Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 1 Timothy | English → Telugu
Curriculum: 1 Timothy
Companion document to: analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md
Purpose: Single-reference glossary table of every load-bearing theological term across 1 Timothy 1-6, citing baseline-reused terms and newly introduced terms, each with risk tier and grounded rationale. This glossary extends but never contradicts the baseline Romans translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json; all terms marked “Reused” below MUST be rendered identically to the baseline entry in every Phase 2 segment.
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline
| English Term | Telugu (locked) | Transliteration | Risk (baseline) | 1 Timothy Occurrences | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel | సువార్త | suvārta | Medium | (implicit, gospel-adjacent teaching throughout) | No new risk; reuse exactly |
| Grace | కృప | kṛpa | High | 1:2, 1:14, 6:21 | Contrast with merit/works must be preserved wherever grace appears |
| Faith | విశ్వాసం | viswāsam | Medium | 1:2,4,5,14,19; 2:7,15; 3:9,13; 4:1,6,12; 5:8,12; 6:10-12,21 | Central term of the letter — both personal trust and “the deposit” sense (3:9, cf. παραθήκη) |
| Apostle | అపొస్తలుడు | apostaluḍu | Medium | 1:1; 2:7 | Establishes Paul’s authority for the whole letter’s charge |
| Holy (adj.) | పరిశుద్ధ | pariśuddha | High | (used in compound forms, e.g. clean conscience contexts) | Lock పరిశుద్ధ, never పవిత్ర |
| Sanctification | పరిశుద్ధపరచడం | pariśuddhaparachaḍam | High | 4:5 | Christ/God’s word and prayer set food apart for holy use |
| Church | సంఘము | sanghamu | High | 3:5, 3:15 | Never దేవాలయం; central to “Church as Pillar of Truth” doctrine |
| Law | ధర్మశాస్త్రము | dharmaśāstramu | Medium | 1:8-9 | Do not “correct” to a niyama-based compound |
| Sin | పాపం | pāpam | High | 1:9,15; 5:20,22,24 | Personal moral transgression, not impersonal karma |
| Gentiles | అన్యజనులు | anyajanulu | Medium | 2:7 | ”Teacher of the Gentiles” |
| Glory | మహిమ | mahima | High | 1:17; 3:16 | Avoid light-only imagery |
| Lord | ప్రభువు | prabhuvu | Critical | 1:2,12,14; 6:3,14,15 | Reinforced by 6:15’s “Lord of lords” |
| Jesus | యేసు | Yēsu | Critical | throughout | Shared Protestant/Catholic form |
| Christ | క్రీస్తు | Krīstu | Critical | throughout | Established transliteration per AI requirements doc |
| God | దేవుడు | Dēvuḍu | Critical | throughout | Never భగవంతుడు |
| Holy Spirit / Spirit | పరిశుద్ధాత్మ | pariśuddhātma | Critical | 3:16; 4:1 | Never పరమాత్మ; lock పరిశుద్ధాత్మ (not పవిత్రాత్మ) |
| Father | తండ్రి | Tandri | Critical | 1:2 | God the Father |
| Peace | శాంతి | śānti | Medium | 1:2 | Relational, not merely inner calm |
| Spiritual Gifts / Gift | ఆత్మీయ వరము(లు) | ātmīya varamu(lu) | Medium | 4:14 | Never bare వరం alone |
| Thanksgiving | కృతజ్ఞతాస్తుతి | kṛtajñatāstuti | Low | 2:1 | Standard term |
| Intercession | మధ్యవర్తిత్వం | madhyavartitvam | Medium | 2:1 | Distinct from మధ్యవర్తి (Christ’s unique mediatorship, see Section B) |
| Prophecy | ప్రవచనం | pravachanam | Low | 4:14 | Standard term |
| Incarnation | శరీరధారణ | śarīradhāraṇa | Critical | 3:16 | NEVER అవతారం; reinforced at this creedal verse |
| Exhort | ప్రోత్సహించడం | prōtsahin̄chaḍam | Low | 1:3; 2:1 (context-sensitive: entreaty vs. encouragement) | Context-sensitive per baseline rule |
B. New Terms Introduced by 1 Timothy (require registration in translation memory)
| English Term | Greek | Telugu Rendering | Transliteration | Risk | Primary Passages | Grounded Risk Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savior | σωτήρ | రక్షకుడు | rakshakuḍu | Critical | 1:1; (2:3; 4:10 implicit) | Directly linked to the baseline’s Critical రక్షణ family; never a term implying release into మోక్షం/ముక్తి |
| Hope | ἐλπίς | నిరీక్షణ | nirīkshaṇa | Medium | 1:1 | Must be distinguished from generic ఆశ (mere wish); grounded in God’s certain promise |
| Mercy | ἔλεος | కనికరం | kanikaraṁ | Medium | 1:2,13,16 | Distinct from కృప (grace); must not collapse the two terms Paul names separately |
| Mediator | μεσίτης | మధ్యవర్తి (ఏకైక మధ్యవర్తి) | madhyavarti (ēkaika madhyavarti) | Critical | 2:5 | Generic Telugu word carries no automatic exclusivity in a devotional culture with many customary intermediary figures (deities, saints, gurus); must be paired with “the one/only” qualifier and flagged for theologian review every occurrence |
| Ransom | ἀντίλυτρον | విమోచన క్రయధనం | vimōchana krayadhanaṁ | High | 2:6 | Must retain substitutionary “price paid” sense, not generic self-giving |
| Godliness | εὐσέβεια | దైవభక్తి | daivabhakti | High | 2:2,10; 3:16; 4:7-8; 6:3,5-6,11 | భక్తి component carries devotional-bhakti resonance (per baseline’s caution on this root); the compound is correct and established but must never substitute for విశ్వాసం |
| Contentment | αὐτάρκεια | సంతృప్తి | santr̥pti | Medium | 6:6,8 | Risk of drift toward fatalistic resignation (విధి) or ascetic vairāgya-style detachment rather than active trust in God’s provision |
| Sound Doctrine / Sound Teaching | ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία | ఆరోగ్యకరమైన బోధ | ārōgyakaramaina bōdha | High | 1:10; 4:6; 6:3 | Must preserve the health/sickness metaphor; a flattened “correct teaching” loses the organic image central to the letter’s argument |
| Teach a Different Doctrine | ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω | వేరుగా బోధించుట | vēruga bōdhin̄chuṭa | High | 1:3; 6:3 | Names the specific offense this letter combats |
| Myths | μῦθος | కల్పితకథలు | kalpitakathalu | Medium | 1:4; 4:7 | Distinguish Paul’s dismissal of teacher-generated speculation from valued regional itihasa/purana literature — frame as contrast with apostolic revelation, not blanket dismissal |
| Genealogies | γενεαλογία | వంశావళులు | vaṁśāvaḷulu | Low | 1:4 | Standard term |
| Conscience | συνείδησις | మనస్సాక్షి | manassākshi | Medium | 1:5,19; 3:9; 4:2 | Recurring integrity term throughout the letter |
