Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 2 Peter — English → Odia
A. Reused Terms (from baseline Romans Language Package — enforce exactly, no change)
| Term (Eng) | Greek (translit.) | Odia (translit.) | Risk | Doctrine | 2 Peter chapters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | θεός (theos) | ପରମେଶ୍ୱର (Parameśwara) | Critical | Deity of Christ / Divine Nature | 1, 2, 3 | Never ଠାକୁର/ଭଗବାନ. |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) | ଯୀଶୁ (Yīśu) | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 1, 2, 3 | Never ଈସା. |
| Lord | κύριος (kyrios) | ପ୍ରଭୁ (prabhu) | Critical | Lordship of Christ | 1, 2, 3 | Never ଠାକୁର; recurs in “Lord and Savior” formula. |
| Father | πατήρ (patēr) | ପିତା (Pitā) | Critical | Sonship of Christ | 1:17 | — |
| Holy Spirit | Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον (Pneuma Hagion) | ପବିତ୍ର ଆତ୍ମା (Pabitra Ātmā) | Critical | Inspiration of Scripture | 1:21 | Never ପରମାତ୍ମା. |
| Holy | ἅγιος (hagios) | ପବିତ୍ର (pabitra) | High | Sanctification | 1:18, 21, 2:21, 3:2, 11 | — |
| Faith | πίστις (pistis) | ବିଶ୍ୱାସ (biśwāsa) | High | Faith | 1:1, 5; 1:1 (ἰσότιμος πίστις) | Never ଭକ୍ତି. |
| Grace | χάρις (charis) | କୃପା (kṛpā) | High | Grace | 1:2; 3:18 | — |
| Peace | εἰρήνη (eirēnē) | ଶାନ୍ତି (śānti) | Medium | Peace with God | 1:2; 3:14 | — |
| Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē) | ଧାର୍ମିକତା (dhārmikatā) | Critical | Salvation | 1:1; 2:5, 21; 3:13 | Never ଧର୍ମ. |
| Salvation | σωτηρία (sōtēria) | ପରିତ୍ରାଣ (paritrāṇa) | Critical | Salvation | 3:15 | Never ମୋକ୍ଷ/ମୁକ୍ତି. |
| Glory | δόξα (doxa) | ମହିମା (mahimā) | High | Deity of Christ | 1:3, 17; 2:10; 3:18 | — |
| Apostle | ἀπόστολος (apostolos) | ପ୍ରେରିତ (prerita) | Medium | Apostleship | 1:1; 3:2 | — |
| Prophet | προφήτης (prophētēs) | ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତା (bhabiṣyadbaktā) | Low | Inspiration of Scripture | 1:19 (compound), 1:20, 21; 2:1; 3:2 | — |
| Prophecy | προφητεία (prophēteia) | ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବାଣୀ (bhabiṣyadbāṇī) | Low | Fulfillment of Prophecy | 1:19–21 | Anchor term for core passage vv.19–21. |
| Calling | κλῆσις (klēsis) | ଆହ୍ୱାନ (āhwāna) | High | Divine Calling | 1:10 | — |
| Election | ἐκλογή (eklogē) | ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ମନୋନୟନ (Parameśwaraṅka manonayana) | High | Effectual Calling | 1:10 | — |
| Kingdom of God | βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ (basileia tou theou) | ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ରାଜ୍ୟ (Parameśwaraṅka rājya) | Medium | Kingdom Mission | 1:11 (αἰώνιος βασιλεία) | — |
| Power of God | δύναμις θεοῦ (dynamis theou) | ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ସାମର୍ଥ୍ୟ (Parameśwaraṅka sāmarthya) | High | Power of God for Salvation | 1:3, 16 | Never ଶକ୍ତି. |
B. New Terms Proposed for 2 Peter
| Term (Eng) | Greek (translit.) | Odia rendering (translit.) | Risk | Doctrine | Chapters | Alternatives rejected | Rationale / cultural risk notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savior | σωτήρ (sōtēr) | ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା (trāṇakarttā) | Critical | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption / Deity of Christ | 1:1, 11; 2:20; 3:2, 18 | ଉଦ୍ଧାରକର୍ତ୍ତା (too generic) | 2 Pet 1:1 identifies Jesus as “our God and Savior” — must not be softened; built on same root as ପରିତ୍ରାଣ for consistency. |
| Full/precise knowledge | ἐπίγνωσις (epignōsis) | ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଜ୍ଞାନ (pūrṇa jñāna) | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:2, 3, 8; 2:20 | bare ଜ୍ଞାନ alone (insufficiently distinguished from γνῶσις) | Collides with Hindu jñāna-yoga (self-realizing knowledge path to moksha); this is relational knowing of Christ, not mystical self-identity with the divine. |
| Knowledge | γνῶσις (gnōsis) | ଜ୍ଞାନ (jñāna) | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:5, 6; 3:18 | — | Same jñāna-yoga collision as ἐπίγνωσις; keep visually distinct from ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଜ୍ଞାନ to preserve the text’s own gnōsis/epignōsis distinction. |
| Virtue | ἀρετή (aretē) | ସଦ୍ଗୁଣ (sadguṇa) | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:3, 5 | bare ଗୁଣ alone | ଗୁଣ alone risks the Sāṅkhya three-guṇa (sattva/rajas/tamas) philosophical category; qualifier reduces but does not remove the resonance. |
| Godliness | εὐσέβεια (eusebeia) | ଈଶ୍ୱରଭକ୍ତି (Īśwarabhakti) | High | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:3, 6, 7; 3:11 | ଧର୍ମନିଷ୍ଠା (uses forbidden ଧର୍ମ root) | Bhakti-root collision with Vaishnav devotional practice toward Jagannath/Krishna, parallel to baseline’s πίστις/bhakti warning; compound with Īśwara narrows referent but requires teaching reinforcement. |
| Divine nature (partakers of) | θεία φύσις / κοινωνοὶ θείας φύσεως (theia physis) | ଈଶ୍ୱରୀୟ ପ୍ରକୃତିର ସହଭାଗୀ (Īśwarīya prakṛtira sahabhāgī) | Critical | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:4 | ପରମେଶ୍ୱର ସହିତ ଏକୀଭୂତ (“united/merged with God” — explicitly rejected) | Sharpest new risk in 2 Peter: must never suggest ontological merger/identity with Brahman (Advaita) or absorption into deity (bhakti union imagery); this is moral/relational participation in God’s holy character by grace, not metaphysical identity. Requires theologian note at every occurrence. |
| Corruption | φθορά (phthora) | ଭ୍ରଷ୍ଟତା (bhraṣṭatā) | High | Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption | 1:4; 2:12, 19 | କ୍ଷୟ (leans toward natural/impersonal decay) | Must read as moral corruption from which God personally rescues, not impersonal cosmic decay/entropy within a cyclical order. |
