07 — Semantic Analysis: 2 Timothy (Koine Greek), Full Book

English → Punjabi | TRI Phase 1, Step 1

Curriculum: 2 Timothy 1–4 Core passage: 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5 Method: Every load-bearing term is analyzed with (1) original Greek word, (2) transliteration, (3) literal meaning, (4) semantic range, (5) English rendering variants, (6) contextual theological meaning in 2 Timothy, and (7) destination-language (Punjabi) rendering with risk tier. Terms already established in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked [BASELINE REUSE] and reused exactly, never re-derived. New terms are proposed with a risk tier consistent with the baseline’s Critical/High/Medium/Low conventions and are flagged for inclusion in an updated translation memory in a later phase. Full-book coverage is provided chapter by chapter; the core passage receives verse-by-verse treatment first.

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PART A — Core Passage Verse-by-Verse: 2 Timothy 3:14–4:5

2 Timothy 3:14

Greek: Σὺ δὲ μένε ἐν οἷς ἔμαθες καὶ ἐπιστώθης, εἰδὼς παρὰ τίνων ἔμαθες· Gloss: “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you learned it.”

• μένε (menē, imperative of μένω) — Literal: “remain/abide.” Semantic range: continue, persist, dwell, stay put (contrasted with the false teachers’ “progress” in 3:13 toward evil). English variants: continue, remain, abide, hold fast. Contextual meaning: Timothy is charged to persevere in the fixed apostolic teaching rather than drift with novel doctrine — the verse’s frame for the whole Scripture-sufficiency passage. Punjabi: ਕਾਇਮ ਰਹਿ (kaim rahi, “remain steadfast”). Risk: Medium. Connects to Guarding Sound Doctrine and Perseverance doctrines; must not be rendered with a word implying passive inaction.

• ἔμαθες (emathes, aorist of μανθάνω, “learn”) — Literal: “you learned.” Semantic range: to learn by instruction, come to know through a teacher. English variants: learned, were taught. Contextual meaning: Timothy’s lifelong discipleship under Paul, Lois, and Eunice (1:5; 3:15). Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖਿਆ (sikhya, past tense “learned”). Risk: Low-Medium. Note: shares a root with “ਸਿੱਖ” (Sikh, “learner/disciple”); this is an etymological coincidence in Punjabi, not a doctrinal collision, but translators should not let it invite unintended religious framing.

• ἐπιστώθης (epistōthēs, aorist passive of πιστόω, “make certain/assure”) — Literal: “you were made firm/assured.” Semantic range: to be convinced, given settled confidence, confirmed in trust (built on the πιστ- root shared with πίστις, “faith”). English variants: became convinced of, were assured of, were persuaded of. Contextual meaning: more than intellectual learning — a settled, confirmed conviction. Punjabi: ਪੂਰਾ ਭਰੋਸਾ ਕੀਤਾ (pura bharosa kita, “became fully confident/assured”). Risk: Medium. Note the conceptual (not lexical) link to ਨਿਹਚਾ [BASELINE REUSE, faith]; keep the two terms distinct in translation memory even though theologically related.

2 Timothy 3:15

Greek: καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. Gloss: “and how from infancy you have known the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”

• βρέφους (brephous, “infant/infancy”) — Literal: infant, newborn. Semantic range: earliest childhood. Punjabi: ਬਚਪਨ ਤੋਂ (bachpan ton, “from childhood”). Risk: Low.

• ἱερὰ γράμματα (hiera grammata, “sacred writings”) — Literal: “sacred letters/writings” (γράμμα, “letter,” root of “grammar”; ἱερός, “sacred”). Semantic range: the authoritative sacred texts, here the Old Testament Timothy learned as a child through his Jewish mother and grandmother. Distinct from γραφή (v. 16), a broader technical term. English variants: sacred writings, holy Scriptures, sacred Scriptures. Contextual theological meaning: establishes that these writings — even before their New Testament fulfillment was grasped — already carried salvation-oriented authority; foundational to the Inspiration/Sufficiency doctrine. Punjabi: ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਲਿਖਤਾਂ (pavittar likhtan). Risk: Critical. Translator caution: avoid rendering “Scripture/sacred writings” as ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ. ਗ੍ਰੰਥ is a generic Punjabi word for “book/text,” but its overwhelmingly dominant referent in contemporary Punjab is the Guru Granth Sahib. The existing baseline doctrine registry’s doctrine label “ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਨਾ” (inspiration_of_scripture) should stand as the doctrine name per the baseline artifact, but the working term for “Scripture/sacred writings” within translated text should be ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਲਿਖਤਾਂ, not ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ, to avoid readers hearing every mention of “Scripture” as an implicit reference to, or rival claimant against, the Guru Granth Sahib.

• δυνάμενά … σοφίσαι (dynamena … sophisai, “being able to make wise”) from σοφίζω — Literal: “to make wise/skilled.” Semantic range: to impart practical, salvation-oriented wisdom, not mere cleverness. Punjabi: ਬੁੱਧੀਮਾਨ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ (buddhiman banaun de yog). Risk: Medium. Note: “wisdom” (ਬੁੱਧ/ਗਿਆਨ root) carries philosophical weight in Sikh, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions of enlightenment; keep explicit that this wisdom is Scripture-derived and leads specifically “unto salvation,” not generic spiritual insight or enlightenment.

• σωτηρία (sōtēria, “salvation”) — [BASELINE REUSE] ਮੁਕਤੀ. Risk: Critical. Mandatory Sikh/Christian mukti-distinction gloss applies (per baseline).

• διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ (“through faith that is in Christ Jesus”) — [BASELINE REUSE] ਨਿਹਚਾ. Risk: High. The object of faith (ਮਸੀਹ ਯਿਸੂ) must remain explicit in the Punjabi clause structure.

2 Timothy 3:16

Greek: πᾶσα γραφὴ θεόπνευστος καὶ ὠφέλιμος πρὸς διδασκαλίαν, πρὸς ἐλεγμόν, πρὸς ἐπανόρθωσιν, πρὸς παιδείαν τὴν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, Gloss: “All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.”

• πᾶσα γραφή (pasa graphē, “all/every Scripture”) — Literal: “all writing” (γράφω, “to write”). Semantic range: in ordinary Greek, any writing; in NT usage, a fixed technical term for the recognized sacred writings (OT, and by extension apostolic writings recognized as such). English variants: all Scripture, every Scripture, the whole of Scripture. Contextual theological meaning: the anchor verse of the curriculum’s first doctrine — asserting comprehensive divine origin for the sacred writings as a body. Punjabi: ਸਾਰੀ ਲਿਖਤ (sari likhat). Risk: Critical. Same ਗ੍ਰੰਥ-collision caution as v.15 applies here with maximum force, since this is the doctrine’s central proof-text; ਲਿਖਤ (writing) is preferred over any compound built on ਗ੍ਰੰਥ.

• θεόπνευστος (theopneustos, “God-breathed”) — Literal: compound of θεός (“God”) + πνέω (“to breathe”) — “breathed out by God.” Semantic range: divinely originated, carrying the very breath/utterance of God; a hapax legomenon (this exact compound occurs nowhere else in the NT). English variants: inspired by God, God-breathed, given by inspiration of God (KJV). Contextual theological meaning: the single most load-bearing term of the entire curriculum. It grounds Scripture’s total truthfulness and authority not in human insight, community consensus, or accumulated tradition, but in direct divine origin. Punjabi: ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ-ਸੁਆਸਿਤ (Parmeshar-suasit, “God-breathed”) as a coined compound, with the descriptive gloss ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦੇ ਸੁਆਸ ਤੋਂ ਰਚੀ ਹੋਈ (“composed from the breath of God”) available for footnoting or first-occurrence expansion. Risk: Critical. Two distinct required clarifications: (1) this must not be heard as parallel to the Sikh doctrine that the Guru Granth Sahib is the eternal, living Guru whose words are the Guru’s own present voice — Christian Scripture is a completed, God-breathed record mediated through human authors, not itself a living personal Guru-figure, and points to a living Christ rather than being itself the locus of ongoing revelation; (2) it must not be flattened into a generic comparative-religion claim that “every tradition claims its own scripture is inspired” — 2 Timothy 3:16 asserts a unique, complete, closed divine origination, not one inspired text among several equally inspired candidates.