| Mystery | μυστήριον | మర్మము | marmamu | High | 3:9,16 | Must be anchored to “openly revealed truth,” resisting drift toward occult/tantric-secret connotations |
| Overseer / Bishop | ἐπίσκοπος / ἐπισκοπή | అధ్యక్షుడు / అధ్యక్షత | adhyakshuḍu / adhyakshata | High | 3:1-2 | Risk of either flattening to secular “chairman” or importing an unintended diocesan-hierarchy image; office overlaps in referent with elder (5:17) |
| Elder (office) | πρεσβύτερος | సంఘపెద్ద(లు) | saṅghapedda(lu) | High | 5:17,19 | Must be distinguished from generic social-elder usage (పెద్ద alone); qualifier సంఘ- required |
| Elder (generic, respected senior) | πρεσβύτερος | పెద్ద(లు) | pedda(lu) | Medium | 5:1-2 | Contextual sense distinct from the office above |
| Deacon | διάκονος | పరిచారకుడు | parichārakuḍu | High | 3:8,10,12,13 | Must not collapse into generic సేవకుడు (“servant”), losing the sense of a distinct, examined church office |
| Husband of One Wife | μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα | ఒక్క భార్య గల భర్త | okka bhārya gala bharta | High | 3:2,12 | Avoid the ready-made Telugu epithet ఏకపత్నీవ్రతుడు (Rama’s Ramayana title); use the plain descriptive phrase to prevent casting church leadership fidelity as fulfillment of a dharmic avatar-vow |
| Devil / Snare of the Devil | διάβολος / παγίς | అపవాది / ఉరి | apavādi / uri | High | 3:6-7,11 | Must be held distinct from the region’s active folk taxonomy of impersonal nature/ancestor spirits (దయ్యములు, పిశాచములు); the devil is a singular, personal, moral adversary |
| Above Reproach / Blameless | ἀνεπίλημπτος / ἀνέγκλητος | అనింద్యుడు / నిందారహితుడు | anindyuḍu / nindārahituḍu | Medium | 3:2,10 | Two related but distinct Greek terms; keep distinguishable in Telugu |
| Dignity / Gravity | σεμνότης / σεμνός | గంభీరత / గంభీరుడు | gambhīrata / gambhīruḍu | Low | 3:4,8,11 | Standard character term |
| Tested / Proven | δοκιμάζω | పరీక్షించుట | parīkshin̄chuṭa | Medium | 3:10 | Formal examination before appointment to office |
| Confidence / Boldness | παρρησία | ధైర్యము | dhairyamu | Medium | 3:13 | Confident gospel-rooted assurance, not mere personal bravado |
| Pillar and Foundation of Truth | στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας | సత్యమునకు స్తంభమును ఆధారమును | satyamunaku stambhamunu ādhāramunu | High | 3:15 | Risk of unintended resonance with prominent regional temple-pillar architecture; church displays/upholds truth, is not its source |
| Depart from the Faith / Apostasy | ἀφίστημι (τῆς πίστεως) | విశ్వాసమునుండి తొలగిపోవుట | viswāsamunuṁḍi tolagipōvuṭa | High | 4:1 | Culpable abandonment of apostolic content, not mere gradual drift or changed opinion |
| Deceitful Spirits | πνεύματα πλάνα | మోసకరమైన ఆత్మలు | mōsakaramaina ātmalu | High | 4:1 | Sensitive spirit-world vocabulary in a culture with active folk-spirit belief |
| Teachings of Demons | διδασκαλίαι δαιμονίων | దయ్యముల బోధలు | dayyamula bōdhalu | Medium | 4:1 | Names the demonic source of false doctrine |
| Seared Conscience | κεκαυστηριασμένη συνείδησις | కాల్చబడిన మనస్సాక్షి | kālchabaḍina manassākshi | Medium | 4:2 | Conscience desensitized by repeated sin |
| Train for Godliness | γυμνάζω (πρὸς εὐσέβειαν) | భక్తి కొరకు అభ్యాసం చేయుట | bhakti koraku abhyāsaṁ chēyuṭa | Low | 4:7 | Disciplined practice, athletic metaphor |
| Example / Pattern | ὑπόδειγμα / τύπος | మాదిరి | mādiri | Low | 4:12 | Standard term |
| Laying on of Hands | ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν | హస్తనిక్షేపణ | hastanikshēpaṇa | Medium | 4:14; 5:22 | Formal ecclesial commissioning act, not generic blessing-touch |
| Council of Elders / Presbytery | πρεσβυτέριον | పెద్దల సభ | peddala sabha | Medium | 4:14 | The recognized body of elders acting corporately |
| Widow | χήρα | విధవరాలు | vidhavarālu | Medium | 5:3-16 | Standard term; pastoral-cultural sensitivity given regional social stigma the passage counters |
| Widow Indeed | ὄντως χήρα | నిజమైన విధవరాలు | nijamaina vidhavarālu | Medium-High | 5:3,5,16 | Technical support-eligibility category, not a statement of relative spiritual worth |
| Honor / Double Honor | τιμή / διπλῆ τιμή | గౌరవం / రెట్టింపు గౌరవం | gauravaṁ / reṭṭimpu gauravaṁ | Medium | 5:3,17 | Combines respect and material support |
| Accusation | κατηγορία | నింద / ఆరోపణ | ninda / ārōpaṇa | Low | 5:19 | Formal charge against a leader |
| Laborer | ἐργάτης | పనివాడు | panivāḍu | Low | 5:18 | Standard term |
| Bondservant / Master | δοῦλος / δεσπότης | దాసుడు / యజమాని | dāsuḍu / yajamāni | Medium | 6:1-2 | దాసుడు also the positive Christian self-designation (“servant of God”); requires contextual framing |
| Godliness as a Means of Gain | εὐσέβεια πορισμός | లాభసాధనంగా భక్తి | lābhasādhanamgā bhakti | High | 6:5 | Same భక్తి caution as εὐσέβεια generally |
| Love of Money / Root of All Evils | φιλαργυρία / ῥίζα πάντων τῶν κακῶν | ధనాశ / సమస్త కీడులకు మూలం | dhanāśa / samasta kīḍulaku mūlaṁ | Medium-High | 3:3; 6:10 | ”Root of all evils” = source of many evils, not the sole cause of every evil in existence |
| Good Fight | ἀγωνίζομαι τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα | మంచి పోరాటం పోరాడుట | man̄chi pōrāṭaṁ pōrāḍuṭa | Low | 6:12 | Standard athletic-contest metaphor |
| Good Confession | καλὴ ὁμολογία | మంచి ఒప్పుకోలు | man̄chi oppukōlu | Medium | 6:12-13 | Public confession of faith |
| Eternal Life | ζωὴ αἰώνιος | నిత్యజీవము | nityajīvamu | High | 6:12,19 | Parallels the Critical రక్షణ caution; must not be conflated with మోక్షం/ముక్తి |
| King of Kings and Lord of Lords | βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων καὶ κύριος τῶν κυριευόντων | రాజులకు రాజు మరియు ప్రభువులకు ప్రభువు | rājulaku rāju mariyu prabhuvulaku prabhuvu | Critical | 6:15 | Direct reinforcement of the baseline’s Critical Lordship-of-Christ doctrine; exclusivity must be unmistakable |
| Immortality | ἀθανασία | అమరత్వం | amaratvaṁ | Medium | 6:16 | Distinguish God’s uncreated immortality from the Hindu doctrine of the soul’s (ātman’s) inherent immortality |
