Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 1 Peter — English → Telugu
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md, covering the entire book of 1 Peter (chapters 1-5) and the core passage (1:3-9). Terms already recorded in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json are marked Reused and their renderings are carried over exactly, with no deviation. Terms new to this curriculum are marked New and assigned a risk tier using the same Critical/High/Medium/Low framework as the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json.
Risk tier definitions (identical to baseline):
- Critical: Mistranslation alters or destroys essential doctrine. Human theologian review mandatory for every occurrence.
- High: Mistranslation creates significant theological confusion, syncretism, or cross-denominational/cultural inconsistency risk. Human theologian review required.
- Medium: Mistranslation reduces clarity but preserves essential meaning. Native speaker review recommended.
- Low: Mistranslation causes minor misunderstanding. Automated review sufficient.
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline
| English Term | Greek / Transliteration | Telugu Rendering | Risk | Key 1 Peter Passages | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | θεός / theos | దేవుడు | Critical | 1:2,3,5,21; 2:4,15,19-20; 3:4,18; 4:2,6,10-11,14,16-19; 5:2,5-6,10,12 | Never భగవంతుడు. |
| Father | πατήρ / patēr | తండ్రి | Critical | 1:2-3,17 | God as personal Father. |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς / Iēsous | యేసు | Critical | throughout | Established form, shared Protestant/Catholic usage. |
| Christ | Χριστός / Christos | క్రీస్తు | Critical | throughout | Established transliteration per baseline AI requirements doc. |
| Lord | κύριος / kyrios | ప్రభువు | Critical | 1:3,25; 2:3,13; 3:6,15; 5:14 | Reserve for Christ’s exclusive Lordship; see 3:6 caution re: human “lord” usage — recommend యజమాని there instead. |
| Holy Spirit | πνεῦμα ἅγιον / pneuma hagion | పరిశుద్ధాత్మ | Critical | 1:2,11-12; 3:18-19 (debated); 4:14 | Never పరమాత్మ; locked over పవిత్రాత్మ per baseline. |
| Resurrection | ἀνάστασις / anastasis | పునరుత్థానం | Critical | 1:3,21; 3:21 | Never పునర్జన్మ. |
| Salvation | σωτηρία / sōtēria | రక్షణ | Critical | 1:5,9-10; 2:2; 3:20-21; 4:18 | Never మోక్షం/ముక్తి. |
| Faith | πίστις / pistis | విశ్వాసం | Medium | 1:5,7,9,21; 5:9 | Personal trust in Christ. |
| Grace | χάρις / charis | కృప | High | 1:2,10,13; 3:7; 4:10; 5:5,10,12 | Distinct from ἔλεος (mercy) — see new term below. |
| Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη / dikaiosynē | నీతి | High | 2:24; 3:14,18 | Forensic/relational right standing, not caste-cosmic duty. |
| Sin | ἁμαρτία / hamartia | పాపం | High | 2:22,24; 3:18; 4:1,8 | Moral transgression before a personal God. |
| Holy | ἅγιος / hagios | పరిశుద్ధ | High | 1:15-16; 2:5,9; 3:5 | Locked over పవిత్ర. |
| Sanctification | ἁγιασμός / hagiasmos | పరిశుద్ధపరచడం | High | 1:2; 3:15 | Spirit’s ongoing holiness-work. |
| Glory | δόξα / doxa | మహిమ | High | 1:7-8,11,21,24; 2:12,20; 4:11,13-14,16; 5:1,4,10 | Avoid light-only imagery. |
| Power of God | δύναμις θεοῦ / dynamis theou | దేవుని సామర్థ్యం | High | 1:5 | Never శక్తి. |
| Apostle | ἀπόστολος / apostolos | అపొస్తలుడు | Medium | 1:1 | Peter’s self-designation. |
| Called / Calling | κλητός / κλῆσις | పిలువబడిన / పిలుపు | Medium/High | 1:15; 2:9,21; 3:9; 5:10 | Context-sensitive across senses; effectual calling to salvation and to suffering-endurance both occur in this book. |
| Election | ἐκλογή / eklogē | దేవుని ఏర్పాటు | High | 1:1-2 (“elect”); 2:4,6,9 | Never విధి/కర్మ. |
| Peace | εἰρήνη / eirēnē | శాంతి | Medium | 1:2; 3:11; 5:14 | Relational peace, not మనశ్శాంతి. |
| Fellowship / Participation | κοινωνία-root / koinōnia | సహవాసం (root); intensified to క్రీస్తు శ్రమలలో పాలివారు for 4:13 | Low (Romans)/High (this book) | 4:13 | 1 Peter’s use (sharing Christ’s sufferings) carries far higher doctrinal weight than the baseline Low-risk Romans usage — treat 4:13 as High. |
| Church (concept, not the word ἐκκλησία, absent from 1 Peter) | — | సంఘము | High | (implicit throughout via “God’s people” language) | Reuse for any “church/congregation” material built around this curriculum, per baseline denominational-consistency lock. |
| Gospel | εὐαγγέλιον / euangelion | సువార్త | Medium | 1:12,25; 4:6,17 | Settled cross-denominational term. |
| Spiritual Gifts | χάρισμα / charisma | ఆత్మీయ వరములు | Medium | 4:10 | Never a bare వరం. |
| Prophet / Prophecy | προφήτης, προφητεία | ప్రవక్త / ప్రవచనం | Low | 1:10-12 | Distinct from జ్యోతిష్కుడు/astrology. |
| Exhort | παρακαλέω / parakaleō | ప్రోత్సహించడం | Low | 5:12 | Context-sensitive per baseline note. |
B. New Terms Introduced by This Curriculum (1 Peter-Specific)
| English Term | Greek / Transliteration | Literal Meaning | Telugu Rendering | Risk | Key Passages | Grounded Risk Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New birth / Regeneration | ἀναγεννάω / anagennaō | ”to beget again, from above” | నూతనజన్మ (నొందించు) | Critical | 1:3, 1:23 | NEVER పునర్జన్మ — that term denotes the Hindu rebirth/reincarnation cycle; నూతనజన్మ preserves the once-for-all, non-repeatable sense, parallel to the baseline’s పునరుత్థానం lock. |
| Living Hope | ἐλπὶς ζῶσα / elpis zōsa | ”hope that is alive” | సజీవమైన నిరీక్షణ | Medium | 1:3, 1:13, 1:21 | Retain “living” qualifier every occurrence; grounds hope in the historical resurrection, not sentiment. |
| Mercy | ἔλεος / eleos | compassion toward one in need | కరుణ / దయ | Medium | 1:3 | Distinct from κρίπα/grace; do not collapse into కృప. |
| Inheritance | κληρονομία / klēronomia | allotted portion, heritage | వారసత్వం | Medium | 1:4; 3:7,9 | Pairs with Adoption doctrine (దత్తపుత్రత్వం, baseline High). |
| Imperishable | ἄφθαρτος / aphthartos | not subject to decay | అక్షయమైన | Medium | 1:4,23 | Sanskritic term also used in devotional literature; contextually safe but monitor for divine-essence overreach. |