• ὠφέλιμος (ōphelimos, “profitable/useful”) — Punjabi: ਲਾਭਦਾਇਕ (labhdayak). Risk: Low.

• διδασκαλία (didaskalia, “teaching/doctrine”) — Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖਿਆ (sikhya). Risk: High (anchors Guarding Sound Doctrine doctrine throughout the letter). Note shared root with “ਸਿੱਖ” as above — not forbidden, but worth translator awareness for consistency.

• ἐλεγμός (elegmos, “reproof/conviction of error”) from ἐλέγχω, “to expose, convict” — Semantic range: refutation of error, conviction of wrong belief or conduct. Punjabi: ਦੋਸ਼ ਦਾ ਪਰਦਾਫਾਸ਼ (dosh da pardafash, “exposing of fault”) or short form ਤਾੜਨਾ. Risk: Medium.

• ἐπανόρθωσις (epanorthōsis, “correction/restoration”) from ἐπανορθόω, “set straight again.” Punjabi: ਸੁਧਾਰ (sudhar). Risk: Medium.

• παιδεία (paideia, “training/discipline”) from παῖς, “child” — character-forming training. Punjabi: ਅਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ (anushasan, “discipline/training”). Risk: Medium.

• δικαιοσύνη (righteousness) — [BASELINE REUSE] ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ. Risk: Critical. Never ਧਰਮ.

2 Timothy 3:17

Greek: ἵνα ἄρτιος ᾗ ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος, πρὸς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἐξηρτισμένος. Gloss: “that the man of God may be complete/proficient, equipped for every good work.”

• ἄρτιος (artios, “complete/proficient/fit”) — Semantic range: fully qualified, capable, adequate for a task. English variants: complete, proficient, capable, adequate, mature. Contextual theological meaning: the anchor term for the sufficiency of Scripture facet — Scripture alone produces a fully equipped person of God, with nothing else required for spiritual capability. Punjabi: ਸੰਪੂਰਨ (sampooran, “complete”). Risk: High. Must not be read as sinless moral perfection; it denotes functional completeness/equipping for ministry and godly living.

• ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος (ho tou theou anthrōpos, “the man of God”) — an OT prophetic title (Moses, Elijah, Elisha, etc.) applied to Timothy/any believer shaped by Scripture. Punjabi: ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਮਨੁੱਖ (Parmeshar da manukkh). Risk: Medium-High. Caution: must not be understood as designating an independent holy-man/ascetic figure with self-generated spiritual authority (a category with strong resonance in Punjab’s sadhu, sant, and baba traditions). The “man of God” here is any believer equipped by Scripture, not a self-attained enlightened status; related in kind to the ਸੰਤ caution already established for “saints” in the baseline.

• ἐξηρτισμένος (exērtismenos, “equipped/fully furnished”) from ἐξαρτίζω, sharing a root with ἄρτιος — a nautical/practical image of full outfitting. Punjabi: ਲੈਸ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੋਇਆ (les kita hoya). Risk: Medium.

• ἔργον ἀγαθόν (“good work”) — Punjabi: ਭਲਾ ਕੰਮ (bhala kamm). Risk: Low, provided grace-vs-merit balance is preserved elsewhere in context (works flow from equipping, not toward earning standing).

2 Timothy 4:1

Greek: Διαμαρτύρομαι ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, τοῦ μέλλοντος κρίνειν ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς, κατὰ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ· Gloss: “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:”

• Διαμαρτύρομαι (diamartyromai, “I solemnly charge/testify”) — intensive of μαρτυρέω, “witness.” Semantic range: a formal, legal-toned adjuration, calling on witnesses. Punjabi: ਮੈਂ … ਤਾਕੀਦ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (main … taakid karda han, “I solemnly urge/charge”). Risk: Medium-High. Deliberately avoid ਹੁਕਮ here even though “charge/command” might tempt that word: the baseline already restricts ਹੁਕਮ to avoid confusion with the Sikh doctrine of submission to Waheguru’s impersonal Divine Order; here it is a solemn apostolic-to-disciple charge, and ਤਾਕੀਦ (a neutral, weighty Perso-Arabic-origin term) avoids that liturgical specificity entirely.

• μέλλοντος κρίνειν ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς (“about to judge the living and the dead”) from κρίνω, “judge, evaluate, decide” — Semantic range: render verdict, condemn or acquit. Contextual theological meaning: Christ’s role as the personal, final eschatological Judge over all humanity — the ground of urgency for the charge to preach. Punjabi: ਜੀਉਂਦਿਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਮੁਰਦਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਨਿਆਂ ਕਰੇਗਾ (ji’undian ate murdian da nyaan karega), using ਨਿਆਂ (nyaan, “judgment”). Risk: High. Must be understood as personal judgment rendered by Christ himself, not an impersonal karmic cause-and-effect process.

• ἐπιφάνεια (epiphaneia, “appearing”) — Literal: a shining-forth, manifestation. Semantic range: used in 2 Timothy of both Christ’s first coming (1:10) and his future visible return (4:1, 8). English variants: appearing, manifestation, epiphany. Punjabi: ਪਰਗਟਾਵਾ (pargatava, “manifestation/appearing”). Risk: High. Never ਅਵਤਾਰ. Because the same Greek word covers both the incarnation and the Second Coming, translators must supply contextual qualifiers (e.g., “ਪਹਿਲਾ ਪਰਗਟਾਵਾ” for the first coming, unqualified “ਪਰਗਟਾਵਾ” for the anticipated return in eschatological contexts) so readers do not collapse the two events, and so the term is never read through an avatar-descent (repeatable divine appearance) framework.

• βασιλεία (kingdom) — [BASELINE REUSE pattern] ਰਾਜ, here “his kingdom” → ਉਸ ਦਾ ਰਾਜ. Risk: Medium. Reuse baseline’s Khalsa-Raj political-sovereignty caution.

2 Timothy 4:2

Greek: κήρυξον τὸν λόγον, ἐπίστηθι εὐκαίρως ἀκαίρως, ἔλεγξον, ἐπιτίμησον, παρακάλεσον, ἐν πάσῃ μακροθυμίᾳ καὶ διδαχῇ. Gloss: “preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with complete patience and teaching.”

• κήρυξον (kēryxon, imperative of κηρύσσω, “proclaim as a herald”) — Literal: to publicly herald, as a town-crier announces an authoritative message. Semantic range: authoritative public proclamation, distinct from private teaching, casual conversation, or personal opinion-sharing. English variants: preach, proclaim, herald. Contextual theological meaning: the central imperative of the Charge to Preach the Word doctrine. Punjabi: ਪਰਚਾਰ ਕਰ (prachar kar), reusing the root of [BASELINE REUSE] ਪਰਚਾਰ (mission/proclamation). Risk: High. Must retain the force of authoritative, public, entrusted proclamation and not be softened into “share” or “discuss.”

• τὸν λόγον (ton logon, “the word”) — the apostolic message/gospel content, the body of revealed truth entrusted to Timothy. Punjabi: ਬਚਨ (bachan). Risk: Critical — newly identified forbidden substitution for this curriculum. NEVER use ਸ਼ਬਦ for this theological sense. ਸ਼ਬਦ is the specific and central Sikh theological term for the divine Word/sound-current considered to be embodied completely and exclusively in the hymns (Shabad) of the Guru Granth Sahib, sung as a devotional means of union with Waheguru. Using ਸ਼ਬਦ for “the word of God/the gospel message” would suggest a structural parallel to Gurbani-Shabad theology that this curriculum must not create — parallel in severity to the baseline’s ਗੁਰੂ/ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ prohibitions. ਬਚਨ is the established Punjabi Christian rendering (used, e.g., for “the Word” in John 1:1 in the Punjabi Bible tradition) and must be used consistently. Note: ਸ਼ਬਦ remains acceptable Punjabi for ordinary generic “words” (plural, non-technical, e.g., “word-battles,” see 2:14 below) — the prohibition applies specifically to λόγος in its theologically loaded singular sense of “the message/the Word.”

