Core Glossary

Core Glossary: 1 Corinthians (Tamil)

This glossary lists every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, organized by doctrine and chapter of first occurrence. Terms already fixed in the baseline translation_memory.json are marked [BASELINE — REUSE EXACTLY] and are not open for re-derivation; only their 1 Corinthians-specific context notes are added. New terms proposed for this curriculum are marked [NEW] and are candidates for addition to translation_memory.json in Phase 2, pending native-speaker/theologian sign-off per the risk tier indicated.

Summary

Status	Count
Baseline terms reused exactly	34
New terms proposed for this curriculum	47
Critical risk (new + reused)	14
High risk (new + reused)	34
Medium risk	26
Low risk	7

1. Core Passage Doctrine — The Resurrection of Christ and Believers (chs. 15 primarily; also 6:14)

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
1	Gospel	εὐαγγέλιον	euangelion	சுவிசேஷம்	[BASELINE]	High	15	Never நல்ல செய்தி.
2	Resurrection	ἀνάστασις / ἐγήγερται	anastasis / egēgertai	உயிர்த்தெழுதல்	[BASELINE]	Critical	15	NEVER மறுபிறவி. The chapter’s argument (vv.12-19) makes this the single highest-stakes term in the book.
3	According to the Scriptures	κατὰ τὰς γραφάς	kata tas graphas	வேதவாக்கியங்களின்படி	[NEW]	Medium	15	Consistent with the doctrine name தீர்க்கதரிசனத்தின் நிறைவேற்றம் already fixed in the baseline registry. Linear fulfillment, never cyclical.
4	Appeared (resurrection witness)	ὤφθη	ōphthē	காணப்பட்டார்	[NEW]	Medium	15	Must render identically at all 5 occurrences (vv.5,6,7,7,8). Avoid dream-vision register (கனவு).
5	Fell asleep (died, believer)	ἐκοιμήθησαν	ekoimēthēsan	நித்திரையடைந்தார்கள்	[NEW]	Medium	15	Hope-laden euphemism; distinct from மரித்தவர்கள் (spiritually dead, Ephesians doctrine).
6	Firstfruits	ἀπαρχή	aparchē	முதற்பலன்	[NEW]	High	15	Genuine cultural resonance (Pongal harvest tradition) — flag risk of misreading as an offering-TO-God rather than a guarantee-FROM-God.
7	Spiritual body / natural body	σῶμα πνευματικόν / σῶμα ψυχικόν	sōma pneumatikon / sōma psychikon	ஆவிக்குரிய சரீரம் / இயற்கையான சரீரம்	[NEW]	Critical	15	NEVER a transmigration/new-body reading; same body, transformed. Must align with Philippians’ மறுரூபமாக்குதல்.
8	Perishable / imperishable	φθαρτός / ἄφθαρτος	phthartos / aphthartos	அழிவுள்ள / அழிவில்லாத	[NEW]	Low-Medium	15	Straightforward.
9	Last Adam / first man Adam	ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ / ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος Ἀδάμ	ho eschatos Adam / ho prōtos anthrōpos Adam	கடைசி ஆதாம் / முதலாம் மனுஷனாகிய ஆதாம்	[NEW]	Medium	15	OT-literacy scaffolding needed, not a syncretism risk.
10	Sting of death	τὸ κέντρον τοῦ θανάτου	to kentron tou thanatou	மரணத்தின் கூரிய முள்	[NEW]	Low	15	Vivid, safe image.
11	(Last) trumpet	σάλπιγξ (ἐσχάτῃ)	salpigx (eschatē)	எக்காளம்	[NEW]	Low	15	Established biblical term.
12	Your labor is not in vain	ὁ κόπος ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔστιν κενός	ho kopos hymōn ouk estin kenos	உங்கள் பிரயாசம் வீணாகாது	[NEW]	Medium	15	Echo 15:2’s εἰκῇ/வீண் root deliberately.
13	Grace (of God)	χάρις θεοῦ	charis theou	கிருபை / கடவுளுடைய கிருபை	[BASELINE]	High	15	Never புண்ணியம். Grounds Paul’s identity AND labor.
14	Sin(s)	ἁμαρτία	hamartia	பாவம்	[BASELINE]	High	15	”Died for our sins” — substitutionary, personal-God frame.
15	Apostle	ἀπόστολος	apostolos	அப்போஸ்தலன்	[BASELINE]	Medium-High	15	Elevated in this pipeline (குரு collision + Thomas/Mylapore).
16	Church (of God)	ἐκκλησία (τοῦ θεοῦ)	ekklēsia (tou theou)	சபை / கடவுளுடைய சபை	[BASELINE]	Medium	15	Never கோவில்.
17	Faith / believed	πίστις / ἐπίστευσατε	pistis / episteusate	விசுவாசம்	[BASELINE]	High	15	Never பக்தி.

2. Christian Unity versus Factionalism (chs. 1, 3-4, extending through 11-12)

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
18	Divisions/schisms	σχίσματα	schismata	பிரிவினைகள்	[NEW]	High	1	Must not be misread as caste-classification (ஜாதி-adjacent); this is factional loyalty.
19	Strife/rivalry	ἔρις	eris	பகைமையும் வாதமும்	[NEW]	Medium	1	Consistent with Philippians’ envy_and_rivalry rendering pattern.
20	Called / calling	κλητός / κλῆσις	klētos / klēsis	அழைக்கப்பட்ட / அழைப்பு	[BASELINE]	High	1, 7	Extended to social-station application at 7:17-24.
21	Fellow workers of God	συνεργοὶ θεοῦ	synergoi theou	கடவுளுடைய உடன்பணியாளர்	[NEW]	Medium	3	Undercuts ministry-rivalry factionalism.
22	Fleshly/carnal	σαρκικοί	sarkikoi	மாம்சத்துக்குரியவர்கள்	[NEW]	High	3	Adjective of the Critical baseline term மாம்சம்; never a body/soul dualism reading.
23	Temple of God (corporate)	ναὸς θεοῦ	naos theou	ஆலயம்	[BASELINE]	High	3	Never கோவில். First of two applications in this letter (corporate here; individual at 6:19).
24	Attendants of Christ	ὑπηρέτας Χριστοῦ	hypēretas Christou	பணியாளர்	[NEW]	Medium	4	Distinct from ஊழியக்காரர் (Philippians) and அடிமை (slave).
25	Steward	οἰκονόμος	oikonomos	காரியக்காரர்	[NEW]	Medium	4	Accountable to God as owner, not to human faction.
26	Body of Christ / members	σῶμα Χριστοῦ / μέλη	sōma Christou / melē	கிறிஸ்துவின் சரீரம் / அவயவங்கள்	[BASELINE]	High	12	Fullest NT anti-hierarchy grounding (12:22-24) for this pipeline’s standing caste caution.
27	Unity of the Spirit (conceptual echo)	—	—	ஒற்றுமை	[BASELINE]	High	1, 12	Cross-reference to Ephesians unity_of_the_spirit doctrine.

3. The Cross as Wisdom and Power (chs. 1-2)

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
28	Wisdom (of the world / of God)	σοφία	sophia	ஞானம்	[BASELINE, context-extended]	High	1-2	Always keep the “of this world” / “of God” qualifier explicit; never bare ஞானம். Saiva jñāna-mārga collision risk.
29	Foolishness	μωρία	mōria	மூடத்தனம்	[NEW]	High	1	Preserve the honor-inverting paradox; do not soften.
30	Cross	σταυρός	stauros	சிலுவை	[BASELINE]	High	1	Never aestheticized.
31	Power of God	δύναμις θεοῦ	dynamis theou	தேவனுடைய வல்லமை	[BASELINE]	High	1	Never சக்தி (Amman-power collision).
32	Boasting	καύχησις	kauchēsis	மேன்மைபாராட்டுதல்	[BASELINE]	Low	1	Established.
33	Mystery of God	μυστήριον θεοῦ	mystērion theou	இரகசியம்	[BASELINE]	High	2	Never மறைஞானம்.
34	Natural man	ψυχικὸς ἄνθρωπος	psychikos anthrōpos	இயற்கை மனுஷன்	[NEW]	High	2	Guard against Samkhya prakṛti/puruṣa dualism misreading; means “without the Spirit,” not a substance-category.
35	Spiritual (person)	πνευματικός	pneumatikos	ஆவிக்குரியவன்	[NEW]	Medium	2	Shares root with ஆவிக்குரிய வரங்கள்.
36	Mind of Christ	νοῦς Χριστοῦ	nous Christou	கிறிஸ்துவின் சிந்தை	[NEW, concept-harmonized with Philippians φρονέω]	Medium	2	Translator note: distinct Greek lexeme from Philippians 2:5; concept-level reuse recommended pending review.
37	Mature/complete (relative maturity)	τέλειος	teleios	முதிர்ச்சியடைந்தோர்	[BASELINE]	Medium-High	2-3	Never சித்தி (Siddhar attainment register).
38	Milk / solid food	γάλα / βρῶμα	gala / brōma	பால் / திண்ணிய ஆகாரம்	[NEW]	Low	3	Natural metaphor.
39	Fire will test	πῦρ δοκιμάσει	pyr dokimasei	நெருப்பு பரிசோதிக்கும்	[NEW]	High	3	Ministry-works testing, NOT purgatorial or karma-burning; salvation itself untouched.
40	Spectacle	θέατρον	theatron	காட்சிப்பொருள்	[NEW]	Low-Medium	4	Roman-arena background gloss recommended.
41	Spiritual father (Paul, derivative)	πατήρ (πνευματικός)	patēr (pneumatikos)	தகப்பன் (ஆவிக்குரிய)	[NEW]	Medium	4	Never பிதா, reserved exclusively for God the Father.