| Undefiled | ἀμίαντος / amiantos | unstained, unpolluted | నిష్కళంకమైన | Low-Medium | 1:4 | Distinct root from ἅγιος; do not merge with పరిశుద్ధ. |
| Unfading | ἀμάραντος / amarantos | not withering | వాడిపోని | Low | 1:4 | Botanical permanence metaphor. |
| Trial / Testing | πειρασμός, δοκίμιον / peirasmos, dokimion | testing, proof of genuineness | శోధన / పరిశోధించబడిన నిజత్వం | Medium | 1:6-7 | Context-sensitive: “trial” vs. “temptation”; wrong choice shifts doctrine. |
| Suffering | πάθημα, πάσχω / pathēma, paschō | suffering, to suffer | శ్రమ / శ్రమపడు | High | 1:11; 2:19-23; 3:14,17-18; 4:1,13,15,19; 5:1,9-10 | The single most load-bearing new noun in the book; lock రender identically at every occurrence across all curriculum lessons. |
| Priesthood / Royal Priesthood | ἱεράτευμα, βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα | body of priests; royal priestly body | యాజకత్వం / రాజయాజకత్వం | Critical | 2:5, 2:9 | యాజకుడు/యాజకత్వం carries strong association with the Brahmin ritual-priest caste in everyday Telugu religious usage; risks either implying a re-established priestly caste or alienating Dalit-Christian-heritage readers. Mandatory explanatory framing every occurrence. |
| Living Stone | λίθος ζῶν / lithos zōn | a stone that is alive | సజీవ శిల | Medium | 2:4-6 | Retain “living” to connect thematically to 1:3, 1:23. |
| Spiritual House | οἶκος πνευματικός / oikos pneumatikos | a house of the Spirit/spiritual nature | ఆత్మీయ మందిరం | Medium | 2:5 | మందిరం can denote a Hindu temple building in ordinary usage; reinforce corporate, non-architectural sense in context. |
| Chosen Race / Lineage | γένος ἐκλεκτόν / genos eklekton | a selected family-line/kind | ఏర్పరచబడిన వంశము | Critical | 2:9 | Never జాతి (caste/ethnic race) — a caste-coded term that would contradict the doctrine’s caste-transcending point. వంశము (lineage) reuses the baseline’s “seed of David” root-word safely. |
| Holy Nation | ἔθνος ἅγιον / ethnos hagion | a set-apart people-group | పరిశుద్ధ జనము | High | 2:9 | Use జనము (people), not జాతి, for the same caste-avoidance reason as above. |
| God’s Own Possession | λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν / laos eis peripoiēsin | a people for [God’s] possessing | దేవుని స్వాస్థ్యమైన ప్రజలు | Medium | 2:9 | Standard covenant-possession language. |
| Submission (to authority) | ὑποτάσσω / hypotassō | to arrange/place oneself under | లోబడు | High | 2:13,18; 3:1,5-6,22; 5:5 | Must be explicitly framed as voluntary and Christ-modeled at every occurrence, given the historical weight of imposed caste-based social subordination in Telugu Christian community history (per baseline’s own Dalit-mass-movement notes). |
| Redemption | λυτρόω / lytroō | to ransom, pay a price to free | విమోచించు | High | 1:18 | Costly, other-accomplished deliverance — distinct from self-attained liberation (moksha/mukti) frameworks already flagged Critical for “salvation” in the baseline. |
| Precious Blood / Lamb without Blemish | τίμιον αἷμα, ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος / timion haima, amnos amōmos | precious blood; unblemished lamb | అమూల్యమైన రక్తము, నిర్దోషమైన గొఱ్రెపిల్ల | Critical | 1:19 | Foundational Passover/sacrificial atonement typology; do not soften to purely symbolic/metaphorical reading. |
| Sprinkling of Blood | ῥαντισμὸς αἵματος / rantismos haimatos | covenant-ratifying blood-sprinkling | రక్త ప్రోక్షణ | High | 1:2 | Risk of conflation with regional Shakta blood-offering temple practice (cf. baseline’s శక్తి/Kanaka Durgamma caution); must be framed as a unique, historical, once-for-all covenant act. |
| Foreknowledge | πρόγνωσις / prognōsis | knowing beforehand | ముందుజ్ఞానం | High | 1:2,20 | Never విధి (fate) or కర్మ (karma); ties to baseline’s Providence/Election cautions. |
| Manifestation (of Christ) | φανερόω / phaneroō | to make visible/manifest | వెల్లడి చేయబడిన/ప్రత్యక్షమైన | Critical | 1:20 | Never assimilate to a repeatable avatar-descent pattern; unique historical appearing of the eternally-foreknown Son. |
| Sojourners / Exiles | παρεπίδημος, πάροικος / parepidēmos, paroikos | temporary resident, foreigner | పరదేశులు / ప్రవాసులు | Medium | 1:1; 2:11 | Core self-identity metaphor for the whole book; keep consistent. |
| Dispersion | διασπορά / diaspora | scattering beyond the homeland | చెదరిపోయిన వారు | Medium | 1:1 | OT/Second Temple background; applied metaphorically to the church. |
| Living Word of God | λόγος ζῶν θεοῦ / logos zōn theou | God’s word, which is alive | సజీవమైన దేవుని వాక్యము | Medium | 1:23 | Retain “living” qualifier to preserve the seed-metaphor link to the new-birth doctrine. |
| Priestly/Spiritual Milk | λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα / logikon adolon gala | pure milk belonging to the word/reason | నిర్మలమైన ఆత్మ సంబంధమైన పాలు | Low-Medium | 2:2 | λογικός echoes λόγος (word) from 1:23; keep connection visible. |
| ”Lord” (human, household sense) | κύριος (non-Christological use) / kyrios | master, head of household | యజమాని (NOT ప్రభువు) | High | 3:6 | Cross-reference caution: must not dilute the baseline’s exclusive Critical lock of ప్రభువు for Christ’s Lordship (Romans 10:9). |
| Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | Χριστὸς ἔπαθεν ὑπὲρ…, ἀναφέρω, δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων | Christ suffered on behalf of…; bore up (sacrificially); the righteous for the unrighteous | క్రీస్తు…కొరకు శ్రమపడెను; మోసికొనెను; నీతిమంతుడు అనీతిమంతుల కొరకు | Critical | 2:21-25; 3:18 | The clearest vicarious-atonement statements in the book; preserve both the substitutionary preposition and the sacrificial-bearing verb without flattening. |
| Healing (by his wound) | μώλωψ, ἰάομαι / mōlōps, iaomai | wound/welt; to heal | గాయము; స్వస్థత పొందు | High | 2:24 | Teach as healing from sin’s guilt/power in context, not detached physical/prosperity healing. |
| Shepherd / Overseer (applied to Christ) | ποιμήν, ἐπίσκοπος / poimēn, episkopos | one who shepherds; one who watches over | కాపరి; విచారణకర్త | Medium | 2:25 | Lower risk here (applied to Christ) than the ecclesial-office use in ch. 5 (see below). |