• εὐκαίρως ἀκαίρως (“in season, out of season”) — idiom, literally “well-timed, ill-timed.” Punjabi natural equivalent: ਸਮੇਂ ਸਿਰ ਅਤੇ ਬੇਵੇਲੇ (samen sir ate bevele). Risk: Low.

• ἔλεγξον (elenxon, imperative “reprove/expose error”) — Punjabi: ਦੋਸ਼ ਦਿਖਾ / ਤਾੜਨਾ ਦੇ. Risk: Medium.

• ἐπιτίμησον (epitimēson, imperative “rebuke sharply”) — a stronger corrective than ἐλέγχω. Punjabi: ਸਖ਼ਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਚਿਤਾਵਨੀ ਦੇ (sakhti naal chitavani de, “sternly warn/rebuke”), kept distinct in force from ਤਾੜਨਾ. Risk: Medium.

• παρακάλεσον (parakaleson, “exhort/encourage”) — [BASELINE REUSE] ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਿਤ ਕਰ (context: encourage sense, per baseline’s context-sensitivity note on “exhort”). Risk: Low-Medium.

• μακροθυμίᾳ (makrothymia, “patience/longsuffering,” forbearance toward people) — Punjabi: ਸਬਰ (sabar), a widely used Perso-Arabic-origin term across Punjabi religious communities. Risk: Low-Medium.

• διδαχή (didachē, “teaching/instruction”) — near-synonym of διδασκαλία. Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖਿਆ, consistent with the διδασκαλία rendering. Risk: Medium.

2 Timothy 4:3

Greek: ἔσται γὰρ καιρὸς ὅτε τῆς ὑγιαινούσης διδασκαλίας οὐκ ἀνέξονται, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τὰς ἰδίας ἑαυτοῖς ἐπισωρεύσουσιν διδασκάλους κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν, Gloss: “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,”

• ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία (hygiainousa didaskalia, “sound/healthy teaching”) from ὑγιαίνω, “be healthy” (root of “hygiene”) — Semantic range: healthy, wholesome, uncorrupted teaching, contrasted with teaching that spreads like disease (cf. γάγγραινα, 2:17). Contextual theological meaning: the anchor term of the Guarding Sound Doctrine doctrine across the Pastoral Epistles. Punjabi: ਖਰੀ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ (khari sikhya, “genuine/unadulterated teaching” — ਖਰਾ conveys purity/authenticity naturally in Punjabi), with ਨਰੋਈ ਸਿੱਖਿਆ (literal “healthy teaching”) as an acceptable alternative preserving the health metaphor. Risk: High.

• ἀνέχομαι (anechomai, “endure/tolerate”) — Punjabi: ਸਹਿਣ ਕਰਨਾ (sehan karna). Risk: Low-Medium.

• ἐπιθυμία (epithymia, “desire/passion,” often negative) — Punjabi: ਲਾਲਸਾ (lalsa, “craving”). Risk: Low-Medium.

• ἐπισωρεύω (episōreuō, “heap up/accumulate”) — vivid image. Punjabi: ਢੇਰ ਲਾ ਲੈਣਾ (dher la lena). Risk: Low.

• διδάσκαλος (didaskalos, “teacher”) — Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖਿਅਕ (sikhyak). Risk: High. Never ਗੁਰੂ — reuse the baseline’s apostleship-level caution. This verse describes people accumulating teachers who flatter their desires; translators must ensure this reads as a critique of doctrinal compromise-for-comfort, not as a generic critique of the guru-disciple relationship as a cultural form.

• κνηθόμενοι τὴν ἀκοήν (“having itching ears”) from κνήθω, “itch,” + ἀκοή, “hearing” — vivid idiom for craving novel, flattering messages. Punjabi: literal ਕੰਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਖੁਰਕ ਹੋਣੀ (kannan nu khurak honi) is vivid and likely intelligible; the plain paraphrase ਜੋ ਸੁਣਨਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਉਹੀ ਸੁਣਨ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ is available if the idiom does not land naturally. Risk: Low-Medium.

2 Timothy 4:4

Greek: καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας τὴν ἀκοὴν ἀποστρέψουσιν, ἐπὶ δὲ τοὺς μύθους ἐκτραπήσονται. Gloss: “and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.”

• ἀλήθεια (alētheia, “truth”) — Semantic range: objective, propositional truth; in NT usage, truth revealed in Christ and the apostolic message. Punjabi: ਸਚਾਈ (sachai). Risk: Medium-High. Opportunity-with-caution: ਸਚਾਈ is built on the same ਸੱਚ (sach) root that carries the deepest possible weight in Sikh theology — God is named “Satnam” (the True Name), and Truth (Sat) is a central metaphysical attribute of Waheguru realized through meditation. This gives 2 Timothy’s emphasis on truth a genuine cultural resonance (truth is already a supremely valued category), but translators must keep “truth” here anchored to revealed, propositional, apostolic content rather than letting it drift toward the Sikh metaphysical Sat-framework in which truth is realized experientially through Naam-simran rather than received as taught doctrine.

• ἀποστρέφω (apostrephō, “turn away from”) — Punjabi: ਮੂੰਹ ਮੋੜ ਲੈਣਾ (moonh mod lena, “turn one’s face away”), a natural and vivid Punjabi idiom. Risk: Low.

• μῦθος (mythos, “myth/fable/fictitious tale”) — Punjabi: ਕਹਾਣੀਆਂ / ਗੱਪਾਂ (kahaniyan/gappan, “stories/tall tales”). Risk: Medium. Avoid ਮਿਥਿਹਾਸ (mithihas), the standard modern Punjabi loanword for “mythology,” because in South Asian usage it specifically and prominently denotes Hindu Puranic mythology; using it here would risk making the text sound as though it singles out Hindu sacred literature by name, which is not Paul’s referent (contemporary Jewish/proto-Gnostic speculative fables).

• ἐκτρέπομαι (ektrepomai, “wander off/be turned aside”) — Punjabi: ਭਟਕ ਜਾਣਾ (bhatak jana, “to stray/wander”). Risk: Low-Medium.

2 Timothy 4:5

Greek: σὺ δὲ νῆφε ἐν πᾶσιν, κακοπάθησον, ἔργον ποίησον εὐαγγελιστοῦ, τὴν διακονίαν σου πληροφόρησον. Gloss: “As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”

• νῆφε (nēphe, imperative of νήφω, “be sober”) — Literal: be sober (as opposed to drunk); figuratively, clear-headed, watchful. Punjabi: ਸੁਚੇਤ ਰਹੁ (suchet rahu, “stay alert/watchful”). Risk: Low-Medium.

• κακοπάθησον (kakopathēson, imperative of κακοπαθέω, “suffer hardship”) — compound of κακός (“bad”) + πάσχω (“suffer”). Semantic range: to endure hardship/affliction as part of one’s calling. Contextual theological meaning: the third occurrence of this exact verb-root in the letter (1:8 συγκακοπάθησον, “share in suffering [for the gospel]”; 2:3 συγκακοπάθησον, “[suffer hardship] as a good soldier”; 4:5 κακοπάθησον), forming the load-bearing thread of the Perseverance under Suffering doctrine across the whole book. Punjabi: ਦੁੱਖ ਸਹਿ (dukh seh, “endure suffering!”). Risk: High. Translation memory must render this root consistently at all three occurrences to preserve Paul’s intentional structural repetition.