| Riches / Wealth | πλοῦτος | ఐశ్వర్యం | aiśvaryaṁ | Low | 6:17-19 | Standard term |
| Deposit (entrusted truth) | παραθήκη | నిక్షేపము | nikshēpamu | High | 6:20 | Sacred apostolic trust to be preserved unaltered, not a financial deposit or private opinion open to revision |
| Knowledge Falsely Called | ψευδώνυμος γνῶσις | అబద్ధముగా జ్ఞానమని పేరుపెట్టబడినది | abaddhamugā jñānamani pērupeṭṭabaḍinadi | Critical | 6:20 | జ్ఞానం alone carries the full weight of Advaita Vedanta jñāna-mārga tradition; the qualifying “falsely called” clause must never be dropped, to avoid implying Scripture condemns “jnana” as a category rather than this specific counterfeit teaching |
| Command / Charge | ἐπιταγή / παραγγελία | ఆజ్ఞ | āgnya | Medium | 1:1,3,5,18 | Marks apostolic, binding authority behind the letter |
| Sincere Faith | ἀνυπόκριτος πίστις | నిజమైన విశ్వాసం | nijamaina viswāsaṁ | Low | 1:5 | Modifier on baseline విశ్వాసం |
| Blasphemer | βλάσφημος | దూషకుడు | dūshakuḍu | Low | 1:13 | Standard term |
| Persecutor | διώκτης | హింసకుడు | himsakuḍu | Low | 1:13 | Standard term |
| Love | ἀγάπη | ప్రేమ | prēma | Medium | 1:5; 6:11 | Well-established; distinguish covenantal love from casual romantic connotation |
| Only God (doxological) | μόνος θεός | ఏకైక దేవుడు | ēkaika Dēvuḍu | High | 1:17 | Must retain unambiguous monotheistic exclusivity, not “supreme among many” |
| Vindicated in the Spirit | ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι | ఆత్మలో నిరూపింపబడెను | ātmalō nirūpimpabaḍenu | High | 3:16 | Christ’s own vindication; must not be collapsed into believer’s justification doctrine though the same root verb is used |
| Taken Up in Glory | ἀνελήμφθη ἐν δόξῃ | మహిమలో ఆరోహణమయ్యెను | mahimalō ārōhaṇamayyenu | High | 3:16 | Ascension; uses baseline మహిమ |
| Women (deacons’ wives / women in office — genuinely ambiguous) | γυναῖκας | స్త్రీలు / భార్యలు | strīlu / bhāryalu | High | 3:11 | Exegetically contested referent; translation must not silently foreclose the debate — requires theologian review and translator’s note |
| Exercise Authority / Domineer | αὐθεντέω | అధికారం చూపుట | adhikāraṁ chūpuṭa | High | 2:12 | Rare NT word with disputed sense (neutral “exercise authority” vs. negative “domineer”); requires theologian review, not a word-choice resolution of the exegetical debate |
| Transgression | παράβασις | అతిక్రమణ | atikramaṇa | High | 2:14 | Sits within one of the letter’s most sensitive passages (2:13-15); avoid foreclosing legitimate interpretive options |
| Childbearing (saved through) | τεκνογονία | సంతానం కనుట | santānaṁ kanuṭa | High | 2:15 | Must not imply salvation earned through the physical act, contradicting the letter’s own grace theology |
| Quietness | ἡσυχία | మౌనం | maunaṁ | Medium | 2:2,11-12 | Calm, non-disruptive demeanor in worship and civic life |
| Public Prayer Vocabulary Cluster | δεήσεις, προσευχαί, ἐντεύξεις | విన్నపములు, ప్రార్థనలు, మధ్యవర్తిత్వపు ప్రార్థనలు | vinnapamulu, prārthanalu, madhyavartitvapu prārthanalu | Medium | 2:1 | Distinguish from μεσίτης, Christ’s exclusive mediatorship (above) |
| Blameless (deacon) | ἀνέγκλητος | నిందారహితుడు | nindārahituḍu | Medium | 3:10 | See also ἀνεπίλημπτος above |
| Trustworthy Saying (formula) | πιστὸς ὁ λόγος | విశ్వసనీయమైన వాక్యము | viswasanīyamaina vākyamu | Medium | 3:1 | Marks settled, authoritative apostolic teaching |
| Double-Tongued | δίλογος | ద్వంద్వ వచనుడు | dvandva vachanuḍu | Medium | 3:8 | Insincerity/duplicity in speech |
| Greedy for Dishonest Gain | αἰσχροκερδής | అక్రమ లాభాపేక్ష గలవాడు | akrama lābhāpēksha galavāḍu | Medium | 3:8 | Financial integrity qualification for deacons |
| Not a Lover of Money | ἀφιλάργυρος | ధనాపేక్ష లేనివాడు | dhanāpēksha lēnivāḍu | Medium | 3:3 | Connects to φιλαργυρία at 6:10 — keep consistent |
| Manage / Preside Over (household or church) | προΐστημι | పరిపాలన చేయుట | paripālana chēyuṭa | Medium | 3:4-5,12; 5:17 | Deliberate lexical link between household and church leadership must be preserved consistently |
| Good Standing | βαθμὸς καλός | మంచి స్థానము | man̄chi sthānamu | Medium | 3:13 | Avoid implying clerical career “promotion” |
| Sober-Minded / Self-Controlled / Respectable / Hospitable / Gentle / Peaceable | νηφάλιος, σώφρων, κόσμιος, φιλόξενος, ἐπιεικής, ἄμαχος | స్థిరమనస్కుడు, స్వీయనిగ్రహం గలవాడు, మంచి నడవడిక గలవాడు, అతిథిప్రియుడు, సౌమ్యుడు, శాంతప్రియుడు | (see individual entries above) | Low-Medium | 3:2-3,11 | Character-qualification cluster; consistency across overseer (3:2-3) and deacon-wife (3:11) lists required |
C. Risk-Tier Distribution Summary for 1 Timothy (New Terms Only)
| Risk Tier | Count (new terms) | Representative Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 4 | Savior, Mediator, King of Kings/Lord of Lords (reinforcing baseline), Knowledge Falsely Called |
| High | 19 | Godliness, Sound Doctrine, Mystery, Overseer, Elder (office), Deacon, Husband of One Wife, Devil/Snare, Pillar and Foundation of Truth, Depart from the Faith, Deceitful Spirits, Eternal Life, Deposit, Only God, Vindicated in the Spirit, Taken Up in Glory, Women (3:11 ambiguity), Exercise Authority/Domineer, Transgression/Childbearing |
| Medium | ~24 | Hope, Mercy, Ransom, Contentment, Conscience, widow-family terms, character-qualification cluster, laying on of hands, love-of-money family, immortality, etc. |
| Low | ~10 | Genealogies, blasphemer, persecutor, example, laborer, accusation, good fight, riches, sincere faith, training for godliness |
Note: All Critical and High risk new terms require human theologian review per the AI Translation Requirements escalation rules; all Medium risk new terms require native speaker review; Low risk new terms require automated review only, consistent with the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json framework. This glossary must be merged into an updated translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json before Phase 2 segment translation of 1 Timothy begins.
