Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Ephesians (Telugu Destination Language)
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, covering Ephesians chapters 1–6 in full. Terms marked (Baseline TM) are reused exactly from the Romans translation_memory.json / bible_term_registry.json per the hard rule that established renderings must not be altered. New terms introduced by Ephesians’ distinctive doctrines are assigned risk tiers and renderings consistent with the baseline’s methodology.
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- Risk: Critical / High / Medium / Low, per
doctrine_risk_registry.jsondefinitions. - Status: Baseline TM (reused exactly) / New (assigned in this Language Package).
- Ch.: Chapter(s) of first/primary occurrence in Ephesians.
Chapter 1 — Election, Predestination, Blessing in Christ
| English Gloss | Greek (Translit.) | Telugu (Translit.) | Risk | Status | Doctrine | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| saints | ἅγιοι (hagioi) | పరిశుద్ధులు (pariśuddhulu) | Medium | Baseline TM | Church as Body of Christ | Reused exactly; not సాధువులు |
| grace | χάρις (charis) | కృప (kṛpa) | High | Baseline TM | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Reused exactly |
| election / chose | ἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai) | ఏర్పరచుకొనెను (ērparachukonenu) | High | New (verb form of Baseline TM దేవుని ఏర్పాటు) | Election and Predestination in Christ | Not విధి/కర్మ |
| predestined | προορίζω (proorizō) | ముందుగా నిర్ణయించడం (mundugā nirṇayin̄chaḍam) | High | New | Election and Predestination in Christ | Never విధి (fatalism) or కర్మ (karma); must read as personal, purposive divine decision |
| redemption | ἀπολύτρωσις (apolytrōsis) | విమోచనం (vimōchanam) | High | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Costly, blood-bought deliverance; must not echo మోక్షం/ముక్తి-style cyclical release |
| forgiveness | ἄφεσις (aphesis) | క్షమాపణ (kshamāpana) | Medium | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Distinct from నీతిమంతులుగా తీర్చడం (justification, Baseline TM) |
| mystery | μυστήριον (mystērion) | మర్మం (marmam) | High | New | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | A disclosed divine secret; not esoteric/occult hidden knowledge |
| good pleasure / purpose | εὐδοκία (eudokia) | దేవుని చిత్తానుసారము (Dēvuni chittānusāramu) | Medium | New | Election and Predestination in Christ | — |
| stewardship / plan | οἰκονομία (oikonomia) | నిర్వాహకత్వం (nirvāhakatvam) | Medium | New | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | Recurs ch.3 |
| inheritance | κληρονομία (klēronomia) | స్వాస్థ్యం (swāsthyam) | High | New | Election and Predestination in Christ / Adoption | Full adopted-sonship inheritance rights |
| sealed | σφραγίζω (sphragizō) | ముద్రించడం (mudrin̄chaḍam) | Medium | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Distinguish from devotional forehead-marking (tilak/namam) practice |
| guarantee / pledge | ἀρραβών (arrabōn) | హామీ (hāmī) | Medium | New | Election and Predestination in Christ | The Spirit as first installment |
| body (of Christ) | σῶμα (sōma) | శరీరం (śarīram) | High | New | The Church as the Body of Christ | Keep distinct from σάρξ (flesh) |
| head | κεφαλή (kephalē) | శిరస్సు (śirassu) | High | New | The Church as the Body of Christ / Household Codes | Loving, self-giving authority, not domination |
| fullness | πλήρωμα (plērōma) | పరిపూర్ణత (paripūrṇata) | High | New | The Church as the Body of Christ | Avoid monistic/Vedantic “pervading essence” misreading |
| holy spirit | πνεῦμα ἅγιον (pneuma hagion) | పరిశుద్ధాత్మ (pariśuddhātma) | Critical | Baseline TM | — | Never పరమాత్మ; locked రిశుద్ధాత్మ per baseline |
| god | θεός (theos) | దేవుడు (Dēvuḍu) | Critical | Baseline TM | — | Never భగవంతుడు |
| father | πατήρ (patēr) | తండ్రి (Tandri) | Critical | Baseline TM | Adoption into God’s Family | — |
Chapter 2 — Salvation by Grace through Faith (core passage) & Unity of Jews and Gentiles
| English Gloss | Greek (Translit.) | Telugu (Translit.) | Risk | Status | Doctrine | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dead (in sin) | νεκρός (nekros) | మృతులు (mṛtulu) | Medium | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Total inability, not partial weakness |
| trespasses | παράπτωμα (paraptōma) | అపరాధములు (aparādhamulu) | Medium | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Paired with, distinct from పాపం |
| sin | ἁμαρτία (hamartia) | పాపం (pāpam) | High | Baseline TM | — | Reused exactly |
| age (of this world) | αἰών (aiōn) | కాలము (kālamu) | High | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Avoid యుగం (Hindu cyclical-age term) |
| ruler (the devil) | ἄρχων (archōn) | ప్రధానుడు (pradhānuḍu) | High | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Singular personal devil, not local spirits |
| authority/power | ἐξουσία (exousia) | అధికారము (adhikāramu) | High | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | See ch.6 full term set |
| flesh (sinful nature) | σάρξ (sarx) | పాప స్వభావం / శరీరేచ్ఛలు | High | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Keep distinct from σῶμα (body) |
| wrath | ὀργή (orgē) | ఉగ్రత (ugrata) | High | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Judicial, not folk-deity-appeasement wrath |
| mercy | ἔλεος (eleos) | దయ (daya) | Medium | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Prefer over కరుణ (generic compassion) |
| love | ἀγάπη (agapē) | ప్రేమ (prēma) | Medium | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Context must preserve self-giving, divine sense |
| grace | χάρις (charis) | కృప (kṛpa) | High | Baseline TM | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Reused exactly |
| made alive together | συζωοποιέω (syzōopoieō) | క్రీస్తుతోకూడ సజీవులనుగా చేసెను | High | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith / Walking in Newness of Life | Must not drift toward పునర్జన్మ-adjacent phrasing |
| saved | σῴζω (sōzō) | రక్షించు (rakshin̄chu) | Critical | Baseline TM root (రక్షణ) | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Never మోక్షం/ముక్తి |
| raised together with | συνεγείρω (synegeirō) | క్రీస్తుతోకూడ లేపెను | High | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Resurrection-family vocabulary, not rebirth |
| heavenly places | ἐπουράνιος (epouranios) | ఆకాశమండలములు (ākāśamaṇḍalamulu) | Medium | New | The Church as the Body of Christ | Not the pancha-bhuta elemental ఆకాశ |
| riches (of grace) | πλοῦτος (ploutos) | ఐశ్వర్యము (aiśvaryamu) | Medium | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Must qualify as grace’s riches; avoid prosperity-gospel reading / Lakshmi-devotional resonance |
| gift | δῶρον (dōron) | బహుమానం (bahumānam) | Medium | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Prefer over unqualified వరం |
| works | ἔργον (ergon) | క్రియలు (kriyalu) | High | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Watch root-family proximity to కర్మ (karma) |
| good works | ἔργα ἀγαθά (erga agatha) | సత్క్రియలు (satkriyalu) | High | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith / Walking in Newness of Life | Must stay antithetically distinct from v.9’s క్రియలు |