• ἔργον … εὐαγγελιστοῦ (“the work of an evangelist”) from εὐαγγελιστής, built on [BASELINE REUSE] ਖੁਸ਼ਖਬਰੀ (gospel). Punjabi: ਖੁਸ਼ਖਬਰੀ ਦੇ ਪਰਚਾਰਕ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ. Risk: Medium-High.

• διακονία (diakonia, “ministry/service”) — Punjabi: ਸੇਵਾ (seva). Risk: High. Reuse the caution already established in the baseline’s “christ_centered_ministry” doctrine (Romans 15:17-21 note): ਸੇਵਾ is central to Sikh identity as selfless communal service (langar, gurdwara duty). Christian ministry-service here is Christ-commissioned, Word-centered, gospel-proclaiming labor, not merely virtuous communal service as such — the point is elevated in 2 Timothy relative to Romans because “fulfilling one’s ministry” is a headline theme of the whole letter, not an incidental mention.

• πληροφόρησον (plērophorēson, imperative of πληροφορέω, “fully carry out”) — compound of πλήρης (“full”) + φορέω (“carry/bear”). Punjabi: ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰ (puri tarhan pura kar). Risk: Low-Medium.

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PART B — Chapter-by-Chapter Study of the Whole Book

Chapter 1 (1:1–18)

Term (Gk)	Translit.	Literal Meaning / Semantic Range / English Variants	Punjabi Rendering	Risk	Contextual/Translation Notes
ἀπόστολος	apostolos	sent one with delegated authority; apostle, envoy, messenger	[BASELINE REUSE] ਰਸੂਲ	High	Never ਗੁਰੂ.
διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ (θέλημα)	thelēma	”will/purpose”; will, desire, intention, decree	ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ (ichha)	Medium	Distinguish from impersonal fate/kismet; reuse baseline election/providence caution.
ἐπαγγελία	epangelia	”promise/announcement”; promise, pledge	ਵਾਅਦਾ (vaada)	Medium	”Promise of life” — connects to covenant-promise vocabulary already established for David/covenant in baseline.
χάρις, ἔλεος, εἰρήνη	charis, eleos, eirēnē	grace, mercy, peace — the tripartite Pastoral-Epistle greeting (vs. Romans’ χάρις/εἰρήνη pair)	[BASELINE REUSE] ਕਿਰਪਾ / new: ਦਯਾ (daya, mercy) / [BASELINE REUSE] ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ	Critical / Medium / Medium	ਦਯਾ is a genuine bridge term (a core South Asian ethical virtue across Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist thought) but must be explicitly anchored as flowing from God’s character revealed in Christ, following the same anchoring strategy the baseline applies to ਕਿਰਪਾ.
καθαρ᷇ συνειδήσει (συνείδησις)	syneidēsis	”conscience”; moral awareness, inner witness	ਜ਼ਮੀਰ (zameer)	Low-Medium	Neutral, cross-religious Punjabi word for conscience.
ἀνυπόκριτος πίστις	anypokritos pistis	”sincere/unhypocritical faith”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਨਿਹਚਾ + ਨਿਸ਼ਕਪਟ (nishkapat, sincere)	High	Faith without pretense, inherited through family discipleship (Lois, Eunice).
χάρισμα (singular) / ἀναζωπυρέω	charisma / anazōpyreō	”gift” (singular; cf. baseline’s plural χαρίσματα) / “rekindle, fan into flame”	ਆਤਮਿਕ ਦਾਤ (singular of baseline ਆਤਮਿਕ ਦਾਤਾਂ) + ਮੁੜ ਭੜਕਾਉਣਾ (mud bhadkauna, “rekindle”)	High	Given via laying on of hands (ordination/commissioning). Caution: must not be framed as a mystical transfer of divine essence analogous to the Sikh doctrine of ਜੋਤ (the single divine light passed sequentially through the lineage of the Ten Gurus). This is impartation through prayer and blessing in a ministry commissioning, not a lineage transmission of spiritual substance.
πνεῦμα δειλίας / δυνάμεως, ἀγάπης, σωφρονισμοῦ	pneuma deilias / dynameōs, agapēs, sōphronismou	”spirit of fear/cowardice” vs. “[spirit] of power, love, and sound judgment/self-control”	ਡਰ ਦਾ ਆਤਮਾ vs. [BASELINE REUSE] ਸਮਰੱਥਾ + ਪਿਆਰ + ਸੰਜਮ (sanjam, self-control)	Medium	Ambiguous whether πνεῦμα = the Holy Spirit or a “disposition/spirit”; most translations favor “disposition.” Do not let ਆਤਮਾ here be confused with [BASELINE REUSE] ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਆਤਮਾ (Holy Spirit) despite the shared noun.
ἐπαισχύνομαι / μαρτύριον	epaischynomai / martyrion	”be ashamed” / “testimony, witness”	ਸ਼ਰਮ ਕਰਨਾ / ਗਵਾਹੀ (gavahi)	Medium	”Not ashamed of the testimony” — courage-under-persecution theme threading the chapter.
συγκακοπάθησον τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ	synkakopathēson	”share in suffering for the gospel” — first occurrence of the κακοπαθέω thread	ਦੁੱਖ ਸਹਿ (thread term, see 4:5) + [BASELINE REUSE] ਖੁਸ਼ਖਬਰੀ	High	Establishes the Perseverance-under-Suffering thread continued at 2:3 and 4:5.
σῴσαντος … καλέσαντος κλήσει ἁγίᾳ	sōsantos / kalesantos klēsei hagia	”having saved … having called with a holy calling”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਮੁਕਤੀ / ਸੱਦਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ, ਸੱਦਾ / ਪਵਿੱਤਰ	Critical / High / Medium	Mandatory mukti-gloss applies to ਮੁਕਤੀ here.
οὐ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα … ἀλλὰ κατὰ ἰδίαν πρόθεσιν καὶ χάριν (πρόθεσις)	prothesis	”purpose/plan” (not works, but according to his own purpose and grace)	ਮਨੋਰਥ (manorath, “purpose”) + [BASELINE REUSE] ਕਿਰਪਾ	Critical	Key grace-vs-works passage per the AI requirements’ Escalation Rules; flag for theologian review.
πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων (αἰών)	pro chronōn aiōniōn	”before the ages of time / before time began”	Recommend ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ (“before time [began]”), NOT ਜੁੱਗਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ	High	Critical caution: ਜੁੱਗ (jug) is the exact Hindu cosmological term for one of the four cyclical cosmic ages (Satya Yuga, Kali Yuga, etc.). Rendering “the ages” as ਜੁੱਗ here risks importing cyclical yuga-cosmology into a text asserting a single, linear, unrepeated divine purpose predating creation — the same concern the baseline already raises for “fulfillment_of_prophecy.”
ἐπιφάνεια (first coming)	epiphaneia	”appearing” (of Christ’s incarnation, 1:10)	[SEE 4:1] ਪਰਗਟਾਵਾ	High	Cross-reference the second-coming occurrences at 4:1, 4:8; qualify contextually as “first appearing.”
καταργήσαντος τὸν θάνατον	katargēsantos ton thanaton	”having abolished/nullified death”	ਮੌਤ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਹੀਣ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ	Medium	Victory-over-death theme, tied to resurrection doctrine.
φωτίσαντος ζωὴν καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν (ἀφθαρσία)	phōtisantos zōēn kai aphtharsian	”having brought life and incorruption/immortality to light”	ਅਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਤਾ (avinashta, “imperishability”) — NOT ਅਮਰਤਾ	High	ਅਮਰਤਾ (“immortality”) is the common Punjabi word but carries connotations of the soul’s continuous existence through the rebirth cycle in Hindu thought. ਅਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਤਾ (a more literal “indestructibility/incorruptibility”) keeps this tied to the resurrected body’s imperishable state, consistent with [BASELINE REUSE] ਪੁਨਰ-ਉਥਾਨ rather than ਪੁਨਰ-ਜਨਮ.
κήρυξ καὶ ἀπόστολος καὶ διδάσκαλος	kēryx / apostolos / didaskalos	”preacher and apostle and teacher” — Paul’s three-office self-description	ਪਰਚਾਰਕ / [BASELINE REUSE] ਰਸੂਲ / ਸਿੱਖਿਅਕ	High	Never ਗੁਰੂ for the teacher office.
παραθήκη	parathēkē	”deposit, entrusted trust”	ਅਮਾਨਤ (amanat)	Critical	Anchor term for Faithful Transmission of the Gospel. Occurs twice with two related but distinct referents: 1:12 “my deposit” (Paul’s own life/soul entrusted to God for safekeeping) and 1:14 “the good deposit” (sound teaching entrusted to Timothy to guard) — flag both senses for translators; ਅਮਾਨਤ (a well-understood Perso-Arabic-origin word for an entrusted trust/deposit) works for both but context must clarify which referent is active.
φύλαξον	phylaxon	imperative “guard/keep watch over”	ਰਾਖੀ ਕਰ / ਸੰਭਾਲ ਕਰ	High	Pairs with ਅਮਾਨਤ.
διὰ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος ἐν ἡμῖν	dia Pneumatos Hagiou tou enoikountos	”through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਆਤਮਾ + ਵੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ (dwells)	Critical	Reuse baseline’s ਜੋਤ-distinction caution: this is the personal indwelling Spirit, not the Sikh doctrine of a single divine light transmitted through a Guru lineage.
ὑποτύπωσις ὑγιαινόντων λόγων	hypotypōsis hygiainontōn logōn	”pattern/model of sound words”	ਖਰੇ ਬਚਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਨਮੂਨਾ (namoona, “pattern/model”)	High	Pairs ਬਚਨ (never ਸ਼ਬਦ, see 4:2) with the ਖਰਾ/sound-teaching root established at 4:3 — an important cross-chapter consistency point.