4. Church Discipline and Holiness (chs. 5-6)

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
42	Sexual immorality	πορνεία	porneia	வேசித்தனம்	[NEW]	High	5, 6, 7, 10	Broad category, never narrowed or euphemized.
43	(Old) leaven	ζύμη (παλαιά)	zymē (palaia)	பழைய புளிப்பு	[NEW]	Medium	5	Requires Passover/OT background gloss.
44	Passover (Christ our Passover, sacrificed)	πάσχα (ἐτύθη)	pascha (etythē)	பாஸ்கா / பலியிடப்பட்டார்	[NEW]	High	5	Once-for-all fulfillment of the type; never a repeatable ritual offering. Requires OT background.
45	Deliver to Satan	παραδοῦναι τῷ Σατανᾷ	paradounai tō Satana	சாத்தானுக்கு ஒப்புக்கொடுத்தல்	[NEW]	High	5	Formal, restoration-oriented church discipline — NOT folk-exorcism or curse-formula register.
46	Washed	ἀπελούσασθε	apelousasthe	கழுவப்பட்டீர்கள்	[NEW]	Medium	6	Spiritual cleansing at conversion, not a repeatable ritual bath.
47	Temple of the Holy Spirit (individual body)	ναὸς τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος	naos tou hagiou pneumatos	பரிசுத்த ஆவியானவரின் ஆலயம்	[BASELINE root, new application]	High	6	Individual application distinct from ch.3’s corporate application of ஆலயம்.
48	Bought with a price	ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς	ēgorasthēte timēs	கிரயத்திற்குக் கொள்ளப்பட்டீர்கள்	[NEW]	Medium	6	Keep resonance with, but distinct from, மீட்பு (redemption).
49	Joined/united to	κολλώμενος	kollōmenos	ஒன்றித்தல்	[NEW]	Medium	6	Preserve the body-union/spirit-union parallel structure.
50	Justified / sanctified	δικαιόω / ἁγιάζω	dikaioō / hagiazō	நீதிமானாக்கப்படுதல் / பரிசுத்தமாக்குதல்	[BASELINE]	Critical/High	6	Reused exactly in the ch.6 conversion-verb chain.

5. Marriage and Singleness (ch. 7)

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
51	Marry / marriage	γαμέω / γάμος	gameō / gamos	விவாகம் / மணம்முடித்தல்	[NEW]	Medium	7	Singleness affirmed as equally valid — counter-cultural given Tamil marriage-centric social norms.
52	Virgin/unmarried	παρθένος	parthenos	கன்னியர்	[NEW]	Medium	7	Referent shifts by context; flag per-occurrence review.
53	Separate/divorce	χωρίζω	chōrizō	பிரிதல் / விவாகரத்து	[NEW]	High	7	Preserve Paul’s precise conditional qualifiers exactly; live pastoral/legal issue.
54	Slave (social status) / free	δοῦλος (κλητός) / ἐλεύθερος	doulos (klētos) / eleutheros	அடிமை / சுயாதீனமானவர்	[NEW]	High	7	Distinct from doctrinal அடிமைத்தனம்; historical accuracy required given caste/bonded-labor resonance.
55	Self-control	ἐγκράτεια	egkrateia	தன்னடக்கம்	[NEW]	Medium	7, 9	Spirit-enabled capacity, not ascetic merit (தவம் caution).
56	Calling (social-station application)	κλῆσις	klēsis	அழைப்பு	[BASELINE, extended]	High	7	Same term, distinct pastoral application from Romans 8:28-30.

6. Christian Liberty and Idol Meat (chs. 8, 10)

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
57	Food sacrificed to idols	εἰδωλόθυτα	eidōlothyta	விக்கிரகங்களுக்குப் படைக்கப்பட்ட உணவு	[NEW]	Critical	8, 10	Live, present-day referent (பிரசாதம்/நைவேத்தியம் practice). Mandatory theologian + native-speaker review.
58	Idol	εἴδωλον	eidōlon	விக்கிரகம்	[NEW — correct usage exception]	High	8, 10	The ONE context in this whole pipeline where விக்கிரகம் is CORRECT (referent is a genuine idol).
59	Knowledge (general)	γνῶσις	gnōsis	அறிவு	[NEW]	Medium	8	Distinct from கிறிஸ்துவை அறிதல் (Philippians relational knowing) and ஞானம் (wisdom).
60	Conscience	συνείδησις	syneidēsis	மனசாட்சி	[NEW]	Medium	8, 10	Familiar, safe term; teach as formable/fallible, not infallible.
61	Right/liberty	ἐξουσία	exousia	உரிமை	[NEW]	High	8, 9	Must stay lexically distinct from அதிகாரம் (cosmic/governing authority sense of the same Greek word).
62	Stumbling block	σκάνδαλον / πρόσκομμα	skandalon / proskomma	இடறல்	[NEW]	Medium	8	Established biblical usage.
63	Crown (imperishable)	στέφανος	stephanos	வாடாத கிரீடம்	[NEW]	Low-Medium	9	Greco-Roman games background gloss helpful.
64	Disqualified	ἀδόκιμος	adokimos	தள்ளப்பட்டவனாக	[NEW]	High	9	Ministry usefulness/reward, NOT salvation-loss; must not contradict assurance doctrine.
65	Slave/servant of all (voluntary)	δοῦλος πάντων	doulos pantōn	எல்லாருக்கும் பணிவிடை செய்பவன்	[NEW]	Medium	9	Positive, voluntary service; distinct from bondage doctrine அடிமைத்தனம்.
66	Type/example (typology)	τύπος	typos	முன்னுருவம்	[NEW]	Medium	10	OT literacy scaffolding required.
67	Participation/communion (Lord’s Supper)	κοινωνία (τοῦ αἵματος/σώματος)	koinōnia	ஐக்கியம்	[BASELINE, doctrinally intensified]	Critical	10, 11	Heaviest doctrinal weight of ஐக்கியம் in the letter — real participation, not bare symbolism.
68	Table of the Lord / table of demons	τράπεζα κυρίου / τράπεζα δαιμονίων	trapeza kyriou / trapeza daimoniōn	கர்த்தரின் பந்தி / பேய்களின் பந்தி	[NEW]	High	10	பேய் intersects Tamil folk-spirit taxonomy; must read as defeated/subordinate, not to be ritually managed.
69	Demon	δαιμόνιον	daimonion	பேய்	[NEW]	High	10	Distinct from பிசாசு (the singular Devil, Ephesians). Mandatory theologian review.
70	Glory of God	δόξα θεοῦ	doxa theou	மகிமை	[BASELINE]	High	10	Reused exactly.

7. The Lord’s Supper (ch. 11)

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
71	Lord’s Supper	κυριακὸν δεῖπνον	kyriakon deipnon	கர்த்தருடைய பந்தி	[NEW]	Critical	11	Protestant register, consistent with established ஞானஸ்நானம் convention (never திருப்பலி/Catholic Mass register).
72	Remembrance	ἀνάμνησις	anamnēsis	நினைவுகூருதல்	[NEW]	High	11	Must be taught together with 10:16’s κοινωνία, not in isolation (memorial + participatory).
73	Unworthily	ἀναξίως	anaxiōs	அபாத்திரமாக	[NEW]	High	11	Manner of participation (disorderly/factional conduct), NOT a moral-perfection prerequisite — guard against merit-reading.
74	Discerning the body	διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα	diakrinōn to sōma	சரீரத்தை பகுத்தறிதல்	[NEW]	Critical	11	Ambiguous referent (Christ’s body / church body) — teach both, resolve neither in translation.
75	Tradition (transmitted teaching)	παράδοσις	paradosis	ஒப்புவிக்கப்பட்ட போதனைகள்	[NEW]	Medium	11	Same transmission-formula family as 15:1-3.
76	Bread, cup	ἄρτος, ποτήριον	artos, potērion	அப்பம், பாத்திரம் (பானபாத்திரம்)	[NEW]	Low	11	Concrete elements; low risk.

8. Order in Worship (chs. 11, 14) — includes head covering and the tongues/prophecy/silence regulations

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
77	Head	κεφαλή	kephalē	தலை	[BASELINE, extended]	High	11	Extended into the letter’s most culturally sensitive application (gender order); always pair with the self-giving-love counterpart.
78	Cover the head	κατακαλύπτομαι	katakalyptomai	தலையை மூடிக்கொள்ளுதல்	[NEW]	High	11	Live, contested contemporary Tamil church practice; translation ≠ pastoral-application resolution.
79	Image and glory (of God, anthropological)	εἰκὼν καὶ δόξα (θεοῦ)	eikōn kai doxa (theou)	தற்சுரூபமும் மகிமையும்	[BASELINE root, new referent]	Medium	11	Distinguish from Christ’s unique exact-image status (Colossians 1:15); may prefer சாயல் for this general anthropological sense — flag for review.
80	Order / decently	τάξις / εὐσχημόνως	taxis / euschēmonōs	ஒழுங்காகவும் நேர்த்தியாகவும்	[NEW]	High	14	Chapter’s governing principle; apply evenhandedly across all of ch.14’s instructions.
81	Be silent	σιγάω	sigaō	மவனமாயிருத்தல்	[NEW]	Critical (pastoral sensitivity)	14	Render identically at all three occurrences (14:28, 30, 34); interpretive resolution belongs to teaching, not translation.
82	Submit	ὑποτάσσω	hypotassō	கீழ்ப்படிதல்	[BASELINE]	Medium	14	Reused exactly; inherits Ephesians 5:21 mutual-submission interpretive frame.
83	Building up/edification	οἰκοδομή / οἰκοδομέω	oikodomē / oikodomeō	கட்டி எழுப்புதல்	[NEW]	Low-Medium	14	Governing measure for every gift exercised in worship.

9. Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ (chs. 12, 14)

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
84	Spiritual gifts	χαρίσματα	charismata	ஆவிக்குரிய வரங்கள்	[BASELINE]	Medium	12	Never bare வரம் (deity-boon folk pattern).
85	Word of wisdom / word of knowledge	λόγος σοφίας / λόγος γνώσεως	logos sophias / logos gnōseōs	ஞான வசனம் / அறிவின் வசனம்	[NEW]	Medium	12	Named gift-categories; keep ஞானம்/அறிவு distinct as elsewhere in the letter.
86	Gifts of healing / working of miracles	ἴαμα / ἐνεργήματα δυνάμεων	iama / energēmata dynameōn	சுகமளிக்கும் வரங்கள் / அற்புத செயல்கள்	[NEW]	High	12	Must stay ஆவிக்குரிய-anchored; never சக்தி-based miracle vocabulary.
87	Distinguishing of spirits	διάκρισις πνευμάτων	diakrisis pneumatōn	ஆவிகளைப் பகுத்தறியும் வரம்	[NEW]	High	12	Distinguish from folk-diviner (மந்திரவாதி) spirit-identification practice.
88	Tongues / interpretation of tongues	γλῶσσαι / ἑρμηνεία γλωσσῶν	glōssai / hermēneia glōssōn	பாஷைகள் / பாஷைகளை மொழிபெயர்க்கும் வரம்	[NEW]	Critical	12, 14	Tamil-internal risk: must not be assimilated to village-festival oracle/possession speech (அருள்வாக்கு); must read as orderly, self-controlled, Spirit-given. Mandatory theologian review.
89	Baptized (into one Spirit)	βάπτισμα (ἓν πνεῦμα)	baptisma (hen pneuma)	ஞானஸ்நானம்	[BASELINE]	Medium	12	Reused exactly; Pauline unity-theology sense.
90	Prophecy/prophesy	προφητεία / προφητεύω	prophēteia / prophēteuō	தீர்க்கதரிசனம்	[BASELINE]	Low	12, 14	Reused exactly.