Critical Risk Terms
Lord
Approved rendering: ప్రభువు
Transliteration: prabhuvu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: స్వామి
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:2,12,14; 6:3,14,15. Reinforced climactically at 6:15’s ‘Lord of lords’ — must convey exclusive, presently-reigning Lordship, not one lord among many.
Jesus
Approved rendering: యేసు
Transliteration: Yēsu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Shared Protestant/Catholic Telugu form; used throughout 1 Timothy.
God
Approved rendering: దేవుడు
Transliteration: Dēvuḍu
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: భగవంతుడు
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Used throughout 1 Timothy; never భగవంతుడు in doctrinally precise contexts.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధాత్మ
Transliteration: pariśuddhātma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: పరమాత్మ, పవిత్రాత్మ
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 3:16 (Christ ‘vindicated in the Spirit’); 4:1. Never పరమాత్మ; lock పరిశుద్ధాత్మ, not పవిత్రాత్మ.
Father
Approved rendering: తండ్రి
Transliteration: Tandri
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: సృష్టికర్త
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:2, opening greeting.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: శరీరధారణ
Transliteration: śarīradhāraṇa
Doctrine: Incarnation
Rejected alternatives: అవతారం
Original: ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Reused at 1 Timothy 3:16’s creedal hymn (‘manifested in the flesh’). CRITICAL: NEVER అవతారం; the Tirupati/Venkateswara avatar-theology caution applies with full force to this creedal verse.
Salvation
Approved rendering: రక్షణ
Transliteration: rakshana
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: మోక్షం, ముక్తి
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies 1 Timothy’s రక్షకుడు (Savior) and నిత్యజీవము (Eternal Life) term families (1:1; 1:15-16; 2:3-4; 4:10; 6:12,19). NEVER మోక్షం or ముక్తి.
Christ
Approved rendering: క్రీస్తు
Transliteration: Krīstu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
New standalone entry for this curriculum, though established, denomination-neutral Telugu Bible transliteration shared across Protestant and Catholic usage. Locked here per AI Translation Requirements transliteration standards, given 1 Timothy’s frequent use of the compound title ‘Christ Jesus our Lord/Savior.‘
Savior
Approved rendering: రక్షకుడు
Transliteration: rakshakuḍu
Doctrine: Salvation and the Savior God
Rejected alternatives: విముక్తిదాత
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation
1 Timothy 1:1; 2:3; 4:10. Directly linked to the baseline’s Critical రక్షణ family; must never suggest a liberator into మోక్షం/ముక్తి (release from the rebirth cycle).
Mediator
Approved rendering: మధ్యవర్తి (ఏకైక మధ్యవర్తి)
Transliteration: madhyavarti (ēkaika madhyavarti)
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator
Rejected alternatives: గురువు, రక్షకపురుషుడు
Original: μεσίτης
Category: Christology
1 Timothy 2:5. The generic Telugu word carries no automatic exclusivity given regional customary intermediary figures (deities, saints, gurus, ancestral spirits). Must always be paired with the ఏకైక (‘the one/only’) qualifier at every occurrence; mandatory theologian review every time.
King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords
Approved rendering: రాజులకు రాజు మరియు ప్రభువులకు ప్రభువు
Transliteration: rājulaku rāju mariyu prabhuvulaku prabhuvu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων καὶ κύριος τῶν κυριευόντων
Category: Christology
1 Timothy 6:15. Direct reinforcement of the baseline’s Critical Lordship-of-Christ doctrine; exclusivity must be unmistakable, no softening into ‘a great king among kings.‘
Knowledge Falsely Called
Approved rendering: అబద్ధముగా జ్ఞానమని పేరుపెట్టబడినది
Transliteration: abaddhamugā jñānamani pērupeṭṭabaḍinadi
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Rejected alternatives: జ్ఞానం (bare, unqualified)
Original: ψευδώνυμος γνῶσις
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 6:20. జ్ఞానం carries the full weight of the Advaita Vedanta jñāna-mārga tradition; the qualifying ‘falsely called’ clause must never be dropped, to avoid implying Scripture condemns jnana as a category rather than this specific counterfeit teaching.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: కృప
Transliteration: kṛpa
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: పుణ్యం, కర్మఫలం
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:2,14; 6:21. 1:14-16 makes Paul’s own conversion the paradigm case of grace toward the ‘foremost of sinners’ — the merit/works contrast must be visibly preserved and కృప must not collapse into కనికరం (mercy), which Paul names separately at 1:2.
Holy
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధ
Transliteration: pariśuddha
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: పవిత్ర, శుద్ధ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Lock పరిశుద్ధ throughout 1 Timothy, never పవిత్ర, including in the ‘clean conscience’ pairing at 1:5, 1:19, 3:9.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధపరచడం
Transliteration: pariśuddhaparachaḍam
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: శుద్ధీకరణ
Original: ἁγιάζω / ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Applied at 1 Timothy 4:5 to food ‘sanctified by the word of God and prayer’ — a rebuttal of ascetic false teaching, not ritual purification.
Church
Approved rendering: సంఘము
Transliteration: sanghamu
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: దేవాలయం, సభ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Never దేవాలయం. Central to 1 Timothy 3:5 and 3:15 (‘the church of the living God’), anchoring the Church as Pillar of Truth doctrine.
Sin
Approved rendering: పాపం
Transliteration: pāpam
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: అధర్మం
Original: ἁμαρτία / ἁμαρτωλός
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:9,15; 5:20,22,24. Personal moral transgression before a personal God, not impersonal karma; Paul’s self-identification as ‘foremost of sinners’ (1:15) is the doctrine’s narrative anchor.