| Desire (disordered) | ἐπιθυμία (epithymia) | ମନ୍ଦ ଅଭିଲାଷା (manda abhilāṣā) | Medium | Escaping Corruption / False Teachers | 1:4; 2:10, 18; 3:3 | bare କାମ (kāma) | କାମ is a legitimate puruṣārtha (life-goal) in Hindu ethics; qualifier “ମନ୍ଦ” (evil) needed to mark disordered desire. |
| Self-control | ἐγκράτεια (egkrateia) | ଆତ୍ମସଂଯମ (ātmasaṅyama) | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6 | — | Distinguish Spirit-enabled fruit from ascetic merit-earning self-restraint (tapasyā). |
| Endurance/perseverance | ὑπομονή (hypomonē) | ସହିଷ୍ଣୁତା (sahiṣṇutā) | Low | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:6 | — | — |
| Brotherly love | φιλαδελφία (philadelphia) | ଭ୍ରାତୃପ୍ରେମ (bhrātṛaprema) | Low | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:7 | — | — |
| Love | ἀγάπη (agapē) | ପ୍ରେମ (prema) | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:7 | — | Established NT usage; note resonance with Gaudiya Vaishnava prema-bhakti, but no viable substitute — established usage takes priority. |
| Coming/Return (of Christ) | παρουσία (parousia) | ପୁନରାଗମନ (punarāgamana) | Critical | The Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:16; 3:4, 12 | ଆଗମନ ଏକମାତ୍ର (insufficiently distinguishes from a first, ordinary “coming”) | Must not be assimilated to repeated avatara-descent theology (dashavatara) or to Rath Yatra’s temporary-journey-and-return imagery; a single, final, decisive return. |
| Sovereign Lord / Master | δεσπότης (despotēs) | ସାର୍ବଭୌମ ପ୍ରଭୁ (sārbabhauma prabhu) | Critical | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | ସ୍ୱାମୀ (Hindu guru/ascetic honorific — forbidden); ମହାପ୍ରଭୁ (names Chaitanya Mahaprabhu specifically — forbidden) | New Odisha-specific naming collision parallel to κύριος/ଠାକୁର; builds safely on established ପ୍ରଭୁ. |
| False teacher | ψευδοδιδάσκαλος (pseudodidaskalos) | ଭଣ୍ଡ ଶିକ୍ଷକ (bhaṇḍa śikṣaka) | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | — | Anchor term for the doctrine. |
| False prophet | ψευδοπροφήτης (pseudoprophētēs) | ଭଣ୍ଡ ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତା (bhaṇḍa bhabiṣyadbaktā) | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | — | Built on reused ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତା. |
| Heresy/destructive teaching | αἵρεσις (hairesis) | ବିନାଶକାରୀ ମତବାଦ (bināśakārī matabāda) | Medium-High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | — | — |
| Judgment/condemnation | κρίμα / κρίσις (krima/krisis) | ବିଚାର / ଦଣ୍ଡ (bicāra/daṇḍa) | High | The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:3, 4, 9; 3:7 | — | Personal, moral verdict by a righteous Judge; never impersonal karma. |
| Tartarus (place of angelic confinement) | Τάρταρος (Tartaros) | ତାର୍ତାରସ୍ (transliteration) + descriptive phrase | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:4 | bare ନରକ (naraka) unqualified | Risks importing Hindu multi-tiered, karma-graded naraka cosmology; recommend transliteration with clarifying phrase. |
| The Flood | κατακλυσμός (kataklysmos) | ମହାପ୍ଳାବନ (mahāplābana) | Medium | The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 2:5; 3:6 | ପ୍ରଳୟ (pralaya — forbidden) | ପ୍ରଳୟ names the cyclical cosmic dissolution in Hindu cosmology; the Flood is a singular historical judgment, not a recurring cosmic event. |
| Ungodliness/ungodly | ἀσέβεια / ἀσεβής (asebeia/asebēs) | ଈଶ୍ୱରହୀନତା / ଈଶ୍ୱରହୀନ (Īśwarahīnatā/Īśwarahīna) | Medium-High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:5, 6; 3:7 | ଅଧର୍ମୀ (uses forbidden ଧର୍ମ root) | Built from ପରମେଶ୍ୱର/ଈଶ୍ୱର for theological precision. |
| Freedom/liberty (false promise) | ἐλευθερία (eleutheria) | ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା (swādhīnatā) | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:19 | ମୁକ୍ତି / ମୋକ୍ଷ (both forbidden per baseline) | Must not dignify the false teachers’ hollow promise with the forbidden rebirth-release vocabulary already reserved for warning against counterfeit salvation claims. |
| Patience/longsuffering (God’s) | μακροθυμία (makrothymia) | ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ସହନଶୀଳତା (Parameśwaraṅka sahanaśīlatā) | High | Patience of God’s Timing | 3:9, 15 | ଭାଗ୍ୟ / କର୍ମର ନିୟମ (forbidden fate/karma framings, per baseline providence precedent) | Personal, purposive divine restraint giving opportunity for repentance; not impersonal karma-ripening or fate. |
| Repentance | μετάνοια (metanoia) | ମନ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ (mana paribartana) | High | Patience of God’s Timing / Day of the Lord | 3:9 | ପ୍ରାୟଶ୍ଚିତ୍ତ (prāyaścitta, ritual penance — rejected) | Inward reorientation of mind/heart toward God, not a ritual act discharging karmic debt. |
| Day of the Lord | ἡμέρα Κυρίου (hēmera Kyriou) | ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଦିନ (Prabhuṅka dina) | Critical | The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:10 | — | Single, final, linear judgment day; not a recurring cosmic-cycle (yuga/pralaya) event. |
| New heavens and new earth | καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν | ନୂତନ ଆକାଶ ଓ ନୂତନ ପୃଥିବୀ (nūtana ākāśa o nūtana pṛthibī) | High | The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment | 3:13 | — | Final, once-for-all renewal, not one recreation among endless cyclical kalpas. |
| Error/delusion | πλάνη (planē) | ଭ୍ରାନ୍ତି (bhrānti) | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 3:17 | — | Also the Advaita Vedanta term for the fundamental cognitive illusion (māyā-adjacent); here a specific, resistible moral/doctrinal error, not a built-in metaphysical feature of perception. |
| Truth (the present truth) | ἀλήθεια (alētheia) | ସତ୍ୟ (satya) | Medium | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:12 | — | Satya carries deep resonance as a cardinal Hindu ethical/cosmic principle; here it names the specific revealed apostolic gospel truth, not an abstract cosmic law. |