10. Love as the Greater Way (ch. 13)

#	English term	Greek	Transliteration	Tamil term	Status	Risk	Ch.	Notes / rejected alternatives
91	Love	ἀγάπη	agapē	அன்பு	[BASELINE]	Medium	13	Never பக்தி or காதல். Fullest NT content-description of the term.
92	Patient / kind	μακροθυμεῖ / χρηστεύεται	makrothymei / chrēsteuetai	பொறுமையாயிருக்கும் / தயவுள்ளதாயிருக்கும்	[NEW]	Low	13	Descriptive verb list.
93	Not jealous / not boastful / not arrogant	οὐ ζηλοῖ / οὐ περπερεύεται / οὐ φυσιοῦται	ou zēloi / ou perpereuetai / ou physioutai	பொறாமைப்படாது / பெருமையடியாது / இறுமாப்படையாது	[NEW]	Medium	13	φυσιοῦται root should echo 4:6, 4:18-19, 5:2, 8:1 renderings.
94	The perfect/complete (eschatological)	τέλειος (eschatological sense)	teleios	பூரணமானது / முழுமையானது	[NEW — distinct from maturity-sense τέλειος]	Medium-High	13	Flag Vedantic பூரணம் collision caution (per Ephesians/Colossians fullness doctrine); refers to the consummated kingdom, never ontological merger.
95	Faith, hope, love (triad)	πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη	pistis, elpis, agapē	விசுவாசம், நம்பிக்கை, அன்பு	[BASELINE — all three]	High/Medium	13	Reused exactly; no new rendering needed.

Terms Reused Verbatim from Baseline (Consolidated Reference)

The following baseline terms recur across multiple chapters of 1 Corinthians and must be reused exactly with no modification: சுவிசேஷம் (gospel), கிருபை (grace), விசுவாசம் (faith), நம்பிக்கை (hope), அன்பு (love), பாவம் (sin), உயிர்த்தெழுதல் (resurrection), அப்போஸ்தலன் (apostle), அழைக்கப்பட்ட/அழைப்பு (called/calling), சபை (church), பரிசுத்தமாக்குதல் (sanctification), பரிசுத்தவான்கள் (saints), ஐக்கியம் (fellowship/participation), ஞானம் (wisdom, context-qualified), இரகசியம் (mystery), முதிர்ச்சியடைந்தோர் (mature), மாம்சம் root (flesh/fleshly), ஆலயம் (temple), நீதிமானாக்கப்படுதல் (justification), சிலுவை (cross), தேவனுடைய வல்லமை (power of God), மேன்மைபாராட்டுதல் (boasting), மகிமை (glory), கடவுள் (God — never தேவன்), தேவனுடைய குமாரன் (Son of God, if invoked in ch.15’s Adam-Christ typology teaching), கிறிஸ்துவின் சரீரம் (body of Christ), ஆவிக்குரிய வரங்கள் (spiritual gifts), தீர்க்கதரிசனம் (prophecy), கீழ்ப்படிதல் (submission), ஞானஸ்நானம் (baptism), தலை (head), சபிக்கப்பட்டவன் (accursed), அப்பா (Abba — cross-referenced for the Maranatha parallel), கிறிஸ்துவின் சிந்தை (mind of Christ, concept-harmonized).

Terms Newly Proposed for This Curriculum (Consolidated Reference, by Risk Tier)

Critical (7): food sacrificed to idols (விக்கிரகங்களுக்குப் படைக்கப்பட்ட உணவு); Lord’s Supper (கர்த்தருடைய பந்தி); discerning the body (சரீரத்தை பகுத்தறிதல்); tongues/interpretation (பாஷைகள்); spiritual body/natural body (ஆவிக்குரிய சரீரம்/இயற்கையான சரீரம்); be silent — pastoral sensitivity (மவனமாயிருத்தல்); Maranatha (மாரானாதா, retained transliteration).

High (20): divisions (பிரிவினைகள்); foolishness (மூடத்தனம்); natural man (இயற்கை மனுஷன்); fleshly (மாம்சத்துக்குரியவர்கள்); fire will test (நெருப்பு பரிசோதிக்கும்); sexual immorality (வேசித்தனம்); Passover/Christ our Passover (பாஸ்கா/பலியிடப்பட்டார்); deliver to Satan (சாத்தானுக்கு ஒப்புக்கொடுத்தல்); temple of the Holy Spirit — individual (பரிசுத்த ஆவியானவரின் ஆலயம்); separate/divorce (பிரிதல்/விவாகரத்து); slave/free — social status (அடிமை/சுயாதீனமானவர்); idol (விக்கிரகம், correct-usage exception); right/liberty (உரிமை); disqualified (தள்ளப்பட்டவனாக); table of the Lord/demons (கர்த்தரின் பந்தி/பேய்களின் பந்தி); demon (பேய்); remembrance (நினைவுகூருதல்); unworthily (அபாத்திரமாக); cover the head (தலையை மூடிக்கொள்ளுதல்); order/decently (ஒழுங்காகவும் நேர்த்தியாகவும்); gifts of healing/miracles (சுகமளிக்கும் வரங்கள்/அற்புத செயல்கள்); distinguishing of spirits (ஆவிகளைப் பகுத்தறியும் வரம்); firstfruits (முதற்பலன்).

Medium (16): according to the Scriptures; appeared; fell asleep; mind of Christ; milk/solid food; spectacle; spiritual father; leaven; washed; bought with a price; joined/united; marry/marriage; virgin; self-control; type/example; word of wisdom/knowledge; tradition; image and glory (anthropological); submit (context-reuse); building up; not jealous/boastful/arrogant; the perfect (eschatological); attendants of Christ; steward; fellow workers of God; slave/servant of all; knowledge (general); conscience; stumbling block; last Adam/first Adam.

Low (7): perishable/imperishable; sting of death; trumpet; crown; bread/cup; day of the week detail; patient/kind.

Escalation Routing (Preliminary, for `doctrine_risk_registry.json` extension)

All Critical and High risk terms above require human theologian review per the baseline’s standing escalation rule. In addition, flag the following as requiring BOTH theologian AND native-speaker review given their combination of doctrinal weight and live, contemporary Tamil-church practice sensitivity: food sacrificed to idols (8, 10); the Lord’s Supper unit as a whole (11); head covering (11:2-16); tongues and the distinguishing of spirits (12, 14); the silence regulations of 14:28-35; church discipline procedure (5, 6); and the resurrection-body doctrine of 15:35-58.

This glossary extends, and must be loaded alongside, the baseline translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json. All new terms are proposals pending Phase 2 native-speaker and theologian sign-off before being written into an updated translation_memory.json version.

Critical Risk Terms

Resurrection

Approved rendering: உயிர்த்தெழுதல்
Transliteration: uyirthezhuthal
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Rejected alternatives: மறுபிறவி
Original: ἀνάστασις / ἐγήγερται
Category: Eschatology

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. NEVER மறுபிறவி. The single highest-stakes term in this book: 1 Corinthians 15’s own argument (vv.12-19, ‘if Christ has not been raised…’) makes the once-for-all, bodily, history-ending nature of resurrection load-bearing for the whole chapter’s logic, not incidental. This curriculum extends the term’s baseline application from Christ alone (15:1-11) to all believers (15:12-58) as one unified Critical-risk doctrine, per the doctrine name ‘The Resurrection of Christ AND Believers.‘

Flesh Fleshly

Approved rendering: மாம்சம் / மாம்சத்துக்குரியவர்கள்
Transliteration: maamsam / maamsathukkuriyavargal
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Rejected alternatives: உடல், சரீரம்
Original: σάρξ / σαρκικοί
Category: Sin

Root inherited from the Galatians package (மாம்சம், Critical), reused exactly. The adjective form (3:1-3, ‘are you not walking like mere men?’) names fallen human orientation producing factionalism, never a body/soul dualism reading.

Justification

Approved rendering: நீதிமானாக்கப்படுதல்
Transliteration: neethimanaakkappaduthal
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: மன்னிப்பு பெறுதல்
Original: ἐδικαιώθητε
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Part of the ch.6 conversion-verb chain (6:11, ‘washed, sanctified, justified’). Never abbreviate to மன்னிப்பு (forgiveness) alone, which loses the legal-declaration dimension.

God

Approved rendering: கடவுள்
Transliteration: kadavul
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: தேவன், பரமேஸ்வரன், பகவான்
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Never தேவன், பரமேஸ்வரன், or பகவான். The single most consequential consistency rule inherited into this book.

Christ

Approved rendering: கிறிஸ்து
Transliteration: kiristhu
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans/Galatians package, reused exactly. Central to the resurrection creed (15:3-4) and used throughout the letter.

Jesus

Approved rendering: இயேசு
Transliteration: yesu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly.

Lord

Approved rendering: கர்த்தர்
Transliteration: karthar
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: எஜமான்
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Used throughout, including the Lord’s Table/Supper compounds (கர்த்தருடைய பந்தி) and the closing Maranatha acclamation (16:22).

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: பரிசுத்த ஆவியானவர்
Transliteration: Parisutha Aaviyanavar
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: பிரம்மம், பரமாத்மா
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. The personal agent of spiritual gifts (ch.12), spiritual discernment (ch.2), and individual believer indwelling (6:19). Never பிரம்மம் or பரமாத்மா.

Son Of God

Approved rendering: தேவனுடைய குமாரன்
Transliteration: Devanudaiya Kumaran
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: தெய்வப்புத்திரன்
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Relevant to teaching the Adam-Christ typology of ch.15 and the letter’s Christology generally. Never தெய்வப்புத்திரன்.

