walk’ contrast remains visible.
Prince Power Of Air
Approved rendering: हवेतील अधिकाराचा अधिपती
Transliteration: havetīl adhikārācā adhipatī
Doctrine: The Reality of Cosmic Spiritual Powers
Original: ἄρχων τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 2:2. Satan’s title over the fallen world-system. Guard against assimilation to folk-Hindu/animist aerial-spirit beliefs and village-deity/spirit-possession frameworks; must read as the singular figure of Satan (सैतान), not one spirit among local aerial deities.
Passions Of Flesh
Approved rendering: देहाच्या (पापी) इच्छा
Transliteration: dehācyā (pāpī) icchā
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Rejected alternatives: वासना
Original: ἐπιθυμίαι τῆς σαρκός
Category: Sin
Ephesians 2:3. वासना is a technical Hindu Vedantic/Buddhist Abhidharma term for latent karmic tendencies carried across lives; using it would import a karma-residue framework into a universal, present moral condition. इच्छा is the safer default.
Gift Of God
Approved rendering: देवाची देणगी
Transliteration: devācī deṇagī
Doctrine: Grace Contrasted with Works
Rejected alternatives: दान
Original: δῶρον
Category: Salvation
Ephesians 2:8. दान is itself a meritorious act of religious giving (generating puṇya for the giver) in Hindu devotional practice; देणगी (a plain gift) avoids that merit-transaction reading. If दान is ever used it must be anchored to ‘not of yourselves / not a result of works.‘
Workmanship
Approved rendering: देवाची कृती / घडण
Transliteration: devācī kṛtī / ghaḍaṇ
Doctrine: Grace Contrasted with Works
Rejected alternatives: देवाचे कर्म
Original: ποίημα
Category: Salvation
Ephesians 2:10. Believers as God’s own crafted masterwork. Must never be rendered ‘देवाचे कर्म,’ which reintroduces the same karma-collision risk as ἔργα.
Dividing Wall
Approved rendering: मधली वैराची भिंत
Transliteration: madhalī vairācī bhinta
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ
Category: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Ephesians 2:14. Unusually direct positive resonance in Maharashtra given the historic breaking of caste-linked social dividing walls (the 1956 Ambedkarite Buddhist mass conversion); render with full force, not softened.
One New Man
Approved rendering: एक नवा मनुष्य / एक नवी मानवता
Transliteration: ek navā manuṣya / ek navī mānavatā
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: εἷς καινὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Ephesians 2:15. A corporate, Christ-created new humanity, not individual self-improvement — must be distinguished from the Buddhist Eightfold Path’s self-cultivated individual ethical transformation.
Reconcile
Approved rendering: समेट करणे
Transliteration: samet karṇe
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross
Original: ἀποκαταλλάσσω
Category: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Ephesians 2:16. Both horizontal (Jew-Gentile) and vertical (humanity-God) reconciliation must be retained together through the cross; do not reduce to social peace-making alone.
Fellow Heir
Approved rendering: सहवारस
Transliteration: sahavāras
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance in Christ
Original: συγκληρονόμος
Category: Election and Predestination
Ephesians 3:6. Gentile believers’ joint, equal inheritance-right with Jewish believers — no second-class status; compounds with वतन.
Unity Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: आत्म्याचे ऐक्य
Transliteration: ātmyāce aikya
Doctrine: Unity of the Spirit
Original: ἑνότης τοῦ πνεύματος
Category: Church
Ephesians 4:3. A Spirit-given unity to be maintained, not manufactured by human organizational effort.