Chapter 2 (2:1–26)

Term (Gk)	Translit.	Literal Meaning / Semantic Range / English Variants	Punjabi Rendering	Risk	Contextual/Translation Notes
ἐνδυναμοῦ ἐν τῇ χάριτι	endynamou en tē chariti	”be strengthened in the grace”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਕਿਰਪਾ	Critical
παράθου πιστοῖς ἀνθρώποις	parathou pistois anthrōpois	”entrust to faithful men” — shares root with παραθήκη (1:14)	ਸੌਂਪ ਦੇ (saump de, “entrust/hand over”)	High	Explicit chain-of-transmission verse for Faithful Transmission of the Gospel doctrine: Paul → Timothy → faithful men → others.
καλὸς στρατιώτης Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ (στρατιώτης)	stratiōtēs	”soldier”; disciplined, single-minded military service	ਸਿਪਾਹੀ (sipahi)	Medium-High	Caution: the soldier metaphor here is about disciplined endurance and singular loyalty (“no soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs”), not a call to physical or political militancy. Must be kept distinct from the Sikh Khalsa martial-warrior ideal and from ਧਰਮ ਯੁੱਧ (righteous struggle), already flagged Critical in the baseline for “righteousness.”
ἀθλέω νομίμως / στεφανοῦται	athleō nomimōs / stephanoutai	”compete according to the rules” / “is crowned”	ਖਿਡਾਰੀ (athlete) / ਮੁਕਟ ਪਹਿਨਾਇਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ	Medium	See ਮੁਕਟ/ਮੁਕਤੀ homophony caution under Ch. 4.
κοπιῶν γεωργός	kopiōn geōrgos	”hard-working farmer”	ਕਿਸਾਨ (kisan)	Low
μνημόνευε Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐγηγερμένον ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυίδ	mnēmoneue … egēgermenon … sperma Dauid	”remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਪੁਨਰ-ਉਥਾਨ / [BASELINE REUSE] ਦਾਊਦ ਦੀ ਅੰਸ	Critical / High	Exact match with baseline Davidic Covenant and Resurrection terms; cite directly.
ἐν ᾧ κακοπαθῶ μέχρι δεσμῶν ὡς κακοῦργος (δεσμός)	kakopathō … desmos	”I suffer even to chains, as a criminal” / “bonds/chains”	ਦੁੱਖ ਸਹਿ (thread) + ਜ਼ੰਜੀਰਾਂ (zanjeeran)	Medium-High	Second occurrence of κακοπαθέω thread.
ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται	ho logos tou Theou ou dedetai	”the word of God is not bound/imprisoned”	ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਬਚਨ ਬੰਨ੍ਹਿਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ	High	Key doctrinal statement uniting Faithful Transmission and Perseverance doctrines — the message survives even when the messenger is imprisoned. ਬਚਨ, never ਸ਼ਬਦ.
διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς (ἐκλεκτός)	eklektous	”for the sake of the elect”	[BASELINE REUSE root] ਚੁਣੇ ਹੋਏ ਲੋਕ	High
πιστὸς ὁ λόγος	pistos ho logos	”the saying is trustworthy” — a recurring Pastoral-Epistle formula	ਇਹ ਬਚਨ ਭਰੋਸੇਯੋਗ ਹੈ	Medium	Note formula for cross-document consistency.
συναπεθάνομεν, συζήσομεν, ὑπομένομεν, συμβασιλεύσομεν, ἀρνησόμεθα/ἀρνήσεται, ἀπιστοῦμεν, πιστὸς μένει	(faithful-saying catena)	“died with / will live with / endure / will reign with / will deny / are unfaithful / [he] remains faithful”	ਉਸ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਮਰੇ / ਜੀਵਾਂਗੇ / ਸਹਿਣਸ਼ੀਲਤਾ (endure) / ਉਸ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਰਾਜ ਕਰਾਂਗੇ (reign with) / ਇਨਕਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ (deny) / ਨਿਹਚਾਹੀਣ ਹੋਣਾ (faithless, built on ਨਿਹਚਾ root) / ਵਫ਼ਾਦਾਰ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ (remains faithful)	Critical/High throughout	Anchor catena for Assurance of Reward. συμβασιλεύσομεν (“we will reign with him”) must not be conflated with the Khalsa Raj political-sovereignty aspiration (reuse baseline kingdom_of_god caution) — this is future eschatological co-reigning with Christ, not earthly dominion. πιστὸς μένει (God’s own unwavering faithfulness) is the ground of assurance, not human effort — sharply distinct from the effort-based, possibly-multi-lifetime framework of Sikh mukti attained through Guru’s grace and accumulated Naam-simran; reuse baseline’s assurance_of_salvation caution.
Ὑπομίμνησκε … μὴ λογομαχεῖν (λογομαχία)	logomachia	”word-battles, disputes over words”	ਸ਼ਬਦਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਝਗੜਾ	Medium	Important nuance: ਸ਼ਬਦ is acceptable here because λόγος is used generically (“words,” plural, non-technical) — this does NOT reopen the ਸ਼ਬਦ prohibition established for the theologically loaded singular λόγος (“the Word/message”) in 4:2. Translators must distinguish the two senses carefully.
δόκιμον … ἐργάτην ἀνεπαίσχυντον, ὀρθοτομοῦντα τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας	dokimon / ergatēn / orthotomounta	”approved … worker unashamed, rightly handling/cutting straight the word of truth”	ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਿਤ (approved) / ਕਾਮਾ (worker) / ਸਚਾਈ ਦੇ ਬਚਨ ਨੂੰ ਠੀਕ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਸਮਝਾਉਣਾ (rightly handling the word of truth)	High	Anchor for Guarding Sound Doctrine. ਬਚਨ + ਸਚਾਈ reused consistently.
βεβήλους κενοφωνίας / γάγγραινα	bebēlous kenophōnias / gangraina	”irreverent empty chatter” / “gangrene”	ਖੋਖਲੀਆਂ ਗੱਪਾਂ / ਨਾਸੂਰ (nasoor)	Medium	Note the deliberate contrast image: healthy teaching (ὑγιαίνουσα, 4:3) vs. teaching that spreads like gangrene — a disease/health inclusio worth preserving across the letter.