| prepared beforehand | προετοιμάζω (proetoimazō) | ముందుగా సిద్ధపరచెను (mundugā siddhaparachenu) | High | New | Election and Predestination in Christ | Purposive, not fatalistic విధి |
| circumcision/uncircumcision | περιτομή/ἀκροβυστία | సున్నతి / సున్నతిలేనితనం | Medium | New | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | — |
| covenant | διαθήκη (diathēkē) | నిబంధన (nibandhana) | High | Baseline TM | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | Reused exactly |
| dividing wall | μεσότοιχον/φραγμός | అడ్డుగోడ (aḍḍugōḍa) | High | New | Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | Direct caste-boundary resonance; retain full force |
| one new man/humanity | καινός ἄνθρωπος (kainos anthrōpos) | క్రొత్త మనుష్యుడు (krotta manushyuḍu) | Critical | New | Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | Genuinely new corporate humanity, not moral improvement of old groups |
| reconcile | ἀποκαταλλάσσω (apokatallassō) | సమాధానపరచెను | High | New | Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity | Builds on శాంతి term family |
| household of God | οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ | దేవుని కుటుంబం (Dēvuni kuṭumbam) | Medium | New | Church as the Body of Christ / Adoption | — |
| cornerstone | ἀκρογωνιαῖος (akrogōniaios) | మూలరాయి (mūlarāyi) | Medium | New | Church as the Body of Christ | — |
| temple | ναός (naos) | దేవుని ఆలయం (Dēvuni ālayam) | High | New | Church as the Body of Christ | Always qualify with దేవుని; unqualified ఆలయం reads as generic Hindu temple |
Chapter 3 — The Mystery of Christ Revealed
| English Gloss | Greek (Translit.) | Telugu (Translit.) | Risk | Status | Doctrine | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mystery | μυστήριον (mystērion) | మర్మం (marmam) | High | New (reuse from ch.1) | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | Disclosed, not esoteric/occult |
| stewardship | οἰκονομία (oikonomia) | నిర్వాహకత్వం (nirvāhakatvam) | Medium | New (reuse from ch.1) | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | — |
| fellow heirs | συγκληρονόμος (synklēronomos) | సహవారసులు (sahavārasulu) | Medium | New | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | — |
| fellow members of the body | σύσσωμος (syssōmos) | ఒక్క శరీరంలో సహభాగులు | Medium | New | Church as the Body of Christ | — |
| fellow partakers | συμμέτοχος (symmetochos) | వాగ్దానంలో సహభాగులు | Medium | New | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | — |
| manifold wisdom | πολυποίκιλος σοφία | నానారకములైన జ్ఞానం | Low | New | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | — |
| rulers and authorities | ἀρχαί καὶ ἐξουσίαι | ప్రధానులు మరియు అధికారులు | High | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Real personal spiritual beings; avoid navagraha/astrological resonance |
| boldness/access | παρρησία (parrhēsia) | ధైర్యం (dhairyam) | Low | New | Salvation by Grace through Faith | — |
| strengthened | ἐνδυναμόω (endynamoō) | బలపరచడం (balaparachaḍam) | Low | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Draws on దేవుని సామర్థ్యం; never శక్తి |
| fullness | πλήρωμα (plērōma) | పరిపూర్ణత (paripūrṇata) | High | New (reuse from ch.1) | Church as the Body of Christ | — |
Chapter 4 — Unity, Gifts for Building Up the Church, Walking in Newness of Life
| English Gloss | Greek (Translit.) | Telugu (Translit.) | Risk | Status | Doctrine | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unity | ἑνότης (henotēs) | ఐక్యత (aikyata) | Medium | New | Unity of Jews and Gentiles / Church as Body | Reuse baseline doctrine-registry phrase family |
| bond | σύνδεσμος (syndesmos) | బంధం (bandham) | Low | New | Church as the Body of Christ | — |
| calling | κλῆσις (klēsis) | పిలుపు (pilupu) | High | Baseline TM | Election and Predestination in Christ | Reused exactly |
| humility | ταπεινοφροσύνη (tapeinophrosynē) | వినయము (vinayamu) | Low | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | — |
| gentleness | πραΰτης (prautēs) | మృదుత్వం (mṛdutvam) | Medium | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | Avoid సాత్వికత (Hindu triguna philosophical term) |
| patience | μακροθυμία (makrothymia) | దీర్ఘశాంతము (dīrghaśāntamu) | Low | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | — |
| gift (of Christ) | δωρεά (dōrea) | క్రీస్తు వరము (qualified) | High | New | Gifts for Building Up the Church | వరము must always be qualified, per baseline spiritual_gifts precedent |
| apostle | ἀπόστολος (apostolos) | అపొస్తలుడు (apostaluḍu) | Medium | Baseline TM | Gifts for Building Up the Church | Reused exactly |
| prophet | προφήτης (prophētēs) | ప్రవక్త (pravakta) | Low | Baseline TM | Gifts for Building Up the Church | Reused exactly |
| evangelist | εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistēs) | సువార్తికుడు (suvārtikuḍu) | Low | New | Gifts for Building Up the Church | Built on సువార్త root |
| pastor | ποιμήν (poimēn) | కాపరి (kāpari) | Medium | New | Gifts for Building Up the Church | Not గురువు |
| teacher | διδάσκαλος (didaskalos) | బోధకుడు (bōdhakuḍu) | Low | New | Gifts for Building Up the Church | — |
| equipping | καταρτισμός (katartismos) | సిద్ధపరచడం (siddhaparachaḍam) | Low | New | Gifts for Building Up the Church | — |
| building up | οἰκοδομή (oikodomē) | క్షేమాభివృద్ధి (kshemābhivṛddhi) | Low | New (reuse baseline doctrine phrase) | Gifts for Building Up the Church | — |
| ministry/service | διακονία (diakonia) | పరిచర్య (parichar్య) | Low | New (reuse baseline phrase) | Gifts for Building Up the Church | — |
| truth | ἀλήθεια (alētheia) | సత్యం (satyam) | Medium | New | Walking in Newness of Life | Relational/gospel truth, not abstract philosophy |
| old self | παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος (palaios anthrōpos) | పాత మనుష్యుడు (pāta manushyuḍu) | High | New | Walking in Newness of Life | Definitive break, not gradual self-improvement |
| put off | ἀποτίθημι (apotithēmi) | తీసివేయు (tīsivēyu) | Medium | New | Walking in Newness of Life | — |
| renewed | ἀνανεόω (ananeoō) | నూతనపరచుకొను (nūtanaparachukonu) | Medium | New | Walking in Newness of Life | — |
| put on | ἐνδύω (endyō) | ధరించుకొను (dharin̄chukonu) | Medium | New | Walking in Newness of Life | — |
| image of God | εἰκών θεοῦ (eikōn theou) | దేవుని స్వరూపం (Dēvuni svarūpam) | High | New | Walking in Newness of Life | Always qualify; స్వరూపం alone risks avatar/manifestation resonance |
Chapter 5 — Walking in Light and Love; Household Codes (Husbands and Wives)
| English Gloss | Greek (Translit.) | Telugu (Translit.) | Risk | Status | Doctrine | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| idolater | εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolatrēs) | విగ్రహారాధకుడు (vigrahārādhakuḍu) | High | New | Walking in Newness of Life | Live, direct confrontation term given regional idol-temple traditions |
| darkness/light | σκότος/φῶς | చీకటి / వెలుగు | Low | New | Walking in Newness of Life | — |
| filled with the Spirit | πληρόω πνεύματι (plēroō pneumati) | పరిశుద్ధాత్మతో నింపబడుడి | High | New | Walking in Newness of Life | Personal Spirit’s control, not folk spirit-possession trance |