| Wisdom | σοφία (sophia) | ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞା (prajñā) | Medium | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 3:15 | — | Also a technical Buddhist/Vedantic term for liberating insight; here, God-given wisdom evident in apostolic writing. |
| Scripture | γραφή (graphē) | ପବିତ୍ର ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର (pabitra śāstra) | High | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:20 | bare ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର unqualified | Must always be qualified “ପବିତ୍ର” to distinguish from the wider Odia devotional literary corpus, incl. Jagannath Das’s Odia Bhagavata. |
| Carried/borne along (by the Spirit) | φερόμενοι (pheromenoi, from φέρω) | ଚାଳିତ ହୋଇ (cāḷita hoi) | Critical | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:21 | — | Personal Spirit sovereignly directing willing human speech; not trance/oracular possession, not human private interpretation, not an impersonal force. |
| Private/one’s own interpretation | ἴδιος ἐπίλυσις (idios epilysis) | ନିଜ ମନଇଚ୍ଛା ବ୍ୟାଖ୍ୟା (nija manaichā byākhyā) | High | Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture | 1:20 | — | Prophecy’s meaning is fixed by its divine source, not generated by private/mystical insight. |
| Eyewitness | ἐπόπτης (epoptēs) | ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷଦର୍ଶୀ (pratyakṣadarśī) | Low-Medium | The Certainty of Christ’s Return | 1:16 | — | Apostolic testimony rests on firsthand historical observation. |
| Majesty | μεγαλειότης (megaleiotēs) | ମହାନତା (mahānatā) | Low-Medium | Deity of Christ | 1:16 | — | Kept distinct from ମହିମା (doxa) per the text’s own distinction. |
| Scoffer/mocker | ἐμπαικτής (empaiktēs) | ପରିହାସକାରୀ (parihāsakārī) | Medium | The Certainty of Christ’s Return | 3:3 | — | — |
| Slave/servant | δοῦλος (doulos) | ଦାସ (dāsa) | Medium | Apostleship / False Teachers | 1:1; 2:19 | — | Note devotional dāsa self-naming tradition in Odia Vaishnavism (cf. baseline’s Jagannath Das note); context must clarify ownership by Christ/sin, not a guru or deity. |
| Purchased/bought | ἀγοράζω (agorazō) | କ୍ରୟ କରିଥିଲେ (krayā karithile) | High | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:1 | — | Touches atonement/redemption doctrine; escalate for theologian review per baseline’s atonement-language rule. |
| Cleansing (from past sin) | καθαρισμός (katharismos) | ପାପରୁ ଶୁଚି ହେବା (pāparu śuci hebā) | Medium | Growing in Christian Virtue | 1:9 | — | Distinct from ପବିତ୍ରୀକରଣ (ongoing sanctification) and from temple ritual purification (śuddhi). |
| Rescue/deliver (from danger) | ῥύομαι (rhyomai) | ଉଦ୍ଧାର କରିବା (uddhāra karibā) | Medium | False Teachers and Their Judgment | 2:9 | — | Distinct from ପରିତ୍ରାଣ (full salvation doctrine); a specific act of temporal rescue. |
C. Proper Nouns (established transliterated forms; Low risk unless noted)
| English | Greek (translit.) | Odia | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | Πέτρος (Petros) | ପିତର (Pitara) | Author’s name. |
| Simeon | Συμεών (Symeōn) | ଶିମୋନ (Śimona) | 1:1. |
| Noah | Νῶε (Nōe) | ନୋହ (Noha) | 2:5. |
| Sodom and Gomorrah | Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα | ସୋଦୋମ ଓ ଗମୋରା | 2:6. |
| Lot | Λώτ (Lōt) | ଲୋଟ (Lota) | 2:7. |
| Balaam | Βαλαάμ (Balaam) | ବାଲାମ (Bālāma) | 2:15. |
| Beor | Βοσόρ (Bosor) | ବିୟୋର/ବୋସୋର | 2:15, proper name of Balaam’s father. |
D. Cross-Reference and Consistency Notes
- All terms in Section A must match
translation_memory.jsonexactly; any apparent conflict must be escalated, never silently resolved by choosing a new rendering. - New terms in Section B, once approved, should be added to
translation_memory.jsonwith version increment and tobible_term_registry.json/doctrine_risk_registry.jsonfollowing the same schema used for the Romans baseline, preserving thecategory,risk,original,transliteration,definition,translation_notes,odia_termfields. - The “Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” formula (1:11; 2:20; 3:18) and “our God and Savior Jesus Christ” (1:1) must render ପ୍ରଭୁ ଓ ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା ଯୀଶୁ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ and ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ପରମେଶ୍ୱର ଓ ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା ଯୀଶୁ ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ identically at every occurrence, per the baseline’s cross-document consistency rule for high-use formulaic Christological titles.
- Every occurrence of θεία φύσις / κοινωνοὶ θείας φύσεως (1:4) requires a theologian-authored explanatory note distinguishing moral/relational participation in God’s character from ontological merger with the divine essence — this is the single highest-priority new risk this curriculum introduces beyond the Romans baseline.
- Chapters covered: Chapter 1 (full, including core passage 1:16–21) — extensive new vocabulary (virtue chain, divine nature, inspiration mechanism). Chapter 2 — extensive new vocabulary (false teachers, judgment exemplars, δεσπότης naming risk). Chapter 3 — extensive new vocabulary (Day of the Lord, patience, repentance, new creation). No chapter in 2 Peter is without new load-bearing theological vocabulary; all three chapters are represented above.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱର
Transliteration: Parameśwara
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଠାକୁର, ଭଗବାନ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). 2 Peter 1:1 identifies Jesus as ‘our God’ in the same breath as ପରମେଶ୍ୱର (‘our God and Savior Jesus Christ’), one of the NT’s clearest single-verse deity-of-Christ statements. Never ଠାକୁର (Jagannath’s everyday devotional name, as in ‘ବଡ଼ ଠାକୁର’) or ଭଗବାନ (generic deity term).