Sevenfold Unity Formula
Approved rendering: एक शरीर, एक आत्मा, एक आशा, एक प्रभू, एक विश्वास, एक बाप्तिस्मा, एक देव आणि पिता
Transliteration: ek śarīr, ek ātmā, ek āśā, ek prabhū, ek viśvās, ek bāptismā, ek dev āṇi pitā
Doctrine: Unity of the Spirit
Original: ἓν σῶμα, ἓν πνεῦμα, μία ἐλπίς, εἷς κύριος, μία πίστις, ἓν βάπτισμα, εἷς θεὸς καὶ πατήρ
Category: Church
Ephesians 4:4-6. The most concentrated unity-statement in the NT; MUST be rendered as a fixed, memorable, identical formula every time it is cited anywhere in the curriculum, on the same consistency principle applied to Romans 8:28 and 10:9-10.
Maturity
Approved rendering: पूर्णता / प्रौढता
Transliteration: pūrṇatā / prauḍhatā
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: τέλειος
Category: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Ephesians 4:13. Corporate spiritual maturity measured by Christ’s fullness; must be distinguished from the Buddhist self-attained pāramitā ideal of solitary self-cultivation.
Old Self
Approved rendering: जुना मनुष्य
Transliteration: junā manuṣya
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Walking in Newness of Life
Ephesians 4:22. A decisive, once-for-all putting-off of the same continuous person’s former identity — not Buddhist anatta’s momentarily-arising, never-fixed self, nor Hindu successive-rebirth of an enduring self.
New Self
Approved rendering: नवा मनुष्य
Transliteration: navā manuṣya
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: καινὸς / νέος ἄνθρωπος
Category: Walking in Newness of Life
Ephesians 4:24. Paired with जुना मनुष्य; a given, Christ-created new identity, ‘created after the likeness of God,’ not a self-achieved attainment.
Renewed Mind
Approved rendering: मनाच्या आत्म्यात नवे होणे
Transliteration: manācyā ātmyāt nave hoṇe
Doctrine: Sanctification and Renewal of the Mind
Original: ἀνανεόω
Category: Walking in Newness of Life
Ephesians 4:23. The Spirit’s ongoing work in the believer, not a self-directed contemplative technique; must not be assimilated to Hindu chitta-śuddhi (yogic mental purification) or Buddhist mindfulness/meditative self-training.
Offering And Sacrifice
Approved rendering: अर्पण आणि यज्ञ/बलिदान
Transliteration: arpaṇ āṇi yajña/balidān
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: προσφορὰ καὶ θυσία
Category: Christology
Ephesians 5:2. यज्ञ (Vedic fire-sacrifice) and बलिदान (including goddess-temple animal sacrifice) carry real ritual weight; must be taught as Christ’s own unrepeatable, once-for-all self-giving, never an ongoing merit/cosmic-balance ritual.
Covetousness Idolatry
Approved rendering: लोभ (जो मूर्तिपूजा आहे)
Transliteration: lobh (jo mūrtipūjā āhe)
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: πλεονεξία / εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sin
Ephesians 5:5. मूर्तिपूजा is loaded in this religious context; Paul’s equation (greed is itself idolatry) must be preserved fully as a universal human temptation, not a comparative-religion critique.
Filled With Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्म्याने भरून जा
Transliteration: pavitra ātmyāne bharūn jā
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: πληρόω ἐν πνεύματι
Category: Walking in Newness of Life
Ephesians 5:18. Must be distinguished from folk-religious trance/possession phenomena (‘अंगात येणे’) in Maharashtra devotional practice; this is ongoing, sober, Scripture-shaped communal life, not ecstatic trance.
Submitting To One Another
Approved rendering: एकमेकांच्या अधीन राहणे
Transliteration: ekamekāncyā adhīn rāhaṇe
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage as Christ-Centered Relationship
Original: ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις
Category: Household Codes
Ephesians 5:21. The governing mutual-submission principle that frames and qualifies every specific role-instruction that follows; omitting it risks a one-directional cultural-hierarchy misreading.
