Core Glossary — 2 John | English–Odia

Source language: English (from Koine Greek) Destination language: Odia Curriculum: 2 John Governing baseline: Romans translation_memory.json v.1 and bible_term_registry.json (odia). All terms marked REUSE below reproduce the baseline rendering exactly, with no modification. Terms marked NEW are proposed additions to translation memory for this curriculum, pending theologian sign-off per baseline escalation rules for Critical/High terms.

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1. Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline

Term (English)	Greek	Odia Rendering	Transliteration	Risk (baseline)	Doctrine	Note for 2 John usage
God	θεός	ପରମେଶ୍ୱର	Parameśwara	Critical	God	Never ଠାକୁର/ଭଗବାନ. Used throughout vv. 1–4, 9.
Father	πατήρ	ପିତା	Pitā	Critical	Adoption / Fatherhood of God	Used in v. 3 (“God the Father”), v. 4, v. 9 (“has… the Father”).
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς	ଯୀଶୁ	Yīśu	Critical	Lordship of Christ	Used in v. 3, v. 7.
Christ	Χριστός	ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ	Khrīṣṭa	Critical	Christology (multiple)	Transliteration per 12_ai_translation_requirements.md standard; used in v. 3, v. 7 (2x), v. 9 (2x).
grace	χάρις	କୃପା	kṛpā	High	Grace	v. 3. Same unmerited-favor doctrine as Romans; same contrast against seba/bhoga ritual-offering economy applies wherever grace appears alongside reward/works language (cf. μισθός, v. 8).
peace	εἰρήνη	ଶାନ୍ତି	śānti	Medium	Peace with God	v. 3.
election / elect	ἐκλεκτός / ἐκλογή (root)	ମନୋନୀତ / ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ମନୋନୟନ	manonīta / Parameśwaraṅka Manonayana	High	Election	vv. 1, 13 (“elect lady,” “elect sister”). Same fate/karma and Nabakalebara-selection-ritual cautions as baseline apply.
Incarnation (“coming in flesh”)	ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί	ଦେହଧାରଣ	dehadhāraṇa	Critical	Incarnation	v. 7. NEVER ଅବତାର. Maximally activated Nabakalebara-collision risk verse in this curriculum — see analysis 07 for detailed rationale. Priority for theologian review.
fellowship (root)	κοινωνέω (verb)	ସହଭାଗୀ (ହେବା)	sahabhāgī (hebā)	Medium (context-shifted from baseline Low)	Christian Fellowship (inverted use)	v. 11. CAUTION: baseline’s κοινωνία entry is normally positive (blessed shared participation); this verse uses the same root for negative participation in evil. Context must disambiguate; flag for native speaker review.
son_of_god (pattern)	υἱὸς τοῦ πατρός	ପିତାଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର	Pitāṅka Putra	Critical	Sonship of Christ	v. 3. Source phrasing differs from Romans’ “Son of God” (υἱὸς θεοῦ) but carries identical eternal-unique-Sonship doctrinal force; treat with same Critical rigor as baseline son_of_god entry.

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2. New Terms Proposed for This Curriculum