Christ
Approved rendering: ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ
Transliteration: Khrīṣṭa
Doctrine: Lordship and Saviorhood of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
NEW entry for this curriculum (baseline Romans package treats it only as part of the fixed name ‘Jesus Christ’ without a standalone TM entry). Established transliterated form per the AI Translation Requirements’ transliteration standards. Must remain fixed and identical at every occurrence of 2 Peter’s five-fold repeated ‘Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’ formula (1:1, 1:11, 2:20, 3:2, 3:18).
Jesus
Approved rendering: ଯୀଶୁ
Transliteration: Yīśu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଈସା
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). ଯୀଶୁ is the Odia Christian standard; never ଈସା (associated with Muslim/Urdu usage).
Lord
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରଭୁ
Transliteration: prabhu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଠାକୁର
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). NEVER ଠାକୁର. In 2 Peter this risk is compounded because the book repeatedly pairs ‘Lord’ with ‘Savior’ (ପ୍ରଭୁ ଓ ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା) as a fixed, near-liturgical formula at multiple occurrences (1:11; 2:20; 3:2, 18); a lapse into ଠାକୁର at any one would directly evoke Jagannath by name in the book’s most repeated title.
Father
Approved rendering: ପିତା
Transliteration: Pitā
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ତା
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). God as personal Father, addressed at Christ’s transfiguration (2 Peter 1:17); avoid the distant, impersonal ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ତା (creator).
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: ପବିତ୍ର ଆତ୍ମା
Transliteration: Pabitra Ātmā
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ପରମାତ୍ମା
Original: Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). NEVER ପରମାତ୍ମା. In 2 Peter 1:21 this risk is sharpened because the verse describes the Spirit’s role in producing Scripture; ପରମାତ୍ମା would suggest an impersonal universal-consciousness channel rather than the personal third Person of the Trinity superintending human authors who retained their own voice.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: ଧାର୍ମିକତା
Transliteration: dhārmikatā
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ଧର୍ମ, ପୁଣ୍ୟ
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). NEVER ଧର୍ମ. Also used of Noah’s righteous preaching (2:5), Lot’s righteous distress (2:7-8), and the final state where ‘righteousness dwells’ (3:13) — must not be read as cosmic duty fulfilled, but as God’s own moral character finally characterizing the renewed creation.
Salvation
Approved rendering: ପରିତ୍ରାଣ
Transliteration: paritrāṇa
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ମୋକ୍ଷ, ମୁକ୍ତି
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). NEVER ମୋକ୍ଷ/ମୁକ୍ତି. 2 Peter 3:15 ties salvation directly to God’s patient delay of judgment; must not blur into a self-attained release earned through accumulated merit while waiting.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ପୁତ୍ର
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka Putra
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଅବତାରୀ ପୁରୁଷ
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). The Father’s declaration ‘This is my beloved Son’ at the Transfiguration (1:17) — full phrase required; must not read as adoptive, honorary, or a family-of-deities arrangement echoing the Puri triad of Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra.
Savior
Approved rendering: ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା
Transliteration: trāṇakarttā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ଉଦ୍ଧାରକର୍ତ୍ତା
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Christology
NEW term for this curriculum. Built on the same root as the already-fixed ପରିତ୍ରାଣ (salvation) for cross-document consistency. 2 Peter 1:1’s ‘our God and Savior Jesus Christ’ must not be softened to suggest Jesus is a lesser deliverer distinct from ପରମେଶ୍ୱର himself; must also stay distinct from the Puri triad framework of Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra. Anchors the fivefold ‘Lord and Savior’ formula (1:11; 2:20; 3:2, 18).
Divine Nature
Approved rendering: ଈଶ୍ୱରୀୟ ପ୍ରକୃତିର ସହଭାଗୀ
Transliteration: Īśwarīya prakṛtira sahabhāgī
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: ପରମେଶ୍ୱର ସହିତ ଏକୀଭୂତ
Original: θεία φύσις (κοινωνοὶ θείας φύσεως)
Category: Divine Nature
NEW term; the single sharpest doctrinal-linguistic risk introduced by this curriculum. Renders θεία φύσις / κοινωνοὶ θείας φύσεως, ‘partakers of the divine nature’ (1:4). Must never suggest (a) Advaita Vedanta’s ātman-Brahman ontological identity, (b) any avatara framework of periodic divine embodiment (the reverse of the baseline’s Nabakalebara/incarnation warning), or (c) Gaudiya Vaishnava bhakti’s aspiration to blissful absorption into Krishna/Jagannath. This is real, gifted, relational and moral participation in God’s holy character while the believer remains a distinct creature. A theologian-authored explanatory note is REQUIRED at every occurrence, not merely the first.
Parousia
Approved rendering: ପୁନରାଗମନ
Transliteration: punarāgamana
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Rejected alternatives: ଆଗମନ ଏକମାତ୍ର
Original: παρουσία
Category: Eschatology
NEW term. Renders παρουσία, the anchor term for the core-passage doctrine (1:16; 3:4, 12). Must never be assimilated to the Vaishnav doctrine of Vishnu’s repeated avatara descents (of which Jagannath is popularly counted a form), nor to the annual Rath Yatra chariot festival’s imagery of a deity’s temporary journey out of and back into the sanctum (per the baseline’s existing Rath Yatra caution). This is a single, final, decisive return, not one appearance in an open cycle. Pair with modifiers such as ‘ଏକ ମାତ୍ର ଓ ଚୂଡ଼ାନ୍ତ’ (one and final) in teaching material.
