Core Glossary

Core Glossary — Galatians 1–6 (English–Telugu)

How to Use This Glossary

Status = Reused (Romans TM): the Telugu rendering is locked exactly as recorded in the baseline translation_memory.json. Do not re-derive or vary it.
Status = NEW: the term does not appear in the Romans baseline and is proposed here for the first time in this pipeline, with full risk rationale. On approval, these entries must be added to translation_memory.json (version increment) and bible_term_registry.json, and their doctrine added to doctrine_risk_registry.json.
Risk tiers follow the baseline’s risk_definitions: Critical/High → human theologian review; Medium → native speaker review; Low → automated review.

A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline

Term	Telugu	Transliteration	Risk	Doctrine (Galatians)	Chapters
gospel	సువార్త	suvārta	Medium	True Gospel vs. False Gospels	1, 2
grace	కృప	kṛpa	High	Law and Grace	1, 2, 5, 6
faith	విశ్వాసం	viswāsam	Medium	Justification by Faith	2, 3, 5
righteousness	నీతి	nīti	High	Justification by Faith	2, 3, 5
justification	నీతిమంతులుగా తీర్చడం	nītimantulugā tīrchaḍam	High	Justification by Faith	2, 3, 5
apostle	అపొస్తలుడు	apostaluḍu	Medium	Paul’s Apostleship	1, 2
called / calling	పిలువబడిన / పిలుపు	piluvabaḍina / pilupu	Medium	Divine Calling	1, 4
holy	పరిశుద్ధ	pariśuddha	High	(implicit, sanctified life)	5
sanctification (holy living)	పరిశుద్ధపరచడం	pariśuddhaparachaḍam	High	Flesh vs. Spirit	5
adoption	దత్తపుత్రత్వం	dattaputratvam	High	Adoption and Sonship	3, 4
law	ధర్మశాస్త్రము	dharmaśāstramu	Medium	The Law’s Purpose; Law and Grace	2, 3, 4, 5
sin	పాపం	pāpam	High	Justification by Faith; Flesh vs. Spirit	1, 2, 3, 5, 6
gentiles	అన్యజనులు	anyajanulu	Medium	Abrahamic Covenant; Unity themes	2, 3
covenant	నిబంధన	nibandhana	High	Abrahamic Covenant and Promise	3, 4
peace	శాంతి	śānti	Medium	(greeting; fruit of the Spirit)	1, 5, 6
fellowship	సహవాసం	sahavāsam	Low	Paul’s Apostleship (right hand of fellowship)	2
church	సంఘము	sanghamu	High	(implicit, church of Judea, etc.)	1
jesus	యేసు	Yēsu	Critical	throughout	1–6
christ	క్రీస్తు	Krīstu	Critical	throughout (see AI requirements transliteration standard)	1–6
god	దేవుడు	Dēvuḍu	Critical	throughout	1–6
holy_spirit	పరిశుద్ధాత్మ	pariśuddhātma	Critical	Flesh vs. Spirit; Fruit of the Spirit	3, 4, 5, 6
father	తండ్రి	Tandri	Critical	Adoption and Sonship	1, 4
abba	అబ్బా	Abbā	High	Adoption and Sonship	4
son_of_god	దేవుని కుమారుడు	Dēvuni Kumāruḍu	Critical	Crucified with Christ; Adoption	2, 4
exhort	ప్రోత్సహించడం	prōtsahin̄chaḍam	Low	Bearing One Another’s Burdens (encouragement)	6
imputed_righteousness	ఆపాదింపబడిన నీతి	āpādimpabaḍina nīti	Critical	Justification by Faith	2, 3
election	దేవుని ఏర్పాటు	Dēvuni Ērpāṭu	High	(background: Abrahamic promise as sovereign choice)	3
power_of_god	దేవుని సామర్థ్యం	Dēvuni Sāmarthyam	High	(background, Spirit’s power vs. flesh)	5
providence	దేవుని పరిపాలన	Dēvuni Paripālana	High	(background: “fullness of time”)	4