Father

Approved rendering: பிதா
Transliteration: pitha
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY for God the Father — must never be used for Paul’s self-described ‘spiritual fatherhood’ of the Corinthians (4:15). Use தகப்பன் there instead; see spiritual_father.

Spiritual Body Natural Body

Approved rendering: ஆவிக்குரிய சரீரம் / இயற்கையான சரீரம்
Transliteration: aavikkuriya sareeram / iyarkaiyaana sareeram
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Rejected alternatives: மறுபிறவி, புதிய உடல் பெறுதல்
Original: σῶμα πνευματικόν / σῶμα ψυχικόν
Category: Eschatology

The transformed, Spirit-empowered, imperishable resurrection body versus the present perishable, soul-animated body (15:42-44) — continuity of the SAME person, not a different body. CRITICAL: must never read as the soul discarding one body for an entirely different one across separate lives (a transmigration/rebirth misreading, already forbidden pipeline-wide as மறுபிறவி). Must align with the already-fixed Philippians 3:21 doctrine மறுரூபமாக்குதல் (transform_our_body). This is the letter’s deepest CONCEPTUAL gap: Tamil religious cognition supplies a ready cyclical rebirth-to-new-bodies model with no native alternative for ‘same body, transformed, once’ — the gap must be closed structurally (teaching Paul’s own seed/plant argument, 15:36-38), not by the term alone.

Food Sacrificed To Idols

Approved rendering: விக்கிரகங்களுக்குப் படைக்கப்பட்ட உணவு
Transliteration: vikkiragangalukku padaikkappatta unavu
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἰδωλόθυτα
Category: Sin

Meat/food ritually offered to an idol before being sold or served, the anchoring subject of chs.8 and 10. CRITICAL: this is the single most LIVE, non-theoretical translation-and-application question in the entire curriculum for a Tamil audience — food ritually offered to deities (பிரசாதம், நைவேத்தியம்) and later distributed/eaten is a routine, present-day, cross-community Tamil religious practice, not a historical artifact. The referent must be rendered with total clarity while Paul’s nuanced pastoral conclusion (liberty bounded by love and conscience) is reserved entirely for teaching material, never smuggled into the translated text. Mandatory theologian AND native-speaker review of every occurrence.

Lords Supper

Approved rendering: கர்த்தருடைய பந்தி
Transliteration: Kartharudaiya panthi
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Rejected alternatives: திருப்பலி
Original: κυριακὸν δεῖπνον
Category: Church

The church’s shared commemorative meal instituted by Christ (11:17-34). Rendered in the established Protestant Tamil register, paralleling the existing baptism decision (ஞானஸ்நானம் over திருமுழுக்கு). Never drift toward the Catholic திருப்பலி (Mass/sacrifice) register. Mandatory theologian review.

Communion Koinonia Lords Supper

Approved rendering: ஐக்கியம்
Transliteration: aikkiyam
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: κοινωνία (τοῦ αἵματος / σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ)
Category: Salvation

The intensified, sacramental sense of κοινωνία at 10:16-17: real, participatory sharing in Christ’s blood and body through the cup and bread, paralleled by the warning against κοινωνία with demons through idol-food (10:20-21). Reuses the baseline ஐக்கியம் exactly, but carries here its HEAVIEST doctrinal load anywhere in this pipeline. Must be taught as real participatory sharing, not bare symbolism, without the translation foreclosing a specific sacramental-theology resolution (real presence vs. memorial) outside this package’s scope.

Discerning The Body

Approved rendering: சரீரத்தை பகுத்தறிதல்
Transliteration: sareeraththai paguthu-arithal
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: διακρίνων τὸ σῶμα
Category: Church

Failure to properly examine/recognize ‘the body’ (11:29) — ambiguous between Christ’s sacrificial body and the church as Christ’s body (unity). Critical for BOTH the Lord’s Supper AND Christian Unity doctrines simultaneously. Teaching material must surface BOTH possible referents rather than prematurely resolving the ambiguity in translation. Mandatory theologian review.

Be Silent

Approved rendering: மவனமாயிருத்தல்
Transliteration: mavanamaayirthal
Doctrine: Tongues, Prophecy, and Order in Worship
Original: σιγάω
Category: Church

The same Greek verb σιγάω used across three distinct instructions: a tongues-speaker without an interpreter (14:28), a prophet yielding the floor (14:30), and women in the assembly (14:34). CRITICAL cultural/pastoral sensitivity (not primarily a Hindu-collision risk, but an internal, contested, high-stakes question within Tamil Christianity itself regarding women’s roles in public worship and leadership). Must render the identical verb identically at all three occurrences, with no amplification or softening at any one relative to the others; interpretive resolution belongs entirely to teaching material. Mandatory theologian AND native-speaker review.

Tongues And Interpretation

Approved rendering: பாஷைகள் / பாஷைகளை மொழிபெயர்க்கும் வரம்
Transliteration: paashaigal / paashaigalai mozhipeyarkkum varam
Doctrine: Tongues, Prophecy, and Order in Worship
Original: γένη γλωσσῶν / ἑρμηνεία γλωσσῶν
Category: Church

Spirit-given utterance in unlearned language(s) and its Spirit-given interpretation (12:10, 28-30), extensively regulated in ch.14. CRITICAL and specifically TAMIL-INTERNAL rather than a Hindu-collision risk: Tamil village festival religion recognizes its own category of ecstatic oracular speech during ritual possession (அருள்வாக்கு/அருட்கூற்று, spoken by a possessed medium). Must ensure this vocabulary reads as an orderly, self-controlled, Spirit-given gift explicitly regulated by the speaker’s own will (14:28, 32 — ‘the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets themselves’), never assimilated to involuntary trance-possession oracle-speech. The regulatory clauses must never be detached from the gift-name. Mandatory theologian review.

Maranatha

Approved rendering: மாரானாதா
Transliteration: Maaraanaathaa
Doctrine: Eschatological Hope and the Maranatha Acclamation
Rejected alternatives: கர்த்தாவே வாரும் (as a full domesticated substitute for the transliteration)
Original: Μαράνα θά
Category: Eschatology

An Aramaic prayer/acclamation (‘Our Lord, come!’) preserved untranslated in the Greek text itself (16:22), expressing urgent eschatological longing for Christ’s return. Parallel case to அப்பா (Abba), but in the OPPOSITE direction of cultural fit: unlike Abba, no Tamil word carries equivalent immediacy, so the transliteration மாரானாதா is retained (with a gloss available in teaching material, ‘எங்கள் கர்த்தாவே, வாரும்!’), preserving both the phrase’s antiquity and its function as an ancient, shared, cross-generational Christian confession. Frame Christ’s return as a fixed future historical event, never one more avatar-descent or a cyclical age-turn (guarding against the Kalki-avatar/Kali-Yuga structural analogue documented in comparative theology).

High Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: சுவிசேஷம்
Transliteration: suvisesham
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: நல்ல செய்தி
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package (baseline translation_memory.json), reused exactly. In 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, given its fixed creedal content (Christ died, was buried, was raised, appeared, 15:3-5). Must convey the specific, historically-anchored proclamation Paul ‘delivered’ (15:3), never a generic positive announcement.

Grace

Approved rendering: கிருபை
Transliteration: kirupai
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: புண்ணியம், ஊழ்வினை பலன்
Original: χάρις (θεοῦ)
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1 Corinthians 15:10 explicitly attributes Paul’s entire apostolic identity AND his hard labor to grace (‘not I, but the grace of God with me’) — this guards against a merit-reading of ministerial effort in a புண்ணியம்-economy religious culture.

Faith

Approved rendering: விசுவாசம்
Transliteration: vishvasam
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: பக்தி
Original: πίστις / ἐπιστεύσατε
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. In 15:11, ‘you believed’ (episteusate) closes the letter’s opening transmission-formula (received → believed → stand); the object of faith is the specific historical content of 15:3-5, never generic devotional piety. Also part of the closing triad with hope and love (13:13).

Hope

Approved rendering: நம்பிக்கை
Transliteration: nambikkai
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Rejected alternatives: ஆசை
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Faith

Inherited from the Ephesians package, reused exactly. Part of the closing triad (13:13); ch.15’s argument implicitly turns on hope collapsing without a real resurrection. Must carry certainty grounded in promise, never the wishful-optimism end of நம்பிக்கை’s ordinary Tamil semantic range.

Sin

Approved rendering: பாவம்
Transliteration: paavam
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: தீவினை
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 15:3 names Christ’s death as ‘for our sins’ (ஆக, not வழியாக) — the substitutionary sense must be carried clearly, never a mere causal ‘because of.‘

Called

Approved rendering: அழைக்கப்பட்ட
Transliteration: azhaikkappatta
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: அழைப்பு பெற்ற
Original: κλητός
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1:2 (called to be saints); extended in 7:17-24 to one’s social/marital station at the time of conversion — a distinct pastoral application from the salvation-calling sense, though the identical Tamil term is correctly reused for both.

Calling

Approved rendering: அழைப்பு
Transliteration: azhaippu
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 7:20’s ‘the state in which he was called’ must convey a sovereign summons, not fatalistic destiny (தலைவிதி) — significant here because Paul’s instruction (‘remain as you were called’) could otherwise be misread as fatalistic resignation rather than active stewardship of one’s calling.

Sanctification

Approved rendering: பரிசுத்தமாக்குதல்
Transliteration: parisuthamaakkuthal
Doctrine: Sanctification
Original: ἁγιασμός / ἡγιάσθητε
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Part of the ch.6 conversion-verb chain (‘washed, sanctified, justified,’ 6:11).

Saints

Approved rendering: பரிசுத்தவான்கள்
Transliteration: parisuthavankal
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: சாமியார், சித்தர்
Original: ἅγιοι / κλητοῖς ἁγίοις
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1:2 (‘called to be saints’). Never சாமியார் or சித்தர் — the distinctly Tamil Siddhar adept-mystic category.

Wisdom

Approved rendering: ஞானம்
Transliteration: gnanam
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: மெய்ஞ்ஞானம்
Original: σοφία
Category: Faith

Inherited from the Colossians package, reused exactly. In 1 Corinthians 1-3, NEVER allow this word to appear without its qualifying genitive (‘of this world’ / ‘of God’) explicit in the Tamil clause, at every single occurrence. ஞானம் is the exact technical term for Saiva Siddhanta’s own salvific knowledge-path (ஞானமார்க்கம்); dropping the qualifier even once risks the passage reading as an endorsement of the very category Paul relativizes.

