Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 1 Corinthians | English → Nepali
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, organized by the ten curriculum doctrines plus a category for reused baseline terms and proper names. Terms marked [BASELINE] are fixed in the Romans translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json and MUST be reused exactly — no deviation permitted. Terms marked [NEW] are proposed for addition to translation memory pending Phase 1 Step 2 confirmation; risk tiers follow the same Critical/High/Medium/Low framework as the baseline.
1. Reused Baseline Terms Appearing in 1 Corinthians
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gospel | सुसमाचार | susamachar | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 15:1; anchors the whole resurrection argument. |
| grace | अनुग्रह | anugraha | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:4, 15:10; central to Paul’s self-description in the core passage. |
| faith | विश्वास | vishwas | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 15:2,11,14,17. |
| salvation / saved | उद्धार | uddhar | Critical | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:18, 15:2. Never मुक्ति/मोक्ष/निर्वाण. |
| called / calling | बोलाइएका / बोलावट | bolaieka / bolawat | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:1-2,9,26; 7:17-24; 15:9. |
| holy | पवित्र | pavitra | High | [BASELINE] | Throughout; ch. 1, 6, 7. |
| saints | पवित्र जन | pavitra jan | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:2. Never सन्त/साधु. |
| sanctification | पवित्रीकरण | pavitrikaran | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:2, 6:11. |
| apostle | प्रेरित | prerit | Medium | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:1, 4:9, 9:1-2, 12:28-29, 15:5-9. |
| church | मण्डली | mandali | Medium | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:2, 5:12, 11:18, 12:28, 14:4-35, 15:9. Never मन्दिर/गुम्बा for this term. |
| kingdom of God | परमेश्वरको राज्य | Parameshwarko Rajya | Medium | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 4:20, 6:9-10, 15:24,50. |
| fellowship | सहभागिता | sahabhagita | Low (High in sacramental extension, see §7) | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:9, 10:16, 16:1-16. |
| power of God | परमेश्वरको सामर्थ्य | Parameshwarko samarthya | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:18,24; 2:5. Never शक्ति. |
| sin | पाप | paap | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 15:3,17; 15:56. |
| glory | महिमा | mahima | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 10:31, 11:7, 15:40-43. |
| resurrection | पुनरुत्थान | punarutthan | Critical | [BASELINE] | Core doctrine of ch.15; also 6:14. Never पुनर्जन्म. |
| lord | प्रभु | prabhu | Critical | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 8:6, 12:3, 16:22-23. |
| jesus | येशू | Yeshu | Critical | [BASELINE] | Throughout. |
| god | परमेश्वर | Parameshwar | Critical | [BASELINE] | Throughout. Never भगवान. |
| holy spirit | पवित्र आत्मा | Pavitra Atma | Critical | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 2:10-14, 3:16, 6:19, 12:3-13. Never ब्रह्म/परमात्मा. |
| father | पिता | Pita | Critical | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:3, 8:6, 15:24. |
| spiritual gifts | आत्मिक वरदान | atmik varadan | Medium | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:7, 7:7, 12:1-31, 14:1-40. |
| prophecy / prophet | अगमवाणी / अगमवक्ता | agamavani / agamavakta | Low | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 12:10, 13:2,8-9; 14:1-39. |
| election | परमेश्वरको छनोट | Parameshwarko chhanot | High | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:27-28 (God’s “choosing” the foolish/weak). |
| thanksgiving | धन्यवाद | dhanyavad | Low | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:4, 14:16-18. |
| exhort | उत्साहित पार्नु | utsahit parnu | Low | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:10, 4:16, 16:15-18. |
| mission / evangelism | सुसमाचार प्रचार | susamachar prachar | Medium (High per doctrine registry “Evangelism”) | [BASELINE] | 1 Cor 1:17,23; 9:14-23; 15:11. |
| david | दाऊद | Daud | Low | [BASELINE] | Referenced typologically via Adam contrast context; not directly named but relevant covenant background. |
2. Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Rejected Alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| resurrection (of Christ / dead) | पुनरुत्थान | punarutthan | Critical | [BASELINE] | पुनर्जन्म | Core passage and ch.15 throughout. |
| appeared (resurrection appearance) | देखा पर्नुभयो | dekha parnubhayo | Critical | [NEW] | दर्शन | दर्शन carries live Hindu devotional-sighting associations (temple darshan); forbidden here. |
| fallen asleep (death euphemism) | मृत्युमा सुतेका छन् | mrityuma sutekaa chhan | Medium | [NEW] | — | Hope-filled Christian death euphemism; note on first use recommended. |
| firstfruits | पहिलो फल | pahilo phal | Medium | [NEW] | — | Requires OT harvest-offering background. |
| Adam (first/last) | आदम | Adam | Medium | [NEW] | — | Requires Genesis background, cf. दाऊदको वंश pattern in baseline. |
| spiritual body / natural body | आत्मिक शरीर / प्राकृतिक शरीर | atmik sharir / prakritik sharir | High | [NEW] | — | Same body transformed, not a different body via rebirth. |
| imperishable | अविनाशी | avinashi | Medium | [NEW] | — | — |
| immortality | अमरता | amarata | High | [NEW] | अमृत-based mythic framing | Distinguish from Samudra Manthan अमृत myth. |
| victory (over death) | विजय | vijaya | Low | [NEW] | — | — |
| untimely born | अपरिपक्व/असमयमा जन्मेको जस्तो | aparipakwa/asamayama janmeko jasto | Medium | [NEW] | — | Handle sensitively; social stigma around miscarriage/stillbirth. |
3. Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| division / schism | फूट | phoot | High | [NEW] | Echoes Nepal’s own live ethnic/caste/party factional patterns; must remain church-specific. |
| quarrels / contentions | विवाद | vivad | Medium | [NEW] | — |
| boast | घमण्ड/गर्व गर्नु | ghamanda/garva garnu | Medium | [NEW] | Contrast: boasting in the Lord vs. in self or teacher-loyalty. |
| church of God | परमेश्वरको मण्डली | Parameshwarko mandali | Medium | [BASELINE] | Compound with मण्डली. |