Ὑμέναιος καὶ Φίλητος; περὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἠστόχησαν (ἀστοχέω)	Hymenaios, Philētos; ēstochēsan	proper names; “swerved/missed the mark concerning the truth”	proper names transliterated; ਸਚਾਈ ਤੋਂ ਭਟਕ ਗਏ	Medium-High	Concrete named example of Apostasy doctrine; ਭਟਕ shares root with 4:4’s ἐκτρέπομαι — good cross-reference.
τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἤδη γεγονέναι	tēn anastasin ēdē gegonenai	”[claiming] the resurrection has already happened”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਪੁਨਰ-ਉਥਾਨ	Critical	Careful framing required: this is Paul correcting an intra-Christian eschatological error (an over-spiritualized claim that the future bodily resurrection is already wholly past, e.g., fulfilled merely at conversion/baptism) — not a general statement contrasting resurrection with reincarnation. Do not let this verse’s polemic be read as directly addressing Hindu/Sikh transmigration doctrine; that distinction belongs to the term ਪੁਨਰ-ਉਥਾਨ itself (per baseline), not to this specific false teaching.
ἀνατρέπουσιν τήν τινων πίστιν	anatrepousin … pistin	”overturn/upset the faith of some”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਨਿਹਚਾ	Critical
στερεὸς θεμέλιος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἕστηκεν / σφραγίς	stereos themelios / sphragis	”the firm foundation of God stands” / “seal”	ਨੀਂਹ (foundation) / ਮੋਹਰ (mohar, seal)	High	God’s foundation stands firm despite individual defections — ties Perseverance and Assurance doctrines.
Ἀποστήτω ἀπὸ ἀδικίας (ἀδικία)	adikia	”unrighteousness/injustice” — antonym of δικαιοσύνη	ਅਨਿਆਂ (an-nyaan, built on established ਨਿਆਂ root)	Medium
σκεῦος εἰς τιμήν/ἀτιμίαν / ἡγιασμένον / εὔχρηστον τῷ δεσπότῃ (δεσπότης)	skeuos / hēgiasmenon / despotē	”vessel for honor/dishonor” / “sanctified” / “useful to the master”	ਭਾਂਡਾ (vessel) / [BASELINE REUSE] ਪਵਿੱਤਰੀਕਰਨ / ਮਾਲਕ (master)	High	Important nuance for translators: the baseline rejects ਮਾਲਕ as a substitute for κύριος (“Lord”) to preserve Christ’s exclusive supreme Lordship. δεσπότης is a different Greek word than κύριος, denoting a household master/owner — its ordinary and correct Punjabi rendering genuinely is ਮਾਲਕ. This is not a violation of the baseline’s κύριος rule; it is a distinct term requiring its own correct rendering. Do not over-apply the κύριος-only restriction to δεσπότης.
νεωτερικὰς ἐπιθυμίας φεῦγε / δίωκε δικαιοσύνην, πίστιν, ἀγάπην, εἰρήνην	pheuge / diōke	”flee youthful passions” / “pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace”	ਭੱਜ ਜਾ (flee) / [BASELINE REUSE] ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ, ਨਿਹਚਾ, ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ + new ਪਿਆਰ (love)	Critical/High	Virtue quartet; ਪਿਆਰ (pyar) is the standard Punjabi word for love, Low risk on its own but High in this cluster given the Critical/High terms it accompanies.
δοῦλος Κυρίου (δοῦλος)	doulos Kyriou	”bondservant/slave of the Lord”	ਦਾਸ (das) + [BASELINE REUSE] ਪ੍ਰਭੂ	Low-Medium	Opportunity note: ਦਾਸ is also extensively used in Sikh devotional vocabulary (e.g., Guru Nanak’s self-reference as “Nanak das”) for a devotee’s humble self-identification before God — a genuine positive overlap similar to ਸੰਗਤ, provided the object (“of the Lord,” i.e., Christ) remains explicit.
ἤπιος / διδακτικός / ἀνεξίκακος / πραΰτης (πραΰτητι)	ēpios / didaktikos / anexikakos / prautēs	”gentle” / “able to teach” / “patient when wronged” / “gentleness”	ਨਰਮ/ਦਿਆਲੂ / ਸਿੱਖਿਅਕ root / ਬੁਰਾਈ ਨੂੰ ਸਹਿਣ ਵਾਲਾ / ਹਲੀਮੀ (halimi)	Low-Medium	Character profile for correcting opponents gently, not confrontationally.
μετάνοια εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας	metanoia eis epignōsin alētheias	”repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth”	ਤੋਬਾ (toba, repentance) + ਗਿਆਨ (gyan, knowledge) + [SEE 4:4] ਸਚਾਈ	High	ਤੋਬਾ is a Perso-Arabic-origin term shared across Punjabi Islamic and Christian usage for turning from sin to God — a bridge term parallel in status to ਰਸੂਲ/ਨਬੀ. ਗਿਆਨ carries Sikh Gurmat-gyan (spiritual knowledge attained through the Guru’s teaching and meditation) resonance; keep this “knowledge of the truth” anchored to apostolic/scriptural revelation, not meditative attainment.
ἀνανήψωσιν ἐκ τῆς τοῦ διαβόλου παγίδος (διάβολος, παγίς)	ananēphōsin / diabolos / pagis	”come to their senses out of the devil’s snare” — ἀνανήφω shares a root with νήφω (4:5)	ਹੋਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਉਣਾ / ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ (shaitan) / ਫੰਦਾ (phanda, trap)	Medium-High	ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ is an established Perso-Arabic-origin term used in Punjabi Christian and Muslim contexts for a personal fallen spiritual being; the risk here is less syncretism (Sikh/Hindu frameworks lack a close structural equivalent) than ensuring conceptual clarity for readers unfamiliar with a personal-devil category.

Chapter 3, Verses 1–13 (pre–core-passage material; 3:14–17 covered in Part A)