Glory
Approved rendering: మహిమ
Transliteration: mahima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: తేజస్సు
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:17; 3:16 (Christ’s ascension, ‘taken up in glory’). Avoid light-only imagery.
Ransom
Approved rendering: విమోచన క్రయధనం
Transliteration: vimōchana krayadhanaṁ
Doctrine: Christ as the One Mediator
Original: ἀντίλυτρον
Category: Salvation
1 Timothy 2:6, Christ ‘gave himself as a ransom for all.’ Must retain the sense of a substitutionary price paid to secure release from bondage to sin, not a generic act of generosity.
Godliness
Approved rendering: దైవభక్తి
Transliteration: daivabhakti
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Rejected alternatives: భక్తి (bare, unqualified)
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Sanctification
1 Timothy 2:2,10; 3:16; 4:7-8; 6:3,5-6,11. The భక్తి component carries strong devotional-bhakti resonance from regional Vaishnava/Shaiva tradition; must never substitute for విశ్వాసం and must be explicitly distinguished from it in teaching material.
Sound Doctrine
Approved rendering: ఆరోగ్యకరమైన బోధ
Transliteration: ārōgyakaramaina bōdha
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: సరైన బోధ
Original: ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 1:10; 4:6; 6:3. Must preserve the health/sickness metaphor (same root as ‘hygiene’); a flat ‘correct teaching’ rendering loses the organic image of false teaching as spreading spiritual illness.
Teach A Different Doctrine
Approved rendering: వేరుగా బోధించుట
Transliteration: vēruga bōdhin̄chuṭa
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Original: ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 1:3; 6:3. The letter’s technical term for the specific offense it opposes; must not be softened into a neutral ‘teach differently.‘
Mystery
Approved rendering: మర్మము
Transliteration: marmamu
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Rejected alternatives: మంత్రతంత్రాలు, తాంత్రిక రహస్యాలు
Original: μυστήριον
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 3:9 (‘mystery of the faith’), 3:16 (‘mystery of godliness’). Must be anchored to ‘a truth God has openly revealed,’ resisting drift toward occult/tantric-secret connotations.
Overseer
Approved rendering: అధ్యక్షుడు / అధ్యక్షత
Transliteration: adhyakshuḍu / adhyakshata
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: బిషప్పు
Original: ἐπίσκοπος / ἐπισκοπή
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:1-2. Risk of flattening to secular ‘chairman/president’ or importing an unintended diocesan-bishop image; the office is local and overlaps in referent with elder (5:17). Must gloss on first use.
Elder Office
Approved rendering: సంఘపెద్ద(లు)
Transliteration: saṅghapedda(lu)
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: పెద్ద (bare, unqualified)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 5:17,19. Bare పెద్ద reads as generic social seniority; the సంఘ- qualifier is required to mark the recognized, examined church office.
Deacon
Approved rendering: పరిచారకుడు
Transliteration: parichārakuḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: సేవకుడు
Original: διάκονος
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:8,10,12,13. Must not collapse into generic సేవకుడు (‘servant’), losing the sense of a distinct, examined church office.
Husband Of One Wife
Approved rendering: ఒక్క భార్య గల భర్త
Transliteration: okka bhārya gala bharta
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Rejected alternatives: ఏకపత్నీవ్రతుడు
Original: μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:2,12. NEVER ఏకపత్నీవ్రతుడు — Rama’s celebrated Ramayana epithet, a dharmic vrata modeled on an avatar-figure. Use the plain descriptive phrase instead.
Devil
Approved rendering: అపవాది
Transliteration: apavādi
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Devil
Rejected alternatives: దయ్యము, పిశాచము, భూతము
Original: διάβολος
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 3:6-7,11. Must be held apart as the singular, personal, moral adversary of God, never folded into Telugu folk religion’s active taxonomy of impersonal nature/ancestor spirits.
Snare Of The Devil
Approved rendering: అపవాది ఉరి
Transliteration: apavādi uri
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Devil
Original: παγὶς τοῦ διαβόλου
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 3:6-7. Carries the same అపవాది caution; must not be softened into an impersonal-misfortune or folk-superstition idiom.
Pillar And Foundation Of Truth
Approved rendering: సత్యమునకు స్తంభమును ఆధారమును
Transliteration: satyamunaku stambhamunu ādhāramunu
Doctrine: The Church as Pillar of Truth
Original: στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας
Category: Church
1 Timothy 3:15. Live cultural association with prominent regional temple gopurams and pillared mandapas (Srikalahasti, Tirupati); teaching material must clarify the church displays/upholds truth already revealed, not generates or houses it.
Depart From The Faith
Approved rendering: విశ్వాసమునుండి తొలగిపోవుట
Transliteration: viswāsamunuṁḍi tolagipōvuṭa
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Original: ἀφίστημι (τῆς πίστεως)
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 4:1. Must convey real, culpable departure from apostolic content, not a mere change of religious opinion or gradual drift.
Deceitful Spirits
Approved rendering: మోసకరమైన ఆత్మలు
Transliteration: mōsakaramaina ātmalu
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Devil
Original: πνεύματα πλάνα
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 4:1. Spirit-world vocabulary sensitive in a culture with active folk-spirit belief; must be read as spiritually real and dangerous, held distinct from the folk-spirit taxonomy.
Godliness As Means Of Gain
Approved rendering: లాభసాధనంగా భక్తి
Transliteration: lābhasādhanamgā bhakti
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: εὐσέβεια πορισμός
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 6:5. The false teachers’ corruption of godliness into a source of financial profit; carries the same భక్తి caution as godliness generally and must not read as endorsing prosperity-gospel teaching.
Love Of Money
Approved rendering: ధనాశ / సమస్త కీడులకు మూలం
Transliteration: dhanāśa / samasta kīḍulaku mūlaṁ
Doctrine: Wealth, Stewardship, and the Love of Money
Original: φιλαργυρία / ῥίζα πάντων τῶν κακῶν
Category: Ethics
1 Timothy 6:10. ‘Root of all evils’ must be understood as a generative source of many evils, not the sole cause of every evil in existence; must be rendered consistently with ధనాపేక్ష లేనివాడు at 3:3.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: నిత్యజీవము
Transliteration: nityajīvamu
Doctrine: Salvation and the Savior God
Rejected alternatives: మోక్షం, ముక్తి
Original: ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Salvation
1 Timothy 6:12,19. Parallels the baseline’s Critical caution for రక్షణ; must not be conflated with మోక్షం/ముక్తి. Eternal life is God-given, relational, resurrection-life.
Deposit
Approved rendering: నిక్షేపము
Transliteration: nikshēpamu
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Original: παραθήκη
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 6:20. Sacred apostolic trust to be preserved unaltered and passed on intact, not a financial deposit that could be spent or a private opinion open to revision.