| body of Christ | ख्रीष्टको शरीर | Khristko sharir | High | [NEW] | See §8; unity doctrine overlaps directly with factionalism doctrine. |
4. Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wisdom | बुद्धि | buddhi | High | [NEW] | Root-shared with बोधि/बुद्ध (Buddhist “awakening”); must avoid enlightenment-attainment framing. |
| foolishness | मूर्खता | murkhata | Low | [NEW] | — |
| cross | क्रूस | krus | Medium (doctrine High) | [NEW — established loanword] | Established Nepali Christian loanword; doctrinal offensiveness (Jew/Greek dual-stumbling-block) must be preserved. |
| stumbling block | बाधा/ठक्कर | badha/thakkar | Medium | [NEW] | Also used in ch.8 liberty context. |
| power of God | परमेश्वरको सामर्थ्य | Parameshwarko samarthya | High | [BASELINE] | Never शक्ति. |
| mystery | रहस्य | rahasya | High | [NEW] | Contrast with Vajrayana/Tantric esoteric “secret” (गुह्य) initiation teaching; Paul’s mystery is now openly proclaimed. |
| natural person (unspiritual) | प्राकृतिक मानिस | prakritik manis | High | [NEW] | Pneumatological, not anthropological (ātman) category. |
| spiritual | आत्मिक | atmik | Medium | [NEW] | Consistent root with आत्मिक वरदान. |
5. Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sexual immorality | यौन अनैतिकता | yaun anaitikata | Medium-High | [NEW] | Sin against a personal God, per पाप baseline category. |
| leaven / unleavened | खमिर / अखमिरी | khamir / akhamiri | Medium | [NEW] | Requires Passover background. |
| Christ our Passover | निस्तार-चाड (applied typologically) | Nistar-chaad | High | [NEW — existing Nepali Bible festival term, typological extension] | Sacrificial substitution typology. |
| church discipline (expel) | मण्डलीबाट बहिष्कार गर्ने | mandaliباta bahiskar garne | High | [NEW] | Must be distinguished from caste-based social excommunication/untouchability history in Nepal; redemptive, not permanent. |
| temple of God/Holy Spirit (corporate & individual) | मन्दिर (with translator note) | mandir | High | [NEW] | Metaphorical only; distinguish sharply from literal Hindu मन्दिर. |
| bought with a price | मूल्य तिरी किनिएका | mulya tiri kinieka | High | [NEW] | Redemption imagery; avoid purely commercial or bonded-labor-adjacent reading. |
| washed | धोइएका | dhoiyeka | Medium | [NEW] | Distinguish from ritual purificatory river-bathing. |
| carnal / fleshly | शारीरिक स्वभावको | sharirik swabhavko | Medium | [NEW] | — |
6. Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| marriage | विवाह | vivaha | Low | [NEW] | — |
| unmarried / singleness | अविवाहित | avivahit | Low-Medium | [NEW] | Pastoral sensitivity given social marriage-expectation norms. |
| virgin | कुमारी | kumari | High | [NEW] | CRITICAL CULTURAL COLLISION: title of Nepal’s living-goddess Kumari cult; requires qualifying phrase and translator note. |
| divorce / separation | सम्बन्ध-विच्छेद | sambandha-vicchhed | Medium | [NEW] | — |
| gift (of marital state) | आत्मिक वरदान | atmik varadan | Medium | [BASELINE, extended sense] | Extension flagged; keep वरदान always paired with आत्मिक. |
7. Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| idol | मूर्ति | murti | Medium | [NEW] | Standard literal term; idols represent nothing real, without dismissive tone toward neighbors. |
| food offered to idols | मूर्तिलाई चढाइएको भोजन | murtilai chadhaieko bhojan | High | [NEW] | Direct collision with live प्रसाद (prasad) practice. |
| knowledge | ज्ञान | gyan | High | [NEW] | Collision with jñāna-yoga/prajñā liberation-through-knowledge frameworks. |
| conscience | विवेक | vivek | Medium | [NEW] | — |
| liberty / right | अधिकार | adhikar | Medium | [NEW] | — |
| self-control | आत्म-संयम | atma-sanyam | Medium | [NEW] | — |
8. Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| the Lord’s Supper | प्रभु भोज | prabhu bhoj | High | [NEW] | Core sacramental term. |
| cup of the Lord / table of the Lord | प्रभुको कटोरा / प्रभुको टेबल | prabhuko katora / prabhuko tebal | High | [NEW] | Exclusivity vs. “table of demons”; relevant to jhākri/Tantric ritual-offering practice. |
| participation / communion (sacramental) | सहभागिता | sahabhagita | High (extended sense) | [BASELINE, extended] | Relational communion with Christ, not spirit-possession/mediumship. |
| discern the body | शरीरलाई चिनेर/विवेचना गरेर | sharirlai chinera/vivechana garera | Medium | [NEW] | — |
| remembrance | सम्झना | samjhana | Low | [NEW] | — |
| judgment / discipline (sacramental) | न्याय/दण्ड | nyaya/danda | Medium | [NEW] | — |
| baptized in one Spirit | बप्तिस्मा (एउटै आत्मामा) | baptisma (euta atmama) | High | [NEW — establishing बप्तिस्मा as new baseline-track term] | Distinguish from repeatable Hindu purificatory river-bathing; one-time Spirit-union rite. |
9. Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| spiritual gifts | आत्मिक वरदान | atmik varadan | Medium | [BASELINE] | — |
| body of Christ | ख्रीष्टको शरीर | Khristko sharir | High | [NEW] | Central ecclesiology; reinforces Unity of Jews/Gentiles doctrine across all social distinction. |
| member | अंग | anga | Low | [NEW] | — |
| tongues | अन्य भाषा | anya bhasha | High | [NEW] | Distinguish from shamanic trance-speech (jhākri/dhāmi possession utterance). |
| interpretation | अर्थ खोल्ने वरदान | artha kholne varadan | Medium | [NEW] | — |
| discerning of spirits | आत्माहरूको पहिचान गर्ने वरदान | atmaharuko pahichan garne varadan | High | [NEW] | Distinguish from shamanic spirit-diagnosis/exorcism ritual. |
10. Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| love (agapē) | प्रेम | prem | High | [NEW] | Must be distinguished from romantic/bhakti-प्रेम devotionalism (e.g., Radha-Krishna tradition); repeated contextual framing needed throughout ch.13 materials. |
| puffed up / arrogant | फुलिनु/अहंकारी हुनु | phulinu/ahamkari hunu | Medium | [NEW] | — |
11. Doctrine: Order in Worship
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| head covering | शिर छोप्ने चलन | shir chhopne chalan | Medium | [NEW] | Distinguish underlying principle from unrelated Hindu head-covering custom. |
| image and glory | स्वरूप, महिमा | swarup, mahima | Medium | [NEW] | Avoid प्रतिमूर्ति (contains मूर्ति/“idol” root) for εἰκών. |