Mystery Of God

Approved rendering: இரகசியம்
Transliteration: irakasiyam
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: மறைஞானம், மறைபொருள்
Original: μυστήριον θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from the Ephesians/Colossians package, reused exactly. 2:1, 2:7 — God’s formerly hidden, now Spirit-revealed and openly proclaimed wisdom, contrasted with human rhetorical eloquence. Never மறைஞானம் (esoteric initiate knowledge).

Temple Of God Corporate

Approved rendering: ஆலயம்
Transliteration: aalayam
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple
Rejected alternatives: கோவில்
Original: ναὸς θεοῦ
Category: Church

Inherited from the Ephesians package, reused exactly. 3:16-17: the whole Corinthian church as one corporate dwelling place of God’s Spirit — the FIRST of two applications of this root in this letter (see temple_of_the_holy_spirit_individual for the second, at 6:19). Never கோவில். In temple-dense Tamil Nadu this doctrine is load-bearing, not a neutral metaphor.

Cross

Approved rendering: சிலுவை
Transliteration: siluvai
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: σταυρός
Category: Salvation

Inherited from the Galatians package, reused exactly. 1:17-18, 1:23 — never aestheticized; the shamefulness of the image is Paul’s own deliberate, honor-inverting point in an honor-shame culture.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: தேவனுடைய வல்லமை
Transliteration: Devanudaiya Vallamai
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: சக்தி
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 1:18, 1:24; 2:4-5 — Paul’s Spirit-evidenced preaching, not human rhetorical persuasion. Never சக்தி, given Tamil Nadu’s vivid, grassroots village Amman goddess-power tradition.

Glory Of God

Approved rendering: மகிமை
Transliteration: magimai
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: δόξα θεοῦ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 10:31’s practical resolution (‘do all to the glory of God’) and 11:7’s anthropological application (‘man is the image and glory of God’) — flag the second use for review alongside image_and_glory_anthropological.

Anathema

Approved rendering: சபிக்கப்பட்டவன்
Transliteration: sabikkappattavan
Doctrine: Eschatological Hope and the Maranatha Acclamation
Original: ἀνάθεμα
Category: Salvation

Inherited from the Galatians package, reused exactly. 16:22 — God’s judicial verdict on anyone who has no love for the Lord. Never the பில்லி சூனியம் folk-magic-cursing register; this is a divine judicial pronouncement, consistent with the Galatians 1:8-9 precedent.

Mind Of Christ

Approved rendering: கிறிஸ்துவின் சிந்தை
Transliteration: Kiristhuvin sinthai
Doctrine: Natural Man versus Spiritual Discernment
Original: νοῦς Χριστοῦ
Category: Faith

Concept-harmonized with the baseline Philippians term (established for φρονέω, a disposition-verb, Phil 2:5). 2:16 uses a distinct Greek lexeme (νοῦς, a cognitive-outlook noun, quoting Isaiah 40:13). Concept-level reuse is recommended pending explicit theologian confirmation of this lexeme-mismatch harmonization before permanent lock-in as a cross-book equivalence.

Body Of Christ

Approved rendering: கிறிஸ்துவின் சரீரம்
Transliteration: Kiristhuvin sareeram
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: உடல்
Original: σῶμα Χριστοῦ / μέλη
Category: Church

Inherited from the Ephesians package, reused exactly. Given its fullest NT development anywhere in this pipeline in 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, including the explicit statement (12:22-24) that lesser-honored parts receive GREATER honor — the fullest scriptural grounding available in this pipeline for the standing anti-caste-hierarchy guard against the Purusha Sukta ranked-body-metaphor. Must not be softened.

Head

Approved rendering: தலை
Transliteration: thalai
Doctrine: Order in Worship: Gender and Head Covering
Rejected alternatives: தலைவர்
Original: κεφαλή
Category: Church

Inherited from the Ephesians/Colossians package, reused exactly. Extended in this letter into its most culturally sensitive application — gender order in worship (11:2-16). The established caution that authority language must always travel with its self-giving-love counterpart applies with even greater force here, given Tamil society’s own entrenched, religiously-reinforced patriarchal gender norms.

Unity Of The Spirit

Approved rendering: ஒற்றுமை
Transliteration: otrumai
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Rejected alternatives: ஐக்கியம்

Inherited from the Ephesians package, reused exactly. Cross-referenced for the Christian Unity versus Factionalism doctrine (1 Cor 1, 3, 12) — this letter’s பிரிவினைகள் (divisions) is the direct, sinful violation of this established doctrine.

Firstfruits

Approved rendering: முதற்பலன்
Transliteration: mutharpalan
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ἀπαρχή
Category: Eschatology

Christ’s resurrection as the first portion of a harvest guaranteeing the whole harvest (believers’ own resurrection) will certainly follow (15:20, 15:23). Genuine positive cultural resonance from Tamil Pongal harvest-offering tradition, but High risk BECAUSE of that resonance: the direction must be reversed in teaching — this is God’s guarantee TO believers, not an offering FROM a worshiper TO a deity. Flag every occurrence for a direction-of-flow teaching note.

The Perfect Eschatological Completeness

Approved rendering: பூரணமானது / முழுமையானது
Transliteration: pooranamaanathu / muzhumaiyaanathu
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Original: τέλειος (eschatological sense)
Category: Eschatology

The eschatological fullness/completion at Christ’s return that will render partial gifts (prophecy, tongues, knowledge) obsolete (13:10) — a DISTINCT sense of τέλειος from the relative-maturity sense (see mature_perfect, 2:6/3:1). Must be kept lexically distinct from முதிர்ச்சியடைந்தோர். பூரணம்/pūrṇam carries the standing Vedantic collision caution already documented for the fullness doctrine (Ephesians/Colossians): this ‘complete’ is the consummated kingdom of God at Christ’s return, never ontological merger of the self into the divine.

Faith Hope Love Triad

Approved rendering: விசுவாசம், நம்பிக்கை, அன்பு
Transliteration: vishvasam, nambikkai, anbu
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Original: πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη
Category: Faith

The chapter’s climactic summary triad (13:13), with love singled out as ‘the greatest.’ All three terms are baseline entries reused exactly; no new rendering required, only consistent reuse in combination.

Divisions Schisms

Approved rendering: பிரிவினைகள்
Transliteration: pirivinaigal
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: σχίσματα
Category: Church

Serious, sinful rifts in the church’s unity caused by rival allegiances to different ministers (1:10-17, ‘I am of Paul… I am of Apollos…’). Must read as a serious rupture of body-unity (echoing the Ephesians package’s ஒற்றுமை doctrine), never a mild difference of opinion. Distinguish carefully from ஜாதி-adjacent (caste) vocabulary — this is party/faction loyalty, not caste, though Tamil readers must not conflate the two given புறஜாதியார்’s formal proximity to caste terminology already documented in the baseline.

Foolishness Of The Cross

Approved rendering: மூடத்தனம்
Transliteration: moodathanam
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Rejected alternatives: எளிமை
Original: μωρία
Category: Salvation

That which appears absurd or worthless by human standards, paired antithetically with σοφία — the cross is, paradoxically, God’s wisdom and power (1:18-25). Must be allowed to stand as a genuinely startling, honor-inverting claim without softening; in an honor-shame culture like Tamil Nadu the paradox should be felt sharply. Risk runs toward OVER-softening, not collision — do not domesticate the shock.

Natural Man

Approved rendering: இயற்கை மனுஷன்
Transliteration: iyarkai manushan
Doctrine: Natural Man versus Spiritual Discernment
Original: ψυχικὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Sin

The unregenerate person who cannot receive or discern the things of the Spirit because he lacks the Spirit (2:14). Must be anchored contextually as ‘the person WITHOUT the Holy Spirit,’ never as a metaphysical substance-category. Tamil popular philosophical thought (Samkhya-influenced prakṛti/puruṣa substance dualism, widely diffused in vernacular religious cognition beyond formal philosophy classrooms) offers a ready-made but doctrinally WRONG frame — collapsing the two frameworks converts a claim about the Spirit’s presence into a claim about metaphysical anthropology the text does not make.

Fire Will Test Ministry Works

Approved rendering: நெருப்பு பரிசோதிக்கும்
Transliteration: neruppu parisothikkum
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Stewardship
Original: πῦρ δοκιμάσει
Category: Eschatology

An eschatological testing by fire of the QUALITY of each believer’s ministry work (wood, hay, straw vs. gold, silver, precious stones), distinct from justification itself (3:12-15). Must be taught as testing of ministry works and rewards, NOT a purgatorial or karma-burning-off-sin process — a genuine double risk given both Catholic purgatory associations in some Tamil Christian communities and karma-burning imagery in Hindu popular thought. The text’s own safeguard (‘he himself will be saved,’ 3:15b) must be kept structurally and explicitly attached to the fire-image in every teaching context.

Sexual Immorality

Approved rendering: வேசித்தனம்
Transliteration: vesithanam
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: πορνεία
Category: Sin

Sexual sin outside the bounds God has set, a broad category (5:1; 6:9, 6:18; 7:2; 10:8), not narrowly limited to prostitution. Must be taught as covering the whole category, not narrowed to its etymological root nor euphemized.

Passover Sacrificed

Approved rendering: பாஸ்கா / பலியிடப்பட்டார்
Transliteration: paaska / paliyidappattaar
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: πάσχα (ἐτύθη)
Category: Salvation

‘Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed’ (5:7). Must read as a once-for-all fulfillment of the Passover TYPE, never a repeatable ritual offering — the same recurring-appeasement misreading already flagged for பலி at village Amman shrines applies here. Requires OT background teaching note; transliterate the festival name (பாஸ்கா).

Deliver To Satan

Approved rendering: சாத்தானுக்கு ஒப்புக்கொடுத்தல்
Transliteration: Saathaanukku oppukkoduthal
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: παραδοῦναι τῷ Σατανᾷ
Category: Church

Formal, church-authorized removal of a persistently unrepentant member from the church’s protective fellowship, for restoration (‘so that his spirit may be saved,’ 5:5). Must be framed strictly as formal, corporate, restoration-oriented church discipline — NEVER in terms resembling folk-exorcism ritual (மந்திரவாதி practice) or a curse-formula (the பில்லி சூனியம் register already forbidden for anathema in the Galatians package). Mandatory theologian review.