Only God
Approved rendering: ఏకైక దేవుడు
Transliteration: ēkaika Dēvuḍu
Doctrine: The One True God
Original: μόνος θεός
Category: God
1 Timothy 1:17. Must retain unambiguous monotheistic exclusivity, not read as ‘supreme among many gods’ in a devotional culture accustomed to a supreme deity within a populated pantheon.
Vindicated In The Spirit
Approved rendering: ఆత్మలో నిరూపింపబడెను
Transliteration: ātmalō nirūpimpabaḍenu
Doctrine: Deity and Incarnation of Christ
Original: ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι
Category: Christology
1 Timothy 3:16. Christ’s own vindication; uses the same root verb as the believer’s justification but must not be collapsed into that soteriological doctrine.
Taken Up In Glory
Approved rendering: మహిమలో ఆరోహణమయ్యెను
Transliteration: mahimalō ārōhaṇamayyenu
Doctrine: Deity and Incarnation of Christ
Original: ἀνελήμφθη ἐν δόξῃ
Category: Christology
1 Timothy 3:16. Christ’s ascension, closing the creedal sequence; uses the baseline term మహిమ exactly.
Women In The Deacon Passage
Approved rendering: స్త్రీలు / భార్యలు
Transliteration: strīlu / bhāryalu
Doctrine: Women’s Role in the Congregation
Original: γυναῖκας
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:11. Genuinely debated exegetical referent (wives of deacons vs. women in a deacon-adjacent office); a flat commitment to either Telugu term forecloses a live debate. Requires theologian review and translator’s note.
Exercise Authority Domineer
Approved rendering: అధికారం చూపుట
Transliteration: adhikāraṁ chūpuṭa
Doctrine: Women’s Role in the Congregation
Original: αὐθεντέω
Category: Worship
1 Timothy 2:12. Rare NT word with disputed sense (neutral ‘exercise authority’ vs. negative ‘domineer/usurp’); requires theologian review and translator’s note documenting the range, not a silent word-choice resolution.
Transgression
Approved rendering: అతిక్రమణ
Transliteration: atikramaṇa
Doctrine: Women’s Role in the Congregation
Original: παράβασις
Category: Worship
1 Timothy 2:14. Sits within one of the letter’s most exegetically sensitive passages (2:13-15); must avoid foreclosing legitimate interpretive options.
Childbearing
Approved rendering: సంతానం కనుట
Transliteration: santānaṁ kanuṭa
Doctrine: Women’s Role in the Congregation
Original: τεκνογονία
Category: Worship
1 Timothy 2:15. In the debated statement ‘saved through childbearing’; must not imply salvation earned through the physical act, contradicting the letter’s own grace theology.
Medium Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: సువార్త
Transliteration: suvārta
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: వార్త
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Long-established Telugu Christian term; 1 Timothy assumes this vocabulary throughout its charge to Timothy even without frequent explicit occurrence.
Faith
Approved rendering: విశ్వాసం
Transliteration: viswāsam
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: భక్తి
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Timothy also extends to denote the body of apostolic content (‘the faith,’ e.g. 3:9, 4:1, 6:21) — this dual sense is load-bearing for the Guarding the Deposit of Faith doctrine; context must make clear which sense is active.
Apostle
Approved rendering: అపొస్తలుడు
Transliteration: apostaluḍu
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: గురువు
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church Leadership
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:1; 2:7. Establishes Paul’s delegated authority underlying the whole letter’s charge to Timothy.
Law
Approved rendering: ధర్మశాస్త్రము
Transliteration: dharmaśāstramu
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 1:8-9, ‘the law is good if one uses it lawfully.’ Do not correct to a niyama-based compound; this is Telugu’s own long-settled rendering.
Gentiles
Approved rendering: అన్యజనులు
Transliteration: anyajanulu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: విదేశీయులు
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 2:7, ‘a teacher of the Gentiles.‘
Peace
Approved rendering: శాంతి
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: మనశ్శాంతి
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Part of Paul’s expanded triple greeting at 1 Timothy 1:2 (grace, mercy, peace).
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: ఆత్మీయ వరములు
Transliteration: ātmīya varamulu
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: వరం
Original: χάρισμα
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Singular form ఆత్మీయ వరము used at 1 Timothy 4:14 for Timothy’s own gift received through commissioning. Never bare వరం alone.
Intercession
Approved rendering: మధ్యవర్తిత్వం
Transliteration: madhyavartitvam
Doctrine: Prayer and Intercession
Original: ἔντευξις
Category: Worship
Inherited from Romans package. Part of the fourfold prayer vocabulary at 1 Timothy 2:1. Must be kept distinct from మధ్యవర్తి (Christ’s unique, exclusive mediatorship at 2:5) — believers’ intercession is participatory prayer, not a rival mediating role.
Hope
Approved rendering: నిరీక్షణ
Transliteration: nirīkshaṇa
Doctrine: Salvation and the Savior God
Rejected alternatives: ఆశ
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Salvation
1 Timothy 1:1, Christ himself called ‘our hope.’ Must be distinguished from generic ఆశ (mere wish/desire); conveys certainty grounded in God’s character.
Mercy
Approved rendering: కనికరం
Transliteration: kanikaraṁ
Doctrine: Grace and Mercy toward Sinners
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
1 Timothy 1:2,13,16. Distinct from కృప (grace); Paul names grace and mercy separately, so the two Telugu terms must not collapse into one.
Contentment
Approved rendering: సంతృప్తి
Transliteration: santr̥pti
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Rejected alternatives: వైరాగ్యం, త్యాగం
Original: αὐτάρκεια
Category: Sanctification
1 Timothy 6:6,8. Risk of drift toward fatalistic విధి-resignation or ascetic vairāgya-style renunciation-as-achievement; must be framed as active trust in God’s provision.
Myths
Approved rendering: కల్పితకథలు
Transliteration: kalpitakathalu
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Original: μῦθος
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 1:4; 4:7. Must be distinguished from the region’s valued itihasa/purana devotional literature; frame as contrast with apostolic revelation, not blanket dismissal.
Conscience
Approved rendering: మనస్సాక్షి
Transliteration: manassākshi
Doctrine: Conscience and Integrity
Original: συνείδησις
Category: Faith
1 Timothy 1:5,19; 3:9; 4:2. A recurring integrity term; pair with locked పరిశుద్ధ (not పవిత్ర) when describing a ‘clean/pure conscience.‘
Elder Generic
Approved rendering: పెద్ద(లు)
Transliteration: pedda(lu)
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church
1 Timothy 5:1-2. Generic respected-senior sense; must not carry the సంఘ- office qualifier used for the recognized office at 5:17.