Term (English)	Greek	Transliteration	Odia Rendering	Odia Translit.	Doctrine Category	Risk	Primary Passages	Rationale / Collision Note
truth	ἀλήθεια	alētheia	ସତ୍ୟ	satya	Walking in Truth and Love	High	1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4	ସତ୍ୟ is the standard Odia term but carries strong dharmic/cosmic-order resonance (Satya Yuga, Satyagraha) distinct from the Johannine sense of a specific, Christ-centered revealed reality. Requires context-anchoring to Christ/apostolic teaching, not generic honesty or cosmic order.
love	ἀγάπη / ἀγαπάω	agapē / agapaō	ପ୍ରେମ	prema	Walking in Truth and Love	High	1:1, 1:3, 1:5, 1:6	Highest collision risk in this curriculum: Odia Vaishnav prema-bhakti (Radha-Krishna devotional love, viraha longing) is a dominant regional association. Must be anchored to self-giving, obedience-defined, community-directed love (explicitly defined in v. 6 as keeping Christ’s commandments), not romantic/devotional longing. Recommend translator note at first occurrence (1:1 or 1:5).
commandment	ἐντολή	entolē	ଆଜ୍ଞା	ājñā	Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ	Medium-High	1:4, 1:5, 1:6	Consistent with baseline’s implicit ଆଜ୍ଞା root (obedience_of_faith). Balance authoritarian-command connotation against the relational Father-to-children framing of the passage.
walk / conduct oneself	περιπατέω	peripateō	ଚାଲିବା	chalibā	Walking in Truth and Love	Medium	1:4, 1:6 (x2)	Figurative “walking” idiom established in Odia Bible tradition; guard against confusion with generic dharmic “path-walking” imagery.
deceiver	πλάνος	planos	ପ୍ରତାରକ	pratāraka	Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation	High	1:7	Low lexical ambiguity; risk is doctrinal (denotes deniers of the incarnation specifically, not generic liars).
confess / acknowledge	ὁμολογέω	homologeō	ସ୍ୱୀକାର କରିବା	swīkāra karibā	Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation	Critical	1:7	Parallel weight to Romans 10:9 confession pattern; object confessed here is the incarnation itself. Escalate every occurrence to human theologian review per baseline escalation rules.
flesh	σάρξ	sarx	ମାଂସ	māṅsa	Incarnation	Medium	1:7	Used strictly in the theological “came in flesh” sense (paired with ଦେହଧାରଣ); must not be read in its ordinary dietary sense.
antichrist	ἀντίχριστος	antichristos	ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟଙ୍କ ବିରୋଧୀ (gloss: ଆଣ୍ଟିଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ)	Khrīṣṭaṅka birodhī (Antikhrīṣṭa)	Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation	Critical	1:7	Directly and exclusively defined by denial of the incarnation in this verse; escalate to human theologian review.
reward	μισθός	misthos	ପୁରସ୍କାର	puraskāra	Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ	Medium-High	1:8	Risk of collision with karma-phala (fruit-of-works) theology; context must show this is the outcome of perseverance in truth already received by grace, not newly-earned merit.
go beyond / transgress (teaching)	προάγω	proagō	ଆଗକୁ ବଢ଼ି ଯାଇ (ଶିକ୍ଷାରେ ନ ରହିବା)	āgaku baḍhi jāi (śikṣāre na rahibā)	Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ	Medium	1:9	Descriptive phrase required (no single Odia word); must preserve the source’s ironic reversal (claimed “advance” = actual apostasy).
abide / remain	μένω	menō	ରହିବା	rahibā	Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ	High	1:2, 1:9 (x2)	Central Johannine relational-perseverance term; recommend fixing as a consistency-checked reference term across all Phase 2 materials, parallel to baseline’s treatment of Romans 8:28.
teaching (of Christ)	διδαχή	didachē	ଶିକ୍ଷା (ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟଙ୍କ ଶିକ୍ଷା)	śikṣā (Khrīṣṭaṅka śikṣā)	Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ	High	1:9, 1:10	Central doctrinal noun-phrase for this curriculum, parallel in weight to ସୁସମାଚାର (gospel) in Romans. Avoid ମତବାଦ (too philosophical-system-like).
receive into the house	λαμβάνω εἰς οἰκίαν	lambanō eis oikian	ଘରକୁ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିବା	gharaku grahaṇa karibā	Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment	High	1:10	Ancient hospitality implied doctrinal endorsement; Odisha’s strong hospitality (atithi) norms and caste-linked access history mean this must be explicitly taught as doctrinal discernment, not personal/social exclusion.
say a greeting (“hail”)	χαίρειν λέγειν	chairein legein	ନମସ୍କାର କହିବା	namaskāra kahibā	Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment	Medium	1:10, 1:11	Preserve the source’s deliberate restraint (withheld greeting only, not confrontation or denunciation).
evil deeds	ἔργα πονηρά	erga ponēra	ମନ୍ଦ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ	manda kārya	Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment	Medium-High	1:11	Use କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ, not କର୍ମ, to reduce collision with karma-phala theology, especially given adjacency to μισθός/reward language in v. 8.
elder	πρεσβύτερος	presbyteros	ପ୍ରାଚୀନ	prācīna	Church Office	Low-Medium	1:1	Standard church-office term; low collision risk.
lady (elect lady)	κυρία	kyria	ମହିଳା (ମନୋନୀତ ମହିଳା)	mahilā (manonīta mahilā)	Address / Identity	Medium	1:1, 1:5	Grammatically unrelated to κύριος/“Lord,” but proximate in form. Must never borrow from the ପ୍ରଭୁ/ଠାକୁର word family; flag for back-translation check to confirm no Lordship-vocabulary bleed.
children	τέκνα	tekna	ସନ୍ତାନ / ପିଲାମାନେ	santāna / pilāmāne	Address / Identity	Low	1:1, 1:4, 1:13	Referent (literal vs. figurative) ambiguous; note for teaching purposes only, no major translation risk.
mercy	ἔλεος	eleos	ଦୟା	dayā	Blessing Formula	Medium	1:3	Standard Odia Christian term; ensure divine-source framing (God’s compassion), not a generic ethical virtue exercised independent of God.
sister (elect sister)	ἀδελφή	adelphē	ଭଉଣୀ	bhauṇī	Address / Identity	Low	1:13	Straightforward kinship/fellowship term; combine with ମନୋନୀତ for “elect sister.”
paper and ink	χάρτης καὶ μέλανος	chartēs kai melanos	କାଗଜ ଓ କାଳି	kāgaja o kāḷi	Material Detail	Low	1:12	Non-doctrinal; literal material terms.
face to face (mouth to mouth)	στόμα πρὸς στόμα	stoma pros stoma	ମୁହାଁମୁହିଁ	muhāṅmuhiṅ	Idiom	Low	1:12	Use natural Odia idiom, not literal “mouth to mouth.”
joy made full	χαρὰ πεπληρωμένη	chara peplērōmenē	ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଆନନ୍ଦ	pūrṇa ānanda	Relational Closing	Low	1:12	No significant doctrinal risk.