Wives Submit
Approved rendering: पत्नींनी आपल्या पतींच्या अधीन राहावे
Transliteration: patnīnnī āpalyā patīncyā adhīn rāhāve
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage as Christ-Centered Relationship
Original: ὑποτάσσω (γυναῖκες, τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν)
Category: Household Codes
Ephesians 5:22-24. Must retain its explicit ‘as to the Lord’ framing and placement within the prior mutual-submission principle (5:21) and the husband’s sacrificial-love obligation (5:25); must not be read as generic patriarchal subordination detached from these qualifications.
Husbands Love Wives
Approved rendering: पतींनी पत्नींवर ख्रिस्ताप्रमाणे प्रीती करावी
Transliteration: patīnnī patnīnvar khristāpramāṇe prītī karāvī
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage as Christ-Centered Relationship
Original: ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν
Category: Household Codes
Ephesians 5:25. The passage’s dominant instruction by verse-count and force: sacrificial, Christlike love, not mere authority; must not be diluted relative to the wife’s submission instruction.
Washing Of Water With Word
Approved rendering: वचनाद्वारे जलस्नानाने शुद्ध करणे
Transliteration: vacanādvāre jalasnānāne śuddha karṇe
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage as Christ-Centered Relationship
Original: λουτρὸν τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι
Category: Household Codes
Ephesians 5:26. Risk of assimilation to Hindu ritual purification bathing (e.g., Godavari/Kumbh pilgrimage bathing at Nashik); must be taught as Christ’s own once-for-all cleansing, signified (not repeated for merit) in baptism.
Mystery Christ And Church
Approved rendering: हे रहस्य थोर आहे… मी ख्रिस्त आणि मंडळीविषयी बोलत आहे
Transliteration: he rahasya thor āhe… mī khrist āṇi maṇḍaḷīviṣayī bolat āhe
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν… εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν
Category: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Ephesians 5:32. Marriage as a living type of Christ’s own union with the church, climaxing the book’s mystery-thread; combines रहस्य and शरीर/मंडळी term families with full doctrinal precision, not reduced to marriage advice.
Bondservants Masters
Approved rendering: दास/सेवक व धनी/मालक
Transliteration: dās/sevak va dhanī/mālak
Doctrine: Household Codes: Slaves and Masters
Original: δοῦλοι, ὑπακούετε τοῖς κυρίοις
Category: Household Codes
Ephesians 6:5-9. दास carries painful, real associations with caste-linked servitude (दास्यत्व) explicitly rejected by Ambedkarite Buddhist communities through the 1956 mass conversion. Requires a mandatory translator note at every occurrence: Paul pastorally redirects (not endorses) an existing first-century institution, climaxing (6:9) in explicit impartiality before the shared heavenly Master.
Partiality
Approved rendering: पक्षपात
Transliteration: pakṣapāt
Doctrine: Household Codes: Slaves and Masters
Original: προσωπολημψία
Category: Household Codes
Ephesians 6:9. God’s own impartiality directly relativizes and undercuts the master-slave household hierarchy of the surrounding verses.
Armor Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचे संपूर्ण शस्त्रसामग्री
Transliteration: devāce sampūrṇa śastrasāmagrī
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: πανοπλία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:11-17. Metaphorical spiritual equipment only — never literal weaponry, political militancy, or ritual protective objects paralleling Maharashtra folk-exorcism practice (talismans, mantrik charms).
Cosmic Powers Of Evil
Approved rendering: सत्ता, अधिकार, या अंधकाराचे जगाधिपती, आकाशातील दुष्ट आत्मिक शक्ती
Transliteration: sattā, adhikār, yā andhakārāce jagādhipatī, ākāśātīl duṣṭa ātmik śaktī
Doctrine: The Reality of Cosmic Spiritual Powers
Original: ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι, κοσμοκράτορες τοῦ σκότους τούτου, τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:12. Serious risk of assimilation into Maharashtra folk-religious frameworks (ग्रामदेवता territorial spirits, भूतबाधा affliction, करणी/जादूटोणा black-magic practice). The biblical response (truth, righteousness, gospel, faith, salvation, Scripture, prayer) must be explicitly distinguished from folk exorcism/counter-magic mediation.