| submit | ὑποτάσσω (hypotassō) | లోబడడం (lōbaḍaḍam) | High | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | Voluntary, Christ-modeled; guard against patriarchal/caste-hierarchy misuse |
| head | κεφαλή (kephalē) | శిరస్సు (śirassu) | High | New (reuse ch.1) | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | Loving authority, not domination |
| savior | σωτήρ (sōtēr) | రక్షకుడు (rakshakuḍu) | Critical | New (title-form of Baseline TM రక్షణ) | Salvation by Grace through Faith | Exclusive, unique force |
| love (husbands) | ἀγαπάω (agapaō) | ప్రేమించు (prēmin̄chu) | Medium | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | — |
| washing (of water/word) | λουτρόν (loutron) | కడుగుట (kaḍuguṭa) | High | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | Avoid స్నానం (ritual bathing) |
| one flesh | μία σάρξ (mia sarx) | ఏకశరీరం (ēkaśarīram) | Medium | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | — |
| mystery (of marriage) | μυστήριον (mystērion) | మర్మం (marmam) | High | New (reuse ch.1/3) | The Mystery of Christ Revealed | — |
Chapter 6 — Household Codes (Children, Servants); Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
| English Gloss | Greek (Translit.) | Telugu (Translit.) | Risk | Status | Doctrine | Notes / Rejected Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| obey | ὑπακούω (hypakouō) | విధేయత చూపు (vidhēyata chūpu) | Medium | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | Builds on baseline విధేయత root |
| honor | τιμάω (timaō) | గౌరవించు (gauravin̄chu) | Low | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | — |
| slave/bondservant | δοῦλος (doulos) | దాసుడు (dāsuḍu) | High | New | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | Requires contextual framing re: caste-based bonded labor (వెట్టి చాకిరీ) historical memory |
| master (human) | κύριος, human referent (kyrios) | యజమాని (yajamāni) — NOT ప్రభువు | Critical | New (required divergence from baseline ప్రభువు) | Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships | Protects Christ’s exclusive Lordship title from dilution |
| favoritism | προσωπολημψία (prosōpolēmpsia) | పక్షపాతం (pakshapātam) | Medium | New | Universal Human Accountability (Romans-linked) | Resonates with baseline’s no-distinction/caste emphasis |
| full armor | πανοπλία (panoplia) | సర్వాంగ కవచం (sarvānga kavacham) | High | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Literal-metaphor armor, not a chanted protective kavacham/mantra |
| schemes/wiles | μεθοδεία (methodeia) | తంత్రాలు / కుయుక్తులు | Medium | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Distinguish from Tantric ritual system associations |
| devil | διάβολος (diabolos) | అపవాది (apavādi) | Critical | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | The one personal enemy, not folk evil-eye/possessing-spirit beliefs |
| wrestling/struggle | πάλη (palē) | పోరాటం (pōrāṭam) | Medium | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | — |
| rulers, authorities, powers, spiritual forces of evil | ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι, κοσμοκράτορες, πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας | అధిపతులు, అధికారులు, ఈ లోకపు అధికారులు, దురాత్మలు | Critical | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Highest-stakes doctrinal-cultural collision point; real evil powers defeated in Christ, not appeased local deities |
| belt of truth | ζώνη ἀληθείας | సత్యమనే వడ్డాణం | Low | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | — |
| breastplate of righteousness | θώραξ δικαιοσύνης | నీతి అనే రొమ్ము కవచం | High | New (embeds Baseline TM నీతి) | Spiritual Warfare / Salvation by Grace through Faith | Reuse నీతి exactly |
| shoes of the gospel of peace | ἑτοιμασία τοῦ εὐαγγελίου εἰρήνης | సమాధానమనే సువార్త సిద్ధపడుటకైన పాదరక్షలు | Medium | New (embeds Baseline TM terms) | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Reuse సువార్త, శాంతి exactly |
| shield of faith | θυρεός τῆς πίστεως | విశ్వాసమనే డాలు | Medium | New (embeds Baseline TM విశ్వాసం) | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Reuse విశ్వాసం exactly |
| helmet of salvation | περικεφαλαία τοῦ σωτηρίου | రక్షణ అనే శిరస్త్రాణం | Critical | New (embeds Baseline TM రక్షణ) | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Reuse రక్షణ exactly |
| sword of the Spirit | μάχαιρα τοῦ πνεύματος | పరిశుద్ధాత్మ ఖడ్గం | Medium | New (embeds Baseline TM పరిశుద్ధాత్మ) | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | Reuse పరిశుద్ధాత్మ exactly |
| prayer/supplication | προσευχή, δέησις | ప్రార్థన, విన్నపం | Low | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | విన్నపం consistent with baseline వినతి note |
| watchful | ἀγρυπνέω (agrypneō) | జాగరూకత (jāgarūkata) | Low | New | Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God | — |
| ambassador | πρεσβεύω (presbeuō) | రాజదూత (rājadūta) | Medium | New | Mission to the Nations (Romans-linked) | — |
Summary of Baseline TM Terms Reused Exactly in Ephesians
గృace (కృప), faith (విశ్వాసం), sin (పాపం), covenant (నిబంధన), calling (పిలుపు), saints (పరిశుద్ధులు), apostle (అపొస్తలుడు), prophet (ప్రవక్త), god (దేవుడు), holy_spirit (పరిశుద్ధాత్మ), father (తండ్రి), and the Critical-tier roots of salvation (రక్షణ / రక్షించు / రక్షకుడు / helmet-of-salvation compound) and lordship (ప్రభువు, with the required Household-Codes divergence to యజమాని for human masters). All forbidden substitutions from the baseline (మోక్షం, ముక్తి, పునర్జన్మ, అవతారం, శక్తి, భగవంతుడు, పరమాత్మ) remain forbidden throughout this Ephesians Language Package extension.
Critical Risk Terms
Salvation
Approved rendering: రక్షణ
Transliteration: rakshana
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: మోక్షం, ముక్తి
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL: never మోక్షం/ముక్తి. Ephesians 2:5,2:8 use a completed/perfect-tense construction (‘you have been saved’) — render with perfect-aspect Telugu verb forms (రక్షింపబడియున్నారు), not durative/ongoing phrasing. Also embedded exactly in 6:17’s రక్షణ అనే శిరస్త్రాణం (helmet of salvation).
Resurrection
Approved rendering: పునరుత్థానం
Transliteration: punarutthānam
Doctrine: Regeneration and New Creation in Christ
Rejected alternatives: పునర్జన్మ
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL: never పునర్జన్మ. The root vocabulary that క్రీస్తుతోకూడ లేపుట (raised together with, Eph 2:6) must echo without dilution.
Lord
Approved rendering: ప్రభువు
Transliteration: prabhuvu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: స్వామి
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL: reserved exclusively for Christ (1:2-3, 4:5, 5:22, 6:1, 6:5-9’s ‘in the Lord’ qualifiers). REQUIRED EPHESIANS DIVERGENCE: when κύριος refers to a human household master (6:5-9), render యజమాని instead — never ప్రభువు — to prevent dilution of this exclusive title.
Jesus
Approved rendering: యేసు
Transliteration: Yēsu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package. Shared standard across Telugu Protestant and Catholic usage; the letter’s central figure throughout.
God
Approved rendering: దేవుడు
Transliteration: Dēvuḍu
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: భగవంతుడు
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL: never భగవంతుడు. Subject of the pivotal ‘But God’ (Eph 2:4).