Temple Of The Holy Spirit Individual

Approved rendering: பரிசுத்த ஆவியானவரின் ஆலயம்
Transliteration: Parisutha Aaviyanavarin aalayam
Doctrine: The Church as God’s Temple
Rejected alternatives: கோவில்
Original: ναὸς τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Category: Sanctification

The individual believer’s own body as the Holy Spirit’s dwelling place (6:19), grounding the chapter’s sexual-ethics argument. Reuses ஆலயம் exactly, but this is a distinct, INDIVIDUAL application from ch.3’s CORPORATE temple (see temple_of_god_corporate) — teach the two applications side by side and distinctly so neither is confused with the other; never treat the body as a shrine/idol-housing space.

Separate Divorce

Approved rendering: பிரிதல் / விவாகரத்து
Transliteration: pirithal / vivaagarathu
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: χωρίζω
Category: Ethics

Marital separation/divorce, addressed with careful conditional qualification for believer-unbeliever marriages, abandonment, and remarriage (7:10-16). A live pastoral and social-legal issue in Tamil Christian communities; Paul’s careful conditional qualifiers must be rendered with full grammatical precision, since imprecision could be read as either a blanket prohibition or a blanket permission Paul did not intend.

Approved rendering: அடிமை / சுயாதீனமானவர்
Transliteration: adimai / suyaatheenamaanavar
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Rejected alternatives: அடிமைத்தனம்
Original: δοῦλος (κλητός) / ἐλεύθερος
Category: Ethics

Actual first-century social slave-status addressed pastorally in 7:21-23. Distinct from the doctrinal அடிமைத்தனம் (bondage-to-sin/law, Galatians) — this is literal social slave status. Must be handled with dignity and historical accuracy given the documented caste- and bonded-labor-history resonance already flagged for slavery vocabulary; do not import anachronistic present-day social categories into the text itself.

Idol

Approved rendering: விக்கிரகம்
Transliteration: vikkiragam
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: εἴδωλον
Category: Sin

An image or object of false-god worship, repeatedly and directly referenced across chs.8 and 10. This is the ONE context across this entire multi-book pipeline where விக்கிரகம் is the CORRECT and REQUIRED word — elsewhere it is a forbidden substitution for Christ’s image (see Colossians image doctrine). Translators trained by prior books to avoid this word must not under-translate this letter’s direct, repeated references to actual idols.

Right Liberty

Approved rendering: உரிமை
Transliteration: urimai
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: அதிகாரம்
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Ethics

A Christian’s personal right or liberty to act in a disputed matter (8:9), and Paul’s own apostolic right, voluntarily surrendered (9:4-18). Must be kept lexically DISTINCT from அதிகாரம் (the ‘authority/dominion’ sense of the same Greek word ἐξουσία, used elsewhere in this pipeline for cosmic powers and governing authorities), so Tamil readers do not confuse ‘my right to eat’ with ‘ruling spiritual/political authority.‘

Disqualified

Approved rendering: தள்ளப்பட்டவனாக
Transliteration: thallappattavanaaga
Doctrine: Warning Against Apostasy and Testing
Original: ἀδόκιμος
Category: Ministry

Failing to meet a required standard on examination; Paul’s fear of forfeiting effective ministry usefulness and reward (9:27). Requires a theologian’s note distinguishing this from a loss-of-salvation reading; must be taught alongside, not in tension with, the already-fixed assurance-of-salvation doctrine (Romans 8; Philippians 1:6).

Table Of The Lord And Demons

Approved rendering: கர்த்தரின் பந்தி / பேய்களின் பந்தி
Transliteration: Kartharin panthi / peygalin panthi
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: τράπεζα κυρίου / τράπεζα δαιμονίων
Category: Church

A shared meal signifying allegiance to its host-power; Paul’s direct antithesis that one cannot partake of both without spiritual contradiction (10:21). The second half intersects Tamil folk-religious spirit taxonomy directly; must read as real, defeated, subordinate spiritual beings behind idol-worship, never beings to be ritually feared, placated, or managed.

Demon

Approved rendering: பேய் / பேய்கள்
Transliteration: pey / peygal
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Rejected alternatives: பிசாசு, முனி, மோகினி
Original: δαιμόνιον
Category: Spiritual Warfare

A false spiritual power operating behind idol-worship (10:20-21), distinct from the singular personal Devil. பேய் is deeply embedded in Tamil folk-religious taxonomy of afflicting/managed spirits; must be taught as real but defeated, subordinate power, never conflated with பிசாசு (the singular personal Devil, reserved elsewhere in this pipeline). Never use folk-taxonomy category names (முனி, மோகினி) in the translated text itself. Mandatory theologian review.

Cover The Head

Approved rendering: தலையை மூடிக்கொள்ளுதல்
Transliteration: thalaiyai moodikkolluthal
Doctrine: Order in Worship: Gender and Head Covering
Original: κατακαλύπτομαι
Category: Church

The instruction that women cover their heads while praying or prophesying (11:5-6, 11:13-15). Existing Tamil Christian practice is itself diverse and contested; translation must render the instruction accurately WITHOUT resolving the much-debated application (permanent command vs. first-century cultural convention). Mandatory native-speaker AND theologian review.

Remembrance

Approved rendering: நினைவுகூருதல்
Transliteration: ninaivukooruthal
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ἀνάμνησις
Category: Church

The commemorative, memorial dimension of the Supper (‘do this in remembrance of me,’ 11:24-25). Must be held together with 10:16’s participatory κοινωνία — never taught in isolation, which would produce a bare-memorialist doctrine the text does not teach standing alone. Mandatory pairing rule for teaching material.

Unworthily

Approved rendering: அபாத்திரமாக
Transliteration: apaathiramaaga
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper
Original: ἀναξίως
Category: Church

The manner of participation Paul warns against (11:27) — not a moral qualification for approaching the Table but a failure to discern/honor the body, tied to the Corinthians’ specific factional, disorderly, gluttonous conduct (11:20-22). High risk of merit-based misreading: must NOT be taught as requiring moral perfection, which would reopen the works-righteousness door this pipeline carefully keeps shut elsewhere. Mandatory theologian review.

Order And Decently

Approved rendering: ஒழுங்காகவும் நேர்த்தியாகவும்
Transliteration: ozhungaagavum nerthiyaagavum
Doctrine: Tongues, Prophecy, and Order in Worship
Original: τάξις / εὐσχημόνως
Category: Church

Orderly, decently-conducted worship as opposed to chaotic simultaneity, grounded in God’s own orderly character (‘God is not a God of confusion but of peace,’ 14:33, 40). The chapter’s practical resolution to the tongues/prophecy/gender debates; must be rendered plainly and applied EVENHANDEDLY across all of ch.14’s instructions, not selectively invoked for one side of a contested question.

Gifts Of Healing And Miracles

Approved rendering: சுகமளிக்கும் வரங்கள் / அற்புத செயல்கள்
Transliteration: sugamalikkum varangal / arputha seyalkal
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: சக்தி
Original: ἴαμα / ἐνεργήματα δυνάμεων
Category: Church

Spirit-given gifts of healing and miracle-working (12:9-10), explicitly Spirit-given, not self-generated ability. Must stay ஆவிக்குரிய-anchored and never rendered with சக்தி-based miracle-power vocabulary, given the living Amman-goddess-power association.

Distinguishing Of Spirits

Approved rendering: ஆவிகளைப் பகுத்தறியும் வரம்
Transliteration: aavigalai paguthu-ariyum varam
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: διάκρισις πνευμάτων
Category: Spiritual Warfare

The Spirit-given gift of discerning whether a spiritual manifestation is genuinely from the Holy Spirit or elsewhere (12:10). Must be distinguished from folk-diviner (மந்திரவாதி) spirit-identification practices; this gift’s presence in Scripture validates the need for real, Spirit-given discernment as distinct from those folk practices. Mandatory theologian and native-speaker review given the density of Tamil folk spirit-taxonomy and living possession-oracle culture.

Medium Risk Terms

Love

Approved rendering: அன்பு
Transliteration: anbu
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Rejected alternatives: பக்தி, காதல்
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from the Galatians/Ephesians package, reused exactly. Given its fullest NT descriptive content anywhere in this pipeline in 1 Corinthians 13 (the ‘greater way,’ 12:31). Never பக்தி (wrong-direction devotional love) or காதல் (romantic love). A genuine cultural asset given classical Tamil ethical literature’s (Thirukkural) rich அன்பு vocabulary.

Church

Approved rendering: சபை
Transliteration: sabai
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: கோவில்
Original: ἐκκλησία (τοῦ θεοῦ)
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. 15:9’s ‘the church of God’ (which Paul persecuted). Never கோவில் (Hindu temple).

Spiritual Gifts

Approved rendering: ஆவிக்குரிய வரங்கள்
Transliteration: aavikkuriya varangal
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: வரம்
Original: χαρίσματα
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. The organizing term of chs.12 and 14. Never bare வரம் (deity-boon-for-vow-keeping folk-devotional pattern).

Submission

Approved rendering: கீழ்ப்படிதல்
Transliteration: keezhppadithal
Doctrine: Tongues, Prophecy, and Order in Worship
Rejected alternatives: அடிமைத்தனம்
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Church

Inherited from the Ephesians package, reused exactly. 14:32, 34 — applied here to prophets/speakers yielding order in worship. Inherits the Ephesians 5:21 mutual-submission interpretive frame; flag alongside be_silent for the same combined high-sensitivity review.

Baptism

Approved rendering: ஞானஸ்நானம்
Transliteration: gnanasnanam
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: தீர்த்தம், புனித நீராடல்

Inherited from the Ephesians package, reused exactly. Established Tamil Protestant term. Never sacred-bathing (tirtha) framing.

Baptized One Spirit

Approved rendering: ஞானஸ்நானம்
Transliteration: gnanasnanam
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: βάπτισμα (ἓν πνεῦμα)
Category: Church

12:13’s unity statement: ‘by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,’ transcending Jew/Greek/slave/free. Reuses the baptism term exactly, carrying here its distinctly Pauline theological (not primarily ritual) unity sense.

Sacrifice

Approved rendering: பலி
Transliteration: pali
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness

Inherited from the Ephesians package, reused exactly. Underlies பலியிடப்பட்டார் at 5:7 (Christ our Passover, sacrificed). Christ’s sacrifice is self-given and once-for-all, never a repeatable village-shrine-style offering; see passover_sacrificed.