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3. Fixed Reference Verses for Cross-Document Consistency

Per the baseline’s precedent of fixing Romans 1:16–17, 8:28, and 10:9–10 as consistency-checked reference verses, the following are proposed as fixed reference points for the 2 John curriculum:

Verse	Reason
2 John 1:3	First joint occurrence of “truth and love” pairing plus full triadic Father/Son naming — programmatic thesis parallel to Romans 1:16–17
2 John 1:6	Definitional verse for love (“this is love, that we walk according to his commandments”)
2 John 1:7	Highest-risk Critical verse: incarnation denial, confession, antichrist — direct collision zone with Nabakalebara and avatara concepts
2 John 1:9	Definitional verse for perseverance in teaching (“abides in the teaching… has both the Father and the Son”)

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4. Risk Tier Summary (This Curriculum)

Risk Tier	Count	Terms
Critical	5	Incarnation (reused), son_of_god pattern (reused), confess/acknowledge, antichrist, [God/Jesus/Christ reused Critical baseline terms not double-counted here]
High	9	truth, love, commandment (medium-high borderline counted High), deceiver, flesh (borderline Medium counted separately), abide/remain, teaching, receive into house, grace/election/peace (reused)
Medium	8	walk/conduct, lady, mercy, go beyond/transgress, say a greeting, elder (borderline), fellowship-root (context-shifted), flesh
Low	6	children, sister, paper and ink, face to face, joy made full, elder (if treated Low)

Note: counts reflect judgment calls at tier boundaries (e.g., “commandment” and “flesh” are noted at Medium-High/Medium respectively); final tier assignment should be confirmed during Phase 1 Step 2 doctrine risk registry construction for this curriculum, following the same methodology as the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json.

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Critical Risk Terms

God

Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱର
Transliteration: Parameśwara
Doctrine: God
Rejected alternatives: ଠାକୁର, ଭଗବାନ
Original: θεός
Category: God

CRITICAL: never ଠାକୁର (the everyday devotional name for Jagannath specifically, as in ‘ବଡ଼ ଠାକୁର’) or ଭଗବାନ (broad generic-deity term). ପରମେଶ୍ୱର is preferred for doctrinal precision and carries no direct association with a specific named regional deity. Used throughout 2 John 1:1-4, 1:9. Inherited from Romans package.

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Father

Approved rendering: ପିତା
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ତା
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

God as personal Father; avoid the more distant, abstract ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ତା (creator). Used in 2 John 1:3 (‘God the Father’), 1:4, 1:9 (‘has both the Father and the Son’). Inherited from Romans package.

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Jesus

Approved rendering: ଯୀଶୁ
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଈସା
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

ଯୀଶୁ is the Odia Christian standard; ଈସା is associated with Muslim/Urdu usage. Used in 2 John 1:3, 1:7. Inherited from Romans package.