| edification | मण्डलीको उन्नति/निर्माण | mandaliko unnati/nirman | Low-Medium | [NEW] | — |
| order | व्यवस्थित तरिका | vyavasthit tarika | Low | [NEW] | — |
12. Additional Terms and Proper Names (Chapter 16 and General)
| English Term | Nepali Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| collection (for the saints) | चन्दा सङ्कलन | chanda sangkalan | Low-Medium | [NEW] | — |
| Maranatha | मारन आथा | Marana Atha | Medium | [NEW] | Transliterated Aramaic, parallel to अब्बा; needs explanatory gloss on first use. |
| holy kiss | पवित्र अभिवादन | pavitra abhivadan | Medium | [NEW] | Cultural greeting-gesture adaptation; native speaker review recommended. |
| scripture(s) | पवित्रशास्त्र | pavitrashastra | High | [NEW] | Never धर्मशास्त्र (धर्म root forbidden per baseline convention). |
| delivered / received (apostolic tradition) | सुम्पनु / प्राप्त गर्नु | sumpanu / prapt garnu | Medium | [NEW] | Avoid noun परम्परा; guard against guru-parampara lineage-transmission framing. |
| preach / proclaim | प्रचार गर्नु | prachar garnu | High | [NEW, aligned with BASELINE mission term] | Same legal-risk sensitivity as baseline “Evangelism” doctrine (Nepal’s 2017 Muluki Criminal Code). |
| steward | भण्डारे | bhandare | Medium | [NEW] | — |
| foundation | जग | jag | Low | [NEW] | — |
| spectacle | तमासा | tamasa | Low | [NEW] | — |
Glossary Compilation Notes
- All [BASELINE] entries above are copied verbatim from the Romans
translation_memory.json/bible_term_registry.jsonand must not be altered when this glossary is merged into the shared translation memory for the 1 Corinthians curriculum. - All [NEW] entries are proposed additions pending Phase 1 Step 2 (Doctrine Risk Registry extension) confirmation and Phase 2 theologian/native-speaker review per the risk-tier routing rules already established in the baseline
doctrine_risk_registry.json. - Three terms in this glossary (कुमारी for “virgin,” मन्दिर for the metaphorical “temple,” and देखा पर्नुभयो for resurrection “appeared”) represent Nepal-specific cultural collisions of comparable severity to the baseline’s existing Critical-tier warnings (भगवान, अवतार, पुनर्जन्म, मुक्ति/मोक्ष/निर्वाण, शक्ति) and should receive equivalent prominence in any AI translation instruction set built on this glossary.
- Baptism (बप्तिस्मा) is newly established here as a High-risk term; it should be added to translation memory as a first-class entry rather than left implicit, since 1 Corinthians (12:13) is the first text in this curriculum sequence to require it explicitly.
Critical Risk Terms
Righteousness
Approved rendering: धार्मिकता
Transliteration: dharmikata
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, पुण्य
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER use धर्म. 1 Cor 1:30: Christ ‘became for us…our righteousness.’ [Inherited from Romans package.]
Justification
Approved rendering: धर्मी ठहराइने कार्य
Transliteration: dharmi thahraine karya
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: माफी पाउने कार्य
Original: δικαιόω
Category: Salvation
Compound phrase required; never abbreviate to माफी alone. 1 Cor 6:11: ‘you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified.’ [Inherited from Romans package.]
Salvation
Approved rendering: उद्धार
Transliteration: uddhar
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: मुक्ति, मोक्ष, निर्वाण
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
CRITICAL AND DUAL-FRONT: NEVER मुक्ति/मोक्ष (Hindu liberation) or निर्वाण (Buddhist cessation). 1 Cor 1:18, 15:2: ‘by which you are being saved.’ [Inherited from Romans package.]
Resurrection
Approved rendering: पुनरुत्थान
Transliteration: punarutthan
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: पुनर्जन्म
Original: ἀνάστασις / ἐγείρω
Category: Eschatology
CRITICAL: NEVER पुनर्जन्म. The doctrinal center of 1 Cor 15 and the core passage 15:1-11; also 6:14. The perfect tense of ἐγήγερται (15:4) should be rendered implying a continuing risen state. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभु
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: मालिक, ईश्वर
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Exclusive, supreme Lordship. 1 Cor 8:6, 12:3, 16:22-23; also underlies ‘the Lord’s Supper,’ ‘the cup of the Lord,’ ‘the table of the Lord.’ [Inherited from Romans package.]
Son Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरका पुत्र
Transliteration: Parameshwarka Putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: देवपुत्र
Original: υἱός / ὁ υἱός
Category: Christology
CRITICAL: full phrase required; never देवपुत्र. 1 Cor 1:9 (‘fellowship of his Son’), 15:28. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Jesus
Approved rendering: येशू
Transliteration: Yeshu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
CRITICAL: established Nepali Christian standard form, used throughout 1 Corinthians. [Inherited from Romans package.]
God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वर
Transliteration: Parameshwar
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: भगवान
Original: θεός
Category: God
CRITICAL: never भगवान. Used throughout 1 Corinthians. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: पवित्र आत्मा
Transliteration: Pavitra Atma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ब्रह्म, परमात्मा
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
CRITICAL: never ब्रह्म or परमात्मा. 1 Cor 2:10-14, 3:16, 6:19, 12:3-13. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Father
Approved rendering: पिता
Transliteration: Pita
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
God as personal Father. 1 Cor 1:3, 8:6, 15:24. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रीष्ट
Transliteration: Khrist
Doctrine: Christology
NEW first-class entry for this curriculum. Established Nepali Christian standard form for Χριστός, used constantly throughout 1 Corinthians alongside येशू (e.g. 15:3 ‘Christ died for our sins’). Previously fixed only in the Romans baseline’s transliteration standards table, not as its own translation_memory entry; promoted here given its density of occurrence in 1 Corinthians 15 and throughout.