Gospel Transmission Formula

Approved rendering: ஒப்புவிக்கப்பட்டு பெற்றுக்கொள்ளுதல்
Transliteration: oppuvikkappattu petrukkolluthal
Doctrine: Gospel Transmission and Apostolic Tradition
Original: παρέδωκα / παρελάβετε / γνωρίζω
Category: Covenant

The technical παρέδωκα/παρελάβετε/γνωρίζω verb-pair for formally handing down and receiving authoritative apostolic tradition, recurring at 11:2, 11:23 (Lord’s Supper), and 15:1-3 (resurrection creed). Must be rendered with ONE consistent Tamil verb pair (ஒப்புக்கொடுத்தேன்/கையளித்தேன் — பெற்றுக்கொண்டீர்கள்) at all three occurrences so readers recognize the deliberate recurring transmission-formula pattern, distinct from the adaptable guru-parampara (teacher-lineage) transmission model.

According To The Scriptures

Approved rendering: வேதவாக்கியங்களின்படி
Transliteration: vethavaakkiyangalinpadi
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: κατὰ τὰς γραφάς
Category: Covenant

The fulfillment formula anchoring Christ’s death (15:3) and resurrection (15:4) in the linear-historical Old Testament prophetic word. Render identically at both occurrences. Linear historical fulfillment, never a cyclical yuga-age frame.

Appeared Resurrection Witness

Approved rendering: காணப்பட்டார்
Transliteration: kaanappattaar
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Rejected alternatives: கனவில் தோன்றினார்
Original: ὤφθη
Category: Eschatology

The technical term for a genuine, verifiable post-resurrection bodily appearance, repeated five times (15:5-8: Cephas, the Twelve, 500 brothers, James, all the apostles, Paul). Must be rendered identically at every occurrence. Avoid dream-vision register (கனவில் தோன்றினார்), familiar from Tamil devotional/folk religion for divine appearances, which would downgrade Paul’s real, checkable eyewitness list to one more instance of that genre.

Fell Asleep Died

Approved rendering: நித்திரையடைந்தார்கள்
Transliteration: nithiraiyadainthaargal
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ἐκοιμήθησαν
Category: Eschatology

The established Christian hope-laden euphemism for a believer’s physical death (15:6, 15:18, 15:51), anticipating bodily resurrection. Must not be read as literal soul-sleep doctrine or assimilated to any rebirth-adjacent interim state. Keep strictly distinct from மரித்தவர்கள் (the Ephesians package’s term for the unregenerate’s SPIRITUAL death) — this describes physical death held in resurrection hope, not spiritual death.

Last Adam First Adam

Approved rendering: கடைசி ஆதாம் / முதலாம் மனுஷனாகிய ஆதாம்
Transliteration: kadaisi Aatham / mudhalaam manushanaagiya Aatham
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ / ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος Ἀδάμ
Category: Eschatology

Typological contrast: Adam as source of death for all humanity, Christ (‘the last Adam’) as source of resurrection life (15:21-22, 45-49). Comprehension risk, not syncretism risk — Adam and Genesis fall outside Hindu/Jain cosmology entirely, but requires OT background scaffolding for readers with low Old Testament narrative literacy.

Labor Not In Vain

Approved rendering: உங்கள் பிரயாசம் வீணாகாது
Transliteration: ungal piraayaasam veenaagaathu
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: ὁ κόπος ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔστιν κενός
Category: Eschatology

The chapter’s closing pastoral application (15:58). Render with the same வீண்/‘veenaaga’ root used at 15:2 and 15:14, 15:17 so the reader recognizes this as the chapter’s deliberate resolution of its own opening warning.

Not Jealous Boastful Arrogant

Approved rendering: பொறாமைப்படாது / பெருமையடியாது / இறுமாப்படையாது
Transliteration: poraamaippaduthu / perumaiyadiyaathu / irumaappadaiyaathu
Doctrine: Love as the Greater Way
Original: οὐ ζηλοῖ / οὐ περπερεύεται / οὐ φυσιοῦται
Category: Sanctification

Negative descriptors of love’s character (13:4). The ‘puffed up’ (φυσιοῦται → இறுமாப்படையாது) verb deliberately echoes 4:6, 4:18-19, 5:2, and 8:1. Render this specific root with the SAME Tamil verb at every one of these five occurrences so the reader recognizes Paul’s own repeated rhetorical link between factionalism, knowledge-pride, and love’s opposite character. Flag for cross-chapter consistency checking in Phase 2 QA.

Fellow Workers Of God

Approved rendering: கடவுளுடைய உடன்பணியாளர்
Transliteration: kadavuludaiya udanpaniyaalar
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: συνεργοὶ θεοῦ
Category: Church

Ministers (e.g. Paul and Apollos) as cooperative co-laborers under one Master, not rival spiritual authorities to be factionally championed (3:9). Preserve Paul’s own connective logic (each planted/watered, God gave the growth) in Tamil syntax so the anti-rivalry point survives structurally, not just lexically.

Strife Rivalry

Approved rendering: பகைமையும் வாதமும்
Transliteration: pagaimaiyum vaathamum
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: ἔρις
Category: Sin

Quarreling, jealous rivalry named as a symptom of the Corinthians’ fleshly factionalism (1:11, 3:3). Consistent with the already-established Philippians rendering pattern (φθόνος καὶ ἔρις, envy_and_rivalry).

Spiritual Person

Approved rendering: ஆவிக்குரியவன்
Transliteration: aavikkuriyavan
Doctrine: Natural Man versus Spiritual Discernment
Original: πνευματικός
Category: Sanctification

The believer indwelt by and discerning by the Holy Spirit (2:15), direct antithesis of the natural man. Shares the established ஆவிக்குரிய root with ‘spiritual gifts,’ preserving lexical consistency across the letter’s Spirit-vocabulary (chs. 2, 12, 14).

Attendants Of Christ

Approved rendering: பணியாளர்
Transliteration: paniyaalar
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Stewardship
Original: ὑπηρέτας Χριστοῦ
Category: Ministry

Apostles as accountable functionaries serving under Christ’s direction, not independent authorities to be factionally championed (4:1). Keep lexically distinct from ஊழியக்காரர் (servants of Christ Jesus, Philippians 1:1) and அடிமை (slave): an attendant is accountable to a master for a task, not to a party of human admirers.

Steward Of Mysteries

Approved rendering: காரியக்காரர்
Transliteration: kaariyakkaarar
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Stewardship
Original: οἰκονόμος (μυστηρίων θεοῦ)
Category: Ministry

A household manager entrusted with God’s resources, accountable to the true Owner for faithfulness, not popularity (4:1-2). Must convey personal accountability to God as owner, distinguishing this PERSON-entrusted sense from the already-fixed plan_of_god root (திட்டம்/οἰκονομία family), which names the plan itself.

Spiritual Father

Approved rendering: தகப்பன் (ஆவிக்குரிய)
Transliteration: thagappan (aavikkuriya)
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Rejected alternatives: பிதா
Original: πατήρ (πνευματικός)
Category: Church

Paul’s claim to have ‘fathered’ the Corinthians through the gospel (4:15) — a real but derivative, non-divine relationship. Must use தகப்பன் (the ordinary Tamil word for father), NEVER பிதா, which the baseline reserves exclusively for God the Father — this letter is the first in the pipeline where a human minister explicitly claims a ‘father’ role toward believers, making the boundary a live test case.

Old Leaven

Approved rendering: பழைய புளிப்பு
Transliteration: pazhaiya pulippu
Doctrine: Church Discipline and Holiness
Original: ζύμη (παλαιά)
Category: Sin

Passover unleavened-bread imagery for how tolerated sin corrupts the whole congregation (‘a little leaven leavens the whole lump,’ 5:6-8). Requires an OT/Passover background gloss; Tamil culture has no directly equivalent festival.

Washed

Approved rendering: கழுவப்பட்டீர்கள்
Transliteration: kazhuvappattirgal
Doctrine: Sanctity of the Body and Sexual Ethics
Original: ἀπελούσασθε
Category: Salvation

Spiritual cleansing accomplished by God at conversion, part of the three-verb chain ‘washed, sanctified, justified’ (6:11). Must read as a completed spiritual cleansing at conversion, not a repeatable ritual bath — guard against the tirtha/sacred-bathing misreading already flagged for baptism in the Ephesians package.

Bought With A Price

Approved rendering: கிரயத்திற்குக் கொள்ளப்பட்டீர்கள்
Transliteration: kirayathirku kollappattirgal
Doctrine: Sanctity of the Body and Sexual Ethics
Original: ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς
Category: Salvation

Believers as those purchased at a cost, grounding bodily holiness in the fact of not being self-owned (6:20, 7:23). Keep close resonance with, but lexically distinct from, மீட்பு (redemption, the ἐξαγοράζω family fixed in the Galatians package) — a costly, personal rescue, never a mere commercial transaction that devalues grace.

Joined United To

Approved rendering: ஒன்றித்தல்
Transliteration: ondrithal
Doctrine: Sanctity of the Body and Sexual Ethics
Original: κολλώμενος
Category: Sanctification

Intimate one-flesh-type union vocabulary applied both to sexual union with a prostitute (negative) and spiritual union with the Lord (positive), 6:16-17. The parallel structure (body-union vs. spirit-union) must be preserved in Tamil syntax so the force of Paul’s analogy is not lost.

Marriage

Approved rendering: விவாகம் / மணம்முடித்தல்
Transliteration: vivaaham / manam mudithal
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: γαμέω / γάμος
Category: Ethics

The marital union, affirmed as good throughout ch.7 but not spiritually superior to singleness. Tamil culture places extremely strong, often religiously-reinforced social weight on marriage; Paul’s genuinely counter-cultural affirmation of singleness as equally valid (7:1, 7, 25-38) must be rendered at full strength — the translation itself must not soften either position.

Virgin Unmarried

Approved rendering: கன்னியர்
Transliteration: kanniyar
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Original: παρθένος
Category: Ethics

An unmarried person; referent shifts across ch.7 (unmarried generally, a father’s unmarried daughter, betrothed couples, 7:25-38). Flag for native-speaker review at each occurrence to confirm the correct referent.

Self Control

Approved rendering: தன்னடக்கம்
Transliteration: thannadakkam
Doctrine: Marriage and Singleness
Rejected alternatives: தவம்
Original: ἐγκράτεια / ἐγκρατεύομαι
Category: Sanctification

Mastery over sexual desire relevant to the marry-or-remain-single decision (7:9), later applied to athletic discipline (9:25). Must be presented as a Spirit-enabled capacity relevant to specific practical decisions, never an ascetic merit-generating virtue in the தவம்-tradition sense.