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Incarnation

Approved rendering: ଦେହଧାରଣ
Transliteration: dehadhāraṇa
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: ଅବତାର
Original: ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί
Category: Christology

CRITICAL: NEVER ଅବତାର. 2 John 1:7 (‘Jesus Christ coming in the flesh’) maximally activates the Nabakalebara collision already flagged in the Romans baseline: the false teachers here deny a permanent, one-time incarnation, the precise opposite of Puri’s periodic ritual renewal of Jagannath’s wooden image. Priority verse for translator training and mandatory theologian review. Inherited from Romans package.

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Son Of God

Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka Putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଅବତାରୀ ପୁରୁଷ

CRITICAL: full phrase required. Conveys eternal, unique Sonship, not an avatar-figure. This exact baseline entry is retained for general Sonship-of-Christ contexts; 2 John’s own distinct source phrasing (‘the Son of the Father’) is captured separately below as ‘son_of_the_father’ and carries identical Critical force. Inherited from Romans package.

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Christ

Approved rendering: ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ
Transliteration: Khrīṣṭa
Doctrine: Christology (Sonship of Christ / Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation / Confession of the Incarnate Christ)
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

New standalone entry for this curriculum: the Romans baseline transliteration standard document names ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ as the established form, but the baseline translation_memory.json itself never seeded ‘christ’ as its own key (only ‘messiah’ was seeded there). 2 John uses Χριστός repeatedly and load-bearingly: as the object of confession (1:7), the source of authoritative teaching (1:9-10), and the counter-term of ἀντίχριστος (1:7). Must be kept distinct from ମସୀହା contexts and never softened to a generic honorific.

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Confess

Approved rendering: ସ୍ୱୀକାର କରିବା
Transliteration: swīkāra karibā
Doctrine: Confession of the Incarnate Christ
Original: ὁμολογέω
Category: Christology

Public affirmation of Christ’s incarnation (2 John 1:7); refusal to make this confession marks a person ‘the deceiver and the antichrist’ within the same verse. Must be established consistently with the Romans baseline’s Romans 10:9 confession pattern (ଯୀଶୁ ପ୍ରଭୁ ଅଟନ୍ତି ବୋଲି ସ୍ୱୀକାର କରିବା), but note the object confessed here is the incarnation specifically, not Lordship — do not default to the Romans 10:9 template without verifying against source. Escalate every occurrence to human theologian review.

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Antichrist

Approved rendering: ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟଙ୍କ ବିରୋଧୀ (ଆଣ୍ଟିଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ)
Transliteration: Khrīṣṭaṅka birodhī (Antikhrīṣṭa)
Doctrine: Antichrist and False Teaching
Original: ἀντίχριστος
Category: False Teaching

One who opposes Christ, directly identified in 2 John 1:7 as one who denies the incarnation. Primary descriptive rendering ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟଙ୍କ ବିରୋଧୀ carries the meaning; the transliterated gloss ଆଣ୍ଟିଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ travels alongside it, consistent with baseline transliteration conventions for theological proper nouns (ମସୀହା, ଆମେନ, ହାଲେଲୁୟା). Must not be softened to a generic ‘false teacher’ category, nor imply a rival legitimate avatara figure within a divine family (cf. the Puri triad of Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra).

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Son Of The Father

Approved rendering: ପିତାଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର
Transliteration: Pitāṅka Putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ (Son of the Father)
Original: τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ πατρός
Category: Christology

2 John 1:3’s own phrasing (‘Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father’), asserting the identical eternal, unique, co-equal Sonship doctrine the baseline marks Critical for son_of_god, though the source phrasing differs from Romans. Must never be read as one divine figure alongside others, echoing the Puri triad of Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra worshipped together as siblings. First of two fixed-reference-verse occurrences establishing the letter’s triadic Father/Son naming pattern (see also 1:9).

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High Risk Terms

Grace

Approved rendering: କୃପା
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: କର୍ମଫଳ, ପୁଣ୍ୟ
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Unmerited favor apart from human merit. Must be distinguished from devotional grace granted in response to bhakti and ritual offering (seba) to Jagannath. In 2 John 1:3, sits beside the new term ଦୟା (mercy) in the triadic blessing, and again beside the reward language of 1:8, where the grace/merit contrast becomes acute in a very short span of text. Inherited from Romans package.