| Once for all | ἅπαξ / hapax | a single, unrepeatable occurrence | ఒక్కసారే | High | 3:18 | Preserve “never to be repeated” force, not merely “on one occasion.” |
| Put to death in flesh, made alive in spirit | θανατωθεὶς σαρκί, ζωοποιηθεὶς πνεύματι | died bodily; made alive by/in the Spirit | శరీరమందు మృతిపొందెను, ఆత్మయందు సజీవుడయ్యెను | Critical | 3:18 | Must be taught as bodily resurrection secured by the Spirit, not a merely non-bodily spiritual survival. |
| Spirits in Prison / Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits | πνεύματα ἐν φυλακῇ, κηρύσσω / pneumata en phylakē, kēryssō | confined spirit-beings; to proclaim/herald | చెరసాలలో ఉన్న ఆత్మలు; ప్రకటించు | Critical | 3:19 (cf. 4:6) | Live risk of assimilation into Telugu folk-spirit cosmology (ఆత్మలు/పిశాచములు/దయ్యములు, ancestor-veneration and possession-exorcism practice); requires explicit interpretive framing. |
| Baptism | βάπτισμα / baptisma | ritual immersion/washing | బాప్తిస్మము | High | 3:21 | Preserve Peter’s own clarifying phrase (not fleshly dirt-removal but a conscience-appeal) to guard against ritual-purification (river-bathing) misreading. |
| Conscience | συνείδησις / syneidēsis | moral self-awareness | మనఃసాక్షి | Medium | 2:19; 3:16,21 | Established Telugu term; keep distinct from ψυχή/soul. |
| Powers subjected to Christ | ἄγγελοι, ἐξουσίαι, δυνάμεις / angeloi, exousiai, dynameis | angels, authorities, powers | దూతలు, అధికారులు, శక్తులు | Medium | 3:22 | This created-being plural sense of “powers” is distinct from the baseline’s శక్తి caution (which concerns God’s own unique saving power, never శక్తి); do not confuse the two uses. |
| Fiery Trial | πύρωσις / pyrōsis | a burning, fiery ordeal (refining-metal image) | అగ్నివంటి శ్రమల పరీక్ష (NOT bare అగ్నిపరీక్ష) | High | 4:12 | Specific, grounded collision: అగ్నిపరీక్ష is the well-known Ramayana idiom for Sita’s fire-ordeal vindicating suspected unchastity — an entirely different narrative frame from Peter’s faith-refining image. Avoid the bare idiom. |
| Sharing in Christ’s Sufferings | κοινωνεῖτε τοῖς τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθήμασιν | to participate/share in Christ’s sufferings | క్రీస్తు శ్రమలలో పాలివారగుచున్నారు | High | 4:13 | Distinctively Christian participatory category; do not level into generic empathy. |
| Christian (as identity-title) | Χριστιανός / Christianos | one who belongs to/follows Christ | క్రైస్తవుడు | Low | 4:16 | Established, established term. |
| Faithful Creator | πιστὸς κτίστης / pistos ktistēs | trustworthy Maker | విశ్వసనీయుడైన సృష్టికర్త | Low-Medium | 4:19 | Distinct emphasis from baseline’s “Father” caution against సృష్టికర్త — here Creator is the deliberately chosen term. |
| Elder (church office) | πρεσβύτερος / presbyteros | an elder, church office-holder | సంఘపెద్దలు | High | 5:1,5 | Risk of collapsing into generic cultural elder-deference (పెద్దలు), obscuring the office’s specific, qualification-bound accountability. |
| Overseer (church office) | ἐπίσκοπος / episkopos | one who watches over, oversees | విచారణకర్త | High | 5:2 | Denominational-polity-sensitive; lock to a functional, congregational-elder sense (not a hierarchical “bishop” title), consistent with the baseline’s సంఘము assumption. |
| Chief Shepherd | ἀρχιποίμην / archipoimēn | head/chief shepherd | ముఖ్య కాపరి | Medium | 5:4 | Christ as ultimate shepherd over human under-shepherds. |
| Humility (put on) | ταπεινοφροσύνη, ἐγκομβόομαι / tapeinophrosynē, enkomboomai | humble-mindedness; to tie on like a garment | దీనమనస్సు (ధరించుకొను) | High | 3:8; 5:5-6 | Requires explicit pastoral framing distinguishing voluntary Christlike humility from historically imposed caste-based social lowliness. |
| Adversary / Devil | ἀντίδικος, διάβολος / antidikos, diabolos | legal opponent; slanderer/accuser | విరోధి / అపవాది (సాతాను) | High | 5:8 | Risk of assimilation into Telugu folk-spirit taxonomy (దయ్యములు, పిశాచములు) as one spirit-being among many rather than the singular personal Adversary. |
| Crown of Glory | στέφανος τῆς δόξης / stephanos tēs doxēs | victor’s/honor wreath of glory | మహిమ కిరీటం | Low-Medium | 5:4 | Eschatological reward image; not an earthly/political crown. |
C. Terms Requiring No New Vocabulary But Flagged for Consistency
| English Term | Telugu Rendering | Risk | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ”In Christ” formula (ἐν Χριστῷ) | క్రీస్తునందు | Medium | Not separately catalogued in the Romans baseline; lock this rendering consistently across all 1 Peter curriculum material. |
| Soul (ψυχή, distinct from Spirit/πνεῦμα) | ఆత్మ (used for “soul/self,” context-dependent) | High | 1:9,22; 2:11,25; 3:20; 4:19 — flag every occurrence for theologian awareness that ఆత్మ must be read here as “the whole person/life” (Hebraic ψυχή usage), not the Vedantic Universal Self (పరమాత్మ) already cautioned against for Holy Spirit in the baseline. |
D. Chapter Coverage Confirmation
| Chapter | New Terms Introduced | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ~20 new terms (new birth, living hope, mercy, inheritance, imperishable/undefiled/unfading, trial/testing, sojourners, dispersion, foreknowledge, sprinkling of blood, redemption, precious blood/lamb, manifestation, living word) | Fully analyzed above (core passage + remaining sections) |
| 2 | ~15 new terms (suffering, priesthood/royal priesthood, living stone, spiritual house, chosen race, holy nation, submission, healing by his wound, shepherd/overseer applied to Christ, substitutionary suffering) | Fully analyzed above |
| 3 | ~12 new terms (human “lord” caution, co-heirs, suffering for righteousness, once-for-all, put to death/made alive, spirits in prison, baptism, powers subjected) | Fully analyzed above |
| 4 | ~9 new terms (fiery trial, sharing in Christ’s sufferings, Christian, faithful Creator, gospel to the dead — interpretive link to ch.3) | Fully analyzed above |