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధాత్మ
Transliteration: pariśuddhātma
Doctrine: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: పరమాత్మ, పవిత్రాత్మ
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. CRITICAL: never పరమాత్మ; locked పరిశుద్ధాత్మ, never alternating with పవిత్రాత్మ. Seals believers (1:13), grants access (2:18), indwells the temple (2:22), commands ‘be filled’ (5:18), embedded in 6:17’s పరిశుద్ధాత్మ ఖడ్గం.
Father
Approved rendering: తండ్రి
Transliteration: Tandri
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance in Christ
Rejected alternatives: సృష్టికర్త
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. God as personal Father ‘from whom every family… is named’ (3:14-15) and ‘one Father of all’ (4:6).
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: ఆపాదింపబడిన నీతి
Transliteration: āpādimpabaḍina nīti
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: స్వార్జిత నీతి
Inherited from Romans package. Doctrinal background for Eph 2:8-9’s exclusion of self-earned righteousness (స్వార్జిత నీతి) as any ground of salvation.
One New Humanity
Approved rendering: క్రొత్త మనుష్యుడు
Transliteration: krotta manushyuḍu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: καινός ἄνθρωπος
Category: Unity
Eph 2:15, echoed at 4:24. A genuinely new corporate humanity, not moral improvement of two old groups. Always paired with the creation-verb సృష్టించెను, never a reform/change verb, to block an ‘improved old group’ misreading. Absolute Critical-tier lock.
Master Human Referent
Approved rendering: యజమాని
Transliteration: yajamāni
Doctrine: Servants, Masters, and the Limits of Human Lordship
Rejected alternatives: ప్రభువు (forbidden for this referent)
Original: κύριος (human referent)
Category: Household
Eph 6:5-9. κύριος used of human masters must render యజమాని, never ప్రభువు, even though the Greek word is identical to Christ’s title elsewhere — a required, deliberate divergence protecting Christ’s exclusive Lordship from dilution.
Devil
Approved rendering: అపవాది
Transliteration: apavādi
Doctrine: Spiritual Powers and Principalities Defeated in Christ
Rejected alternatives: భూతం, పిశాచం
Original: διάβολος
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 2:2, 6:11. The one, personal, defeated-yet-active enemy of God. Never భూతం/పిశాచం (folk possessing-spirit categories addressed by exorcistic ritual) or దిష్టి (impersonal evil-eye influence) — this doctrine is resisted through Christ’s finished authority and prayer, never exorcised or appeased.
Cosmic Powers Of Evil
Approved rendering: అధిపతులు, అధికారులు, ఈ లోకపు అధికారులు, దురాత్మలు
Transliteration: adhipatulu, adhikārulu, ī lōkapu adhikārulu, durātmalu
Doctrine: Spiritual Powers and Principalities Defeated in Christ
Original: ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι, κοσμοκράτορες, πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 1:21, 6:12. The single highest-stakes doctrinal-cultural collision point in the letter. Must affirm real, personal, organized hostile powers, already defeated in Christ and resisted through his authority and prayer — never softened toward గ్రామదేవతలు (village guardian goddesses) or a framework of ritual appeasement rather than resistance.
Helmet Of Salvation
Approved rendering: రక్షణ అనే శిరస్త్రాణం
Transliteration: rakshaṇa anē śirastrāṇam
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: περικεφαλαία τοῦ σωτηρίου
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 6:17. Embeds the baseline’s Critical రక్షణ exactly within the compound — never మోక్షం/ముక్తి. Treat as a fixed string; validate the embedded term on every occurrence.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: కృప
Transliteration: kṛpa
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: పుణ్యం, కర్మఫలం
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 2:5,2:8 restates grace as the sole ground of salvation set explicitly against క్రియలు (works); this antithesis must never soften toward a merit-adjacent reading.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: నీతి
Transliteration: nīti
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: ధర్మం
Inherited from Romans package. Embedded exactly within the Ephesians 6:14 compound నీతి అనే రొమ్ము కవచం (breastplate of righteousness) — forensic/relational right standing, not dutiful conduct.
Justification
Approved rendering: నీతిమంతులుగా తీర్చడం
Transliteration: nītimantulugā tīrchaḍam
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: క్షమాపణ పొందడం
Inherited from Romans package. Kept distinct from క్షమాపణ (forgiveness, Eph 1:7, 4:32); Ephesians does not use the term directly but its underlying doctrine (declared, not self-earned, righteousness) undergirds 2:8-9.
Called
Approved rendering: పిలువబడిన
Transliteration: piluvabaḍina
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: ఆహ్వానించబడిన
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive divine summons; underlies 4:1’s ‘the calling to which you have been called’.
Calling
Approved rendering: పిలుపు
Transliteration: pilupu
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: ఆహ్వానం
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Election
Inherited from Romans package. Grounds the unity appeal of Eph 4:1, 4:4 (‘one calling’).
Holy
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధ
Transliteration: pariśuddha
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: పవిత్ర, శుద్ధ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package. Locked పరిశుద్ధ throughout, matching baseline’s cross-denominational-consistency rationale; used of God’s choosing (1:4) and the church’s presentation (5:27).
Sanctification
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధపరచడం
Transliteration: pariśuddhaparachaḍam
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: శుద్ధీకరణ
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies the church’s presented purity (5:26-27) and ‘being filled with the Spirit’ (5:18) as its present mode.
Adoption
Approved rendering: దత్తపుత్రత్వం
Transliteration: dattaputratvam
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance in Christ
Rejected alternatives: దత్తత తీసుకోవడం
Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 1:5 restates this doctrine explicitly (‘he predestined us for adoption as sons’); anchors స్వాస్థ్యం (inheritance, new term below) to full son-status, not a partial share.
Sin
Approved rendering: పాపం
Transliteration: pāpam
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: అధర్మం
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package. Paired with అపరాధములు (trespasses, new term below) in Eph 2:1, the state believers were spiritually dead in before grace.
Glory
Approved rendering: మహిమ
Transliteration: mahima
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: తేజస్సు
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Refrain ‘to the praise of his glory’ (1:6, 1:12, 1:14) and the church’s goal (3:21); avoid light-only imagery.
Power Of God
Approved rendering: దేవుని సామర్థ్యం
Transliteration: Dēvuni Sāmarthyam
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Rejected alternatives: శక్తి
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ / ἐνδυναμόω
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Never శక్తి. Grounds 1:19-20’s resurrection power, 3:16’s inner strengthening (ఎన్డినామో), and 6:10’s warfare-strengthening.
Covenant
Approved rendering: నిబంధన
Transliteration: nibandhana
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: ఒప్పందం
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. The ‘covenants of promise’ (2:12) from which Gentiles were formerly excluded, now shared in Christ.
Election
Approved rendering: దేవుని ఏర్పాటు
Transliteration: Dēvuni Ērpāṭu
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: విధి, కర్మ
Original: ἐκλέγομαι
Category: Election
Inherited from Romans package (noun form). Never విధి/కర్మ. Paired with the new verb-form entry ‘chose_elected’ below (ఏర్పరచుకొనుట) as one complementary term family for Eph 1:4, 1:11.
Providence
Approved rendering: దేవుని పరిపాలన
Transliteration: Dēvuni Paripālana
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: విధి, కర్మసిద్ధాంతం
Inherited from Romans package. Background doctrine behind Eph 1:11’s ‘according to his purpose’; never విధి/కర్మసిద్ధాంతం.