Knowledge General

Approved rendering: அறிவு
Transliteration: arivu
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: γνῶσις
Category: Faith

General factual knowledge/awareness (‘we know that an idol has no real existence,’ 8:1, 4), contrasted with love: ‘knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.’ Must be kept lexically distinct from கிறிஸ்துவை அறிதல் (the Philippians relational-knowing term) and from ஞானம் (wisdom).

Conscience

Approved rendering: மனசாட்சி
Transliteration: manasaatchi
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Ethics

The inner moral faculty that approves or condemns one’s own actions; central to chs.8 and 10. Broadly safe, familiar term across Tamil religious traditions, but must be taught as a faculty that can be weak/uninstructed and needs protection (8:7, 9-12), not a fixed, infallible guide.

Stumbling Block

Approved rendering: இடறல்
Transliteration: idaral
Doctrine: Christian Liberty and Idol Meat
Original: σκάνδαλον / πρόσκομμα
Category: Ethics

An obstacle causing a weaker believer to fall into sin or away from faith (8:9, 13). Established Tamil biblical term; low ambiguity once the surrounding conscience/liberty terms are correctly anchored.

Slave Of All Voluntary

Approved rendering: எல்லாருக்கும் பணிவிடை செய்பவன்
Transliteration: ellaarukkum panividai seypavan
Doctrine: Voluntary Surrender of Rights for the Gospel
Rejected alternatives: அடிமைத்தனம்
Original: δοῦλος πάντων
Category: Ministry

Paul’s voluntary self-enslavement in missionary service to reach all people (9:19-22). Keep distinct from அடிமைத்தனம் (the negative bondage doctrine, Galatians); this is free, voluntary, missionally-motivated self-giving, echoing Christ’s own free assumption of the servant’s form (Philippians 2:7, அடிமையின் ரூபம்). Also distinct from the bhakti-devotee self-description as deity’s slave (அடியார்) — Paul serves OTHER PEOPLE, not the deity directly, for their sake.

Type Typology

Approved rendering: முன்னுருவம்
Transliteration: munnuruvam
Doctrine: Warning Against Apostasy and Testing
Original: τύπος
Category: Covenant

OT Israel’s wilderness experiences presented as prefigurative warning-patterns for the church (10:1-11). Requires substantial OT narrative scaffolding for readers with low OT literacy — a comprehension risk, not a syncretism risk.

Image And Glory Anthropological

Approved rendering: தற்சுரூபமும் மகிமையும்
Transliteration: tharcurupamum magimaiyum
Doctrine: Order in Worship: Gender and Head Covering
Original: εἰκὼν καὶ δόξα (θεοῦ)
Category: Church

Humanity described generally as God’s image and glory (11:7, echoing Genesis 1:26), distinct from Christ’s unique exact-image status (Colossians 1:15, தற்சுரூபம்). Flag for review whether சாயல் (likeness, reserved in the Colossians package for humanity’s created likeness) is the more precise fit here than தற்சுரூபம் — a decision needed before Phase 2 lock-in.

Tradition Paradosis

Approved rendering: ஒப்புவிக்கப்பட்ட போதனைகள்
Transliteration: oppuvikkappatta bodhanaigal
Doctrine: Gospel Transmission and Apostolic Tradition
Original: παράδοσις
Category: Covenant

The transmitted teaching/practice Paul delivered (11:2, 11:23), part of the same transmission-formula vocabulary as 15:1-3. Render consistently with gospel_transmission_formula so the reader recognizes the same authoritative-transmission pattern recurring three times across the letter.

Word Of Wisdom And Knowledge

Approved rendering: ஞான வசனம் / அறிவின் வசனம்
Transliteration: gnaana vasanam / arivin vasanam
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and the Body of Christ
Original: λόγος σοφίας / λόγος γνώσεως
Category: Church

Two named, specific Spirit-given gift-categories (12:8). Keep ஞானம் anchored to God-given content (not the Saiva jñāna-mārga sense) and அறிவு consistent with ch.8’s plain-knowledge usage, so the two remain lexically distinct as elsewhere in the letter.

Low Risk Terms

Fellowship

Approved rendering: ஐக்கியம்
Transliteration: aikkiyam
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: நட்பு
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Introduced relationally at 1:9 (‘fellowship of his Son’); this word’s theological weight escalates sharply across this letter — see communion_koinonia_lords_supper for its Critical-intensity occurrence at 10:16-17 and baptized_one_spirit for its corporate-organic sense at 12:13. Track all three senses as one escalating thread in teaching material.

Boasting

Approved rendering: மேன்மைபாராட்டுதல்
Transliteration: menmai-paraattuthal
Doctrine: The Cross as Wisdom and Power
Original: καύχησις / καυχάομαι
Category: Sin

Inherited from the Ephesians package, reused exactly. 1:29, 1:31 — established, low-ambiguity rendering.

Abba

Approved rendering: அப்பா
Transliteration: appa
Doctrine: Eschatological Hope and the Maranatha Acclamation

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Cross-referenced here as this pipeline’s other preserved-Aramaic instance, useful for teaching the parallel with 16:22’s Maranatha — Abba/அப்பா lands with immediate native warmth; Maranatha does not, and is therefore transliterated rather than domesticated (see maranatha).

Prophecy Prophesy

Approved rendering: தீர்க்கதரிசனம்
Transliteration: theerkkadharisanam
Doctrine: Tongues, Prophecy, and Order in Worship
Rejected alternatives: ஜோசியன்
Original: προφητεία / προφητεύω
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Chs. 12, 14 — ch.14 argues prophecy edifies the church more directly than uninterpreted tongues, since it is intelligible.

Perishable Imperishable

Approved rendering: அழிவுள்ள / அழிவில்லாத
Transliteration: azhivulla / azhivillaadha
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: φθαρτός / ἄφθαρτος
Category: Eschatology

Subject to decay/death versus not subject to decay/death (15:42, 50-54). Straightforward descriptive pairing; low ambiguity.

Sting Of Death

Approved rendering: மரணத்தின் கூரிய முள்
Transliteration: maranathin kooriya mul
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: τὸ κέντρον τοῦ θανάτου
Category: Eschatology

Death’s power to wound, now finally and completely removed (15:55, quoting Hosea 13:14). Vivid, well-established image.

Last Trumpet

Approved rendering: எக்காளம்
Transliteration: ekkaalam
Doctrine: The Resurrection of Christ and Believers
Original: σάλπιγξ (ἐσχάτῃ)
Category: Eschatology

The eschatological trumpet signaling the resurrection/transformation at Christ’s return (15:52). Established Tamil biblical term; ties the individual resurrection-body doctrine to a fixed, linear, historical Second Coming event, never a cyclical yuga-turn.

Milk And Solid Food

Approved rendering: பால் / திண்ணிய ஆகாரம்
Transliteration: paal / thinniya aakaaram
Doctrine: Christian Unity versus Factionalism
Original: γάλα / βρῶμα
Category: Sanctification

Infant food versus adult food, a spiritual-maturity metaphor tied directly to mature_perfect (3:1-2). Natural, low-risk Tamil metaphor.

Spectacle Theatron

Approved rendering: காட்சிப்பொருள்
Transliteration: kaatchipporul
Doctrine: Apostolic Ministry and Stewardship
Original: θέατρον
Category: Ministry

Roman amphitheater imagery for apostolic suffering displayed publicly ‘to the world, to angels, and to men’ (4:9). No precise Tamil structural equivalent to the Roman arena; a brief cultural gloss aids comprehension.

Imperishable Crown

Approved rendering: வாடாத கிரீடம்
Transliteration: vaadaadha kireedam
Doctrine: Voluntary Surrender of Rights for the Gospel
Original: στέφανος
Category: Eschatology

A victor’s wreath at Greco-Roman athletic games, contrasted with the believer’s imperishable prize (9:25). A brief note on Greco-Roman games context aids comprehension.

Building Up Edification

Approved rendering: கட்டி எழுப்புதல்
Transliteration: kattiyezhupputhal
Doctrine: Tongues, Prophecy, and Order in Worship
Original: οἰκοδομή / οἰκοδομέω
Category: Church

Constructive strengthening of the church community, the governing principle for every gift exercised in public worship (14:3-5, 12, 17, 26). Connects conceptually to the established mutual_edification doctrine, though this Greek lexeme (a building/construction metaphor) is distinct from உற்சாகப்படுத்துதல் (encourage, baseline for παρακαλέω).

Collection Offering

Approved rendering: நன்கொடை
Transliteration: nankodai
Doctrine: Sacrificial Giving and the Collection
Rejected alternatives: தானம்
Original: λογία
Category: Church

A planned, regular monetary collection for the relief of the Jerusalem saints (16:1-2). Must be presented as willing, planned, grace-motivated giving for fellow believers’ relief, never framed with தானம் (merit-generating religious giving) vocabulary.

Bread And Cup

Approved rendering: அப்பம், பாத்திரம் (பானபாத்திரம்)
Transliteration: appam, paathiram (paanapaathiram)
Doctrine: The Lord’s Supper

The concrete elements of the Lord’s Supper (11:23-26). Low risk; straightforward, established Tamil vocabulary.

Medium-High Risk Terms

Apostle

Approved rendering: அப்போஸ்தலன்
Transliteration: appostalan
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: குரு
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, reused exactly. Elevated attention warranted given this book’s unusually dense apostolic self-reflection (chs. 4, 9, 15, incl. Paul’s self-description as ‘least of the apostles,’ 15:9). Never குரு, which flattens eyewitness-grounded apostolic authority into a generic spiritual-teacher role.

Mature Perfect

Approved rendering: முதிர்ச்சியடைந்தோர்
Transliteration: muthirchiadainthor
Doctrine: Natural Man versus Spiritual Discernment
Original: τέλειος
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from the Philippians package, reused exactly. 2:6, 3:1 — present, relative spiritual maturity able to receive deeper teaching, contrasted with ‘infants’ fed only milk (ch.3). Never சித்தி/attainment vocabulary (the Tamil Siddhar adept-mystic register). Must be kept lexically DISTINCT from the_perfect_eschatological_completeness (13:10), a different sense of the same Greek word τέλειος.

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