Term (Gk)	Translit.	Literal Meaning / Semantic Range / English Variants	Punjabi Rendering	Risk	Contextual/Translation Notes
ἐν ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις	en eschatais hēmerais	”in the last days”	ਅੰਤ ਦੇ ਦਿਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ant de dinan vich)	High	Anchor term for Apostasy and False Teachers in the Last Days. Must be understood as a real, historical, linear, once-for-all culminating period preceding Christ’s return, not folded into any cyclical end-of-Kali-Yuga framework from Hindu cosmology, which popular syncretistic thought might otherwise invite.
καιροὶ χαλεποί	kairoi chalepoi	”difficult/dangerous/perilous times”	ਔਖੇ ਸਮੇਂ / ਖ਼ਤਰਨਾਕ ਸਮੇਂ	Medium
φίλαυτοι, φιλάργυροι, ἀλαζόνες, ὑπερήφανοι, βλάσφημοι, γονεῦσιν ἀπειθεῖς, ἀχάριστοι, ἀνόσιοι, ἄστοργοι, ἄσπονδοι, διάβολοι, ἀκρατεῖς, ἀνήμεροι, ἀφιλάγαθοι, προδόται, προπετεῖς, τετυφωμένοι, φιλήδονοι μᾶλλον ἢ φιλόθεοι	(vice catalogue, 19 terms)	“lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God”	ਆਪ-ਸੁਆਰਥੀ, ਲੋਭੀ, ਸ਼ੇਖੀਬਾਜ਼, ਹੰਕਾਰੀ, ਨਿੰਦਿਆ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ, ਮਾਪਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਅਣ-ਆਖੇ, ਨਾਸ਼ੁਕਰੇ, ਅਪਵਿੱਤਰ, etc.	Low-Medium (individually); High (as a totalizing description of “the last days”)	Positive-overlap note: ਲੋਭੀ (greedy) and ਹੰਕਾਰੀ (arrogant/proud) intersect directly with the Sikh ethical category of the Panj Vikar (“Five Thieves”: kaam, krodh, lobh, moh, hankar) — a genuine shared ethical vocabulary worth using deliberately as a bridge. Prefer ਨਿੰਦਿਆ/ਬਦਗੋਈ (generic slander) over ਕੁਫ਼ਰ for βλάσφημοι, to avoid the specific Islamic legal connotation of ਕੁਫ਼ਰ. διάβολοι here (adjectival “slanderers”) shares its root with διάβολος (“the devil,” 2:26) — worth flagging for translators as an intentional NT wordplay (slander is characteristically “devil-like” speech).
μόρφωσιν εὐσεβείας … τὴν δὲ δύναμιν αὐτῆς ἠρνημένοι	morphōsin eusebeias / dynamin	”having a form/outward appearance of godliness but denying its power”	ਭਗਤੀ ਦਾ ਦਿਖਾਵਾ (form of ਭਗਤੀ) + [BASELINE REUSE] ਸਮਰੱਥਾ (power, denied)	Critical	Anchor term for Apostasy doctrine. εὐσέβεια (“godliness/piety”) is rendered ਭਗਤੀ (bhagti) — treat with the same anchoring discipline the baseline applies to ਕਿਰਪਾ: ਭਗਤੀ carries deep positive resonance across Sikh and Hindu devotional traditions (loving surrender to a personal deity), and this genuine overlap should not be discarded, but every occurrence describing true godliness must anchor its source and power explicitly in the Holy Spirit through Christ, and this specific verse’s critique (an outward ਭਗਤੀ with no ਸਮਰੱਥਾ/power behind it) must be clearly framed as describing counterfeit religiosity, not devotional practice as such. μόρφωσις (“outward form only”) — ਦਿਖਾਵਾ (dikhava, “show/appearance”).
γυναικάρια σεσωρευμένα ἁμαρτίαις	gynaikaria sesōreumena hamartiais	”weak/gullible women weighed down with sins” (diminutive, pejorative tone in the Greek)	ਪਾਪਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਲੱਦੀਆਂ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਔਰਤਾਂ	Medium	Gender-language caution: preserve Paul’s specific rhetorical point (vulnerability to manipulation by false teachers) per the AI requirements’ gender-handling rules, without amplifying a broader misogynistic tone beyond what the text specifically targets.
πάντοτε μανθάνοντα καὶ μηδέποτε εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας ἐλθεῖν δυνάμενα	epignōsin alētheias	”always learning, never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth”	[SEE Ch.2] ਗਿਆਨ / [SEE 4:4] ਸਚਾਈ	High
Ἰάννης καὶ Ἰαμβρῆς ἀντέστησαν Μωϋσεῖ	Iannēs kai Iambrēs	proper names; extra-biblical Jewish tradition of Pharaoh’s magicians who opposed Moses	proper names transliterated; [established] ਮੂਸਾ (Moses)	Low (lexical) / High (typological)	Typological pattern: persistent opposition to God’s true messengers recurs across redemptive history — connects Apostasy doctrine to a long biblical pattern rather than a novel modern problem.
ἄνθρωποι κατεφθαρμένοι τὸν νοῦν, ἀδόκιμοι περὶ τὴν πίστιν (ἀδόκιμος)	katephtharmenoi ton noun / adokimoi	”men corrupted in mind, disqualified/counterfeit regarding the faith”	ਮਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਗੜੇ ਹੋਏ + ਅਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਿਤ (apravanit, disqualified) + [BASELINE REUSE] ਨਿਹਚਾ	High	Deliberate contrast with δόκιμος (“approved”) in 2:15 — ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਿਤ vs ਅਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਿਤ preserves this structural echo.
Σὺ δὲ παρηκολούθησάς μου τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, τῇ ἀγωγῇ, τῇ προθέσει, τῇ πίστει, τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ, τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ ὑπομονῇ	(six/seven-virtue catalogue)	teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance	ਸਿੱਖਿਆ, ਚਾਲ-ਚਲਣ (chaal-chalan, conduct), ਮਨੋਰਥ, [BASELINE REUSE] ਨਿਹਚਾ, ਸਬਰ, ਪਿਆਰ, ਸਹਿਣਸ਼ੀਲਤਾ (sehanshilta, endurance)	High	ὑπομονή anchors the Perseverance-under-Suffering doctrine alongside the κακοπαθέω thread.
τοῖς διωγμοῖς, τοῖς παθήμασιν (διωγμός, πάθημα); Ἀντιόχεια, Ἰκόνιον, Λύστρα	diōgmois, pathēmasin	”persecutions, sufferings”; place names	ਸਤਾਹਟ (satahat, persecution) / ਦੁੱਖ-ਕਸ਼ਟ (suffering); place names transliterated	Medium
ἐρρύσατο (ῥύομαι)	errysato	”he rescued/delivered [me]“	ਛੁਡਾਇਆ (chhudaya)	Medium	First occurrence of the rescue thread continued at 4:17–18.
πάντες οἱ θέλοντες εὐσεβῶς ζῆν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διωχθήσονται	eusebōs zēn	”all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted”	ਭਗਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਜੀਵਨ ਬਤੀਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ … ਸਤਾਏ ਜਾਣਗੇ	High	Universalizes persecution beyond Paul/Timothy to all believers.
πονηροὶ … καὶ γόητες (γόης)	ponēroi kai goētes	”evil men and impostors/charlatans”	ਠੱਗ (thagg, con-man/swindler)	Medium	Vivid Punjabi word with strong cultural resonance (historically linked to the colonial-era “Thuggee” association); flag for native-speaker review to confirm the connotation lands as intended rather than as an unrelated historical reference.
προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον, πλανῶντες καὶ πλανώμενοι (πλανάω)	planontes kai planōmenoi	”will progress from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived”	ਧੋਖਾ ਦੇਣਾ (dhoka dena, deceive) — NOT ਭਰਮਾਉਣਾ	Medium-High	ਭਰਮ/ਭਰਮਾਉਣਾ carries Sikh/Hindu metaphysical “illusion” (Maya-adjacent) connotations distinct from this text’s meaning: a personal, historical, moral act of misleading others, not a metaphysical property of the created order. Prefer the more neutral interpersonal-deceit term ਧੋਖਾ.

Chapter 4, Verses 6–22 (post–core-passage material; 4:1–5 covered in Part A)