Wrath
Approved rendering: ఉగ్రత
Transliteration: ugrata
Doctrine: Divine Wrath and Judgment
Rejected alternatives: కోపం
Original: ὀργή
Category: God
Eph 2:2-3, 5:6. God’s settled, righteous, judicial response to sin, resolved only through Christ’s cross — never a capricious divine temper to be ritually appeased, guarding against the folk-religious reflex of placating an angry local goddess (e.g. Ammoru/Pochamma) through offering.
Made Alive Together
Approved rendering: క్రీస్తుతోకూడ సజీవులనుగా చేయుట
Transliteration: Krīstutōkūḍa sajīvulanugā cheyuṭa
Doctrine: Regeneration and New Creation in Christ
Original: συζωοποιέω
Category: Salvation
Eph 2:5. Regeneration: a decisive, one-time act of imparting spiritual life in union with Christ. Sits close to the guarded resurrection boundary; must never drift toward పునర్జన్మ-adjacent (rebirth-cycle) phrasing.
Raised Together With
Approved rendering: క్రీస్తుతోకూడ లేపుట
Transliteration: Krīstutōkūḍa lēpuṭa
Doctrine: Regeneration and New Creation in Christ
Original: συνεγείρω
Category: Salvation
Eph 2:6. Believers’ positional union with Christ’s own resurrection, a present possession. Must echo the baseline’s Critical పునరుత్థానం root vocabulary, never rebirth vocabulary.
Works
Approved rendering: క్రియలు
Transliteration: kriyalu
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Original: ἔργον
Category: Salvation
Eph 2:9. Human effort explicitly excluded as the ground of salvation. క్రియ’s root-family proximity to కర్మ (karma) risks flattening ‘not by works’ into ‘avoid bad karma’; must never stand without the accompanying contrastive clause (‘so that no one may boast’).
Good Works
Approved rendering: సత్క్రియలు
Transliteration: satkriyalu
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: ἔργα ἀγαθά
Category: Salvation
Eph 2:10. The intended result, never the ground, of salvation. Must read as visibly, antithetically distinct from v.9’s క్రియలు — the letter’s key grace/works application.
Chose Elected
Approved rendering: ఏర్పరచుకొనుట
Transliteration: ērparachukonuṭa
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: విధి, కర్మ
Eph 1:4. Verb form of God’s sovereign, personal, pre-creation choice; distinct entry from the baseline noun ‘election’ (దేవుని ఏర్పాటు) to avoid schema collision — hold both as one complementary family, never విధి/కర్మ.
Predestined
Approved rendering: ముందుగా నిర్ణయించడం
Transliteration: mundugā nirṇayin̄chaḍam
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Rejected alternatives: విధి
Original: προορίζω
Category: Election
Eph 1:5, 1:11. God’s prior, purposive determination of adoption and inheritance. Locked, non-abbreviable compound — never shortened to a form that reintroduces fatalism.
Inheritance
Approved rendering: స్వాస్థ్యం
Transliteration: swāsthyam
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance in Christ
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Election
Eph 1:11, 1:14, 1:18. Must convey full adopted-sonship inheritance rights, not a merely metaphorical or partial share; cross-link to దత్తపుత్రత్వం (adoption).
Body Of Christ
Approved rendering: శరీరం
Transliteration: śarīram
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: σῶμα
Category: Church
Eph 1:22-23, 2:16, 4:4, 4:12-16, 5:23, 5:30. Must read as a unified, organic, positive image of the Church; keep sharply distinct from పాప స్వభావం/శరీరేచ్ఛలు (flesh, the fallen nature, 2:3).
Head
Approved rendering: శిరస్సు
Transliteration: śirassu
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: κεφαλή
Category: Church
Eph 1:22, 4:15, 5:23. Christ’s loving, self-giving authority over the church, and by extension the husband over the wife (5:23-25); never taught apart from 5:25’s self-sacrificial pattern, never domination.
Fullness
Approved rendering: పరిపూర్ణత
Transliteration: paripūrṇata
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: πλήρωμα
Category: Church
Eph 1:23, 3:19. Christ’s own personal presence filling his body, the church — must never be read through a Vedantic-monist ‘pervading essence’ (పరమాత్మ-style) lens. Always anchor to Christ personally, never to an abstract ‘all things’.
Temple
Approved rendering: దేవుని ఆలయం
Transliteration: Dēvuni ālayam
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ఆలయం (unqualified)
Original: ναός
Category: Church
Eph 2:21. Always qualified as దేవుని ఆలయం; unqualified ఆలయం alone reads as a generic Hindu temple building (e.g. Tirupati) in ordinary Telugu usage — never permit elision of దేవుని.
Spiritual Gift
Approved rendering: క్రీస్తు వరము
Transliteration: Krīstu varamu
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: వరం (unqualified)
Original: δωρεά / χάρισμα
Category: Gifts
Eph 4:7, 4:11. Grace-apportioned enablement per the measure of Christ’s gift. Per baseline spiritual_gifts precedent, వరం must NEVER appear unqualified — always క్రీస్తు వరము or an equivalently qualified compound, to avoid a generic-deity’s-boon reading.
Dividing Wall
Approved rendering: అడ్డుగోడ
Transliteration: aḍḍugōḍa
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: తేడా (mere difference)
Original: μεσότοιχον / φραγμός
Category: Unity
Eph 2:14. Carries direct, immediate resonance for Telugu Christian communities descended from Dalit (Madiga/Mala) mass-movement history; retain full force — never soften into a vague ‘difference’.
Reconciliation
Approved rendering: సమాధానపరచుట
Transliteration: samādhānaparachuṭa
Doctrine: Reconciliation and Peace through the Cross
Original: ἀποκαταλλάσσω
Category: Unity
Eph 2:16. Builds on the శాంతి term family; the agent/means (క్రీస్తు తన సిలువ ద్వారా) must remain explicit, not implied, to keep the cross as the ground rather than a generic peace-making sentiment.
Mystery Of Christ
Approved rendering: మర్మం
Transliteration: marmam
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: μυστήριον
Category: Mystery
Eph 1:9-10, 3:3-9, 5:32, 6:19. Must be a divine secret now openly, fully disclosed in the gospel — never esoteric/initiatory hidden knowledge as in mystery-religion or occult/tantric secret-teaching traditions. Always pair with a disclosure-verb (వెల్లడి చేయబడిన మర్మం), never left standing alone.
Old Self
Approved rendering: పాత మనుష్యుడు
Transliteration: pāta manushyuḍu
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: παλαιὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Sanctification
Eph 4:22. A definitive, once-for-all break with the former sinful identity, not gradual self-improvement; pairs directly with క్రొత్త మనుష్యుడు. Use decisive removal verbs (తీసివేయు), never gradual-change verbs (గుణం మారడం).
Image Of God
Approved rendering: దేవుని స్వరూపం
Transliteration: Dēvuni svarūpam
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Rejected alternatives: స్వరూపం (unqualified)
Original: εἰκὼν θεοῦ
Category: Sanctification
Eph 4:24. Always qualified as దేవుని స్వరూపం; unqualified స్వరూపం names a deity’s particular ‘form’/manifestation in Vaishnava devotional theology, paralleling the baseline’s Critical incarnation/అవతారం concern.
Flesh
Approved rendering: పాప స్వభావం / శరీరేచ్ఛలు
Transliteration: pāpa svabhāvam / śarīrēcchalu
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: శరీరం (forbidden for this sense)
Original: σάρξ
Category: Sanctification
Eph 2:3. The corrupted human nature as the seat of rebellion. Must be kept categorically distinct from శరీరం (body_of_christ), which Ephesians uses positively for the Church.