Belt Of Truth
Approved rendering: सत्याचा कमरबंद
Transliteration: satyācā kamarband
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: ζώνη τῆς ἀληθείας
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:14. Truth as the foundational piece that holds everything else in place; render consistently within the armor set.
Breastplate Of Righteousness
Approved rendering: नीतिमत्त्वाचे उरस्त्राण
Transliteration: nītimattvāce urastrāṇ
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: θώραξ τῆς δικαιοσύνης
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:14. Compounds with नीतिमत्त्व (Critical baseline term); must render righteousness consistently with its established baseline rendering even within this metaphorical compound.
Shoes Gospel Of Peace
Approved rendering: शांतीच्या शुभवर्तमानाची सिद्धता
Transliteration: śāntīcyā śubhavartamānācī siddhatā
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: ἑτοιμασία τοῦ εὐαγγελίου τῆς εἰρήνης
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:15. Compounds two High-risk baseline terms (शुभवर्तमान, शांती); render each consistently with its established baseline rendering.
Shield Of Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वासाची ढाल
Transliteration: viśvāsācī ḍhāl
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: θυρεὸς τῆς πίστεως
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:16. Compounds with विश्वास (High baseline term); consistency required.
Helmet Of Salvation
Approved rendering: तारणाचे शिरस्त्राण
Transliteration: tāraṇāce śirastrāṇ
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: περικεφαλαία τοῦ σωτηρίου
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:17. Compounds with तारण (Critical baseline term); consistency required, never मोक्ष/मुक्ती/निर्वाण.
Sword Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: आत्म्याची तलवार, म्हणजे देवाचे वचन
Transliteration: ātmyācī talavār, mhaṇaje devāce vacan
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: μάχαιρα τοῦ πνεύματος, ὅ ἐστιν ῥῆμα θεοῦ
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:17. Compounds with पवित्र आत्मा (Critical baseline term); must not be conflated with mantra-recitation as a ritual weapon in folk-magic frameworks.
Made Alive With Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्तासोबत एकत्र जिवंत केले
Transliteration: khristāsobat ekatra jivant kele
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Ephesians 2:5. Believers’ new life is a sharing in Christ’s own life-giving resurrection power, not self-generated; must retain the ‘together with Christ’ union-language, not flatten to a generic ‘gave new life.‘
Seated With Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्तासोबत एकत्र बसवले
Transliteration: khristāsobat ekatra basavle
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Ephesians 2:6. A present-tense claim: believers already share Christ’s exalted heavenly position, not merely a future hope.
Heavenly Places
Approved rendering: स्वर्गीय स्थाने
Transliteration: svargīya sthāne
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Ephesians 1:3,20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12. Risk of conflation with Hindu svarga (स्वर्ग), a temporary heavenly realm within the karma-saṃsāra cycle. Must be taught as the eternal, present spiritual realm of Christ’s reign and of spiritual conflict (ch.6), not a temporary merit-earned heavenly stay.
Riches Of Grace
Approved rendering: कृपेची अगाध श्रीमंती / कृपेचे अपार धन
Transliteration: kṛpecī agādh śrīmantī / kṛpece apār dhan
Doctrine: Grace
Ephesians 1:7, 2:7. The eternal display-purpose of salvation: grace shown off forever as a trophy of kindness, not human achievement; compounds with कृपा (Critical) and must retain the wealth-metaphor consistently with 2:4’s ‘rich in mercy.‘
Gods Love Agape
Approved rendering: प्रीती
Transliteration: prītī
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: भक्ति
Ephesians 2:4. God’s initiating, self-giving love toward the unworthy, prior to and independent of human merit or devotion. Must be distinguished from भक्ति (bhakti), which in Warkari devotion names the devotee’s own directed love toward Vitthal — here the flow is reversed: God’s prior love toward sinners, not a human devotional achievement.
