Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 2 John | English → Portuguese
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, drawn from the whole of 2 John (its single chapter, verses 1–13). Terms already present in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked (baseline reuse) and MUST use the exact recorded Portuguese rendering; they are listed here for completeness of book coverage and cross-document consistency. All other terms are new and are proposed here as translation-memory candidates for Phase 2, with risk tiers assigned using the same Critical/High/Medium/Low framework as doctrine_risk_registry.json.
Baseline Reuse Terms (verbatim from Romans Language Package)
| English | Greek | Portuguese Term | Risk | Doctrine | Verses in 2 John |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grace | χάρις (charis) | graça | High | Grace | 1:3 |
| peace | εἰρήνη (eirēnē) | paz | Medium | Peace with God | 1:3 |
| God | θεός (theos) | Deus | Critical | Deity of Christ / God | 1:3, 1:9 |
| Father | πατήρ (patēr) | Pai | Critical | Adoption / Fatherhood of God | 1:3, 1:4, 1:9 |
| Son of God | υἱὸς τοῦ πατρός (huios tou patros) | Filho de Deus / o Filho | Critical | Sonship of Christ | 1:3, 1:9 |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) | Jesus | Critical | Lordship / Deity of Christ | 1:3, 1:7 |
| incarnation | ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί (erchomenon en sarki) | encarnação (doctrinal noun) / veio em carne (verbal clause) | Critical | Incarnation | 1:7 |
| election | ἐκλεκτῇ / ἐκλεκτῆς (eklektē / eklektēs) | eleito/eleita | High | Election / Effectual Calling | 1:1, 1:13 |
| fellowship (positive sense, for cross-reference) | κοινωνία-root (κοινωνέω, koinōneō) | companheirismo (positive) / participar de (negative construal, v.11) | Low (positive) / Medium-High (negative construal in 2 John) | Christian Fellowship | 1:11 |
New Terms — Proposed Translation Memory Candidates
| # | English Gloss | Greek (Transliteration) | Portuguese Rendering | Risk | Doctrine | Verses | Rejected Alternatives / Grounded Risk Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | elder | πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros) | ancião | Medium | Church leadership / authorship | 1:1 | Rejected: “presbítero” — denotes an ordained Catholic/Anglican clergy office or Presbyterian governance office in Portuguese, implying a sacramental office not intended by the author’s simple self-designation. |
| 2 | elect lady / lady | κυρία (kyria) | senhora | High | Recipient identity | 1:1, 1:5 | Rejected: “Nossa Senhora” or any phrasing evoking Marian titulature. “Senhora” is the standard Luso-Brazilian Catholic title for the Virgin Mary; requires explanatory note every occurrence to prevent Marian association. |
| 3 | truth | ἀλήθεια (alētheia) | verdade | High | Walking in Truth and Love; Inspiration of Scripture (cross-ref) | 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 | Rejected: any framing implying truth is progressively revealed through ongoing mediumistic sources (psicografia); must denote the fixed apostolic message about Christ. |
| 4 | love (noun) | ἀγάπη (agapē) | amor | High | Walking in Truth and Love | 1:1, 1:3, 1:5, 1:6 | Rejected: framing as self-generated “caridade” earning the giver’s own spiritual advancement — the central ethic of Kardecist Spiritism. Biblical ἀγάπη flows from and is bounded by apostolic truth, not a means of personal merit accumulation. |
| 5 | love (verb) | ἀγαπάω (agapaō) | amar | High | Walking in Truth and Love | 1:1, 1:5 | Same grounded risk as #4. |
| 6 | mercy | ἔλεος (eleos) | misericórdia | Medium | Grace (cross-ref) | 1:3 | Rejected: framing as a lightened karmic consequence earned through good conduct across lives; biblical mercy is God’s free compassion, not mitigated cosmic penalty. |
| 7 | commandment | ἐντολή (entolē) | mandamento | Medium | Walking in Truth and Love | 1:4, 1:5, 1:6 | Rejected: “orientação”/“sugestão” — both weaken the divine authority behind the term. |
| 8 | new commandment | ἐντολή καινή (entolē kainē) | mandamento novo | Medium | Walking in Truth and Love | 1:5 | Must be understood as newly re-emphasized ancient content, not new revelation superseding apostolic teaching. |
| 9 | beginning | ἀρχή (archē) | princípio | Medium | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:5, 1:6 | Refers strictly to the start of apostolic proclamation received by the readers; not a spirit’s prior-life “origem.” |