Age Of This World
Approved rendering: కాలము
Transliteration: kālamu
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: యుగం
Original: αἰών
Category: Sanctification
Eph 2:2. The present, fallen world-order under Satan’s sway. Avoid యుగం, a live Hindu cosmological term naming a repeating cosmic cycle (Satya/Kali Yuga); Scripture’s ‘this present evil age’ is linear.
Idolater
Approved rendering: విగ్రహారాధకుడు
Transliteration: vigrahārādhakuḍu
Doctrine: Idolatry and Exclusive Worship of God
Original: εἰδωλολάτρης
Category: Sanctification
Eph 5:5. An extremely live confrontational term given Andhra Pradesh’s prominent idol-centered temple traditions (Tirupati, Vijayawada); retain full, unsoftened doctrinal force — never paraphrase into a merely metaphorical ‘obsession’.
Filled With The Spirit
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధాత్మతో నింపబడుడి
Transliteration: pariśuddhātmatō nimpabaḍuḍi
Doctrine: Being Filled with the Holy Spirit
Original: πληρόω πνεύματι
Category: Sanctification
Eph 5:18. Personal Spirit’s ongoing sanctifying control, never folk-religious spirit-possession/trance phenomena (e.g. Ammoru/Pochamma village-deity possession).
Submit
Approved rendering: లోబడడం
Transliteration: lōbaḍaḍam
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Household
Eph 5:21, 5:22, 5:24. Voluntary, Christ-modeled submission within self-giving love (5:25); never scriptural reinforcement of existing patriarchal or caste-inflected household hierarchy. Require accompanying Christ-model framing in every occurrence.
Washing Of Water And Word
Approved rendering: కడుగుట
Transliteration: kaḍuguṭa
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Rejected alternatives: స్నానం
Original: λουτρόν
Category: Household
Eph 5:26. Render with the plain verb కడుగుట, never the noun స్నానం, which denotes ritual bathing strongly associated with Hindu purification rites (e.g. Ganga snanam).
Slave Bondservant
Approved rendering: దాసుడు
Transliteration: dāsuḍu
Doctrine: Servants, Masters, and the Limits of Human Lordship
Original: δοῦλος
Category: Household
Eph 6:5-8. First-century household slaves addressed with full dignity before Christ. Requires deliberate contextual framing distinguishing the Roman household-slavery setting from any endorsement of the institution, given living memory of caste-based bonded agrarian labor (వెట్టి చాకిరీ).
Ruler Of This Age
Approved rendering: ప్రధానుడు
Transliteration: pradhānuḍu
Doctrine: Spiritual Powers and Principalities Defeated in Christ
Original: ἄρχων
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 2:2. The devil, ruling over the fallen world-order ‘of the air’; must be understood as the singular personal devil, not one of many capricious local spirits.
Spiritual Authority Exousia
Approved rendering: అధికారము
Transliteration: adhikāramu
Doctrine: Spiritual Powers and Principalities Defeated in Christ
Original: ἐξουσία
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 2:2, 3:10, 6:12. Keep this exact rendering consistent across every occurrence so the spiritual-warfare vocabulary set reads as one coherent doctrinal thread.
Full Armor Of God
Approved rendering: సర్వాంగ కవచం
Transliteration: sarvānga kavacham
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Rejected alternatives: కవచం (unqualified)
Original: πανοπλία
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 6:11, 6:13. Always the full compound సర్వాంగ కవచం, never bare కవచం, which independently names Hindu ritual protective mantras/amulets (‘kavachams’). Anchor to a divine-provision verb (దేవుడు దయచేసిన) to distinguish gifted armor from a self-procured or chanted charm.
Breastplate Of Righteousness
Approved rendering: నీతి అనే రొమ్ము కవచం
Transliteration: nīti anē rommu kavacham
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: θώραξ δικαιοσύνης
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 6:14. Embeds the baseline’s High-risk నీతి; reuse exactly within the compound as forensic/relational right standing, never dutiful conduct. Treat as a fixed string, not a compositional phrase to be regenerated.
Prepared Beforehand
Approved rendering: ముందుగా సిద్ధపరచెను
Transliteration: mundugā siddhaparachenu
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Rejected alternatives: విధి
Original: προετοιμάζω
Category: Election
Eph 2:10. God’s prior, purposive planning of the believer’s path of good works; consistent with ముందుగా నిర్ణయించడం, never fatalistic విధి.
Medium Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: సువార్త
Transliteration: suvārta
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: వార్త
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. In Ephesians appears as ‘gospel of your salvation’ (1:13), ‘gospel of peace’ (6:15), and the content Paul is an ‘ambassador’ for (6:19-20); hold సువార్త consistent across all three appellations.
Faith
Approved rendering: విశ్వాసం
Transliteration: viswāsam
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: భక్తి
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. In Ephesians, the instrumental means (2:8) by which grace is received, and the corporate ‘unity of the faith’ believers grow toward (4:5, 4:13).
Apostle
Approved rendering: అపొస్తలుడు
Transliteration: apostaluḍu
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: గురువు
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. A foundational church office (Eph 2:20) and a gift-office (4:11); never గురువు.
Saints
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధులు
Transliteration: pariśuddhulu
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: సాధువులు
Original: ἅγιοι
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Addressees of the letter (1:1) and recipients of ministry (1:15, 4:12); not an ascetic elite.
Peace
Approved rendering: శాంతి
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Reconciliation and Peace through the Cross
Rejected alternatives: మనశ్శాంతి
Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 2:14-17 extends this term family into సమాధానపరచుట (reconcile, new term below); keep the cross as the explicit ground, not generic inner calm.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: ఆత్మీయ వరములు
Transliteration: ātmīya varamulu
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: వరం
Inherited from Romans package. Ephesians 4:7-11 extends this doctrine with a further-qualified compound, క్రీస్తు వరము (see new term ‘spiritual_gift’ below); వరం alone remains forbidden throughout.
Church
Approved rendering: సంఘము
Transliteration: sanghamu
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: దేవాలయం, సభ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. Locked సంఘము throughout; Ephesians makes the church’s identity as Christ’s body (see new term ‘body_of_christ’) the letter’s central image, never దేవాలయం.
Law
Approved rendering: ధర్మశాస్త్రము
Transliteration: dharmaśāstramu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Inherited from Romans package. Background referent behind Eph 2:15’s ‘law of commandments’ (rendered via the distinct new term ‘ordinances’ below for the specific dividing regulations); do not ‘correct’ this settled rendering.
Gentiles
Approved rendering: అన్యజనులు
Transliteration: anyajanulu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Rejected alternatives: విదేశీయులు
Inherited from Romans package. Central to Ephesians 2:11-22 and 3:1-9’s unity doctrine.
Intercession
Approved rendering: మధ్యవర్తిత్వం
Transliteration: madhyavartitvam
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies the intercessory dimension of 6:18’s ‘prayer and supplication for all the saints’.
Israel
Approved rendering: ఇశ్రాయేలు
Transliteration: Iśrāyēlu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Inherited from Romans package. Appears in Eph 2:12’s ‘commonwealth of Israel’, from which Gentiles were formerly excluded.
Dead In Sin
Approved rendering: మృతులు
Transliteration: mṛtulu
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: బలహీనులు
Eph 2:1, 2:5. Total spiritual incapacity before God, not partial weakness — the presupposition for grace.
Trespasses
Approved rendering: అపరాధములు
Transliteration: aparādhamulu
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Original: παράπτωμα
Category: Sin
Eph 2:1, 2:5. Established Telugu Bible pairing with పాపం; keep distinct so the doublet reads naturally rather than redundantly.