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Election

Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ମନୋନୟନ
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka Manonayana
Doctrine: Divine Election (Elect Lady and Elect Sister)
Rejected alternatives: ଭାଗ୍ୟ, ନିୟତି
Original: ἐκλεκτός / ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation

God’s sovereign, personal choice — not fate (ଭାଗ୍ୟ/ନିୟତି), and distinct from the sign-based ritual selection process used to locate a new sacred image during Nabakalebara. In 2 John 1:1 and 1:13 the adjectival form ମନୋନୀତ (manonīta) renders ‘elect’ in ‘elect lady’ and ‘elect sister’; use ମନୋନୀତ as the adjective and reserve the full noun phrase for explicit doctrinal statements. Inherited from Romans package.

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Truth

Approved rendering: ସତ୍ୟ
Transliteration: satya
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Truth and Love

The specific, received body of revelation about who Jesus Christ is, not abstract philosophical or cosmic truth. Risk: ସତ୍ୟ carries deep dharmic/cosmic-order resonance in Odia religious speech (Satya Yuga, Gandhian Satyagraha) distinct from this Christ-centered sense. Occurs 2 John 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4. Must remain context-anchored to Christ and apostolic teaching. Fixed reference verse: 2 John 1:3 (first joint occurrence with ‘love’ plus full triadic Father/Son naming).

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Love

Approved rendering: ପ୍ରେମ
Transliteration: prema
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Original: ἀγάπη / ἀγαπάω
Category: Truth and Love

Self-giving, obedience-shaped love among believers, explicitly defined in 2 John 1:6 as walking according to Christ’s commandments. HIGHEST COLLISION RISK term in this curriculum: Odia Vaishnav prema-bhakti (Radha-Krishna devotional love, viraha love-in-separation motifs in Puri temple hymnody) will readily supply romantic/devotional-longing overtones absent from Johannine agapē. Must be anchored to the letter’s own v.6 definition, never to longing or romantic devotion. Recommend translator note at first occurrence (1:1/1:5). Fixed reference verse: 2 John 1:6 (definitional verse for love).

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Commandment

Approved rendering: ଆଜ୍ଞା
Transliteration: ājñā
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Original: ἐντολή
Category: Truth and Love

The Father’s authoritative directive, received and transmitted through apostolic teaching, fulfilled specifically as the command to love one another (2 John 1:4-6). Shares its root with the Romans baseline’s implicit obedience_of_faith usage (ବିଶ୍ୱାସର ଆଜ୍ଞାବହତା). Risk: ଆଜ୍ଞା can carry an authoritarian, superior-to-subordinate flavor that must be balanced against the relational, Father-to-beloved-children framing of this passage.

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Deceiver

Approved rendering: ପ୍ରତାରକ
Transliteration: pratāraka
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Original: πλάνος
Category: False Teaching

One who actively leads others astray from truth; in 2 John 1:7 specifically one who denies Christ’s incarnation. Standard, unambiguous Odia term with low lexical-collision risk; risk tier is High because of the doctrinal weight of what is denied, not vocabulary ambiguity.

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Reward

Approved rendering: ପୁରସ୍କାର
Transliteration: puraskāra
Doctrine: Reward for Perseverance
Original: μισθός
Category: Perseverance

The outcome of faithful perseverance in truth already received (2 John 1:8), not merit newly earned. Significant collision risk with karma-phala (fruit of accumulated action) theology, sharpened by proximity to the grace language of 1:3 within only five verses. Context must show this reward flows from persevering in truth already given by grace, not newly-generated merit.

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Abide

Approved rendering: ରହିବା
Transliteration: rahibā
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Original: μένω
Category: Perseverance

Continuing, persevering fidelity to apostolic teaching about Christ, the condition for genuinely possessing fellowship with both Father and Son (2 John 1:2, 1:9 x2). Consistent with established Odia Bible Johannine usage (John 15’s ‘abide in me’). Must be understood relationally and covenantally, not as passive physical or social continuity. Fixed reference verse: 2 John 1:9 (definitional verse for perseverance in teaching).

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Teaching Of Christ

Approved rendering: ଶିକ୍ଷା (ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟଙ୍କ ଶିକ୍ଷା)
Transliteration: śikṣā (Khrīṣṭaṅka śikṣā)
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ମତବାଦ
Original: διδαχή (τοῦ Χριστοῦ)
Category: Perseverance

The specific, received apostolic content concerning who Christ is; the defining boundary of authentic Christian identity (2 John 1:9-10). Always use the fixed compound ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟଙ୍କ ଶିକ୍ଷା, never bare ଶିକ୍ଷା alone. Avoid ମତବାଦ (matabāda), which reads as one philosophical-religious system among competing systems, placing Christ’s teaching alongside other regional ‘systems’ as one option. Parallel in doctrinal weight to ସୁସମାଚାର (gospel) in Romans.