| 10 | walk (conduct one’s life) | περιπατέω (peripateō) | andar (contextually: viver, conduzir-se) | High | Walking in Truth and Love | 1:4, 1:6 (×2) | Rejected: any verb suggestive of “evoluir”/“progredir” — risks being heard as movement along a Kardecist ladder of successive-life spiritual progress rather than covenantal fidelity within this one life. |
| 11 | deceiver | πλάνος (planos) | enganador | High | Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation | 1:7 | Must convey active, culpable deception, not innocent doubt or honest theological error. |
| 12 | world | κόσμος (kosmos) | mundo | Low | — | 1:7 | Standard term; minimal risk. |
| 13 | confess | ὁμολογέω (homologeō) | confessar | Critical | Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation | 1:7 | Parallels the weight of “Jesus é o Senhor” confession (Romans 10:9, baseline Critical). Denial of this confession is the letter’s definition of antichrist. |
| 14 | Christ (as name-title, paired with “Jesus”) | Χριστός (Christos) | Cristo | Critical | Incarnation / Messianic Promise (cross-ref “Messias”) | 1:3, 1:7, 1:9 | Rendered “Cristo” per standard Almeida “Jesus Cristo” convention; theological content of baseline’s “Messias” doctrine (Critical — exclusive, eternally divine Messiah, not Kardecism’s “most evolved spirit”) fully applies. |
| 15 | flesh | σάρξ (sarx) | carne | Critical | Incarnation | 1:7 | Must denote real, physical, human materiality — the exact point the Docetic heresy denied. Do not abstract into a merely symbolic or spiritual sense. |
| 16 | antichrist | ἀντίχριστος (antichristos) | anticristo | Critical | Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation | 1:7 | Rejected: sensationalized “future single world-ruler” framing drawn from popular apocalyptic culture; the text applies the title to anyone, now, who denies Christ’s true incarnation. |
| 17 | watch/take heed (reflexive) | βλέπετε ἑαυτούς (blepete heautous) | guardai-vos / cuidado com vós mesmos | Medium | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment | 1:8 | Vigilant self-examination in view of real doctrinal danger, not generic caution. |
| 18 | lose | ἀπόλλυμι (apollymi) | perder | Low | — | 1:8 | Standard term. |
| 19 | work/labor | ἐργάζομαι (ergazomai) | trabalhar | Low | — | 1:8 | Standard term. |
| 20 | reward | μισθός (misthos) | recompensa | Medium-High | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:8 | Reward for faithful ministry/perseverance, not merit earned toward salvation itself (baseline Critical distinction preserved) nor merit accumulated across Kardecist reincarnations. |
| 21 | full/complete | πλήρης (plērēs) | plena / completa | Low | — | 1:8, 1:12 | Standard term. |
| 22 | go ahead / go beyond | προάγω (proagō) | adiantar-se / ir além do que foi ensinado / ultrapassar os limites | High | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:9 | Must never be rendered with vocabulary suggestive of “progride,” “avança,” or “evolui” — direct collision with Kardecist “evolução espiritual” framing, which would invert the verse’s meaning from apostasy into commendable advancement. |
| 23 | abide/remain | μένω (menō) | permanecer | High | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:2, 1:9 (×2) | Steadfast fidelity to a fixed, already-received apostolic deposit, not ongoing self-directed moral perfecting across future lives. |
| 24 | teaching/doctrine | διδαχή (didachē) | doutrina / ensino | High | Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ | 1:9, 1:10 | The fixed apostolic content about Christ, not one input among open-ended “ensinamentos espirituais” continually updated through mediumistic or other extra-biblical sources. |
| 25 | come | ἔρχομαι (erchomai) | vir | Low (general use) / Critical (when describing Christ’s incarnation, see #Incarnation) | — | 1:10; cf. 1:7 | Context-sensitive: generic verb of arrival in v.10 (an itinerant teacher); doctrinally loaded in v.7 (Christ’s incarnation). |
| 26 | bring/bear | φέρω (pherō) | trazer | Low | — | 1:10 | Standard term. |
| 27 | receive into house(hold) | λαμβάνω εἰς οἰκίαν (lambanō eis oikian) | receber em casa | Medium-High | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment | 1:10 | Culturally sensitive: Brazilian culture highly values hospitality; requires explanatory note distinguishing withheld formal doctrinal endorsement from ordinary kindness/charity. |
| 28 | greeting (formal, “Rejoice!“) | χαίρειν (chairein) | saudar / dar as boas-vindas | Medium | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment | 1:10, 1:11 | The withheld greeting was a formal, public non-endorsement signal, not a license for personal discourtesy or hatred. |