Resurrection Appearance
Approved rendering: देखा पर्नुभयो
Transliteration: dekha parnubhayo
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: दर्शन
Original: ὤφθη (ὁράω passive)
Category: Eschatology
1 Cor 15:5-8, Paul’s evidentiary eyewitness list (ὤφθη). NEVER दर्शन — the vivid, currently-practiced Hindu devotional term for a deity/holy person becoming visible to a worshiper at a shrine (e.g. Pashupatinath darshan). Using दर्शन would recast bodily resurrection appearances as devotional visions, collapsing the historical eyewitness argument into a familiar devotional category.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: सुसमाचार
Transliteration: susamachar
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: खुशखबरी
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Established Nepali Christian term. Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement; the gospel is the unique proclamation of salvation through Christ crucified and risen. 1 Cor 15:1-2,11 makes this term the doctrinal anchor of the whole resurrection argument. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Grace
Approved rendering: अनुग्रह
Transliteration: anugraha
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: कृपा, पुण्य, भाग्य
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Unmerited favor apart from human merit. पुण्य directly contradicts this. 1 Cor 15:10, 1:4, 3:10: Paul attributes his entire apostolic identity and labor to grace, not merit. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Faith
Approved rendering: विश्वास
Transliteration: vishwas
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: श्रद्धा, भक्ति
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically. 1 Cor 15:2,11,14,17: the resurrection is the load-bearing object of this faith; if Christ is not raised, faith is empty (μάτην). [Inherited from Romans package.]
Called
Approved rendering: बोलाइएका
Transliteration: bolaieka
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: निमन्त्रित
Original: κλητός
Category: Salvation
Context-sensitive across ministry calling, sainthood, and salvation senses. 1 Cor 1:1-2,24,26; 7:17-24. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Calling
Approved rendering: बोलावट
Transliteration: bolawat
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Noun form for the act or state of being called by God. 1 Cor 7:20: ‘in whatever calling each was called, there let him remain.’ [Inherited from Romans package.]
Holy
Approved rendering: पवित्र
Transliteration: pavitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्ध
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Set apart for God and morally pure, not ritual purity. 1 Cor 3:17, 7:14, 7:34. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Saints
Approved rendering: पवित्र जन
Transliteration: pavitra jan
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: सन्त, साधु
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Applies to every ordinary believer, not an ascetic elite. 1 Cor 1:2, 16:1,15. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Sanctification
Approved rendering: पवित्रीकरण
Transliteration: pavitrikaran
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: शुद्धीकरण
Original: ἁγιασμός / ἁγιάζω
Category: Sanctification
The Spirit’s ongoing work of making believers holy. 1 Cor 1:2, 6:11: ‘sanctified in Christ Jesus.’ [Inherited from Romans package.]
Law
Approved rendering: व्यवस्था
Transliteration: vyavastha
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्म, नियम
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
The Mosaic law; never धर्म. 1 Cor 9:8-9,20; 14:21,34; 15:56. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Sin
Approved rendering: पाप
Transliteration: paap
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: अकुशल कर्म
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Moral transgression before a personal God; never अकुशल कर्म. 1 Cor 15:3,17,56: ‘Christ died for our sins’ — the substitutionary center of the core passage. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Glory
Approved rendering: महिमा
Transliteration: mahima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: तेज
Original: δόξα
Category: God
God’s radiant honor and presence, avoiding Tantric divine-radiance conflation. 1 Cor 10:31, 11:7, 15:40-43. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Power Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरको सामर्थ्य
Transliteration: Parameshwarko samarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: शक्ति
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
NEVER शक्ति (Newar Tantric Shakta/Kumari association). 1 Cor 1:18,24; 2:5, displayed paradoxically in the cross. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Covenant
Approved rendering: करार
Transliteration: karar
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: सम्झौता
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
1 Cor 11:25: ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood’ — Lord’s Supper institution narrative. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Election
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरको छनोट
Transliteration: Parameshwarko chhanot
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: भाग्य, किस्मत
Original: ἐκλέγομαι
Category: Salvation
God’s sovereign, personal choice, not karma-determined fate. 1 Cor 1:27-28: God ‘chose’ the foolish/weak. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Spiritual Body
Approved rendering: आत्मिक शरीर
Transliteration: atmik sharir
Doctrine: Resurrection Body Transformation
Original: σῶμα πνευματικόν
Category: Eschatology
1 Cor 15:44,46. The SAME body transformed, continuous personal identity — never a soul migrating into a different body as in Hindu/Buddhist rebirth cosmology or the Tibetan tulku reincarnation-recognition tradition present in Nepal’s Himalayan Buddhist communities.
Natural Body
Approved rendering: प्राकृतिक शरीर
Transliteration: prakritik sharir
Doctrine: Resurrection Body Transformation
Original: σῶμα ψυχικόν
Category: Eschatology
1 Cor 15:44. Paired term with spiritual_body; the contrast is transformation, not reincarnation into an unrelated body.
Immortality
Approved rendering: अमरता
Transliteration: amarata
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Believers
Rejected alternatives: अमृत-आधारित पुराणिक फ्रेमिङ (Samudra Manthan mythic framing)
Original: ἀθανασία
Category: Eschatology
1 Cor 15:53-54. अमरता/अमृत carries strong Hindu mythological resonance (Samudra Manthan, gods and demons contending for the nectar of immortality). Christian immortality is God-granted and resurrection-based, not a substance won through cosmic contest; a standing note is required wherever this term is used doctrinally, not merely at first use.
Scripture
Approved rendering: पवित्रशास्त्र
Transliteration: pavitrashastra
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: धर्मशास्त्र
Original: γραφή
Category: Covenant
1 Cor 15:3-4,54. Never धर्मशास्त्र, retaining the culturally loaded धर्म root the baseline permanently excludes. Distinct from Hindu śruti and the Buddhist sutra tradition.
Substitutionary Death
Approved rendering: हाम्रा पापहरूको निम्ति मर्नु
Transliteration: hamra paapharuko nimti marnu
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: पापको कारणले मर्नु (vaguer ‘because of’, loses substitutionary exchange)
Original: Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν
Category: Salvation
1 Cor 15:3. Must preserve the substitutionary ‘for/on behalf of’ sense (निम्ति), not a vaguer ‘because of’ that could read as mere consequence rather than atoning exchange.