Spirit Of Disobedience
Approved rendering: दुष्ट आत्मा (आज्ञाभंग करवणारा)
Transliteration: duṣṭa ātmā (āgnābhang karavaṇārā)
Doctrine: The Reality of Cosmic Spiritual Powers
Ephesians 2:2. A hostile, personal demonic spirit deliberately contrasted with πνεῦμα ἅγιον; must NEVER collapse toward or be confused with पवित्र आत्मा (Critical baseline). Requires a translator note distinguishing the two at every occurrence.
Medium Risk Terms
Church
Approved rendering: मंडळी
Transliteration: maṇḍaḷī
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: देऊळ, मंदिर
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Must be kept paired with, not substituted for, the new term ‘body of Christ’ (शरीर): मंडळी, जी ख्रिस्ताचे शरीर आहे. Note the narrow, bounded exception at Ephesians 2:21 (see ‘holy_temple’ below).
Gentiles
Approved rendering: अन्यजातीय
Transliteration: anyajātīya
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: विदेशी
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Central to Ephesians 2:11-22 and 3:6.
Peace
Approved rendering: शांती
Transliteration: śāntī
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: मनःशांती
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Compounds with ‘gospel’ in the armor-piece ‘shoes of the gospel of peace’ (Eph 6:15) and with ‘bond’ in Eph 4:3.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: आत्मिक कृपादान
Transliteration: ātmik kṛpādān
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: वरदान, सिद्धी
Original: χαρίσματα
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Ephesians 4:7-13 develops this doctrine at length via the new terms ‘measure of Christ’s gift’ and ‘church offices.‘
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचे राज्य
Transliteration: devāce rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: ईश्वरी राष्ट्र
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Occurs at Ephesians 5:5.
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेषित
Transliteration: preṣit
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: गुरू, संदेशवाहक
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Occurs at Ephesians 1:1, 2:20, 3:1,5, 4:11.
Israel
Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Isrāel
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Ephesians 2:12, ‘commonwealth of Israel.‘
Forgiveness
Approved rendering: क्षमा
Transliteration: kṣamā
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Original: ἄφεσις
Category: Salvation
Ephesians 1:7, 4:32. The cancelling of sin’s debt, a direct fruit of redemption through Christ’s blood; standard, low-ambiguity Marathi Christian term.
Seal Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: आत्म्याचा शिक्का
Transliteration: ātmyācā śikkā
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation (Sealed by the Spirit)
Rejected alternatives: टिळा
Original: σφραγίζω
Category: Church
Ephesians 1:13, 4:30. The Holy Spirit as God’s mark of ownership and authentication; keep distinct from ritual marks (e.g., tilak) by anchoring explicitly to पवित्र आत्मा as the one who seals.
Guarantee Down Payment
Approved rendering: बयाणा / जामीन
Transliteration: bayāṇā / jāmīn
Doctrine: Assurance of Salvation (Sealed by the Spirit)
Original: ἀρραβών
Category: Election and Predestination
Ephesians 1:14. The Spirit as partial payment guaranteeing the believer’s full future inheritance; a commercial/legal image with low religious-collision risk. Connect explicitly to वतन (inheritance) for the already/not-yet logic.
Trespasses
Approved rendering: अपराध
Transliteration: aparādh
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Original: παράπτωμα
Category: Sin
Ephesians 2:1,5. Distinct from पाप (sin, baseline High); both must remain visible where paired for rhetorical fullness.
Fellow Citizens Household
Approved rendering: सहनागरिक / देवाचे घराणे
Transliteration: sahanāgarik / devāce gharāṇe
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: συμπολῖται / οἰκεῖοι τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Ephesians 2:19. Reinforces corporate belonging; keep distinct from caste/community-based belonging vocabulary.