| 29 | share/participate (negative sense) | κοινωνέω (koinōneō) | participar de / ter parte em | Medium-High | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment | 1:11 | Never render as “ter comunhão com” here — “comunhão” carries strong Eucharistic association (“Santa Comunhão”) in Portuguese and would create a jarring, confusing collision when paired with “obras más.” |
| 30 | evil works/deeds | ἔργα πονηρά (erga ponēra) | obras más | Medium | Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment | 1:11 | Must retain full moral seriousness; not a neutral “erro doutrinário.” |
| 31 | children | τέκνα / τέκνον (tekna / teknon) | filhos | Low | — | 1:1, 1:4, 1:13 | Distinguish from the baseline’s adoptive “filhos de Deus” (Romans 8) sense; here denotes the letter’s addressees/congregation members. |
| 32 | sister | ἀδελφή (adelphē) | irmã | Low | — | 1:13 | Standard term. |
| 33 | joy (noun) | χαρά (chara) | alegria | Medium | — | 1:12 | Should echo v.4’s “alegrei-me” (χαίρω) to preserve the letter’s opening-closing inclusio. |
| 34 | rejoice (verb) | χαίρω (chairō) | alegrar-se | Low | — | 1:4 | Standard term; no rival religious framing. |
| 35 | greet (epistolary closing) | ἀσπάζομαι (aspazomai) | saudar | Low | — | 1:13 | Standard term. |
| 36 | paper and ink | χάρτης, μέλαν (chartēs, melas) | papel e tinta | Low | — | 1:12 | Purely material detail; no doctrinal content. |
| 37 | mouth to mouth (idiom) | στόμα πρὸς στόμα (stoma pros stoma) | face a face / pessoalmente | Low | — | 1:12 | Translate sense of the idiom, not the literal image, per Language Package idiom-handling rule. |
Risk Summary for 2 John
| Risk Tier | Count (New Terms) | Count (Baseline Reuse) | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical | 4 (#13, #14, #15, #16) | 5 (God, Father, Son of God, Jesus, incarnation) | Human theologian |
| High | 9 (#2, #3, #4, #5, #10, #11, #22, #23, #24) | 1 (election) | Human theologian |
| Medium-High | 3 (#20, #27, #29) | — | Human theologian (treated as High for routing purposes) |
| Medium | 7 (#1, #6, #7, #8, #9, #17, #28, #30, #33) | 1 (peace) | Native speaker review |
| Low | 14 (#12, #18, #19, #21, #25 [generic use], #26, #31, #32, #34, #35, #36, #37) | 1 (grace-adjacent low uses n/a) | Automated review |
Single highest-priority term in this book: ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί / “encarnação” — the doctrinal and lexical center of 2 John’s warning against deceivers, carrying both the book’s core Christological stakes and this Language Package’s most acute documented Portuguese-specific collision (the Kardecist reincarnation sense of “encarnação”). Every occurrence requires a human theologian review pass and an explanatory teaching note, per the escalation rules already established in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
This glossary extends, and in no place contradicts, the baseline Romans translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json. All baseline renderings above are reused exactly as recorded.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Deus
Transliteration: theos
Doctrine: Relationship with the Father and the Son
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Standard and unambiguous. In 2 João 1:9, retain the full severity of ‘não tem Deus’ — do not soften to ‘pode estar espiritualmente confuso.‘
Father
Approved rendering: Pai
Transliteration: patēr
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ / Relationship with the Father and the Son
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. God as personal Father; standard and unambiguous. Appears in 2 João 1:3, 1:4, 1:9.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Filho de Deus / o Filho
Transliteration: huios theou / ho huios tou patros
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: filho de Deus no sentido genérico aplicado a todo crente, o espírito mais evoluído (Cristologia Kardecista)
Original: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ πατρός
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. 2 João 1:3 uses the descriptive Greek phrase ‘ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ πατρός’ rather than the baseline’s fixed ‘υἱὸς θεοῦ’; render with identical full doctrinal weight regardless — eternal, unique, co-equal Sonship, never a lesser, adoptive, or honorary status, and never Kardecism’s Christology of Jesus as merely the most morally evolved spirit ever incarnated.