Division Schism
Approved rendering: फूट
Transliteration: phoot
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: σχίσμα
Category: Church
1 Cor 1:10, 11:18. Corinth’s teacher-loyalty factions map uncomfortably onto Nepal’s own live ethnic, caste, and party-political factional identities; must remain a strictly church-specific term, never a vehicle for commentary on those wider fault lines.
Body Of Christ
Approved rendering: ख्रीष्टको शरीर
Transliteration: Khristko sharir
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: σῶμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Church
1 Cor 12:27, 12:12-26. Directly extends the baseline’s ‘Unity of Jews and Gentiles’ doctrine to unity across every social distinction — concrete force given caste-linked social division formerly codified in Nepal’s Muluki Ain until 1963.
Wisdom
Approved rendering: बुद्धि
Transliteration: buddhi
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: σοφία
Category: Wisdom
1 Cor 1:17-30, 2:1-13, 3:19. बुद्धि shares its root (बुध्, ‘to know/awaken’) with बोधि/बुद्ध (‘the Awakened One’). God’s wisdom in the cross must not be assimilated to Buddhist bodhi (enlightenment attained through meditative insight); teach as revealed, cross-centered, gift wisdom.
Mystery
Approved rendering: रहस्य
Transliteration: rahasya
Doctrine: The Mystery of God’s Revealed Wisdom
Rejected alternatives: गुह्य
Original: μυστήριον
Category: Wisdom
1 Cor 2:7, 4:1, 13:2, 15:51. Nepal’s living Newar Vajrayana Buddhist and Hindu Tantric traditions maintain active esoteric, initiation-restricted ‘secret’ (गुह्य) teaching. Paul’s μυστήριον is the opposite dynamic: once-hidden truth now openly and publicly proclaimed to all believers. Always pair with ‘अब खुलेर प्रचार गरिएको’ (now openly proclaimed) qualifying language.
Natural Person Unspiritual
Approved rendering: प्राकृतिक मानिस
Transliteration: prakritik manis
Doctrine: The Natural Person versus the Spiritual Person
Original: ψυχικός
Category: Anthropology
1 Cor 2:14. ψυχικός is a pneumatological category (lacking the indwelling Holy Spirit), not an anthropological claim. Must never imply a claim about the existence or nature of an inner soul/ātman, central to Hindu anthropology and, in negated form (anātman), to Buddhist anthropology.
Sexual Immorality
Approved rendering: यौन अनैतिकता
Transliteration: yaun anaitikata
Doctrine: Sexual Ethics and Bodily Holiness
Original: πορνεία
Category: Sanctification
1 Cor 5:1, 6:13,18, 7:2. Must be framed as sin against a personal, holy God (see पाप), not primarily ritual defilement or social shame, though both categories exist in Nepali cultural understanding of sexual sin.
Christ Our Passover
Approved rendering: निस्तार-चाड (typological application to Christ)
Transliteration: Nistar-chaad
Doctrine: Christ Our Passover: Sacrificial Typology
Original: πάσχα
Category: Christology
1 Cor 5:7: ‘Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.’ Existing Nepali Bible festival term, typologically extended; must be taught as pointing to Christ’s atoning death, not merely referenced as a historical festival.
Church Discipline Expel
Approved rendering: मण्डलीबाट बहिष्कार गर्ने
Transliteration: mandalibata bahiskar garne
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: ἐξαίρω
Category: Church
1 Cor 5:13: ‘Purge the evil person from among you.’ Must be carefully distinguished from Nepal’s own caste-based social excommunication and untouchability practices, formally codified until the 1963 Muluki Ain reforms; corrective and restorative, never a permanent caste-like social death. Requires an explanatory frame at every occurrence, not just first use.
Temple Of God
Approved rendering: मन्दिर (metaphorical use only, mandatory note)
Transliteration: mandir
Doctrine: The Church and Believer as Temple of the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: गुम्बा
Original: ναός θεοῦ / ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν ἁγίου πνεύματος
Category: Sanctification
1 Cor 3:16-17 (corporate), 6:19-20 (individual). मन्दिर is saturated with concrete, currently-practiced Hindu temple-worship associations (Pashupatinath and thousands of local shrines). A clarifying gloss (‘God’s Spirit dwelling among/within you,’ not a physical shrine) is required at EVERY occurrence, not merely first use.
Bought With A Price
Approved rendering: मूल्य तिरी किनिएका
Transliteration: mulya tiri kinieka
Doctrine: Redemption: Bought with a Price
Original: ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς
Category: Salvation
1 Cor 6:19-20, 7:23. Must not be flattened into a purely commercial transaction, nor evoke lingering social memory of the historic kamaiya bonded-labor/debt-slavery system in parts of Nepal, obscuring the liberating, not enslaving, intent of the metaphor.
Virgin
Approved rendering: कुमारी (mandatory qualifying phrase + translator note)
Transliteration: kumari
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Rejected alternatives: कुमारी standing alone, unqualified
Original: παρθένος
Category: Ethics
1 Cor 7:25-38. कुमारी is the title of the living goddess of the Kathmandu Valley Newar tradition — a young girl worshiped as an incarnate deity, a globally recognized, state-connected religious institution. Requires a qualifying construction (e.g. ‘अविवाहित कुमारी केटी’) and a translator note at EVERY occurrence, not merely first use.
Food Offered To Idols
Approved rendering: मूर्तिलाई चढाइएको भोजन
Transliteration: murtilai chadhaieko bhojan
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: प्रसाद (avoid using the vernacular ritual term itself, to preserve doctrinal tension rather than domesticate it)
Original: εἰδωλόθυτον
Category: Ethics
1 Cor 8:1-13, 10:23-31. Directly parallels the still-living Nepali Hindu practice of प्रसाद — food ritually offered to a deity, then distributed to and eaten by worshipers, often shared with neighbors regardless of their own faith. A live, weekly social situation, not an academic case.