| 5 | ~8 new terms (elder, overseer, chief shepherd, humility/put on, adversary/devil, crown of glory) | Fully analyzed above |
No chapter of 1 Peter was found to contribute zero new theological vocabulary; every chapter is represented above with its own load-bearing terms, in addition to extensive reuse of baseline Romans vocabulary (God, Christ, Lord, Holy Spirit, grace, faith, salvation, righteousness, sin, holy, glory, etc.) which is carried forward unchanged per the hard rule that established baseline renderings must be reused exactly.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: దేవుడు
Transliteration: Dēvuḍu
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: భగవంతుడు
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly for 1 Peter curriculum. In 1 Peter, addressed as the Father who caused believers to be born again (1:3) and who judges impartially (1:17). Never భగవంతుడు in doctrinally precise contexts.
Father
Approved rendering: తండ్రి
Transliteration: Tandri
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: సృష్టికర్త
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Used in 1 Peter’s opening doxology (1:2-3) and the call to reverent living (1:17). Never సృష్టికర్త for this personal-Father sense — contrast with faithful_creator below, which is a deliberately distinct emphasis at 4:19.
Jesus
Approved rendering: యేసు
Transliteration: Yēsu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Established form shared across Protestant and Catholic Telugu usage. Used throughout 1 Peter (1:1,3,7; 2:5, etc.).
Christ
Approved rendering: క్రీస్తు
Transliteration: Krīstu
Doctrine: Christology
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
Inherited from the Romans package’s established transliteration convention (recorded in the baseline AI translation requirements document’s Transliteration Standards, though not previously a standalone translation_memory.json entry). Locked as its own entry for this curriculum because 1 Peter’s Χριστός occurs more densely per chapter than in most NT books. Never rendered as a generic avatar-title.
Lord
Approved rendering: ప్రభువు
Transliteration: Prabhuvu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: స్వామి
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Reserved exclusively for Christ’s Lordship (1:3,25; 2:3,13; 3:15). CRITICAL 1 Peter-specific caution: 3:6’s κύριος (Sarah addressing Abraham as household head) is a human, domestic usage and MUST be rendered యజమాని, never ప్రభువు — see human_lord entry below.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధాత్మ
Transliteration: pariśuddhātma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: పరమాత్మ, పవిత్రాత్మ
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Active in sanctification (1:2), prophetic inspiration (1:11-12), and resting on suffering believers (4:14). Never పరమాత్మ; locked over పవిత్రాత్మ.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: పునరుత్థానం
Transliteration: punarutthānam
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: పునర్జన్మ
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. The doctrinal anchor of 1 Peter’s opening thesis (1:3-9); must be rendered identically at 1:3, 1:21, and 3:21. NEVER పునర్జన్మ.
Salvation
Approved rendering: రక్షణ
Transliteration: rakshana
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: మోక్షం, ముక్తి
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Secured and awaiting future unveiling in 1 Peter (1:5,9-10; 2:2; 3:20-21; 4:18). NEVER మోక్షం/ముక్తి.
New Birth
Approved rendering: నూతనజన్మ
Transliteration: nūtanajanma
Doctrine: New Birth / Regeneration
Rejected alternatives: పునర్జన్మ
Original: ἀναγεννάω
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. NEVER పునర్జన్మ — the settled Telugu term for the Hindu doctrine of repeated rebirth across the karmic cycle (saṃsāra). నూతనజన్మ (built on నూతన/‘new’ rather than పునర్/‘again-and-again’) preserves ἀναγεννάω’s decisive, once-for-all sense, exactly parallel to the baseline’s పునరుత్థానం/పునర్జన్మ resurrection fence. Passages: 1:3, 1:23.
Royal Priesthood
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధ యాజకత్వం / రాజయాజకత్వం
Transliteration: pariśuddha yājakatvam / rājayājakatvam
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Rejected alternatives: పూజారి
Original: ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον / βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα
Category: Church
NEW TERM. యాజకత్వం collides with the Brahmin ritual-priest caste’s everyday religious association (hereditary yajna/homam sacrifice officiants). Risks either implying a re-established exclusive hereditary priesthood, or echoing the caste-priest system Dalit-Christian-heritage believers’ 19th-century conversion history rejected. Mandatory explanatory framing at every occurrence (2:5, 2:9) affirming this status belongs to every believer, regardless of caste or birth. Never పూజారి (stronger idol-temple-officiant connotation).
Chosen Race
Approved rendering: ఏర్పరచబడిన వంశము
Transliteration: ērparachabaḍina vamśamu
Doctrine: Chosen People Identity
Rejected alternatives: జాతి
Original: γένος ἐκλεκτόν
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Never జాతి — the ordinary Telugu word for caste/community/ethnic race — which would recast the church’s caste-transcending identity as itself a new caste category, the exact opposite of Peter’s point. వంశము (lineage) reuses the baseline’s ‘seed of David’ root-word safely. 2:9.
Precious Blood Lamb
Approved rendering: అమూల్యమైన రక్తము, నిర్దోషమైన గొఱ్రెపిల్ల వంటి క్రీస్తు
Transliteration: amūlyamaina raktamu, nirdōshamaina goṝepilla vaṇṭi Krīstu
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: τίμιον αἷμα … ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος καὶ ἄσπιλος
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Foundational Passover (Exodus 12) and Isaiah 53 sacrificial-atonement typology; must preserve both the substitutionary and sacrificial senses and never be softened into a purely symbolic or metaphorical reading. 1:19.