Cornerstone Foundation
Approved rendering: कोनशिला / पाया
Transliteration: konśilā / pāyā
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple and Dwelling Place
Original: ἀκρογωνιαῖος / θεμέλιος
Category: Church
Ephesians 2:20. Standard architectural metaphor; low collision risk.
Dwelling Place Of God
Approved rendering: देवाचे निवासस्थान
Transliteration: devāce nivāsasthān
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple and Dwelling Place
Original: κατοικητήριον
Category: Church
Ephesians 2:22. Completes the temple metaphor; low collision risk when read alongside पवित्र मंदिर and पवित्र आत्मा.
Manifold Wisdom
Approved rendering: बहुविध ज्ञान
Transliteration: bahuvidh jñān
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: πολυποίκιλος σοφία
Category: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Ephesians 3:10. God’s rich wisdom displayed to cosmic ‘rulers and authorities’ through the unified church; retain the cosmic-audience scope.
Boldness Confidence
Approved rendering: धैर्य / निर्भयता
Transliteration: dhairya / nirbhayatā
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: παρρησία
Category: Faith
Ephesians 3:12, 6:19-20. Confident access to God and boldness in gospel proclamation, rooted in Christ’s finished work, not personal merit or attainment.
Measure Of Christs Gift
Approved rendering: ख्रिस्ताच्या दानाचे माप
Transliteration: khristācyā dānāce māp
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: μέτρον τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Ephesians 4:7. Each believer’s gifting sovereignly apportioned by Christ’s grace, not self-selected or earned; keep anchored to grace, not merit.
Church Offices
Approved rendering: सुवार्तिक / मेंढपाळ / शिक्षक
Transliteration: suvārtik / meṇḍhapāḷ / śikṣak
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: εὐαγγελιστής / ποιμήν / διδάσκαλος
Category: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Ephesians 4:11. Standard, established Marathi Christian ministry titles (evangelist/pastor/teacher); low collision risk.
Equipping
Approved rendering: सुसज्ज करणे
Transliteration: susajja karṇe
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: καταρτισμός
Category: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Ephesians 4:12. Gift-offices exist to equip every saint for ministry, not to centralize ministry in a professional clergy class.
Grieve The Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्म्याला दुःखी करू नका
Transliteration: pavitra ātmyālā duḥkhī karū nakā
Doctrine: Sanctification and Renewal of the Mind
Original: λυπέω τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον
Category: God
Ephesians 4:30. Reinforces the Spirit’s full personhood; never an impersonal universal spirit.
Children Of Light
Approved rendering: प्रकाशाची लेकरे
Transliteration: prakāśācī lekare
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: τέκνα φωτός
Category: Walking in Newness of Life
Ephesians 5:8. Anchor to moral transformation in Christ specifically, per baseline’s ‘glory’ caution against generic divine-light/bodhi associations.
One Flesh
Approved rendering: एक देह
Transliteration: ek deh
Doctrine: Household Codes: Marriage as Christ-Centered Relationship
Original: μία σάρξ
Category: Household Codes
Ephesians 5:31. Marriage’s creational union pattern (Gen 2:24), applied typologically to Christ and the church.
Schemes Of Devil
Approved rendering: सैतानाचे डावपेच
Transliteration: saitānāce ḍāvapec
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: μεθοδεία τοῦ διαβόλου
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Ephesians 6:11. Calculated, cunning opposition requiring vigilant, equipped resistance, not fear-based ritual counter-measures.
Praying In The Spirit
Approved rendering: आत्म्याने प्रार्थना करणे
Transliteration: ātmyāne prārthanā karṇe
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Original: προσευχόμενοι ἐν πνεύματι
Category: Prayer and Intercession
Ephesians 6:18. Distinguish from bhakti puja/kirtan directed toward Vitthal and from Buddhist chanting/meditation; this is direct address to a personal, listening God, in the Spirit’s enabling.