Jesus
Approved rendering: Jesus
Transliteration: Iēsous
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ / Doctrinal Confession of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Standard across all Portuguese Bible traditions. Appears in 2 João 1:3, 1:7.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Messias
Transliteration: Christos / Mashiach
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ (cross-reference doctrine for the name-title ‘Cristo’)
Rejected alternatives: um espírito superior ou mais evoluído (leitura espírita de Jesus como ‘o mais evoluído dos espíritos’)
Inherited from Romans package. Retained here as the doctrinal backdrop for this book’s lexical rendering ‘Cristo’ (see the new term ‘christ’ below): the unique, eternally divine Messiah, never Kardecism’s ‘most evolved spirit’ framing.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: encarnação
Transliteration: ho logos sarx egeneto
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: encarnação como uma entre muitas vidas sucessivas de um espírito (sentido espírita)
Original: ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package (abstract doctrinal noun). In 2 João, prefer the concrete verbal clause rendering ‘veio em carne’ (see new term ‘come_in_flesh’ below) as the PRIMARY rendering of 1:7’s ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί, reserving this abstract noun form for cross-reference and doctrinal-gloss use only, always paired with an explanatory note distinguishing Christ’s unique, non-repeating assumption of flesh from the Kardecist doctrine of repeated encarnações.
Confess
Approved rendering: confessar
Transliteration: homologeō
Doctrine: Doctrinal Confession of Christ
Rejected alternatives: afirmar como opinião teológica pessoal
Original: ὁμολογέω
Category: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
New term. Public, verbal acknowledgment of a specific truth claim about Christ. Structurally parallels the weight of the baseline ‘Jesus é o Senhor’ confession (Romans 10:9, Critical). Here the tested confession is Christ’s real bodily incarnation; denial defines the letter’s ‘deceiver and antichrist.’ Must never be softened into a matter of theological opinion. 2 João 1:7.
Christ
Approved rendering: Cristo
Transliteration: Christos
Doctrine: Deity and Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: um entre vários mestres ou avatares espirituais
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
New term (name-title rendering, distinct entry from baseline doctrine-title use ‘Messias’ — see ‘messiah’ above). Render ‘Χριστός’ as ‘Cristo’ when paired with the proper name ‘Jesus,’ per standard Almeida ‘Jesus Cristo’ convention. The Messianic-fulfillment doctrine (baseline ‘Messias,’ Critical) remains fully in view theologically. Appears in 2 João 1:3, 1:7, 1:9.
Flesh
Approved rendering: carne
Transliteration: sarx
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: corpo espiritual ou simbólico (leitura docética)
Original: σάρξ
Category: Incarnation
New term. Real, physical, human materiality — the exact point the Docetic/proto-Gnostic heresy 2 João opposes denied. Must not be abstracted into a merely symbolic or spiritual sense. Central to the incarnation clause of 1:7.
Come In Flesh
Approved rendering: veio em carne
Transliteration: erchomenon en sarki
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: encarnou (bare abstract noun/verb form used as the primary rendering), veio em carne como uma entre muitas encarnações (leitura espírita)
New term — SINGLE HIGHEST-PRIORITY RENDERING IN THIS BOOK. Preferred PRIMARY translation of ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί (1:7), used in place of the bare abstract noun ‘encarnação’ wherever sentence structure allows, because the concrete verbal clause more strongly anchors the claim to a real, one-time, bodily event that a Spiritist reader is less likely to silently reclassify as one instance of a repeatable spiritual process. Every occurrence requires an explanatory note distinguishing (a) the true Docetic heresy addressed (denial of real, historical, bodily flesh) from (b) the Kardecist reading risk (treating the incarnation as one instance of a repeatable process every spirit undergoes). Never let the rendering imply Christ came in flesh as one embodiment among others.