Knowledge
Approved rendering: ज्ञान
Transliteration: gyan
Doctrine: Knowledge versus Love
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Wisdom
1 Cor 8:1-3, 13:2,8. ज्ञान (Sanskrit jñāna) is a technical soteriological term in both Hindu jñāna-yoga (liberating knowledge toward mokṣa) and Buddhist prajñā traditions. Paul’s γνῶσις is correct doctrinal understanding that, without love, becomes destructive — the opposite dynamic from a knowledge-path to liberation. Always subordinate to प्रेम in context.
Lords Supper
Approved rendering: प्रभु भोज
Transliteration: prabhu bhoj
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: κυριακὸν δεῖπνον
Category: Ordinance
1 Cor 11:20-34. Must be clearly distinguished from an ordinary communal meal (Paul’s own complaint) and from any parallel ritual-meal, spirit-offering, or feast practice in Nepali religious life.
Cup Table Of The Lord
Approved rendering: प्रभुको कटोरा / प्रभुको टेबल
Transliteration: prabhuko katora / prabhuko tebal
Doctrine: Exclusivity of the Lord’s Table
Original: ποτήριον κυρίου / τράπεζα κυρίου
Category: Ordinance
1 Cor 10:21. Direct, concrete relevance in Nepal, where ritual offerings and shared ritual meals to spirits/deities remain active in mainstream Hindu practice and Himalayan/hill jhākri/dhāmi shamanic traditions. Must be taught as genuine spiritual exclusivity, not mere dietary preference.
Participation Communion
Approved rendering: सहभागिता (sacramental extension)
Transliteration: sahabhagita
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: κοινωνία (sacramental sense)
Category: Ordinance
1 Cor 10:16. Extended sacramental sense of the baseline’s सहभागिता; must be taught as relational communion with the risen, personal Christ, never assimilated to spirit-possession/mediumship communion patterns in Nepali jhākri ritual practice.
Baptism One Spirit
Approved rendering: बप्तिस्मा
Transliteration: baptisma
Doctrine: Baptism into One Body
Rejected alternatives: धोवाइ/डुबाइ (literal water-immersion vocabulary, collapses the Spirit-baptism sense)
Original: βαπτίζω / βάπτισμα
Category: Ordinance
1 Cor 12:13: ‘In one Spirit we were all baptized into one body…Jews or Greeks, slaves or free.’ Established Nepali Christian loanword; must be clearly distinguished from repeatable Hindu ritual purificatory bathing (e.g. Bagmati River, other tirthas) — a one-time, Spirit-wrought union, not a repeatable rite. New first-class term for this curriculum, not in the Romans baseline.
Tongues
Approved rendering: अन्य भाषा
Transliteration: anya bhasha
Doctrine: The Gift of Tongues
Original: γλῶσσα
Category: Gifts
1 Cor 12:10,28,30; 14:1-33. Must be carefully distinguished from ecstatic trance-speech associated with spirit-possession in Nepali shamanic (jhākri/dhāmi) ritual practice, in which an entranced medium speaks in altered or unintelligible speech while possessed. The biblical gift is Spirit-given, exercised in full self-possession, intelligible or interpretable.
Discerning Of Spirits
Approved rendering: आत्माहरूको पहिचान गर्ने वरदान
Transliteration: atmaharuko pahichan garne varadan
Doctrine: Discerning of Spirits
Original: διάκρισις πνευμάτων
Category: Gifts
1 Cor 12:10. Given the prominence of spirit-discernment and exorcism rites among Nepali shamanic practitioners, this gift must be grounded as biblical, Spirit-given discernment exercised within the church, never assimilated to shamanic diagnostic practice.
Love Agape
Approved rendering: प्रेम
Transliteration: prem
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Rejected alternatives: माया (too weak/casual for this context), स्नेह (affection, lacks committed self-giving sense)
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Love
1 Cor 13:1-13 — ‘the greater way’ than any spiritual gift. प्रेम carries strong romantic and familial connotation in ordinary Nepali usage, reinforced by Nepal’s Hindu devotional bhakti-प्रेम narrative and song tradition (e.g. Radha-Krishna devotional romance). Must be taught as committed, self-giving, non-erotic, non-preferential love, requiring REPEATED contextual framing throughout ch.13 materials, not a one-time footnote.
Preach Proclaim
Approved rendering: प्रचार गर्नु
Transliteration: prachar garnu
Doctrine: Evangelism and Proclamation
Original: κηρύσσω
Category: Mission
1 Cor 1:17,23; 9:14-23; 15:11. Must be worded so as not to read as illegal recruitment-style solicitation under Nepal’s 2017 Muluki Criminal Code religious-conversion provisions.
Medium Risk Terms
Apostle
Approved rendering: प्रेरित
Transliteration: prerit
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: दूत
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Established term: an authorized, sent-out messenger with delegated apostolic authority. 1 Cor 1:1, 9:1-2, 12:28-29, 15:5-9: Paul defends his apostolic status as grace-given, not merit-earned. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Peace
Approved rendering: शान्ति
Transliteration: shanti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: सुख
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Relational, covenantal peace, not meditative equanimity. 1 Cor 14:33: ‘God is not a God of confusion but of peace’; 7:15. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: आत्मिक वरदान
Transliteration: atmik varadan
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: वरदान
Original: χαρίσματα / πνευματικά
Category: Gifts
Never वरदान alone. 1 Cor 1:7, 7:7, 12:1-31, 14:1-40 — the controlling theme of chs.12-14. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Church
Approved rendering: मण्डली
Transliteration: mandali
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: मन्दिर, गुम्बा
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Never मन्दिर or गुम्बा. 1 Cor 1:2, 5:12, 11:18, 12:28, 14:4-35, 15:9. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: परमेश्वरको राज्य
Transliteration: Parameshwarko Rajya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
God’s sovereign reign, not a territorial or political kingdom. 1 Cor 4:20, 6:9-10, 15:24,50. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Mission
Approved rendering: सुसमाचार प्रचार
Transliteration: susamachar prachar
Doctrine: Mission to the Nations
Original: ἀποστολή / πέμπω
Category: Church
Underlies 9:14-23 and 15:11 preaching activity; carries live legal-risk sensitivity under Nepal’s 2017 Muluki Criminal Code. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Israel
Approved rendering: इस्राएल
Transliteration: Israel
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: Ἰσραήλ
Category: Covenant
1 Cor 10:18: ‘Consider the people of Israel [Israel after the flesh].’ [Inherited from Romans package.]
Fallen Asleep
Approved rendering: मृत्युमा सुतेका छन्
Transliteration: mrityuma sutekaa chhan
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Believers
Original: κοιμάομαι
Category: Eschatology
1 Cor 15:6,18,20. NT euphemism for the death of believers implying a temporary state pending bodily resurrection; a brief contextual note is advisable on first use to prevent confusion with cyclical rebirth framing.