Circumcision
Approved rendering: सुंता / अन्यजातीय
Transliteration: suntā / anyajātīya
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: περιτομή / ἀκροβυστία
Category: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Ephesians 2:11. सुंता is the standard, low-risk Marathi term for the ethnic-religious identity marker Christ abolishes as a dividing distinction.
Enmity Hostility
Approved rendering: वैर
Transliteration: vair
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross
Original: ἔχθρα
Category: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Ephesians 2:16. The active hostility between Jew and Gentile that Christ ‘kills’ in himself through the cross.
Access To God
Approved rendering: प्रवेश
Transliteration: praveś
Doctrine: Reconciliation through the Cross
Original: προσαγωγή
Category: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Ephesians 2:18, 3:12. Both Jew and Gentile now have equal access to the Father ‘in one Spirit’; reinforces the equality theme.
Blessing
Approved rendering: आशीर्वाद
Transliteration: āśīrvād
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: εὐλογία
Category: God
Ephesians 1:3. आशीर्वाद is common devotional vocabulary (an elder’s, guru’s, or deity’s blessing); must be anchored explicitly as flowing ‘in Christ,’ not a generic elder/deity blessing.
Boast
Approved rendering: बढाई मारणे / गर्व करणे
Transliteration: baḍhāī māraṇe / garva karṇe
Doctrine: Grace Contrasted with Works
Original: καυχάομαι
Category: Salvation
Ephesians 2:9. Salvation’s grace-not-works structure specifically excludes self-congratulation, whether religious (merit) or social (status).
Kindness Of God
Approved rendering: दयाळूपणा / ममता
Transliteration: dayāḷūpaṇā / mamatā
Doctrine: Grace
Ephesians 2:7. God’s benevolent disposition expressed in action; the gentle, non-transactional tone in which grace is displayed.
Course Of This World
Approved rendering: या जगाचा प्रवाह / या युगाची चालरीत
Transliteration: yā jagācā pravāh / yā yugācī cālarīt
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Ephesians 2:2. The present, corrupted world-order, contrasted with ‘coming ages’ (2:7). Must avoid rendering as Hindu cyclical yuga cosmology; this is a linear, morally-loaded present age, not a recurring cosmic turn.
Sons Of Disobedience
Approved rendering: आज्ञाभंगाचे पुत्र
Transliteration: āgnābhangāce putra
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Ephesians 2:2. A Hebraic idiom of moral characterization, not physical lineage; must not be misread through a birth/caste-status lens.
Coming Ages
Approved rendering: येणारी युगे
Transliteration: yeṇārī yuge
Doctrine: Grace
Ephesians 2:7. Linear, forward-moving redemptive history, not a cyclical repetition of ages; avoid yuga-cosmology connotations.
Will Of Flesh And Mind
Approved rendering: (शरीराच्या आणि मनाच्या) इच्छा
Transliteration: (śarīrācyā āṇi manācyā) icchā
Doctrine: Total Spiritual Deadness Apart from Christ
Ephesians 2:3. Sin engages the whole person — body and reasoning faculty alike — not merely instinct.
Low Risk Terms
Fellowship
Approved rendering: सहभागिता
Transliteration: sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: मैत्री
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes.
Prophet
Approved rendering: संदेष्टा
Transliteration: sandeṣṭā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Part of the apostolic-prophetic ‘foundation’ image (Eph 2:20) and gift-office list (4:11).
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: उपकारस्तुती
Transliteration: upakārastutī
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes. Occurs Ephesians 1:16, 5:20.
Exhort
Approved rendering: उत्तेजन देणे
Transliteration: uttejan deṇe
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly, no changes.
Created New Creation
Approved rendering: निर्माण करणे
Transliteration: nirmāṇ karṇe
Doctrine: Grace Contrasted with Works
Original: κτίζω
Category: Salvation
Ephesians 2:10. God’s fresh creative act in Christ; standard term, low collision risk when paired with देवाची कृती/घडण.
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