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Receive Into House

Approved rendering: ଘରକୁ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିବା
Transliteration: gharaku grahaṇa karibā
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Original: λαμβάνω εἰς οἰκίαν
Category: Hospitality

House-reception of a traveling teacher (2 John 1:10), which in the ancient world implied endorsement of that teacher’s message, not mere social courtesy. Odisha’s strong atithi hospitality norms and caste-linked access history mean this restriction is at high risk of being read as rudeness or exclusion; teaching material must state plainly that the discernment concerns denial of the incarnation specifically, not a person’s social standing or caste.

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Evil Deeds

Approved rendering: ମନ୍ଦ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ
Transliteration: manda kārya
Doctrine: Complicity with False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: ମନ୍ଦ କର୍ମ
Original: ἔργα πονηρά
Category: False Teaching

The deceiver’s ongoing campaign of doctrinal corruption, characterized as morally evil (2 John 1:11). Deliberately use କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ (‘action/task’), never ମନ୍ଦ କର୍ମ (karma), since pairing doctrinal-works discussion with karma vocabulary risks activating the deeply embedded regional theology of karma-phala, especially given adjacency to the reward language of 1:8.

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Medium Risk Terms

Peace

Approved rendering: ଶାନ୍ତି
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: ମନ ଶାନ୍ତି
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation

Relational peace with God, not the inner calm sought through devotional ritual or pilgrimage. Third member of the triadic blessing formula in 2 John 1:3. Inherited from Romans package.

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Walk

Approved rendering: ଚାଲିବା
Transliteration: chalibā
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Original: περιπατέω
Category: Truth and Love

Continuous, observable conduct shaped by and consistent with received truth (2 John 1:4, 1:6 x2), not a one-time profession. Guard against confusion with the common devotional idiom of ‘walking a path’ (marga) toward moksha or dharma-fulfillment; always pair with ‘according to his commandments’ / ‘in truth’ so the destination and rule of the walk are explicit.

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Flesh

Approved rendering: ମାଂସ
Transliteration: māṅsa
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Original: σάρξ
Category: Christology

Real, physical human nature, as in Christ’s ‘coming in flesh’ (2 John 1:7). Used strictly in this theological sense, paired with ଦେହଧାରଣ; must never be read in its ordinary dietary sense of ‘meat.‘

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Go Beyond Teaching

Approved rendering: ଆଗକୁ ବଢ଼ି ଯାଇ (ଶିକ୍ଷାରେ ନ ରହିବା)
Transliteration: āgaku baḍhi jāi (śikṣāre na rahibā)
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Original: προάγω
Category: Perseverance

The ironic claim of ‘going ahead’ of received apostolic teaching (προάγω, 2 John 1:9), which is actually apostasy from it. No single Odia word suffices; this descriptive phrase preserves the irony. Risk: could be misread as legitimate spiritual advance in a cultural context that values gurus offering escalating esoteric teaching, when the source text frames this exact posture as departure, not progress.

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Greeting

Approved rendering: ନମସ୍କାର କହିବା
Transliteration: namaskāra kahibā
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Original: χαίρειν λέγειν
Category: Hospitality

The conventional epistolary/verbal greeting formula (2 John 1:10-11), withheld as a deliberately minimal, non-escalatory act of discernment. Use the standard Odia greeting term ନମସ୍କାର. Resist intensifying into confrontational or exclusionary language; preserve the source text’s own restraint.

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Fellowship In Evil

Approved rendering: ସହଭାଗୀ ହେବା
Transliteration: sahabhāgī hebā
Doctrine: Complicity with False Teaching
Original: κοινωνέω
Category: False Teaching

Sharing in another’s wrongdoing by association or endorsement (2 John 1:11), sharing its root with the ordinarily positive baseline term ସହଭାଗିତା (fellowship). Because that root normally carries a positive connotation in the established glossary, the negative moral context here must be made unmistakable through the surrounding clause; never use the bare noun ସହଭାଗିତା unqualified in this verse.