Despotes
Approved rendering: ସାର୍ବଭୌମ ପ୍ରଭୁ
Transliteration: sārbabhauma prabhu
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: ସ୍ୱାମୀ, ମହାପ୍ରଭୁ
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Christology
NEW term. Renders δεσπότης, ‘the Master who bought them’ (2:1) — a new Odisha-specific naming collision parallel to the baseline’s κύριος/ଠାକୁର warning. ସ୍ୱାମୀ (swāmī) is the standard honorific for Hindu ascetics/gurus (e.g., Swami Vivekananda) and must NEVER be used. ମହାପ୍ରଭୁ (Mahāprabhu) is specifically and widely the title of Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu, founder of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism, deeply rooted across Eastern India including Odisha, and must likewise be avoided. ସାର୍ବଭୌମ ପ୍ରଭୁ builds safely on the already-established, safe ପ୍ରଭୁ while adding a qualifier conveying absolute sovereign ownership.
Day Of The Lord
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ଦିନ
Transliteration: Prabhuṅka dina
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: ἡμέρα Κυρίου
Category: Eschatology
NEW term. Renders ἡμέρα Κυρίου (3:10), the final, decisive day of God’s judgment and cosmic renewal, coming suddenly ‘as a thief.’ Must be read as a single, final, linear, historically decisive day — not another turn of the cyclical cosmic ages (yugas) of Hindu cosmology, nor a recurring pralaya-and-recreation event.
Carried By Spirit
Approved rendering: ଚାଳିତ ହୋଇ
Transliteration: cāḷita hoi
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: φερόμενοι (from φέρω)
Category: Covenant
NEW term. Renders φερόμενοι (from φέρω), ‘men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit’ (1:21), the anchor term for this doctrine. Must preserve a personal Spirit sovereignly directing willing human speech — not trance-like spirit-possession or oracular channeling practice (as found in some regional folk and shrine-mediumship traditions), not the human author’s own private mystical ‘release’ (contrast v.20’s ἐπίλυσις), and not an impersonal cosmic force (contra ଶକ୍ତି usage, per baseline).
High Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: ପବିତ୍ର
Transliteration: pabitra
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: ଶୁଦ୍ଧ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Used of the ‘holy mountain’ of Transfiguration (1:18), ‘holy prophets’ (3:2), and ‘holy conduct’ (3:11); never ଶୁଦ୍ଧ (ritual-purity connotation, especially relevant given Odisha’s temple purity protocols).
Faith
Approved rendering: ବିଶ୍ୱାସ
Transliteration: biśwāsa
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: ଭକ୍ତି
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). 2 Peter 1:1’s ‘faith of equal standing’ underlines that every believer’s trust rests on the identical object (Christ’s righteousness), not a graded scale of devotional merit as in bhakti practice. Never ଭକ୍ତି.
Grace
Approved rendering: କୃପା
Transliteration: kṛpā
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: କର୍ମଫଳ, ପୁଣ୍ୟ
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). 2 Peter frames the whole letter between grace received (1:2) and grace grown-into (3:18), bracketing the false teachers’ merit-based, greed-driven promises (2:1-3) with authentic, unearned favor.
Glory
Approved rendering: ମହିମା
Transliteration: mahimā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ତେଜ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). The Father’s glory-voice at the Transfiguration (1:17) and the glory ascribed to Christ forever (3:18); kept textually distinct from the new term ମହାନତା (majesty) so 1:16-17’s own two-term distinction is preserved.
Calling
Approved rendering: ଆହ୍ୱାନ
Transliteration: āhwāna
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). 2 Peter 1:10 exhorts believers to ‘confirm your calling and election’ — a sovereign summons, not a human-initiated pilgrimage-vow or ritual undertaking.
Election
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ମନୋନୟନ
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka Manonayana
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: ଭାଗ୍ୟ, ନିୟତି
Original: ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Paired with ‘calling’ in 1:10; God’s sovereign, personal choice — not fate, and distinct from the sign-based Nabakalebara selection ritual.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ସାମର୍ଥ୍ୟ
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka Sāmarthya
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ଶକ୍ତି
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). NEVER ଶକ୍ତି. Grants ‘all things pertaining to life and godliness’ (1:3) and is demonstrated in the Transfiguration (1:16).
Full Knowledge
Approved rendering: ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଜ୍ଞାନ
Transliteration: pūrṇa jñāna
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: bare ଜ୍ଞାନ alone
Original: ἐπίγνωσις
Category: Faith
NEW term. Renders ἐπίγνωσις (1:2, 3, 8; 2:20). Collides with Hindu jñāna-mārga/jñāna-yoga, the ‘path of knowledge’ toward moksha through self-realizing mystical insight dissolving the knower’s identity into Brahman. 2 Peter’s ἐπίγνωσις is relational knowing of a specific historical Person (Christ) through apostolic testimony, never mystical self-identity with the divine. Keep visually distinct from bare ଜ୍ଞାନ (γνῶσις). Requires a translator note at first occurrence (1:2-3).
Knowledge
Approved rendering: ଜ୍ଞାନ
Transliteration: jñāna
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Faith
NEW term. Renders γνῶσις within the virtue chain (1:5-6) and the closing exhortation (3:18). Same jñāna-yoga collision risk as ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଜ୍ଞାନ above; must be kept visually distinct from that compound so the text’s own gnōsis/epignōsis distinction is not lost.
Godliness
Approved rendering: ଈଶ୍ୱରଭକ୍ତି
Transliteration: Īśwarabhakti
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: ଧର୍ମନିଷ୍ଠା
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Sanctification
NEW term. Renders εὐσέβεια, a structural keyword recurring at 1:3, 6, 7 and 3:11. The bhakti root creates the same collision the baseline documents for πίστις/faith: Odia Vaishnav bhakti toward Jagannath/Krishna is a devotional-surrender practice with its own ritual and soteriological framework. Compounding with ଈଶ୍ୱର narrows the referent to the one true God but requires reinforcement in teaching materials. ଧର୍ମନିଷ୍ଠା rejected as it uses the forbidden ଧର୍ମ root.
Corruption
Approved rendering: ଭ୍ରଷ୍ଟତା
Transliteration: bhraṣṭatā
Doctrine: Divine Nature and Escaping Corruption
Rejected alternatives: କ୍ଷୟ
Original: φθορά
Category: Divine Nature
NEW term. Renders φθορά (1:4; 2:12, 19). Must be read as moral corruption from which God personally rescues the believer by grace, not the impersonal, automatic operation of decay/entropy within a cyclical cosmic order (a risk given regional familiarity with cyclical-time concepts).