Antichrist
Approved rendering: anticristo
Transliteration: antichristos
Doctrine: Antichrist Identity
Rejected alternatives: exclusivamente uma figura futura única de domínio mundial (leitura apocalíptica popular)
Original: ἀντίχριστος
Category: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
New term. Popular Brazilian culture (film, apocalyptic speculation, numerology) sensationalizes ‘anticristo’ as a single future world-ruler figure. The text’s present-tense force — anyone denying Christ’s true incarnation now bears this identity — must not be lost. Gloss contextually every occurrence as ‘quem nega que Jesus Cristo veio em carne.’ 2 João 1:7.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: graça
Transliteration: charis
Doctrine: Grace, Mercy, and Peace Greeting
Rejected alternatives: mérito espiritual acumulado ao longo de vidas sucessivas
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Unmerited favor received by faith; distinguished from Kardecism’s doctrine of merit accumulated through moral effort across successive reincarnations. Appears in the salutation triad, 2 João 1:3.
Election
Approved rendering: eleição
Transliteration: eklogē
Doctrine: Election of Believers
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado ao longo de reencarnações
Original: ἐκλεκτῇ / ἐκλεκτῆς
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package (noun form). 2 João uses the adjectival form ‘eleito/eleita’ (see new term ‘elect’ below), sharing this doctrine’s risk profile: God’s sovereign, personal choice, never status earned through accumulated merit across lifetimes.
Elect Lady
Approved rendering: senhora eleita
Transliteration: eklektē kyria
Doctrine: Election of Believers
Rejected alternatives: Nossa Senhora eleita (Marian devotional titulature), senhora (bare, unglossed)
Original: ἐκλεκτῇ κυρίᾳ
Category: Recipient Identity
New term. Fixed compound only; never bare ‘senhora.’ ‘Senhora’ alone is the standard Luso-Brazilian Catholic devotional title for the Virgin Mary (‘Nossa Senhora’); NEVER render as ‘Nossa Senhora’ under any circumstance. Requires a standing explanatory note on first occurrence (1:1) clarifying this is an epistolary address to an individual woman or, more likely, a personified local congregation, not a devotional title.
Elect
Approved rendering: eleito / eleita
Transliteration: eklektos / eklektē
Doctrine: Election of Believers
Rejected alternatives: escolhida (risks Marian ‘a Escolhida’ devotional association in combination with ‘senhora’), mérito conquistado ao longo de reencarnações
New term (adjectival form distinct from baseline noun ‘eleição’). Appears in 2 João 1:1 (‘senhora eleita’) and 1:13 (‘irmã… a eleita’). Must convey God’s sovereign, personal choice, never a status earned through accumulated merit across successive reincarnations (Kardecist doctrine).
Truth
Approved rendering: verdade
Transliteration: alētheia
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Rejected alternatives: sinceridade pessoal, verdades reveladas progressivamente por psicografia
Original: ἀλήθεια
Category: Truth
New term. The fixed, apostolically received body of teaching about who Jesus Christ is and what he has done, not mere sincerity or subjective conviction, and not ‘verdades’ progressively unveiled through mediumistic revelation that supersede or supplement apostolic teaching. Recurs four times in vv.1-4; render identically throughout.
Love
Approved rendering: amor / amar
Transliteration: agapē / agapaō
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Rejected alternatives: caridade (Kardecist merit-generating ethic of self-directed spiritual advancement across incarnations)
Original: ἀγάπη (noun) / ἀγαπάω (verb)
Category: Love
New term. Deliberate, willed, self-giving love, defined operationally in 2 João as walking according to God’s commandments. Must never be rendered or explained through ‘caridade,’ the central Kardecist ethic by which a spirit advances its own moral evolution across incarnations; biblical love here flows from and is bounded by fixed apostolic truth about Christ (vv.4,6), never self-generated merit. Always anchor ‘amor’ to the commandment clause in the same sentence.