Mercy
Approved rendering: దయ
Transliteration: daya
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: కరుణ
Original: ἔλεος
Category: God
Eph 2:4, the pivot-motive of ‘But God, being rich in mercy’. Prefer దయ over కరుణ, which carries a more generic, non-covenantal Buddhist/devotional register.
Love Of God
Approved rendering: ప్రేమ
Transliteration: prēma
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: God
Eph 2:4, 5:2, 5:25. Ordinary word for human love also; context must keep the divine, self-giving, unmerited sense clear when contrasted with wrath (2:3-4).
Heavenly Places
Approved rendering: ఆకాశమండలములు
Transliteration: ākāśamaṇḍalamulu
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Eph 1:20, 2:6, 3:10, 6:12. Christ’s realm of present authority and the site of spiritual conflict, not the pancha-bhuta elemental ఆకాశ of Hindu cosmology.
Riches Of Grace
Approved rendering: కృప యొక్క ఐశ్వర్యము
Transliteration: kṛpa yokka aiśvaryamu
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Eph 1:7, 2:7. Must always keep ఐశ్వర్యము qualified by ‘కృప యొక్క’ to avoid a prosperity-gospel or Lakshmi-devotional (material wealth) misreading.
Gift
Approved rendering: బహుమానం
Transliteration: bahumānam
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Rejected alternatives: వరం (unqualified)
Original: δῶρον
Category: Salvation
Eph 2:8. Salvation entire as God’s free gift, not human achievement. Prefer బహుమానం over unqualified వరం, which risks a generic-deity’s-boon reading.
Good Pleasure
Approved rendering: దేవుని చిత్తానుసారము
Transliteration: Dēvuni chittānusāramu
Doctrine: Election and Predestination in Christ
Original: εὐδοκία
Category: Election
Eph 1:5, 1:9. God’s own delighted will, kept visibly distinct from ముందుగా నిర్ణయించడం (predestined) rather than collapsed for economy.
Sealed
Approved rendering: ముద్రించడం
Transliteration: mudrin̄chaḍam
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance in Christ
Rejected alternatives: గుర్తు, చిహ్నం
Original: σφραγίζω
Category: Election
Eph 1:13, 4:30. Invisible, internal ownership-marking by the Spirit; distinct from visible devotional forehead-marking (tilak/namam) practice, which signals sectarian identity through external ritual marking.
Guarantee Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: హామీ
Transliteration: hāmī
Doctrine: Adoption and Inheritance in Christ
Original: ἀρραβών
Category: Election
Eph 1:14. The Spirit as present down-payment guaranteeing the full future inheritance.
Household Of God
Approved rendering: దేవుని కుటుంబం
Transliteration: Dēvuni kuṭumbam
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: οἶκος τοῦ θεοῦ
Category: Church
Eph 2:19. Believers as members of God’s own family; keep దేవుని attached.
Cornerstone
Approved rendering: మూలరాయి
Transliteration: mūlarāyi
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Original: ἀκρογωνιαῖος
Category: Church
Eph 2:20. Christ as the foundation-defining stone of the church’s structure.
Unity
Approved rendering: ఐక్యత
Transliteration: aikyata
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: ἑνότης
Category: Church
Eph 4:3, 4:13. The unity believers are to keep and attain; reuse this term family consistently with the baseline doctrine registry’s own Unity-of-Jews-and-Gentiles vocabulary.
Pastor
Approved rendering: కాపరి
Transliteration: kāpari
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: గురువు
Original: ποιμήν
Category: Gifts
Eph 4:11. A pastoral-care office, not a literal herding occupation, and distinguished from గురువు (self-attained teaching authority).
Enmity
Approved rendering: శత్రుత్వం
Transliteration: śatrutvam
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: ἔχθρα
Category: Unity
Eph 2:14-16. The active hostility, both Jew/Gentile and humanity/God, that Christ’s cross abolishes.
Fellow Heirs
Approved rendering: సహవారసులు
Transliteration: sahavārasulu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: συγκληρονόμος
Category: Unity
Eph 3:6. Gentiles as full co-heirs with Jewish believers; keep aligned with స్వాస్థ్యం (inheritance).
Fellow Members Of Body
Approved rendering: ఒక్క శరీరంలో సహభాగులు
Transliteration: okka śarīramlō sahabhāgulu
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Eph 3:6 (σύσσωμος). Gentiles fully incorporated into the one Body; reinforces శరీరం from Ch.1.
Fellow Partakers
Approved rendering: వాగ్దానంలో సహభాగులు
Transliteration: vāgdānamlō sahabhāgulu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Eph 3:6 (συμμέτοχος). Gentiles sharing fully in the promise ‘in Christ Jesus’.
Fellow Citizens
Approved rendering: సహపౌరులు
Transliteration: sahapaurulu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Original: συμπολίτης
Category: Unity
Eph 2:19. Gentile believers’ new, full civic status among God’s people.
Strangers Aliens
Approved rendering: పరదేశులు / పరవాసులు
Transliteration: paradēśulu / paravāsulu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Eph 2:12, 2:19. Gentiles’ former exclusion from Israel’s covenants, now reversed.
Promise
Approved rendering: వాగ్దానం
Transliteration: vāgdānam
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Eph 2:12, 3:6. The Messianic promises to Israel, now shared with Gentiles in Christ.
Circumcision Uncircumcision
Approved rendering: సున్నతి / సున్నతిలేనితనం
Transliteration: sunnati / sunnati lēnitanam
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Eph 2:11. Requires supplied OT background gloss in learner materials, not a change to the term itself.
Ordinances
Approved rendering: కట్టడలు
Transliteration: kaṭṭaḍalu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Eph 2:15 (δόγμα). The ceremonial commandments-as-barrier, distinguished from ధర్మశాస్త్రము (the Law as a whole), which retains its baseline usage unaltered.
Stewardship
Approved rendering: నిర్వాహకత్వం
Transliteration: nirvāhakatvam
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: οἰκονομία
Category: Mystery
Eph 1:10, 3:2, 3:9. God’s ordered plan for salvation history and Paul’s own delegated task.
Walk Conduct Of Life
Approved rendering: నడుచుకొను
Transliteration: naḍuchukonu
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Rejected alternatives: జీవించు, ప్రవర్తించు
Original: περιπατέω
Category: Sanctification
Eph 2:2, 2:10, 4:1, 4:17, 5:2, 5:8, 5:15. The letter’s organizing ‘walk’ motif. Lock this single verb across all six chapters; forbid synonym variation to preserve the rhetorical structure of former-walk-vs-new-walk.
Put Off
Approved rendering: తీసివేయు
Transliteration: tīsivēyu
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: ἀποτίθημι
Category: Sanctification
Eph 4:22, 4:25. The decisive act of laying aside the old self.
Renewed
Approved rendering: నూతనపరచుకొను
Transliteration: nūtanaparachukonu
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: ἀνανεόω
Category: Sanctification
Eph 4:23. Ongoing renewal of the mind; keep distinct from ఏర్పరచుకొనుట (election) despite the shared ‘new’ semantic field.
Put On
Approved rendering: ధరించుకొను
Transliteration: dharin̄chukonu
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Original: ἐνδύω
Category: Sanctification
Eph 4:24; reused for the armor imagery at 6:11 (‘put on the whole armor’).
One Flesh
Approved rendering: ఏకశరీరం
Transliteration: ēkaśarīram
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Original: μία σάρξ
Category: Household
Eph 5:31. Marriage as a singular, unified relational union, quoted from Genesis.