Firstfruits
Approved rendering: पहिलो फल
Transliteration: pahilo phal
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Believers
Original: ἀπαρχή
Category: Eschatology
1 Cor 15:20,23. Christ’s resurrection as the guaranteeing first installment of believers’ future resurrection. Requires Old Testament harvest-offering background.
Adam
Approved rendering: आदम
Transliteration: Adam
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Believers
Original: Ἀδάμ
Category: Eschatology
1 Cor 15:22,45. Typological head of humanity in death, contrasted with Christ as the ‘last Adam.’ Requires Genesis background, parallel to the baseline’s ‘seed of David’ needing OT context.
Imperishable
Approved rendering: अविनाशी
Transliteration: avinashi
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Believers
Original: ἄφθαρτος
Category: Eschatology
1 Cor 15:42,52. The quality of the resurrected body, immune to decay.
Untimely Born
Approved rendering: अपरिपक्व/असमयमा जन्मेको जस्तो
Transliteration: aparipakwa/asamayama janmeko jasto
Doctrine: Grace and Apostolic Calling
Original: ἔκτρωμα
Category: Christology
1 Cor 15:8 (ἔκτρωμα). Requires careful, sensitive phrasing given social stigma around miscarriage/stillbirth in Nepali culture; the sense of unworthy, out-of-order origin must be preserved even in a softer paraphrase, with a translator note explaining the intentional self-abasement.
Delivered Received
Approved rendering: सुम्पनु / प्राप्त गर्नु
Transliteration: sumpanu / prapt garnu
Doctrine: The Gospel as a Fixed Apostolic Deposit
Rejected alternatives: परम्परा
Original: παραδίδωμι / παραλαμβάνω
Category: Covenant
1 Cor 15:1,3 (παραδίδωμι/παραλαμβάνω). Avoid the noun परम्परा (‘tradition/lineage’); risk of confusion with the guru-parampara model of a disciple receiving oral teaching progressively refined by the receiving disciple. Keep verb forms, describing a closed, non-evolving deposit.
Quarrels Contentions
Approved rendering: विवाद
Transliteration: vivad
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: ἔρις
Category: Church
1 Cor 1:11, 3:3 — the presenting symptom of the Corinthian divisions.
Boast
Approved rendering: घमण्ड/गर्व गर्नु
Transliteration: ghamanda/garva garnu
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: καυχάομαι
Category: Sin
1 Cor 1:29,31; 3:21; 4:7 — ‘Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.‘
Cross
Approved rendering: क्रूस
Transliteration: krus
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: σταυρός
Category: Christology
1 Cor 1:17-18, 2:2. Established Nepali Christian loanword, low lexical risk, but the associated doctrine is High-risk given the cross’s ancient dual-offense pattern (stumbling block to Jews, foolishness to Greeks), which must not be softened.
Stumbling Block
Approved rendering: बाधा/ठक्कर
Transliteration: badha/thakkar
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: σκάνδαλον / πρόσκομμα
Category: Sin
1 Cor 1:23 (of the cross); 8:9 (of liberty exercised without love).
Spiritual Adj
Approved rendering: आत्मिक
Transliteration: atmik
Doctrine: The Natural Person versus the Spiritual Person
Original: πνευματικός
Category: Anthropology
1 Cor 2:15, 3:1, 14:37. Reuses the आत्मिक root from the baseline’s आत्मिक वरदान; keep consistent across chs.2,3,12,14.
Leaven Unleavened
Approved rendering: खमिर / अखमिरी
Transliteration: khamir / akhamiri
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: ζύμη / ἄζυμος
Category: Covenant
1 Cor 5:6-8. Corrupting influence vs. purity, drawn from Passover imagery; requires Old Testament background.
Washed
Approved rendering: धोइएका
Transliteration: dhoiyeka
Doctrine: Sexual Ethics and Bodily Holiness
Original: ἀπολούω
Category: Sanctification
1 Cor 6:11. Distinguish from repeatable Hindu ritual purificatory bathing (e.g. Bagmati/Ganga snan); a one-time, Spirit-wrought reality tied to justification.
Carnal Fleshly
Approved rendering: शारीरिक स्वभावको
Transliteration: sharirik swabhavko
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: σαρκικός
Category: Sanctification
1 Cor 3:1-3, evidenced by the Corinthians’ factionalism. Governed by unredeemed human nature, not the Spirit.
Unmarried Singleness
Approved rendering: अविवाहित
Transliteration: avivahit
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: ἄγαμος
Category: Ethics
1 Cor 7:7-8,32-35. Countercultural given strong Nepali social expectation of universal marriage; pastoral, not lexical, sensitivity is warranted.
Divorce Separation
Approved rendering: सम्बन्ध-विच्छेद
Transliteration: sambandha-vicchhed
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: χωρίζω / ἀπολύω
Category: Ethics
1 Cor 7:10-16, including mixed-faith marriages.
Idol
Approved rendering: मूर्ति
Transliteration: murti
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἴδωλον
Category: Sin
1 Cor 8:4, 10:19-20. Standard, unavoidable literal term in a country of widespread active मूर्ति worship; must remain doctrinally clear without reading as dismissive mockery of neighbors’ devotion.