Walk
Approved rendering: andar
Transliteration: peripateō
Doctrine: Walking in Truth and Love
Rejected alternatives: evoluir espiritualmente, progredir espiritualmente, avançar espiritualmente
Original: περιπατέω
Category: Walking in Truth and Love
New term. A sustained, visible, communal pattern of life, not a single act of belief. Must never be left as an unqualified verb of movement; always bind to a stated object (‘andar na verdade,’ ‘andar segundo os seus mandamentos’) so it cannot be read as a step on the Kardecist ‘evolução espiritual’ ladder of successive-life progress. Recurs in vv.4, 6 (twice); render identically each time.
Deceiver
Approved rendering: enganador
Transliteration: planos
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: alguém em erro honesto ou dúvida teológica
Original: πλάνος
Category: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
New term. Must convey active, culpable deception, not mere theological error or honest doubt. 2 João 1:7.
Reward
Approved rendering: recompensa plena
Transliteration: misthos plērēs
Doctrine: Reward for Faithful Ministry
Rejected alternatives: mérito conquistado rumo à própria salvação, mérito acumulado ao longo de reencarnações
Original: μισθὸς πλήρης
Category: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
New term. Always render as this fixed compound, never bare ‘recompensa.’ Must not be conflated with merit earned toward salvation itself (a Critical distinction already established in the baseline Romans package) nor read through the Kardecist framework of merit accumulated across incarnations toward eventual salvation. This is fruit of faithful ministry within a relationship with God already secured by grace. Keep structurally separate from any salvation-language sentence in the same passage. 2 João 1:8.
Go Beyond
Approved rendering: ultrapassar os limites do que foi ensinado
Transliteration: proagō
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Rejected alternatives: progride, avança, evolui, desviar-se adiante (acceptable secondary paraphrase, but the primary fixed rendering above is preferred for consistency)
Original: προάγω
Category: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
New term. MUST NEVER be rendered with vocabulary suggestive of ‘progride,’ ‘avança,’ or ‘evolui’ — Kardecist Spiritism explicitly frames spiritual maturity as ongoing ‘evolução’/‘progresso’ beyond earlier revelation; such vocabulary would invert this verse’s meaning from apostasy into commendable advancement. No single Portuguese verb safely closes this gap; use only this fenced multi-word paraphrase. 2 João 1:9.
Abide Remain
Approved rendering: permanecer
Transliteration: menō
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Rejected alternatives: perseverança no autoaperfeiçoamento ao longo de vidas futuras (leitura espírita)
Original: μένω
Category: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
New term. Steadfast fidelity to a fixed, already-received apostolic deposit, not ongoing self-directed moral perfecting across future lives. Recurs in vv.2 and 9 (twice); render identically.
Teaching Doctrine
Approved rendering: doutrina / ensino
Transliteration: didachē
Doctrine: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
Rejected alternatives: um input entre ensinamentos espirituais continuamente atualizados por psicografia ou por uma hierarquia de mestres cada vez mais ‘evoluídos’
Original: διδαχή
Category: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
New term. The fixed apostolic body of instruction about who Christ is and what he has done. Consistently render as ‘a doutrina de Cristo’ / ‘o ensino de Cristo’ with the possessive anchored to Christ in nearly every occurrence, closing off any ‘open teaching stream’ misreading. 2 João 1:9, 1:10.
Receive Into House
Approved rendering: receber em casa
Transliteration: lambanō eis oikian
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Rejected alternatives: recusar cortesia comum ou bondade pessoal a qualquer pessoa
Original: λαμβάνω εἰς οἰκίαν
Category: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
New term. Formal domestic hospitality which, in the house-church setting, functioned as public doctrinal endorsement and material support. Brazilian culture places very high value on ‘hospitalidade’; requires an explanatory note in every occurrence clarifying this concerns withholding formal doctrinal endorsement and ministry support, not ordinary human kindness or charity. 2 João 1:10.