False Teacher
Approved rendering: ଭଣ୍ଡ ଶିକ୍ଷକ
Transliteration: bhaṇḍa śikṣaka
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοδιδάσκαλος
Category: Judgment
NEW term. Renders ψευδοδιδάσκαλος (2:1), anchor term for this doctrine, which occupies the whole of chapter 2. Uses the productive Odia ଭଣ୍ଡ- (fraudulent) prefix pattern rather than a borrowed loanword.
False Prophet
Approved rendering: ଭଣ୍ଡ ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତା
Transliteration: bhaṇḍa bhabiṣyadbaktā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ψευδοπροφήτης
Category: Judgment
NEW term. Renders ψευδοπροφήτης (2:1), built on the reused ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତା; the ଭଣ୍ଡ qualifier is essential to distinguish from the genuine prophetic office affirmed in 1:19-21 and 3:2.
Heresy
Approved rendering: ବିନାଶକାରୀ ମତବାଦ
Transliteration: bināśakārī matabāda
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: ସମ୍ପ୍ରଦାୟ, ପନ୍ଥ
Original: αἵρεσις
Category: Judgment
NEW term. Renders αἵρεσις, ‘destructive doctrinal opinion’ secretly introduced by false teachers (2:1). No native Odia noun names this as a moral-doctrinal category without sounding like a neutral denominational label; ସମ୍ପ୍ରଦାୟ/ପନ୍ଥ (sect/path) are rejected as too neutral/descriptive. Rendered as a descriptive phrase to keep the doctrinal weight (denial of the Master who bought them, 2:1) intact.
Judgment
Approved rendering: ବିଚାର / ଦଣ୍ଡ
Transliteration: bicāra / daṇḍa
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: κρίμα / κρίσις
Category: Judgment
NEW term. Renders κρίμα/κρίσις, God’s judicial verdict/condemnation on fallen angels, the ancient world, and false teachers (2:3, 4, 9; 3:7). Process rendered ବିଚାର (judgment/trial), verdict/sentence rendered ଦଣ୍ଡ (punishment/sentence). Must be presented as the personal, moral verdict of a righteous Judge, never the impersonal, self-executing operation of karma.
Tartarus
Approved rendering: ତାର୍ତାରସ୍ (ଅନ୍ଧକାରମୟ ବନ୍ଦୀଗୃହ)
Transliteration: Tārtārasa
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: bare ନରକ unqualified
Original: Τάρταρος
Category: Judgment
NEW term. Renders Τάρταρος (2:4), a Greek-mythological place-name Peter uses for the fallen angels’ place of confinement. Transliterate with the descriptive gloss ‘a dark place of confinement’ rather than the bare Odia word ନରକ, which risks importing the layered, multi-tiered naraka cosmology of Hindu tradition — numerous distinct hell-realms tied to specific karmic offenses, from which a soul may eventually be released after due karmic payment. Peter’s Tartarus is a specific, temporary holding-place reserved until one final, definite Day of Judgment.
Ungodliness
Approved rendering: ଈଶ୍ୱରହୀନତା / ଈଶ୍ୱରହୀନ
Transliteration: Īśwarahīnatā / Īśwarahīna
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: ଅଧର୍ମୀ
Original: ἀσέβεια / ἀσεβής
Category: Sin
NEW term. Renders ἀσέβεια/ἀσεβής (2:5, 6; 3:7), irreverence/godlessness toward God, the character of those under judgment. Deliberately built from ପରମେଶ୍ୱର/ଈଶ୍ୱର rather than the forbidden ଧର୍ମ root (caste-duty and temple-ritual-observance connotations), keeping the term theologically precise rather than a generic ‘irreligious’ label.
Patience
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ସହନଶୀଳତା
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka sahanaśīlatā
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Rejected alternatives: ଭାଗ୍ୟ, କର୍ମର ନିୟମ
Original: μακροθυμία
Category: God
NEW term. Renders μακροθυμία (3:9, 15), the anchor term for this doctrine. Must be read as the personal, purposive restraint of a God not bound by time as humans are (3:8) yet sovereign over judgment’s timing — not the impersonal, automatic unfolding of karma awaiting its inevitable ripening, nor fate (ଭାଗ୍ୟ). The personal-possessive compound keeps the agent explicit.
Repentance
Approved rendering: ମନ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ
Transliteration: mana paribartana
Doctrine: Patience of God’s Timing
Rejected alternatives: ପ୍ରାୟଶ୍ଚିତ୍ତ
Original: μετάνοια
Category: Salvation
NEW term. Renders μετάνοια (3:9), the purpose for which the Lord delays judgment. Must be distinguished from ritual penance/expiation (prāyaścitta), a Hindu ritual practice of performing prescribed acts to offset the karmic consequence of a specific wrongdoing; biblical repentance is an inward reorientation of the whole person toward God, and it is God’s own patience — not the sinner’s ritual performance — that creates the opportunity for it.
New Heavens And New Earth
Approved rendering: ନୂତନ ଆକାଶ ଓ ନୂତନ ପୃଥିବୀ
Transliteration: nūtana ākāśa o nūtana pṛthibī
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Original: καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν
Category: Eschatology
NEW term. Renders καινοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινήν (3:13), the permanently renewed created order in which righteousness dwells. Must be read as a single, linear, final eschatological renewal — not the cyclical dissolution-and-recreation (pralaya followed by a new sṛṣṭi) that recurs endlessly across kalpas in Hindu cosmology.
Scripture
Approved rendering: ପବିତ୍ର ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର
Transliteration: pabitra śāstra
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: bare ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର unqualified
Original: γραφή
Category: Covenant
NEW term. Renders γραφή (1:20; 3:16). Must ALWAYS be qualified as ପବିତ୍ର ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର (‘Holy Scripture’); the bare word ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର is the generic Sanskrit-derived term for any authoritative religious/philosophical treatise (Hindu śāstras, dharmaśāstra), specifically risking conflation with Jagannath Das’s Odia Bhagavata and the other Panchasakha writings read daily in village bhagavata tungi halls — revered vernacular wisdom that does not claim the status of God’s own spoken word.