Manifestation
Approved rendering: వెల్లడి చేయబడిన / ప్రత్యక్షమైన
Transliteration: velladi cheyabaḍina / pratyakshamaina
Doctrine: Divine Election and Foreknowledge
Rejected alternatives: అవతారం
Original: φανερόω
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Never assimilate to a repeatable avatar-descent pattern; this is the unique historical appearing of the eternally-foreknown Son, tied directly to the baseline’s Incarnation caution (శరీరధారణ, never అవతారం). 1:20.
Substitutionary Suffering
Approved rendering: క్రీస్తు…కొరకు శ్రమపడెను; మన పాపములను తన శరీరమందు మోసికొనెను
Transliteration: Krīstu…koraku śramapaḍenu; mana pāpamulanu tana śarīramandu mōsikonenu
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Rejected alternatives: తీసివేసెను (weaker ‘removed/took away’ verb)
Original: Χριστὸς ἔπαθεν ὑπὲρ … / ἀναφέρω / δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Must preserve both the substitutionary preposition (ఉపేర్/కొరకు, ‘for/in place of’) and the sacrificial-bearing verb (మోసికొనెను, echoing Isaiah 53 LXX ἀναφέρω, ‘carried up’ in sacrificial-offering sense); flattening either dimension weakens the doctrine to mere sympathetic suffering or bare sin-removal without vicarious weight. 2:21-25; 3:18.
Death Flesh Alive Spirit
Approved rendering: శరీరమందు మృతిపొందెను, ఆత్మయందు సజీవుడయ్యెను
Transliteration: śarīramandu mr̥tipondenu, ātmayandu sajīvuḍayyenu
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: θανατωθεὶς σαρκί, ζωοποιηθεὶς πνεύματι
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Must be taught as bodily resurrection life secured ‘in/by the Spirit,’ never a merely non-bodily spiritual survival — this ties directly to the baseline’s insistence on పునరుత్థానం as bodily, historical resurrection. Never let this clause stand as an isolated proof-text for a disembodied-survival reading. 3:18.
Spirits In Prison
Approved rendering: చెరసాలలో ఉన్న ఆత్మలు
Transliteration: cherasālalō unna ātmalu
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits
Original: τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Telugu village religion retains an active folk taxonomy of spirits (ఆత్మలు, పిశాచములు, దయ్యములు) tied to ancestor veneration and possession/exorcism practice, culturally live even in long-established Christian communities. Requires explicit interpretive framing at every occurrence identifying these specifically as the disobedient beings of Noah’s generation, distancing the passage from ancestor-spirit or exorcism-practice associations. 3:19; cf. 4:6.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: కృప
Transliteration: kṛpa
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: పుణ్యం, కర్మఫలం
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Described in 1 Peter as ‘varied/manifold’ (4:10) and the grace of life shared between spouses (3:7). Must be kept distinct from ἔλεος (mercy, కరుణ/దయ) — see mercy entry below; do not collapse the two.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: నీతి
Transliteration: nīti
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ధర్మం
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. The cause for which believers suffer (2:24; 3:14) and the goal of Christ’s substitutionary death (3:18).
Sin
Approved rendering: పాపం
Transliteration: pāpam
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: అధర్మం
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Borne substitutionarily by Christ (2:22,24; 3:18) and covered relationally by love within the community (4:8).
Holy
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధ
Transliteration: pariśuddha
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: పవిత్ర, శుద్ధ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. The Leviticus 19:2 citation (1:15-16) and the church’s corporate identity (2:5,9). Locked over పవిత్ర for cross-denominational consistency.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధపరచడం
Transliteration: pariśuddhaparachaḍam
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: శుద్ధీకరణ
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Named at the letter’s opening (1:2) as accompanying election and obedience.
Glory
Approved rendering: మహిమ
Transliteration: mahima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: తేజస్సు
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Destiny of tested faith (1:7-8), the crown awaiting faithful elders (5:1,4), and the eternal state to which God has called believers (5:10). Avoid light-only imagery.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: దేవుని సామర్థ్యం
Transliteration: Dēvuni Sāmarthyam
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: శక్తి
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. God’s guarding power that keeps believers through faith until salvation is revealed (1:5). Never శక్తి.
Election
Approved rendering: దేవుని ఏర్పాటు
Transliteration: Dēvuni Ērpāṭu
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: విధి, కర్మ
Original: ἐκλεκτός / ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Applied to the scattered believers (1:1), to Christ himself as elect cornerstone (2:4,6), and to the church corporately (2:9). Never విధి (fate) or కర్మ (karma).
Church
Approved rendering: సంఘము
Transliteration: sanghamu
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: దేవాలయం, సభ
Original: — (concept expressed through ‘God’s people,’ ‘household of God,’ ‘flock,’ not the word ἐκκλησία, which does not occur in 1 Peter)
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Note: the Greek word ἐκκλησία never occurs in 1 Peter itself — the concept is expressed through priesthood, nation, household, and flock imagery — but సంఘము must still be applied consistently wherever curriculum material built on 1 Peter refers to ‘the church.’ Never దేవాలయం/సభ.
Suffering
Approved rendering: శ్రమ / శ్రమలు
Transliteration: śrama / śramalu
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Rejected alternatives: బాధ, కష్టము
Original: πάθημα / πάσχω
Category: Suffering
NEW TERM. The single most load-bearing new noun in the book. Lock identically at every occurrence: 1:11; 2:19-23; 3:14,17-18; 4:1,13,15,19; 5:1,9-10. Never substitute బాధ/కష్టము (generic misfortune words lacking the specific ‘suffering for Christian identity’ sense) even for stylistic variety.
Holy Nation
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధ జనము
Transliteration: pariśuddha janamu
Doctrine: Chosen People Identity
Rejected alternatives: జాతి
Original: ἔθνος ἅγιον
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Use జనము (caste-neutral ‘people’), never జాతి, for the same caste-avoidance reason as chosen_race. 2:9.
Submission
Approved rendering: లోబడు
Transliteration: lōbaḍu
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Rejected alternatives: అణగిమణగి ఉండు
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. Must be explicitly framed as voluntary and Christ-modeled at every occurrence (2:13,18; 3:1,5-6,22; 5:5), given the historical weight of imposed caste-based social subordination that Telugu Christianity’s demographic-majority ancestors’ 19th-century mass movements specifically rejected. Never rendered/taught as endorsement of coerced social hierarchy or caste subordination. Never అణగిమణగి ఉండు, which carries a passive, cowering connotation closer to imposed subjugation.