Shared In Evil Deeds
Approved rendering: participar de / ter parte em
Transliteration: koinōneō
Doctrine: Complicity in False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: ter comunhão com (collides with ‘Santa Comunhão’/‘Sagrada Comunhão,’ the Eucharistic term)
Original: κοινωνέω
Category: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
New term. To become complicit in another’s evil deeds through formal doctrinal endorsement — negative counterpart to the positive baseline ‘fellowship’/companheirismo doctrine. Do NOT render as ‘ter comunhão com’ — this would create a jarring, doctrinally confusing collision when paired with ‘obras más.’ 2 João 1:11.
Medium Risk Terms
Peace
Approved rendering: paz
Transliteration: eirēnē
Doctrine: Grace, Mercy, and Peace Greeting
Rejected alternatives: tranquilidade emocional
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Relational, covenantal peace with God, not merely inner calm. Appears in the salutation triad, 2 João 1:3.
Elder
Approved rendering: ancião
Transliteration: presbyteros
Doctrine: Church Leadership (Eldership)
Rejected alternatives: presbítero (ordained Catholic/Anglican clergy office or Presbyterian governance office)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church Leadership
New term. The author’s self-designation, 2 João 1:1. Do NOT render as ‘presbítero,’ which in Portuguese specifically denotes an ordained clergy or Presbyterian-governance office not intended by this simple epistolary self-designation.
Mercy
Approved rendering: misericórdia
Transliteration: eleos
Doctrine: Grace, Mercy, and Peace Greeting
Rejected alternatives: carma abrandado por boa conduta
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Grace
New term. God’s free, personal compassion toward the needy and guilty, part of the salutation’s trinitarian-sourced greeting (1:3). Must not be framed as a lightened karmic consequence earned through good conduct across successive lives. Treat ‘graça, misericórdia e paz’ (1:3) as a fixed formula requiring no internal variation.
Commandment
Approved rendering: mandamento
Transliteration: entolē
Doctrine: Divine Commandment and Obedience
Rejected alternatives: orientação, sugestão
Original: ἐντολή
Category: Walking in Truth and Love
New term. A binding directive whose authority traces directly to the Father. Must not be softened to ‘orientação’ or ‘sugestão,’ either of which weakens the divine authority behind the term. Recurs in vv.4,5,6.
New Commandment
Approved rendering: mandamento novo
Transliteration: entolē kainē
Doctrine: Divine Commandment and Obedience
Rejected alternatives: nova revelação que substitui o ensino apostólico
Original: ἐντολὴ καινή
Category: Walking in Truth and Love
New term. The re-issued, ever-binding apostolic mandate to love one another (echoing John 13:34), new in quality (καινός) not content. Always gloss with ‘desde o princípio’ (v.5b’s own qualifier) to reinforce that ‘novo’ describes freshness of emphasis, not novelty of content or ongoing revelation superseding the apostolic deposit.
Beginning
Approved rendering: princípio
Transliteration: archē
Doctrine: Divine Commandment and Obedience
Rejected alternatives: origem de um espírito ao longo de vidas anteriores
Original: ἀρχή
Category: Perseverance in the Teaching of Christ
New term. Refers strictly to the start of the apostolic proclamation received by the readers, 2 João 1:5-6; must not be confused with any doctrine of a spirit’s ‘origem’ across a chain of prior lives.
Watch Yourselves
Approved rendering: guardai-vos
Transliteration: blepete heautous
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Rejected alternatives: cautela genérica sem referência ao perigo doutrinário nomeado
Original: βλέπετε ἑαυτούς
Category: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
New term. Vigilant self-examination in view of the specific, named doctrinal danger of v.7, not generic caution. 2 João 1:8.
Greeting Formal
Approved rendering: saudar / dar as boas-vindas
Transliteration: chairein
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Rejected alternatives: licença para desrespeito ou hostilidade pessoal
Original: χαίρειν
Category: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
New term. The standard formal epistolary greeting formula of the period (cf. James 1:1); withholding it signaled public non-endorsement, not personal hatred or ordinary discourtesy. 2 João 1:10, 1:11.
Evil Works
Approved rendering: obras más
Transliteration: erga ponēra
Doctrine: Complicity in False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: erro doutrinário (neutral, insufficiently serious)
Original: ἔργα πονηρά
Category: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
New term. Must retain full moral seriousness; not a neutral ‘erro doutrinário.’ 2 João 1:11.