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Lady

Approved rendering: ମହିଳା (ମନୋନୀତ ମହିଳା)
Transliteration: mahilā (manonīta mahilā)
Doctrine: Church as God’s Elect People
Original: κυρία
Category: Church

The respectful address to the letter’s recipient (κυρία), possibly a literal woman or a personification of a congregation (2 John 1:1, 1:5). Grammatically unrelated to κύριος/‘Lord’ but proximate in form; must never borrow from the ପ୍ରଭୁ/ଠାକୁର word family. Flag every occurrence for back-translation review to confirm no accidental Lordship-vocabulary bleed.

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Mercy

Approved rendering: ଦୟା
Transliteration: dayā
Doctrine: Blessing of Grace, Mercy, and Peace
Original: ἔλεος
Category: God

God’s compassionate forbearance, the second member of the triadic blessing formula of 2 John 1:3. Standard, low-collision Odia Christian term; ensure it is read as flowing from God’s personal character, not as an independently-cultivated ethical virtue exercised apart from its divine source.

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Low Risk Terms

Fellowship

Approved rendering: ସହଭାଗିତା
Transliteration: sahabhāgitā
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: ମିତ୍ରତା

Shared participation in Christ, not mere social friendship. This baseline sense remains positive and unchanged wherever it occurs. NOTE: 2 John 1:11 uses the same Greek root (κοινωνέω) in a deliberately inverted, negative sense (sharing in another’s evil); that usage is captured separately under the new term ‘fellowship_in_evil’ below and must never be rendered with the bare, ordinarily-positive noun ସହଭାଗିତା unqualified. Inherited from Romans package.

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Elder

Approved rendering: ପ୍ରାଚୀନ
Transliteration: prācīna
Doctrine: Apostolic Eldership
Rejected alternatives: ଗୁରୁ
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church

The letter’s self-designation of pastoral, apostolic-era church leadership authority (2 John 1:1). Standard, low-collision church-office term; ensure it is not read as a purely age-based honorific, nor (per the baseline’s caution on ପ୍ରେରିତ/apostle) as a hereditary, caste-linked temple-functionary role, nor as ଗୁରୁ, which implies self-attained teaching authority rather than a recognized ministry office.

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Children

Approved rendering: ସନ୍ତାନ / ପିଲାମାନେ
Transliteration: santāna / pilāmāne
Doctrine: Church as God’s Elect People
Original: τέκνα
Category: Church

The recipients addressed as ‘children’ (2 John 1:1, 1:4, 1:13), possibly literal or a figure for congregation members. No significant doctrinal risk; referent ambiguity is a teaching note only.

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Sister

Approved rendering: ଭଉଣୀ
Transliteration: bhauṇī
Doctrine: Church as God’s Elect People
Original: ἀδελφή
Category: Church

A second party paralleling the ‘elect lady,’ likely another sister congregation or literal relative (2 John 1:13). Straightforward kinship/fellowship term; combine with ମନୋନୀତ for ‘elect sister.‘

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Paper And Ink

Approved rendering: କାଗଜ ଓ କାଳି
Transliteration: kāgaja o kāḷi
Doctrine: Relational Closing and Fulfilled Joy
Original: χάρτης καὶ μέλανος
Category: Material Detail

Literal writing implements of the period, contrasting written correspondence with an anticipated personal visit (2 John 1:12). No doctrinal risk; straightforward material terms.

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Face To Face

Approved rendering: ମୁହାଁମୁହିଁ
Transliteration: muhāṅmuhiṅ
Doctrine: Relational Closing and Fulfilled Joy
Rejected alternatives: ମୁଖ ପ୍ରତି ମୁଖ
Original: στόμα πρὸς στόμα
Category: Idiom

Idiom for direct, personal conversation valued over written communication alone (2 John 1:12). Do not render literally as ‘mouth to mouth’ (ମୁଖ ପ୍ରତି ମୁଖ); use the natural Odia idiom, per the baseline’s idiom-handling rule preferring natural equivalents.

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Joy Fulfilled

Approved rendering: ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଆନନ୍ଦ
Transliteration: pūrṇa ānanda
Doctrine: Relational Closing and Fulfilled Joy
Original: ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν πεπληρωμένη
Category: Relational Closing

Complete, unmixed joy anticipated in future face-to-face fellowship (2 John 1:12). No significant doctrinal risk.