Obey
Approved rendering: విధేయత చూపు
Transliteration: vidhēyata chūpu
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Original: ὑπακούω
Category: Household
Eph 6:1. Children’s obedience to parents ‘in the Lord’; draws on the baseline’s విధేయత root (obedience of faith).
Provoke To Anger
Approved rendering: కోపము పుట్టించు
Transliteration: kōpamu puṭṭin̄chu
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Eph 6:4. Fathers instructed not to provoke their children — a check on abuse of household authority.
Favoritism
Approved rendering: పక్షపాతం
Transliteration: pakshapātam
Doctrine: Servants, Masters, and the Limits of Human Lordship
Original: προσωπολημψία
Category: Household
Eph 6:9. God shows no favoritism between master and slave — resonates with the baseline’s caste-related ‘no distinction’ emphasis (Universal Human Accountability).
Schemes Of The Devil
Approved rendering: కుయుక్తులు
Transliteration: kuyuktulu
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Rejected alternatives: తంత్రాలు (secondary gloss only)
Original: μεθοδεία
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 6:11. Prefer కుయుక్తులు (cunning tricks/wiles) as the primary rendering; తంత్రం independently names Tantric ritual practice and must not be the sole term used.
Wrestling Struggle
Approved rendering: పోరాటం
Transliteration: pōrāṭam
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Eph 6:12. The intensely personal, close nature of the spiritual conflict, not merely intellectual disagreement.
Shoes Gospel Of Peace
Approved rendering: సమాధానమనే సువార్త సిద్ధపడుటకైన పాదరక్షలు
Transliteration: samādhānamanē suvārta siddhapaḍuṭakaina pādarakshalu
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Eph 6:15. Embeds సువార్త and శాంతి exactly; treat as a fixed string.
Shield Of Faith
Approved rendering: విశ్వాసమనే డాలు
Transliteration: viswāsamanē ḍālu
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: θυρεός τῆς πίστεως
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 6:16. Embeds విశ్వాసం exactly; treat as a fixed string.
Sword Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధాత్మ ఖడ్గం
Transliteration: pariśuddhātma khaḍgam
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Original: μάχαιρα τοῦ πνεύματος
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 6:17. Embeds పరిశుద్ధాత్మ exactly; the one offensive weapon, identified as the word of God. Treat as a fixed string.
Ambassador
Approved rendering: రాజదూత
Transliteration: rājadūta
Doctrine: Gospel
Eph 6:20. Paul’s self-description as ‘an ambassador in chains’ for the gospel; delegated official authority representing another.
Gentleness
Approved rendering: మృదుత్వం
Transliteration: mṛdutvam
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Rejected alternatives: సాత్వికత
Eph 4:2. Avoid సాత్వికత, drawn from the Hindu triguna philosophical system (sattva/rajas/tamas); use మృదుత్వం or సాధుత్వం to keep this a plain ethical-relational virtue.
Truth Relational
Approved rendering: సత్యం
Transliteration: satyam
Doctrine: Walking in Newness of Life
Eph 4:15, 25. ‘Speaking the truth in love’ as relational, gospel-grounded truthfulness, not abstract philosophical truth.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: కృతజ్ఞతాస్తుతి
Transliteration: kṛtajñatāstuti
Doctrine: Thanksgiving and Prayer
Inherited from Romans package. Appears at Eph 1:16, 5:20.
Fellowship
Approved rendering: సహవాసం
Transliteration: sahavāsam
Doctrine: The Church as the Body of Christ
Rejected alternatives: స్నేహం
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies the shared-participation sense of ‘fellow heirs/members/partakers’ (Eph 3:6).
Prophet
Approved rendering: ప్రవక్త
Transliteration: pravakta
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Rejected alternatives: జ్యోతిష్కుడు
Original: προφήτης
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. A foundational church office (2:20, 3:5) and gift-office (4:11).
Mission
Approved rendering: మిషన్ / సువార్తా ప్రచారం
Transliteration: miṣan / suvārtā prachāram
Doctrine: Gospel
Inherited from Romans package. Underlies Paul’s self-description as ‘ambassador in chains’ (6:19-20, see new term ‘ambassador’ below).
Exhort
Approved rendering: ప్రోత్సహించడం
Transliteration: prōtsahin̄chaḍam
Doctrine: Mutual Edification and Encouragement
Inherited from Romans package. Context-sensitive: use వినతి for entreaty (as in 4:1’s Pauline appeal), ప్రోత్సాహం for encouragement/building-up (4:29, 4:32).
Evangelist
Approved rendering: సువార్తికుడు
Transliteration: suvārtikuḍu
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: εὐαγγελιστής
Category: Gifts
Eph 4:11. Gift-office for gospel proclamation, built transparently on the సువార్త root.
Teacher
Approved rendering: బోధకుడు
Transliteration: bōdhakuḍu
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: διδάσκαλος
Category: Gifts
Eph 4:11. Gift-office of instruction, frequently paired with pastor.
Equipping
Approved rendering: సిద్ధపరచడం
Transliteration: siddhaparachaḍam
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: καταρτισμός
Category: Gifts
Eph 4:12. The purpose of the gift-offices: preparing the saints for ministry.
Building Up
Approved rendering: క్షేమాభివృద్ధి
Transliteration: kshemābhivṛddhi
Doctrine: Gifts for Building Up the Church
Original: οἰκοδομή
Category: Gifts
Eph 4:12, 4:16, 4:29. Reuses the baseline doctrine-registry’s mutual-edification phrase family.
Manifold Wisdom
Approved rendering: నానారకములైన జ్ఞానం
Transliteration: nānārakamulaina jñānam
Doctrine: The Mystery of Christ Revealed
Original: πολυποίκιλος σοφία
Category: Mystery
Eph 3:10. God’s rich, multi-faceted wisdom displayed through the church.
Boldness Of Access
Approved rendering: ధైర్యం
Transliteration: dhairyam
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace through Faith
Original: παρρησία
Category: Mystery
Eph 3:12. Confident access to God secured through Christ.
Honor
Approved rendering: గౌరవించు
Transliteration: gauravin̄chu
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Eph 6:2. Quoting the Decalogue’s command to honor father and mother.
Discipline And Instruction
Approved rendering: శిక్షణ మరియు హితబోధ
Transliteration: śikshaṇa mariyu hitabōdha
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Eph 6:4. The positive content of Christian child-rearing, replacing provocation.
Belt Of Truth
Approved rendering: సత్యమనే వడ్డాణం
Transliteration: satyamanē vaḍḍāṇam
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God
Eph 6:14. First piece of armor; fixed compound string.
Watchful Prayer
Approved rendering: ప్రార్థన, విన్నపం
Transliteration: prārthana, vinnapam
Doctrine: Thanksgiving and Prayer
Original: προσευχή, δέησις, ἀγρυπνέω
Category: Spiritual Warfare
Eph 6:18. Constant, alert prayer ‘in the Spirit’; విన్నపం consistent with the baseline’s వినతి (entreaty) usage note.
Humility
Approved rendering: వినయము
Transliteration: vinayamu
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Eph 4:2. A required virtue for maintaining unity.
Patience
Approved rendering: దీర్ఘశాంతము
Transliteration: dīrghaśāntamu
Doctrine: Household Codes and Christ-Centered Relationships
Eph 4:2. Companion virtue to humility and gentleness.
Bond
Approved rendering: బంధం
Transliteration: bandham
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles in One New Humanity
Eph 4:3. Peace as the bond holding unity together.
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