Private Interpretation
Approved rendering: ନିଜ ମନଇଚ୍ଛା ବ୍ୟାଖ୍ୟା
Transliteration: nija manaichā byākhyā
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἴδιος ἐπίλυσις
Category: Covenant
NEW term. Renders ἴδιος ἐπίλυσις, ‘no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation’ (1:20). Doctrinally load-bearing: prophecy’s meaning is not generated by human ingenuity or private spiritual insight (contra any reading that would make Scripture’s meaning as fluid and personally-generated as a devotee’s own mystical insight/realization), but is fixed by its divine source.
Purchased
Approved rendering: କ୍ରୟ କରିଥିଲେ
Transliteration: krayā karithile
Doctrine: Redemption and Atonement
Original: ἀγοράζω
Category: Salvation
NEW term. Renders ἀγοράζω, ‘denying the Master who bought them’ (2:1). Touches atonement/redemption doctrine; escalated per the baseline’s rule that any atonement/propitiation-adjacent language automatically requires theologian review. The false teachers’ guilt is aggravated precisely because Christ’s redemptive purchase of them is real and costly, not merely rhetorical, and must not be diluted into a general patronage/ritual-offering exchange with a temple deity.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: ଶାନ୍ତି
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: ମନ ଶାନ୍ତି
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Invoked in the opening greeting (1:2) and closing exhortation (3:14); relational peace with God through justification, not psychological calm sought through pilgrimage or darshan.
Apostle
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରେରିତ
Transliteration: prerita
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: ଗୁରୁ
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Peter identifies himself as an apostle (1:1) and appeals to apostolic authority through ‘your apostles’ (3:2); not a guru or hereditary temple-functionary role.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ରାଜ୍ୟ
Transliteration: Parameśwaraṅka Rājya
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Original: βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Kingdom
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). 2 Peter 1:11 speaks of ‘the eternal kingdom (ଅନନ୍ତ ରାଜ୍ୟ) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’ — qualify with ଅନନ୍ତ (eternal) here; God’s sovereign reign, not a political kingdom or Rath Yatra’s temporary triumphal-procession imagery.
Virtue
Approved rendering: ସଦ୍ଗୁଣ
Transliteration: sadguṇa
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Rejected alternatives: bare ଗୁଣ alone
Original: ἀρετή
Category: Sanctification
NEW term. Renders ἀρετή (1:3, 5). Bare ଗୁଣ alone risks the Sāṅkhya philosophical category of the three guṇas (sattva/rajas/tamas), material qualities binding the soul to rebirth; the ସଦ୍- qualifier reduces but does not eliminate the resonance. Context must make clear this is Spirit-produced Christian character, not a psycho-physical category to be transcended.
Desire
Approved rendering: ମନ୍ଦ ଅଭିଲାଷା
Transliteration: manda abhilāṣā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: bare କାମ
Original: ἐπιθυμία
Category: Sin
NEW term. Renders ἐπιθυμία (1:4; 2:10, 18; 3:3). Avoid bare କାମ (kāma), one of the four legitimate life-goals (puruṣārtha) in classical Hindu ethics and also the name of a deity of desire; the qualifier ମନ୍ଦ (evil) marks this as the disordered desire believers must escape, not a legitimate life-pursuit.
Self Control
Approved rendering: ଆତ୍ମସଂଯମ
Transliteration: ātmasaṅyama
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἐγκράτεια
Category: Sanctification
NEW term. Renders ἐγκράτεια (1:6), part of the virtue chain. Note resonance with Hindu ascetic self-restraint (tapasyā, sanyam) practiced as merit-earning discipline; here it is a Spirit-enabled fruit growing out of faith and knowledge already given by grace, not an ascetic technique earning standing before God.
Love
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରେମ
Transliteration: prema
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Sanctification
NEW entry in this glossary, but ପ୍ରେମ is already the settled Odia Bible rendering for ἀγάπη across the New Testament (e.g., John 3:16) and must be retained for consistency (1:7, capstone of the virtue chain). Note the same word is also the technical name for the highest ecstatic devotional love toward Krishna in Gaudiya Vaishnava theology (prema-bhakti); no viable substitute exists, and established Bible usage takes priority per the Glossary Enforcement Priority Order.
Flood
Approved rendering: ମହାପ୍ଳାବନ
Transliteration: mahāplābana
Doctrine: The Day of the Lord and Final Judgment
Rejected alternatives: ପ୍ରଳୟ
Original: κατακλυσμός
Category: Judgment
NEW term. Renders κατακλυσμός, the Noahic Flood, cited as historical precedent (2:5; 3:6). Deliberately avoid ପ୍ରଳୟ (pralaya), the technical Hindu-cosmology term for the periodic, cyclical dissolution of the universe at the end of each cosmic age (kalpa); using it here would wrongly suggest the Flood was one recurring instance of an impersonal cosmic cycle rather than a singular, historical, morally-motivated act of divine judgment.
Freedom
Approved rendering: ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା
Transliteration: swādhīnatā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Rejected alternatives: ମୁକ୍ତି, ମୋକ୍ଷ
Original: ἐλευθερία
Category: Salvation
NEW term. Renders ἐλευθερία, the false ‘freedom’ false teachers promise their followers (2:19) while themselves being ‘slaves of corruption.’ Must NOT use ମୋକ୍ଷ or ମୁକ୍ତି, both already permanently forbidden for ‘salvation’ in the baseline per its rebirth-cycle-release warning — using either here would ironically dignify the false teachers’ hollow promise with vocabulary reserved for genuine, God-given deliverance.
Error
Approved rendering: ଭ୍ରାନ୍ତି
Transliteration: bhrānti
Doctrine: Apostasy and Perseverance Warning
Original: πλάνη
Category: Sin
NEW term. Renders πλάνη (3:17), moral/doctrinal error/deception leading believers astray through false teachers. Also the standard Advaita Vedanta term for the fundamental cognitive error/illusion (closely related to māyā); here it names a specific, resistible moral and doctrinal error, not a built-in metaphysical feature of ordinary perception to be transcended.
Truth
Approved rendering: ସତ୍ୟ
Transliteration: satya
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Covenant
NEW term. Renders ἀλήθεια, ‘the present truth’ (1:12). Satya carries deep resonance in Hindu ethics (one of the cardinal virtues; cf. Satyagraha) as a cosmic/moral principle realized through ascetic or moral effort; here it names the specific revealed content of the apostolic gospel message currently held by believers, not an abstract cosmic law attained through discipline.