Redemption
Approved rendering: విమోచించు
Transliteration: vimōchin̄chu
Doctrine: Redemption through Christ’s Precious Blood
Original: λυτρόω
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Conveys a costly, other-accomplished deliverance, not self-achieved liberation — a live risk of confusion with moksha/mukti-style self-attained liberation frameworks already flagged Critical for ‘salvation’ in the baseline. 1:18.
Sprinkling Of Blood
Approved rendering: రక్త ప్రోక్షణ
Transliteration: rakta prōkṣaṇa
Doctrine: Redemption through Christ’s Precious Blood
Original: ῥαντισμὸς αἵματος
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Risk of conflation with Andhra Pradesh’s prominent Shakta devotional tradition’s goddess-temple animal-blood offering practice (cf. baseline’s శక్తి/Kanaka Durgamma caution). Must be framed explicitly as a unique, historical, once-for-all covenant-ratifying act by Christ, never a votive or propitiatory temple blood-offering. 1:2.
Foreknowledge
Approved rendering: ముందుజ్ఞానం
Transliteration: mundujñānam
Doctrine: Divine Election and Foreknowledge
Rejected alternatives: విధి, కర్మ
Original: πρόγνωσις
Category: God
NEW TERM. Never విధి (impersonal fate) or కర్మ (karmic predetermination); ties directly to the baseline’s Providence/Election cautions already documented for Romans 8:28-30 and 9:11-12. 1:2, 1:20.
Human Lord
Approved rendering: యజమాని
Transliteration: yajamāni
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Rejected alternatives: ప్రభువు
Original: κύριος (non-Christological use)
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. CROSS-REFERENCE CAUTION: 1 Peter 3:6 uses κύριος of Sarah addressing Abraham as household head — a human, domestic usage of the same Greek word reserved elsewhere for Christ’s Lordship. Must be rendered యజమాని, NEVER ప్రభువు, to preserve ప్రభువు’s exclusive, Critical Christological weight locked in the Romans baseline (10:9). Flag every κύριος occurrence in 1 Peter for a Christological-vs-domestic disambiguation check.
Healing By Wound
Approved rendering: ఆయన గాయములచేత మీరు స్వస్థత పొందితిరి
Transliteration: āyana gāyamulacheta mīru svasthata pondhitiri
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: τῷ μώλωπι αὐτοῦ ἰάθητε
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Citing Isaiah 53:5. Must be taught in context as healing from sin’s guilt and power (‘dead to sin, alive to righteousness,’ same verse), not detached physical/health-and-wealth healing — a live risk given popular prosperity-gospel-style teaching in some contemporary South Asian Christian media. 2:24.
Once For All
Approved rendering: ఒక్కసారే
Transliteration: okkasārē
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ἅπαξ
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Must preserve the ‘never again to be repeated’ force, not merely ‘on one occasion,’ against a cultural backdrop of repeatable ritual sacrifice/offering practice. 3:18.
Baptism
Approved rendering: బాప్తిస్మము
Transliteration: bāptismamu
Doctrine: Baptism as Corresponding to the Flood
Rejected alternatives: బాప్టిజం (raw English loanword)
Original: βάπτισμα
Category: Sacrament
NEW TERM (established transliterated-and-indigenized Telugu Bible term). Peter’s own clarifying phrase (‘not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal of a good conscience’) must be preserved with equal rhetorical weight, guarding against a ritual-purification (river-bathing, e.g. Godavari/Krishna holy-bathing sites) misreading. 3:21.
Fiery Trial
Approved rendering: అగ్నివంటి శ్రమల పరీక్ష
Transliteration: agnivaṇṭi śramala parīkṣa
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Rejected alternatives: అగ్నిపరీక్ష
Original: πύρωσις
Category: Suffering
NEW TERM. NEVER the bare idiom అగ్నిపరీక్ష — the well-known Ramayana narrative of Sita’s fire-ordeal vindicating suspected unchastity, an entirely different narrative frame (vindication-against-suspicion) from Peter’s image (refining of already-genuine faith). 4:12.
Sharing Christs Sufferings
Approved rendering: క్రీస్తు శ్రమలలో పాలివారగుట
Transliteration: Krīstu śramalalō pālivāraguṭa
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: κοινωνεῖτε τοῖς τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθήμασιν
Category: Suffering
NEW TERM. A distinctively Christian participatory category — believers’ identification with Christ’s own sufferings; do not level into generic empathetic solidarity language. Distinct from the baseline’s Low-risk fellowship (సహవాసం) entry. 4:13.
Elder
Approved rendering: సంఘపెద్దలు
Transliteration: sanghapeddalu
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Rejected alternatives: పెద్దలు (bare, uncompounded)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Ministry
NEW TERM. Telugu culture carries an exceptionally strong general norm of automatic respect toward social/familial elders (పెద్దలు), independent of church context. Lock the compound సంఘపెద్దలు at every occurrence, never bare పెద్దలు, to keep this specific, qualification-bound, accountable office visibly distinct from generic cultural elder-deference. 5:1,5.
Overseer
Approved rendering: విచారణకర్త
Transliteration: vichāraṇakarta
Doctrine: Shepherding and Church Leadership
Rejected alternatives: బిషప్
Original: ἐπίσκοπος / ἐπισκοπέω
Category: Ministry
NEW TERM. Denominational-polity-sensitive term family: some Telugu traditions transliterate a hierarchical ‘బిషప్’ (bishop); this curriculum locks విచారణకర్త (functional ‘one who oversees/watches over’), consistent with the Baptist/congregational-polity majority tradition already assumed by the baseline’s సంఘము lock. Never బిషప్ in this curriculum. 5:2.
Humility
Approved rendering: దీనమనస్సు (ధరించుకొను)
Transliteration: dīnamanassu (dharin̄chukonu)
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Rejected alternatives: అణకువ
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη / ἐγκομβόομαι
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. దీన (root: ‘lowly, wretched’) carries painful historical resonance for Dalit-Christian-heritage readers, whose ancestors experienced imposed, caste-based social lowliness as lived oppression, not chosen virtue. Must be taught as voluntary, mutual, Christlike humility — the ‘clothing’ image (ధరించుకొను, put on/take off) should be made explicit to reinforce voluntariness — never as re-endorsement of any group’s historically imposed lowliness. 3:8; 5:5-6.