Above Reproach
Approved rendering: అనింద్యుడు
Transliteration: anindyuḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: ἀνεπίλημπτος
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:2. Free from any valid ground of accusation; distinct in nuance from నిందారహితుడు (3:10).
Blameless
Approved rendering: నిందారహితుడు
Transliteration: nindārahituḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: ἀνέγκλητος
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:10. Free from any standing accusation after formal testing; distinct nuance from అనింద్యుడు (3:2).
Tested
Approved rendering: పరీక్షించుట
Transliteration: parīkshin̄chuṭa
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: δοκιμάζω
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:10. Deliberate examination before entrusting church office; church office requires a formal process, not an impulsive appointment.
Confidence
Approved rendering: ధైర్యము
Transliteration: dhairyamu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: παρρησία
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:13. Confident gospel-rooted assurance, the reward of faithful deacon service, not mere personal bravado.
Teachings Of Demons
Approved rendering: దయ్యముల బోధలు
Transliteration: dayyamula bōdhalu
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Devil
Original: διδασκαλίαι δαιμονίων
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 4:1. Names the demonic, not merely human, source of false doctrine.
Seared Conscience
Approved rendering: కాల్చబడిన మనస్సాక్షి
Transliteration: kālchabaḍina manassākshi
Doctrine: Conscience and Integrity
Original: κεκαυστηριασμένη συνείδησις
Category: Faith
1 Timothy 4:2. Conscience rendered insensitive through repeated sin, as by a hot iron; the searing metaphor should not be flattened.
Laying On Of Hands
Approved rendering: హస్తనిక్షేపణ
Transliteration: hastanikshēpaṇa
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and Ordination
Original: ἐπίθεσις τῶν χειρῶν
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 4:14; 5:22. Formal act of ecclesial commissioning; must not be confused with folk-practice healing touch or generic blessing gestures.
Council Of Elders
Approved rendering: పెద్దల సభ
Transliteration: peddala sabha
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts and Ordination
Original: πρεσβυτέριον
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 4:14. The recognized corporate body of elders who commission through laying on of hands; a formal governing body, not an informal gathering of respected seniors.
Widow
Approved rendering: విధవరాలు
Transliteration: vidhavarālu
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: χήρα
Category: Household
1 Timothy 5:3-16. Plain, standard term; the main risk is pastoral/cultural given regional social stigma historically attached to widowhood, which the passage’s dignifying treatment counters.
Widow Indeed
Approved rendering: నిజమైన విధవరాలు
Transliteration: nijamaina vidhavarālu
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: ὄντως χήρα
Category: Household
1 Timothy 5:3,5,16. Technical support-eligibility category; the qualifying force must be retained without implying other widows lack spiritual worth.
Honor Double Honor
Approved rendering: గౌరవం / రెట్టింపు గౌరవం
Transliteration: gauravaṁ / reṭṭimpu gauravaṁ
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: τιμή / διπλῆ τιμή
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 5:3,17. Both respect and material remuneration together; must retain both senses.
Bondservant Master
Approved rendering: దాసుడు / యజమాని
Transliteration: dāsuḍu / yajamāni
Doctrine: Household Order and Family Relationships
Original: δοῦλος / δεσπότης
Category: Household
1 Timothy 6:1-2. దాసుడు is also the positive standard Telugu Christian self-designation (‘servant of God’); this passage requires explicit historical framing so it is not read as endorsing modern slavery.
Not A Lover Of Money
Approved rendering: ధనాపేక్ష లేనివాడు
Transliteration: dhanāpēksha lēnivāḍu
Doctrine: Wealth, Stewardship, and the Love of Money
Original: ἀφιλάργυρος
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:3. Overseer qualification; must be rendered consistently with the φιλαργυρία family at 6:10.
Good Confession
Approved rendering: మంచి ఒప్పుకోలు
Transliteration: man̄chi oppukōlu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: καλὴ ὁμολογία
Category: Faith
1 Timothy 6:12-13. Timothy’s own public confession of faith, echoing Christ’s confession before Pilate; a public, witnessed confession, not private inward assent only.
Immortality
Approved rendering: అమరత్వం
Transliteration: amaratvaṁ
Doctrine: The One True God
Original: ἀθανασία / μόνος ἔχων ἀθανασίαν
Category: God
1 Timothy 6:16. God’s inherent, uncreated immortality, distinguished from the Hindu doctrine of the soul’s (ātman’s) inherent immortality.
Command Charge
Approved rendering: ఆజ్ఞ
Transliteration: āgnya
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Charge
Original: ἐπιταγή / παραγγελία
Category: Faith
1 Timothy 1:1,3,5,18. Authoritative apostolic instruction, binding on the recipient.
Love
Approved rendering: ప్రేమ
Transliteration: prēma
Doctrine: Grace and Mercy toward Sinners
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Ethics
1 Timothy 1:5; 6:11. Selfless, covenantal love; well-established but must be distinguished from generic romantic connotation in casual usage.
Quietness
Approved rendering: మౌనం
Transliteration: maunaṁ
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Original: ἡσυχία
Category: Worship
1 Timothy 2:2,11-12. Calm, non-disruptive demeanor; must convey dignified calm, not silence-as-suppression or fearful passivity.
Public Prayer Vocabulary Cluster
Approved rendering: విన్నపములు, ప్రార్థనలు, మధ్యవర్తిత్వపు ప్రార్థనలు, కృతజ్ఞతాస్తుతులు
Transliteration: vinnapamulu, prārthanalu, madhyavartitvapu prārthanalu, kr̥tajñatāstutulu
Doctrine: Public Worship and Prayer
Original: δεήσεις, προσευχαί, ἐντεύξεις, εὐχαριστίαι
Category: Worship
1 Timothy 2:1. Fourfold prayer vocabulary opening the public-worship chapter; intercession/thanksgiving reuse baseline terms; must be kept distinct from మధ్యవర్తి, Christ’s exclusive mediatorship at 2:5.
Trustworthy Saying
Approved rendering: విశ్వసనీయమైన వాక్యము
Transliteration: viswasanīyamaina vākyamu
Doctrine: Guarding the Deposit of Faith
Original: πιστὸς ὁ λόγος
Category: Faith
1 Timothy 3:1 (cf. 1:15, 4:9). Fixed formula marking settled, authoritative apostolic teaching; must not be rendered too casually.
Double Tongued
Approved rendering: ద్వంద్వ వచనుడు
Transliteration: dvandva vachanuḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: δίλογος
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:8. Insincerity/duplicity in speech, a deacon disqualification.
Greedy For Dishonest Gain
Approved rendering: అక్రమ లాభాపేక్ష గలవాడు
Transliteration: akrama lābhāpēksha galavāḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: αἰσχροκερδής
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:8. Financial integrity qualification for deacons.