Wisdom
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞା
Transliteration: prajñā
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: σοφία
Category: Covenant
NEW term. Renders σοφία, the God-given insight evident in Paul’s writings acknowledged by Peter (3:15). Also a significant technical term in Buddhist philosophy (the highest liberating insight) and Hindu Vedantic thought; here it refers simply to God-given wisdom evident in apostolic writing, not mystical-liberating insight attained through meditative practice.
Eyewitness
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷଦର୍ଶୀ
Transliteration: pratyakṣadarśī
Doctrine: Apostolic Eyewitness Testimony
Original: ἐπόπτης
Category: Christology
NEW term. Renders ἐπόπτης, originally used of initiates who had ‘seen’ the highest grade of a Greco-Roman mystery cult, here Peter’s claim to have personally witnessed Christ’s majesty at the Transfiguration (1:16). Grounds the certainty of Christ’s future return in firsthand historical observation, not mystical vision or darshan-style religious experience.
Majesty
Approved rendering: ମହାନତା
Transliteration: mahānatā
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: μεγαλειότης
Category: God
NEW term. Renders μεγαλειότης, Christ’s sovereign greatness/splendor witnessed at the Transfiguration (1:16). Kept lexically distinct from ମହିମା (glory, δόξα) to preserve 1:16-17’s own distinction between Christ’s ‘majesty’ and the Father’s ‘glory’ voiced over him.
Scoffer
Approved rendering: ପରିହାସକାରୀ
Transliteration: parihāsakārī
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: ἐμπαικτής
Category: Eschatology
NEW term. Renders ἐμπαικτής, one who mocks the promise of Christ’s coming in the last days (3:3). Standard descriptive vocabulary; the mockery must be read as directed at the specific promise of Christ’s return, not generic religious skepticism.
Slave
Approved rendering: ଦାସ
Transliteration: dāsa
Doctrine: Apostleship
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Church
NEW term. Renders δοῦλος, Peter’s self-designation (1:1) and, negatively, the state of those enslaved to corruption (2:19). ଦାସ is also the common devotional self-designation and personal-name suffix in Odia Vaishnavism (e.g., Jagannath Das, one of the revered Panchasakha poets). Context must make clear whose dāsa is meant: Christ’s (1:1, positive) vs. corruption’s (2:19, negative) — never a guru’s or a temple deity’s devotee-servant.
Cleansing
Approved rendering: ପାପରୁ ଶୁଚି ହେବା
Transliteration: pāparu śuci hebā
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: καθαρισμός
Category: Sanctification
NEW term. Renders καθαρισμός, the once-for-all cleansing from past sins received at conversion, forgotten by the spiritually short-sighted believer (1:9). Kept distinct from ପବିତ୍ରୀକରଣ (the Spirit’s ongoing sanctifying work, fixed in the baseline) and from ritual purification protocols (śuddhi) surrounding temple worship.
Rescue
Approved rendering: ଉଦ୍ଧାର କରିବା
Transliteration: uddhāra karibā
Doctrine: False Teachers and Their Judgment
Original: ῥύομαι
Category: Salvation
NEW term. Renders ῥύομαι, God’s specific act of temporal deliverance from danger, as when the Lord rescued Lot from Sodom (2:9). Keep distinct from ପରିତ୍ରାଣ (the full, Critical-risk salvation doctrine); this is a specific, temporal rescue act, a supporting but distinct concept.
Fabricated Story
Approved rendering: କାଳ୍ପନିକ କାହାଣୀ
Transliteration: kālpanika kāhāṇī
Doctrine: Reliability and Inspiration of Scripture
Original: σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις
Category: Covenant
NEW term. Renders σεσοφισμένοις μύθοις, the ‘cleverly devised story’ Peter explicitly denies following (1:16). The force of this denial is doctrinally load-bearing and must not be softened. Odisha’s own devotional literary tradition (the Panchasakha poets’ Odia Bhagavata) is a related but distinct category of revered vernacular religious narrative; this term specifically denies the apostolic message is an invented tale of that general kind, grounding it in eyewitness historical fact instead.
Morning Star
Approved rendering: ଉଦୟ ତାରା
Transliteration: udaya tārā
Doctrine: The Certainty of Christ’s Return
Original: φωσφόρος
Category: Eschatology
NEW term. Renders φωσφόρος, the dawning light in believers’ hearts as Scripture’s clarity grows, anticipating the full clarity of Christ’s parousia (1:19). Should not be confused with astrological reading of stars (already guarded against in the baseline’s ଜ୍ୟୋତିଷୀ warning for ‘prophet’); the image is dawning growing clarity, not a fortune-telling omen.
Beloved Son
Approved rendering: ପ୍ରିୟ
Transliteration: priya
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Original: ἀγαπητός
Category: Christology
NEW term. Renders ἀγαπητός, the Father’s designation of Christ as ‘my beloved Son’ at the Transfiguration (1:17). Standard vocabulary (ପ୍ରିୟ, ‘beloved’); always occurs bound to the Critical-risk ‘Son’ declaration and must not weaken the force of the Father’s unique, personal affection for the eternal Son.
Low Risk Terms
Prophet
Approved rendering: ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବକ୍ତା
Transliteration: bhabiṣyadbaktā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: ଜ୍ୟୋତିଷୀ
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Used of the OT prophets (1:19-21; 3:2) and, negatively, of false prophets (2:1, via the ଭଣ୍ଡ qualifier); never ଜ୍ୟୋତିଷୀ.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: ଭବିଷ୍ୟଦ୍ବାଣୀ
Transliteration: bhabiṣyadbāṇī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: ଗଣନା
Original: προφητεία
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package (unchanged). Core passage’s anchor term (1:19-21); both prophecy’s origin and its interpretation are explicitly guarded against human/private generation.
Endurance
Approved rendering: ସହିଷ୍ଣୁତା
Transliteration: sahiṣṇutā
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: ὑπομονή
Category: Sanctification
NEW term. Renders ὑπομονή (1:6), patient endurance under trial, part of the virtue chain. Standard vocabulary; low doctrinal ambiguity.
Brotherly Love
Approved rendering: ଭ୍ରାତୃପ୍ରେମ
Transliteration: bhrātṛaprema
Doctrine: Growing in Christian Virtue
Original: φιλαδελφία
Category: Church
NEW term. Renders φιλαδελφία (1:7), part of the virtue chain. Standard vocabulary; low doctrinal ambiguity.
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