Adversary Devil
Approved rendering: విరోధియైన అపవాది / సాతాను
Transliteration: virōdhiyaina apavādi / Sātānu
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Adversary
Original: ἀντίδικος / διάβολος
Category: Spiritual Warfare
NEW TERM. Risk of assimilation into Telugu village religion’s active folk taxonomy of malevolent spirit-beings (దయ్యములు, పిశాచములు) appeased through ritual practice, alongside contemporary spirit-possession exorcism practice, rather than understood as the singular, personal, cosmic Adversary of the NT. Pair framing with the related spirits_in_prison caution. 5:8.
Soul
Approved rendering: ఆత్మ
Transliteration: ātma
Doctrine: Anthropology (Salvation of Souls)
Rejected alternatives: పరమాత్మ (Vedantic Universal Self — forbidden)
Original: ψυχή
Category: Anthropology
NEW TERM. ఆత్మ here must be read as ‘the whole person/life’ (Hebraic ψυχή usage: 1:9,22; 2:11,25; 3:20; 4:19), NOT filtered through the Vedantic Universal Self framework (పరమాత్మ) already flagged in the baseline’s Holy Spirit caution. Flag every occurrence for translator/theologian awareness to keep ‘soul’ and ‘Spirit’ (పరిశుద్ధాత్మ) categories distinct — a homonym-adjacent risk given both share the ఆత్మ root.
Medium Risk Terms
Faith
Approved rendering: విశ్వాసం
Transliteration: viswāsam
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: భక్తి
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Personal trust in Christ, tested and proven genuine through trials (1:5,7,9,21; 5:9).
Apostle
Approved rendering: అపొస్తలుడు
Transliteration: apostaluḍu
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: గురువు
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Peter’s self-designation (1:1).
Called
Approved rendering: పిలువబడిన
Transliteration: piluvabaḍina
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: ఆహ్వానించబడిన
Original: κλητός / καλέω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Context-sensitive across at least four distinct senses in 1 Peter: holiness (1:15), priestly/sainthood identity and Christlike suffering example (2:9, 2:21), blessing rather than retaliation (3:9), and final glory (5:10). Check which sense is active per occurrence.
Calling
Approved rendering: పిలుపు
Transliteration: pilupu
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: ఆహ్వానం
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Noun form for the act/state of being called.
Peace
Approved rendering: శాంతి
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: మనశ్శాంతి
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Invoked in the greeting (1:2), sought in daily life (3:11), pronounced at the letter’s close (5:14).
Gospel
Approved rendering: సువార్త
Transliteration: suvārta
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: వార్త
Original: εὐαγγέλιον / εὐαγγελίζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. The good news preached to believers (1:12,25), anticipated by prophets (1:10-12), and proclaimed in a debated sense to the dead (4:6).
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: ఆత్మీయ వరములు
Transliteration: ātmīya varamulu
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: వరం
Original: χάρισμα
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Spirit-given enablements to be stewarded well (4:10). Never a bare వరం.
Living Hope
Approved rendering: సజీవమైన నిరీక్షణ
Transliteration: sajīvamaina nirīkshana
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: నిరీక్షణ (bare, without ‘living’ qualifier)
Original: ἐλπὶς ζῶσα
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Retain సజీవమైన at every occurrence (1:3, 1:13, 1:21) — never abbreviate to bare నిరీక్షణ, which reads as generic optimism rather than hope grounded in the historical resurrection.
Mercy
Approved rendering: కరుణ / దయ
Transliteration: karuṇa / daya
Doctrine: Mercy and Grace of God
Rejected alternatives: కృప (grace — a distinct concept)
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. ἔλεος (mercy toward one in need) is distinct from χάρις (grace, కృప, baseline High); must not be collapsed into కృప or Peter’s opening doxological logic (mercy as the ground of the new birth) is weakened. 1:3.
Inheritance
Approved rendering: వారసత్వం
Transliteration: vārasatvam
Doctrine: Inheritance and Eschatological Hope
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. Keep conceptually paired with the baseline’s Adoption doctrine (దత్తపుత్రత్వం, High) — inheritance flows from sonship, not achievement. 1:4; 3:7,9.
Imperishable
Approved rendering: అక్షయమైన
Transliteration: akshayamaina
Doctrine: Inheritance and Eschatological Hope
Original: ἄφθαρτος
Category: Eschatology
NEW TERM. A Sanskritic term also used in Telugu devotional literature for a deity’s eternal essence; contextually safe here (referent is the inheritance kept in heaven, doctrinally unambiguous) but avoid phrasing implying the inheritance itself, rather than God who grants it, possesses independent divine essence. 1:4, 1:23.
Undefiled
Approved rendering: నిష్కళంకమైన
Transliteration: nishkalankamaina
Doctrine: Inheritance and Eschatological Hope
Original: ἀμίαντος
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. Distinct root from the locked పరిశుద్ధ (holy/set-apart) — describes freedom from defilement, not consecration. 1:4.
Trial Testing
Approved rendering: శోధన / పరిశోధించబడిన నిజత్వం
Transliteration: śōdhana / pariśōdhin̄chabaḍina nijatvam
Doctrine: Trial and Testing of Faith
Original: πειρασμός / δοκίμιον
Category: Suffering
NEW TERM. శోధన is ambiguous in ordinary Telugu between ‘trial/testing’ and ‘temptation to sin’; must be paired with explicit testing/proving language and confirmed by context, since the wrong choice shifts the doctrine’s meaning entirely. 1:6-7.
Living Stone
Approved rendering: సజీవ శిల
Transliteration: sajīva śila
Doctrine: Christ as Living Stone
Original: λίθος ζῶν
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Retain ‘living’ to connect thematically to 1:3’s living hope and 1:23’s living word — a deliberate thematic thread. 2:4-6.
Spiritual House
Approved rendering: ఆత్మీయ మందిరం
Transliteration: ātmīya mandiram
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: οἶκος πνευματικός
Category: Church
NEW TERM. మందిరం can denote a Hindu temple building in everyday usage; reinforce the corporate, non-architectural sense in surrounding catechesis at first occurrence. 2:5.
Gods Own Possession
Approved rendering: దేవుని స్వాస్థ్యమైన ప్రజలు
Transliteration: Dēvuni swāsthyamaina prajalu
Doctrine: Chosen People Identity
Original: λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν
Category: Church
NEW TERM. Standard OT covenant-possession idiom, familiar from Exodus/Deuteronomy portions of the Telugu Bible tradition. 2:9-10.