Conscience
Approved rendering: विवेक
Transliteration: vivek
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Ethics
1 Cor 8:7-12, 10:25-29. Inner moral faculty, here specifically the ‘weak’ conscience of new believers.
Liberty Right
Approved rendering: अधिकार
Transliteration: adhikar
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Ethics
1 Cor 8:9, 9:4-18. A believer’s legitimate freedom, which may be voluntarily limited for love’s sake.
Self Control
Approved rendering: आत्म-संयम
Transliteration: atma-sanyam
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Ethics
1 Cor 9:25, 7:9. Disciplined self-restraint, drawn from athletic-games imagery.
Discern The Body
Approved rendering: शरीरलाई चिनेर/विवेचना गरेर
Transliteration: sharirlai chinera/vivechana garera
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα
Category: Ordinance
1 Cor 11:29-30 — a serious warning tied to church unity, not merely liturgical correctness.
Judgment Discipline Sacramental
Approved rendering: न्याय/दण्ड
Transliteration: nyaya/danda
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: κρίμα
Category: Ordinance
1 Cor 11:30-32. Corrective divine discipline on the church for unworthy participation, distinct from final condemnation.
Interpretation
Approved rendering: अर्थ खोल्ने वरदान
Transliteration: artha kholne varadan
Doctrine: The Gift of Tongues
Original: ἑρμηνεία
Category: Gifts
1 Cor 12:10, 14:27-28. The companion gift enabling tongues to be understood by the assembly.
Puffed Up Arrogant
Approved rendering: फुलिनु/अहंकारी हुनु
Transliteration: phulinu/ahamkari hunu
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Original: φυσιόω
Category: Ethics
1 Cor 4:6,18-19; 8:1; 13:4 — echoed across factionalism, knowledge-without-love, and love passages.
Head Covering
Approved rendering: शिर छोप्ने चलन
Transliteration: shir chhopne chalan
Doctrine: Head Covering and Gender Order in Worship
Original: κατακαλύπτω
Category: Worship
1 Cor 11:2-16. The underlying honor/order principle must be distinguished from any parallel-looking but theologically unrelated Hindu head-covering/sari-veiling custom, which carries different ritual-purity associations.
Image And Glory
Approved rendering: स्वरूप, महिमा
Transliteration: swarup, mahima
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Rejected alternatives: प्रतिमूर्ति (contains मूर्ति/‘idol’ root)
Original: εἰκών / δόξα
Category: Worship
1 Cor 11:7. Humanity’s God-given dignity; avoid प्रतिमूर्ति for εἰκών.
Maranatha
Approved rendering: मारन आथा
Transliteration: Marana Atha
Doctrine: Closing Benediction
Original: μαρανὰ θά
Category: Worship
1 Cor 16:22. Aramaic liturgical invocation (‘Our Lord, come!’), preserved in transliteration parallel to अब्बा in the Romans baseline; requires a brief explanatory gloss on first use.
Holy Kiss
Approved rendering: पवित्र अभिवादन
Transliteration: pavitra abhivadan
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: पवित्र चुम्बन (literal ‘holy kiss’; culturally inappropriate/odd as a rendered greeting custom)
Original: φίλημα ἅγιον
Category: Church
1 Cor 16:20. Culturally adapted greeting-gesture rendering, flagged for native speaker review, preserving the underlying doctrinal point of warm, holy Christian affection within the fellowship.
Steward
Approved rendering: भण्डारे
Transliteration: bhandare
Doctrine: The Gospel as a Fixed Apostolic Deposit
Original: οἰκονόμος
Category: Church
1 Cor 4:1-2 — apostles as ‘stewards of the mysteries of God,’ correcting factional ranking of teachers; must not be read through the guru-shishya spiritual-lineage-office model.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: धन्यवाद
Transliteration: dhanyavad
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Standard term. 1 Cor 1:4, 14:16-18. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Fellowship
Approved rendering: सहभागिता
Transliteration: sahabhagita
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: मित्रता
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church
Shared participation in Christ, carrying real lived weight given the church’s recent history of legal restriction. 1 Cor 1:9, 16:1-16. NOTE: 10:16-21 extends this term into a High-risk sacramental sense; see participation_communion below. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Prophet
Approved rendering: अगमवक्ता
Transliteration: agamavakta
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ज्योतिषी
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
God’s spokesperson; underlies 14:29-37. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Prophecy
Approved rendering: अगमवाणी
Transliteration: agamavani
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant
1 Cor 12:10, 13:2,8-9, 14:1-39 — preferred over uninterpreted tongues in corporate worship. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Exhort
Approved rendering: उत्साहित पार्नु
Transliteration: utsahit parnu
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
1 Cor 1:10, 4:16, 16:15-18. [Inherited from Romans package.]
Victory Over Death
Approved rendering: विजय
Transliteration: vijaya
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Believers
Original: νῖκος
Category: Eschatology
1 Cor 15:54-57. Christ’s, and thus believers’, conquest of death.
Foolishness
Approved rendering: मूर्खता
Transliteration: murkhata
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: μωρία
Category: Wisdom
1 Cor 1:18,23,25; 2:14. That which appears foolish to worldly wisdom.
Marriage
Approved rendering: विवाह
Transliteration: vivaha
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: γάμος
Category: Ethics
1 Cor 7:1-40. The marital covenant relationship.
Remembrance
Approved rendering: सम्झना
Transliteration: samjhana
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ἀνάμνησις
Category: Ordinance
1 Cor 11:24-25 — institution narrative, closely tied to the Passover background of ch.5.
Member
Approved rendering: अंग
Transliteration: anga
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: μέλος
Category: Gifts
1 Cor 12:26-27. Individual believers as differentiated, interdependent parts of one body.
Edification
Approved rendering: मण्डलीको उन्नति/निर्माण
Transliteration: mandaliko unnati/nirman
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: οἰκοδομή
Category: Worship
1 Cor 14:3-5,12,26 — ‘Let all things be done for building up.‘
Order
Approved rendering: व्यवस्थित तरिका
Transliteration: vyavasthit tarika
Doctrine: Order in Worship
Original: τάξις / εὐσχημόνως
Category: Worship
1 Cor 14:33,40 — closing principle of chs.11-14; procedural, not liturgical-form-prescriptive.
Collection
Approved rendering: चन्दा सङ्कलन
Transliteration: chanda sangkalan
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship and Giving
Original: λογεία
Category: Church
1 Cor 16:1-4 — organized financial gift-gathering for the Jerusalem church, a practical expression of सहभागिता.
Foundation
Approved rendering: जग
Transliteration: jag
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: θεμέλιος
Category: Church
1 Cor 3:10-11. Christ as the sole foundation of all ministry.
Spectacle
Approved rendering: तमासा
Transliteration: tamasa
Doctrine: The Gospel as a Fixed Apostolic Deposit
Original: θέατρον
Category: Church
1 Cor 4:9 — apostolic suffering as paradoxical honor.
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