Term (Gk)	Translit.	Literal Meaning / Semantic Range / English Variants	Punjabi Rendering	Risk	Contextual/Translation Notes
σπένδομαι	spendomai	”I am being poured out [as a libation/drink offering]” — sacrificial cultic image	ਡੋਲ੍ਹਿਆ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹਾਂ (dholhia ja reha haan)	Medium	Convey self-giving, sacrificial-death imagery from OT/Greco-Roman drink-offering practice, distinct from any ritual water/libation offering familiar in Hindu/Sikh practice — a cultural note, not a doctrinal collision.
ὁ καιρὸς τῆς ἀναλύσεώς μου (ἀνάλυσις)	ho kairos tēs analyseōs	”the time of my departure” — nautical/military image of release, a euphemism for death	ਮੇਰੇ ਕੂਚ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਂ (kooch, journey/departure)	Low-Medium	Natural Punjabi euphemism for death via journey-language.
τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα ἠγώνισμαι, τὸν δρόμον τετέλεκα, τὴν πίστιν τετήρηκα	agōna / dromon / tetērēka	”I have fought the good fight, finished the race, kept the faith”	ਲੜਾਈ (fight) / ਦੌੜ (race) / ਸਾਂਭ ਕੇ ਰੱਖੀ (kept) + [BASELINE REUSE] ਨਿਹਚਾ	High	Famous farewell triad; anchors both Perseverance and Assurance of Reward doctrines. Consistency of rendering matters given likely wide quotation.
ἀπόκειταί μοι ὁ τῆς δικαιοσύνης στέφανος (στέφανος, ἀπόκειται)	apokeitai / stephanos	”there is laid up/reserved for me the crown of righteousness”	ਮੁਕਟ (mukut, crown) + [BASELINE REUSE] ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ; ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ (is reserved)	Critical	Anchor term for Assurance of Reward. Homophony caution: ਮੁਕਟ (crown) is phonetically close to ਮੁਕਤ (liberated) and ਮੁਕਤੀ (salvation), both of which appear in adjacent theological territory (reward, salvation). Recommend care in oral teaching/preaching contexts to enunciate clearly and, where helpful, pair ਮੁਕਟ with a disambiguating gloss (“ਇਨਾਮ ਦਾ ਮੁਕਟ,” “the crown of reward”) on first occurrence. The reward is already secured/reserved (ἀπόκειται), not a hoped-for uncertain outcome — reinforces Assurance doctrine.
ὃν ἀποδώσει μοι ὁ Κύριος ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὁ δίκαιος κριτής (δίκαιος, κριτής)	apodōsei / dikaios kritēs	”which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਪ੍ਰਭੂ + ਧਰਮੀ (reuse root from baseline’s justification compound) + ਨਿਆਂਕਾਰ (nyaankar, judge)	High	Connects to 4:1’s κρίνειν ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.
πᾶσι τοῖς ἠγαπηκόσι τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ	ēgapēkosi tēn epiphaneian	”all who have loved his appearing”	[SEE 4:1] ਪਰਗਟਾਵਾ + ਪਿਆਰ	High	Second-coming sense, contextually qualified.
Δημᾶς με ἐγκατέλιπεν, ἀγαπήσας τὸν νῦν αἰῶνα (ἐγκαταλείπω, αἰών)	egkatelipen / ton nyn aiōna	”Demas deserted me, having loved this present age/world”	ਛੱਡ ਦੇਣਾ (forsake); recommend ਇਸ ਸੰਸਾਰ / ਇਸ ਵਰਤਮਾਨ ਜੀਵਨ (“this present world/current life”) rather than ਇਸ ਜੁੱਗ	High	Concrete, named, vivid negative example of apostasy — anchors the Apostasy doctrine with a real historical instance. Same ਜੁੱਗ-avoidance caution as Ch.1’s πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων applies to αἰών here.
Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ χαλκεὺς … ἀποδώσει αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ	apodōsei kata ta erga autou	”Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਪ੍ਰਭੂ + ਕੰਮਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਬਦਲਾ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ	High	Theological care flag: this is temporal/eschatological recompense for harm done, not a statement about salvation-by-works; must not be allowed to blur with the justification-by-faith doctrine established elsewhere (ਲੇਖੇ ਲਾਈ ਧਾਰਮਿਕਤਾ, baseline).
ὁ δὲ Κύριός μοι παρέστη καὶ ἐνεδυνάμωσέν με (παρίστημι, ἐνδυναμόω)	parestē / endynamōsen	”but the Lord stood by me and strengthened me”	ਮੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਰਿਹਾ + [reuse root] ਸਮਰੱਥ ਬਣਾਇਆ	Medium-High	Divine sustaining presence during trial — Perseverance doctrine.
ἵνα δι᾿ ἐμοῦ τὸ κήρυγμα πληροφορηθῇ καὶ ἀκούσωσιν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη (κήρυγμα)	kērygma / panta ta ethnē	”that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles/nations might hear”	ਪਰਚਾਰ (reuse root of κηρύσσω, 4:2) + [BASELINE REUSE] ਪਰਾਈਆਂ ਕੌਮਾਂ	Medium-High
ἐρρύσθην ἐκ στόματος λέοντος; ῥύσεται δέ με ὁ Κύριος ἀπὸ παντὸς ἔργου πονηροῦ καὶ σώσει εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐπουράνιον	errysthēn / rysetai / sōsei / basileian epouranion	”I was rescued from the lion’s mouth; the Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and save me into his heavenly kingdom”	ਛੁਡਾਇਆ (rescue thread) + [BASELINE REUSE] ਪ੍ਰਭੂ + ਮੁਕਤੀ-root ਬਚਾ ਕੇ + [BASELINE REUSE pattern] ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ੁਰ ਦਾ ਰਾਜ + ਸਵਰਗੀ (savargi, heavenly)	Critical	Climactic assurance statement uniting Perseverance, Assurance, and Salvation doctrines. ਸਵਰਗ (heaven) is a widely shared, comparatively low-risk general South Asian religious term; mandatory mukti-adjacent gloss discipline still applies to any load-bearing salvation reference here.
ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων	hē doxa eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn	”to whom be glory forever and ever”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਮਹਿਮਾ + ਜੁਗੋ-ਜੁਗ (jugo-jug, “forever”)	High (doctrine) / Low (idiom)	Idiom-vs-technical-term distinction: as a fixed doxological idiom meaning simply “forever” (a natural, widely used Punjabi blessing formula, e.g. “jug jug jio”), ਜੁਗੋ-ਜੁਗ is safe and idiomatic here — unlike the technical, singular/periodizing uses of ਜੁੱਗ flagged as risky at 1:9 and 4:10 (referring to a discrete cosmic age or “this present age”). Translators must keep this distinction clear: fixed doxological idiom = low risk; technical age/era reference = avoid ਜੁੱਗ.
ἡ χάρις μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν	hē charis meth’ hymōn	”grace be with you”	[BASELINE REUSE] ਕਿਰਪਾ	Critical	Standard closing benediction.
(personal names: Μᾶρκος, Λουκᾶς, Κρήσκης, Τίτος, Τυχικός, Κάρπος, Πρίσκα/Ἀκύλας, Ἔραστος, Τρόφιμος, Εὔβουλος, Πούδης, Λίνος, Κλαυδία)	—	proper names of companions and greetings	standard Punjabi transliteration	Low	No independent doctrinal content; transliterate per established Bible-name conventions.

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Cross-Cutting Observations for Phase 2

1. ਬਚਨ vs. ਸ਼ਬਦ is the single most consequential new lexical decision surfaced in this analysis. It must be added to the Critical forbidden-substitution list alongside ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ, ਗੁਰੂ, ਸੰਤ, ਧਰਮ, ਪੁਨਰ-ਜਨਮ/ਆਵਾਗਵਣ, ਅਵਤਾਰ, ਸ਼ਕਤੀ, and ਈਸਾ.
2. ਗ੍ਰੰਥ caution for “Scripture”: prefer ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਲਿਖਤਾਂ/ਲਿਖਤ over any ਗ੍ਰੰਥ-compound in running translated text, while leaving the baseline’s existing doctrine-label ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਨਾ untouched as an artifact name.
3. ਜੁੱਗ caution: avoid this word for “age/eon” in technical/periodizing senses (1:9; 4:10); reserve the cognate idiom ਜੁਗੋ-ਜੁਗ for fixed doxological “forever” formulas only (4:18).
4. ਮੁਕਟ/ਮੁਕਤੀ homophony: flag for careful oral enunciation and first-occurrence disambiguation.
5. κακοπαθέω thread (1:8; 2:3; 4:5) and ῥύομαι thread (3:11; 4:17-18) must receive identical Punjabi renderings at every occurrence to preserve Paul’s intentional structural repetition.
6. Several terms (ਭਗਤੀ for εὐσέβεια; ਦਯਾ for ἔλεος; ਦਾਸ for δοῦλος) are treated as opportunity-with-anchoring-required terms, following the same methodology the baseline established for ਕਿਰਪਾ and ਸੰਗਤ — genuine positive cultural resonance that must not be allowed to substitute for explicit Christ-centered content.