Sojourners
Approved rendering: పరదేశులు / ప్రవాసులు
Transliteration: paradēśulu / pravāsulu
Doctrine: Sojourner and Exile Identity
Original: παρεπίδημος / πάροικος
Category: Church
NEW TERM. The letter’s central self-identity metaphor. ఏర్పరచబడిన ప్రవాసులు reuses the baseline’s election vocabulary (దేవుని ఏర్పాటు) as its root, so this must be taught as chosen-by-God sojourning, not mere geographic displacement. 1:1; 2:11.
Dispersion
Approved rendering: చెదరిపోయిన వారు
Transliteration: chedaripōyina vāru
Doctrine: Sojourner and Exile Identity
Rejected alternatives: డయాస్పోరా (loanword)
Original: διασπορά
Category: Church
NEW TERM. OT/Second Temple scattering background applied metaphorically to the church; a plain descriptive Telugu phrase is preferred over the specialized loanword డయాస్పోరా. 1:1.
Living Word
Approved rendering: సజీవమైన దేవుని వాక్యము
Transliteration: sajīvamaina Dēvuni vākyamu
Doctrine: The Living Word of God and New Birth
Original: λόγος ζῶν θεοῦ
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Retain ‘living’ (సజీవమైన) to preserve the organic seed-metaphor connecting Scripture to the once-for-all new birth (నూతనజన్మ), distinguishing it from treasured Telugu devotional literature that does not claim this generative status. 1:23-25.
Spiritual Milk
Approved rendering: నిర్మలమైన ఆత్మ సంబంధమైన పాలు
Transliteration: nirmalamaina ātma sambandhamaina pālu
Doctrine: The Living Word of God and New Birth
Original: λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα
Category: Sanctification
NEW TERM. λογικός echoes λόγος (‘word’) from 1:23 as much as ‘rational’; keep the connection to God’s word visible, not merely ‘reasonable milk.’ 2:2.
Shepherd Overseer Christ
Approved rendering: కాపరి / విచారణకర్త
Transliteration: kāpari / vichāraṇakarta
Doctrine: Shepherding and Church Leadership
Original: ποιμήν / ἐπίσκοπος (applied to Christ)
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Applied to Christ as shepherd/overseer of souls (2:25). Lower risk here than the ecclesial-office use of the same term family in chapter 5 (see elder/overseer entries below).
Conscience
Approved rendering: మనఃసాక్షి
Transliteration: manaḥsākshi
Doctrine: Baptism as Corresponding to the Flood
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Ethics
NEW TERM. Established Telugu term for moral self-awareness; keep distinct from ఆత్మ (soul). 2:19; 3:16,21.
Powers Subjected
Approved rendering: దూతలు, అధికారులు, శక్తులు
Transliteration: dūtalu, adhikārulu, śaktulu
Doctrine: Christ’s Cosmic Victory over Powers
Original: ἄγγελοι, ἐξουσίαι, δυνάμεις
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. This is the created-being plural sense of ‘powers’ (శక్తులు), distinct from the baseline’s శక్తి caution, which concerns God’s own unique saving power (దేవుని సామర్థ్యం, never శక్తి). Do not confuse the two uses. 3:22.
Faithful Creator
Approved rendering: విశ్వసనీయుడైన సృష్టికర్త
Transliteration: viswasanīyuḍaina sr̥shṭikarta
Doctrine: The Faithful Creator and Suffering
Original: πιστὸς κτίστης
Category: God
NEW TERM. Distinct emphasis from the baseline’s caution against సృష్టికర్త for ‘Father’ (too distant/abstract for that relational term) — here Creator is the deliberately chosen emphasis for God’s sovereign faithfulness over all creation specifically amid suffering. 4:19.
Chief Shepherd
Approved rendering: ముఖ్య కాపరి
Transliteration: mukhya kāpari
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ἀρχιποίμην
Category: Ministry
NEW TERM. Christ as the ultimate shepherd over human under-shepherds (elders); distinguish explicitly from the derivative role at 5:1-4. 5:4.
Crown Of Glory
Approved rendering: మహిమ కిరీటం
Transliteration: mahima kirīṭaṁ
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ὁ τῆς δόξης στέφανος
Category: Eschatology
NEW TERM. An eschatological reward image (victor’s/honor wreath), not an earthly/political crown. 5:4.
In Christ Formula
Approved rendering: క్రీస్తునందు
Transliteration: Krīstunandu
Doctrine: Christian Identity
Original: ἐν Χριστῷ
Category: Faith
NEW TERM. Not separately catalogued in the Romans baseline; lock this rendering consistently across all 1 Peter curriculum material (closing benediction at 5:14 and elsewhere).
Low Risk Terms
Fellowship
Approved rendering: సహవాసం
Transliteration: sahavāsam
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: స్నేహం
Original: κοινωνέω / κοινωνία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly for the general baseline sense. IMPORTANT: 1 Peter 4:13’s intensified, participatory sense (koinōneite tois tou Christou pathēmasin, ‘sharing in Christ’s own sufferings’) is a doctrinally heavier usage and is tracked separately below as sharing_christs_sufferings (High risk) — do not conflate the two or use this Low-risk entry for 4:13.
Prophet
Approved rendering: ప్రవక్త
Transliteration: pravakta
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Rejected alternatives: జ్యోతిష్కుడు
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. God’s spokespersons who searched out and predicted the grace to come (1:10-12).
Prophecy
Approved rendering: ప్రవచనం
Transliteration: pravachanam
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: భవిష్యఫలం
Original: προεμαρτύρετο / προφητεία-root
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. God-inspired testimony beforehand to Christ’s sufferings and glories (1:11).
Exhort
Approved rendering: ప్రోత్సహించడం
Transliteration: prōtsahin̄chaḍam
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package; reused exactly. Peter’s closing description of his own letter (5:12).
Unfading
Approved rendering: వాడిపోని
Transliteration: vāḍipōni
Doctrine: Inheritance and Eschatological Hope
Original: ἀμάραντος
Category: Eschatology
NEW TERM. Botanical permanence metaphor (‘that does not wither’), contrasted with the grass/flower imagery of 1:24. 1:4.
Christian Identity Title
Approved rendering: క్రైస్తవుడు
Transliteration: kraistavuḍu
Doctrine: Christian Identity and Suffering for the Name
Rejected alternatives: క్రిస్టియన్ (English loanword)
NEW TERM. Already fully naturalized across a century of Telugu Christian usage; prefer over a fresh English loanword. 4:16.
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