Joy Noun
Approved rendering: alegria
Transliteration: chara
Doctrine: Joy in Fellowship
Original: χαρά
Category: General
New term. Should echo v.4’s ‘alegrei-me’ (χαίρω) to preserve the letter’s inclusio between opening and closing joy. 2 João 1:12.
Low Risk Terms
Fellowship
Approved rendering: companheirismo
Transliteration: koinōnia
Doctrine: Joy in Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: comunhão dos santos (specific Catholic liturgical formula)
Original: κοινωνία (root)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Reserved for the positive sense of κοινωνία (cf. 2 João 1:12’s completed joy). Distinct from the negative construal of the cognate verb κοινωνέω in 1:11, catalogued separately below as ‘shared_in_evil_deeds,’ which carries its own High-risk constraints and must never share this term’s rendering.
World
Approved rendering: mundo
Transliteration: kosmos
Doctrine: Warning against Deceivers Denying the Incarnation
Original: κόσμος
Category: General
New term. Standard term; minimal risk. 2 João 1:7.
Lose
Approved rendering: perder
Transliteration: apollymi
Doctrine: Reward for Faithful Ministry
Original: ἀπόλλυμι
Category: General
New term. Standard term; forfeiture of ministry fruit previously gained. 2 João 1:8.
Work Labor
Approved rendering: trabalhar
Transliteration: ergazomai
Doctrine: Reward for Faithful Ministry
Original: ἐργάζομαι
Category: General
New term. Standard term; the apostolic labor of founding/teaching the community. 2 João 1:8.
Full Complete
Approved rendering: plena / completa
Transliteration: plērēs / plēroō
Doctrine: Reward for Faithful Ministry / Joy in Fellowship
Original: πλήρης / πληρόω
Category: General
New term. Standard term; appears in vv.8 and 12.
Come Generic
Approved rendering: vem
Transliteration: erchomai
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Original: ἔρχομαι (v.10, generic use)
Category: General
New term. Context-sensitive: generic verb of arrival describing an itinerant teacher, 2 João 1:10 — Low risk. Distinct from the doctrinally loaded use in 1:7 describing Christ’s incarnation, catalogued separately as ‘come_in_flesh’ with Critical risk.
Bring Bear
Approved rendering: trazer
Transliteration: pherō
Doctrine: Hospitality and Doctrinal Discernment
Original: φέρω
Category: General
New term. Standard term; to bring or carry a teaching. 2 João 1:10.
Children
Approved rendering: filhos
Transliteration: tekna / teknon
Doctrine: Recipient Identity
Original: τέκνα / τέκνον
Category: General
New term. The letter’s addressees — congregation members or the elect lady’s literal children. Distinguish from the baseline’s adoptive ‘filhos de Deus’ sense (Romans 8); here denotes the letter’s addressees, not adoptive sonship doctrine. 2 João 1:1, 1:4, 1:13.
Sister
Approved rendering: irmã
Transliteration: adelphē
Doctrine: Recipient Identity
Original: ἀδελφή
Category: General
New term. Standard term. 2 João 1:13.
Rejoice Verb
Approved rendering: alegrar-se
Transliteration: chairō
Doctrine: Joy in Fellowship
Original: χαίρω
Category: General
New term. Standard, unambiguous verb; no rival religious framing. 2 João 1:4.
Greet Closing
Approved rendering: saudar
Transliteration: aspazomai
Doctrine: Recipient Identity
Original: ἀσπάζομαι
Category: General
New term. Standard epistolary closing greeting formula. 2 João 1:13.
Paper Ink
Approved rendering: papel e tinta
Transliteration: chartēs, melas
Doctrine: General
Original: χάρτης, μέλαν
Category: General
New term. Literal writing materials; purely material/cultural detail with no doctrinal content. 2 João 1:12.
Mouth To Mouth
Approved rendering: face a face / pessoalmente
Transliteration: stoma pros stoma
Doctrine: General
Rejected alternatives: boca a boca (evokes resuscitation or an unrelated Portuguese idiom of oral rumor-transmission)
Original: στόμα πρὸς στόμα
Category: General
New term. Semitic/Koine idiom for direct, personal conversation. Translate the sense of the idiom, not the literal image, per this Language Package’s idiom-handling rule. 2 João 1:12.
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