Manage Preside
Approved rendering: పరిపాలన చేయుట
Transliteration: paripālana chēyuṭa
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: προΐστημι
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:4-5,12; 5:17. Deliberate lexical link between household management and church leadership; must be rendered consistently across both spheres.
Good Standing
Approved rendering: మంచి స్థానము
Transliteration: man̄chi sthānamu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: βαθμὸς καλός
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:13. Reward of faithful deacon service; avoid implying career ‘promotion’ up a clerical ladder.
Submission
Approved rendering: విధేయత
Transliteration: vidhēyata
Doctrine: Household Order and Family Relationships
Original: ὑποταγή
Category: Household
1 Timothy 3:4. Orderly, willing submission of children within the household; reflects well-ordered household governance, not harsh domination.
Character Qualifications Cluster
Approved rendering: స్థిరమనస్కుడు, స్వీయనిగ్రహం గలవాడు, మంచి నడవడిక గలవాడు, అతిథిప్రియుడు, సౌమ్యుడు, శాంతప్రియుడు, మద్యపానాసక్తుడు కానివాడు, హింసాత్మకుడు కానివాడు
Transliteration: sthiramanaskuḍu, svīyanigrahaṁ galavāḍu, man̄chi naḍavaḍika galavāḍu, atithipriyuḍu, saumyuḍu, śāntapriyuḍu, madyapānāsaktuḍu kānivāḍu, hin̄sātmakuḍu kānivāḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: νηφάλιος, σώφρων, κόσμιος, φιλόξενος, ἐπιεικής, ἄμαχος, πάροινος, πλήκτης
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:2-3,8,11. Cluster repeated across the overseer, deacon, and deacon-wife lists; consistency of rendering across all three lists is required since Paul deliberately repeats the same standard.
New Convert
Approved rendering: క్రొత్తగా నాటబడినవాడు
Transliteration: krotta-gā nāṭabaḍinavāḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: νεόφυτος
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:6. Guards against elevating someone to church office before spiritual maturity has had time to develop.
Puffed Up With Pride
Approved rendering: గర్వముతో ఉప్పొంగుట
Transliteration: garvamutō uppon̄guṭa
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: τυφόομαι
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:6. Pride that clouds spiritual judgment, the specific danger of premature leadership.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: కృతజ్ఞతాస్తుతి
Transliteration: kṛtajñatāstuti
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: εὐχαριστία
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Part of the fourfold prayer vocabulary at 1 Timothy 2:1.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: ప్రవచనం
Transliteration: pravachanam
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: భవిష్యఫలం
Original: προφητεία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Timothy 4:14, the prophetic word accompanying Timothy’s commissioning.
Exhort
Approved rendering: ప్రోత్సహించడం
Transliteration: prōtsahin̄chaḍam
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive between entreaty and encouragement at 1 Timothy 1:3 and 2:1.
Genealogies
Approved rendering: వంశావళులు
Transliteration: vaṁśāvaḷulu
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Original: γενεαλογία
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 1:4. Standard term.
Dignity
Approved rendering: గంభీరత / గంభీరుడు
Transliteration: gambhīrata / gambhīruḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: σεμνότης / σεμνός
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:4,8,11. Standard character term applied consistently to overseers, household order, and deacons.
Train For Godliness
Approved rendering: భక్తి కొరకు అభ్యాసం చేయుట
Transliteration: bhakti koraku abhyāsaṁ chēyuṭa
Doctrine: Godliness and Contentment
Original: γυμνάζω (πρὸς εὐσέβειαν)
Category: Sanctification
1 Timothy 4:7. Athletic-gymnasium metaphor for disciplined practice aimed at godliness; pairs with the దైవభక్తి caution.
Example
Approved rendering: మాదిరి
Transliteration: mādiri
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Charge
Original: ὑπόδειγμα / τύπος
Category: Church
1 Timothy 4:12. Timothy as a visible model for others to imitate.
Accusation
Approved rendering: నింద / ఆరోపణ
Transliteration: ninda / ārōpaṇa
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: κατηγορία
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 5:19. Formal charge against an elder requiring procedural protection.
Laborer
Approved rendering: పనివాడు
Transliteration: panivāḍu
Doctrine: Care for Widows and the Household of Faith
Original: ἐργάτης
Category: Household
1 Timothy 5:18. One who labors ‘in word and doctrine’; quotes the same principle as Luke 10:7.
Good Fight
Approved rendering: మంచి పోరాటం పోరాడుట
Transliteration: man̄chi pōrāṭaṁ pōrāḍuṭa
Doctrine: Apostolic Authority and Charge
Original: ἀγωνίζομαι τὸν καλὸν ἀγῶνα
Category: Ethics
1 Timothy 6:12. Athletic-contest imagery for sustained, disciplined spiritual effort.
Riches
Approved rendering: ఐశ్వర్యం
Transliteration: aiśvaryaṁ
Doctrine: Wealth, Stewardship, and the Love of Money
Original: πλοῦτος
Category: Ethics
1 Timothy 6:17-19. Material wealth addressed pastorally toward the rich.
Sincere Faith
Approved rendering: నిజమైన విశ్వాసం
Transliteration: nijamaina viswāsaṁ
Doctrine: Conscience and Integrity
Original: ἀνυπόκριτος πίστις
Category: Faith
1 Timothy 1:5. Genuine, non-hypocritical trust; modifier on the baseline term విశ్వాసం.
Blasphemer
Approved rendering: దూషకుడు
Transliteration: dūshakuḍu
Doctrine: Universal Human Sinfulness
Original: βλάσφημος
Category: Sin
1 Timothy 1:13. Paul’s own former identity before conversion.
Persecutor
Approved rendering: హింసకుడు
Transliteration: himsakuḍu
Doctrine: Universal Human Sinfulness
Original: διώκτης
Category: Sin
1 Timothy 1:13. Paul’s former identity; sets up the grace contrast that follows.
Household
Approved rendering: గృహము / కుటుంబము
Transliteration: gr̥hamu / kuṭumbamu
Doctrine: Household Order and Family Relationships
Original: οἶκος
Category: Household
1 Timothy 3:4-5,12. The domestic sphere as microcosm of church governance.
Created Thing
Approved rendering: సృష్టి వస్తువు
Transliteration: sr̥shṭi vastuvu
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine versus False Teaching
Original: κτίσμα
Category: False Teaching
1 Timothy 4:4. Anything God has made, specifically food, in rebuttal of ascetic false teaching.
Public Reputation Cluster
Approved rendering: మంచి సాక్ష్యము / బయటివారు / అపనింద
Transliteration: man̄chi sākshyamu / bayaṭivāru / apaninda
Doctrine: Qualifications for Church Leadership (Elders and Deacons)
Original: μαρτυρία καλή / οἱ ἔξωθεν / ὀνειδισμός
Category: Church Leadership
1 Timothy 3:7. Overseer’s good reputation among outsiders and the reproach risked by its compromise.
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