B. New Terms Proposed for This Curriculum

#	Term (English)	Original / Transliteration	Telugu Rendering	Transliteration	Risk	Doctrine	Chapters	Alternatives Rejected	Rationale
1	a different gospel	ἕτερον εὐαγγέλιον / heteron euangelion	వేరొక సువార్త	vēroka suvārta	High	True Gospel vs. False Gospels	1	ఇతర సువార్త	Must read as a counterfeit message, not a mere doctrinal variant.
2	accursed	ἀνάθεμα / anathema	శపించబడినవాడు	śapin̄chabaḍinavāḍu	High	True Gospel vs. False Gospels	1	తిట్టబడినవాడు (folk-curse register)	Formal, judicial-covenantal weight, not a casual insult.
3	revelation	ἀποκάλυψις / apokalypsis	ప్రకటన	prakaṭana	High	Paul’s Apostleship	1	దర్శనం	దర్శనం collides with the Hindu darshan concept of achieved/experienced vision of a deity; ప్రకటన preserves sovereign divine disclosure.
4	traditions of the fathers	πατρικαὶ παραδόσεις	పితరుల పారంపర్యాచారములు	pitarula pāramparyācāramulu	High	Paul’s Apostleship (background)	1	కుల ధర్మం-adjacent phrasing	Avoids resonance with caste-based ancestral-duty concepts; keeps referent to Paul’s specific pre-conversion Jewish formation.
5	this present evil age	αἰὼν πονηρός / aiōn ponēros	ఈ ప్రస్తుత దుష్టకాలము	ī prastuta duṣṭakālamu	High	True Gospel vs. False Gospels (background)	1	యుగము-based rendering	యుగము directly names the Hindu cyclical cosmological ages (Kali Yuga, etc.); కాలము preserves linear biblical history.
6	circumcision	περιτομή / peritomē	సున్నతి	sunnati	High	Circumcision and the New Creation	2, 5, 6	—	Established shared Telugu term; risk is conflation with general rite-of-passage rituals, not the word choice itself.
7	freedom	ἐλευθερία / eleutheria	స్వాతంత్ర్యం	swātantryaṁ	High	Freedom in Christ	2, 4, 5	విడుదల, స్వేచ్ఛ	Established in Telugu evangelical usage (“క్రీస్తులో స్వాతంత్ర్యం”); must be kept distinct from political-independence connotation and from forbidden మోక్షం.
8	works of the law	ἔργα νόμου / erga nomou	ధర్మశాస్త్ర క్రియలు	dharmaśāstra kriyalu	High	Justification by Faith; Law and Grace	2, 3	ధార్మిక కర్తవ్యం	Must be distinct from శరీర క్రియలు (works of the flesh) and not read as generic religious duty.
9	promise	ἐπαγγελία / epangelia	వాగ్దానం	vāgdānaṁ	High	Abrahamic Covenant and Promise	3, 4	వరం	Solemn, unilateral divine pledge, not a devotional boon exchanged for merit.
10	curse (of the law)	κατάρα / katara	శాపం	śāpaṁ	Critical	The Law’s Purpose	3	—	Risk of collision with Puranic sage/deity curse narratives; must be understood as the law’s own judicial verdict, removed only through Christ’s substitutionary curse-bearing.
11	redeem	ἐξαγοράζω / exagorazō	విమోచించు	vimōchin̄chu	Critical	The Law’s Purpose	3	రక్షించు (too generic)	Established Telugu redemption vocabulary; must retain costly, substitutionary sense.
12	guardian / tutor	παιδαγωγός / paidagōgos	పర్యవేక్షకుడు	paryavēkṣakuḍu	High	The Law’s Purpose	3	గురువు	గురువు implies ongoing revered teaching authority; the law’s supervisory role was temporary and has ended in Christ.
13	heir	κληρονόμος / klēronomos	వారసుడు	vārasuḍu	Medium	Adoption and Sonship	3, 4	—	Ties directly to దత్తపుత్రత్వం (adoption); full inheritance-rights sense required.
14	elemental principles of the world	στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου	ఈ లోక మూలసూత్రములు	ī lōka mūlasūtramulu	Critical	Freedom in Christ (background)	4	లోక శక్తులు	శక్తులు risks naming elemental/planetary spirit-powers requiring appeasement in Telugu folk religion; మూలసూత్రములు preserves the “elementary teaching/rule” reading.
15	slavery / bondage	δουλεία / douleia	దాస్యం	dāsyaṁ	Medium-High	Freedom in Christ	4, 5	—	Figurative-spiritual use must be kept clearly distinct from literal historical slavery/bonded-labor associations.
16	yoke of slavery	ζυγὸς δουλείας	దాస్యపు కాడి	dāsyapu kāḍi	Medium	Freedom in Christ	5	—	Natural agrarian metaphor; retain relapse/“again” sense of the warning.
17	flesh (sin-nature sense)	σάρξ / sarx	శరీర స్వభావం (context-sensitive; శరీరం for literal/descent senses)	śarīra svabhāvaṁ / śarīraṁ	High	Flesh versus Spirit	2, 4, 5	—	Multivalent term; the sin-nature sense (ch. 5) must not be flattened into the same rendering as physical body/lineage senses.
18	works of the flesh	ἔργα τῆς σαρκός	శరీర క్రియలు	śarīra kriyalu	Medium	Flesh versus Spirit	5	—	Structurally parallel to but doctrinally distinct from ధర్మశాస్త్ర క్రియలు.
19	idolatry	εἰδωλολατρία / eidōlolatria	విగ్రహారాధన	vigrahārādhana	Critical	Flesh versus Spirit (vice list)	5	—	Direct, unavoidable collision with image-worship practice; must remain clear and unsoftened per baseline’s universality-claim precedent.
20	sorcery	φαρμακεία / pharmakeia	మంత్రవిద్య / క్షుద్రవిద్య	mantravidya / kṣudravidya	High	Flesh versus Spirit (vice list)	5	”మేజిక్” (magic tricks)	Names a live folk-occult practice; must not be trivialized.
21	fruit of the Spirit	καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματος	ఆత్మ ఫలము	ātma phalamu	Critical	Fruit of the Spirit	5	ఫలము (alone); ఆత్మీయ వరములు	Bare ఫలము risks కర్మఫలం (karma-fruit) collision; must also stay visibly distinct from spiritual gifts (plural enablements) vs. fruit (singular character).
22	faith working through love	πίστις δι᾽ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη	ప్రేమ ద్వారా క్రియాశీలంగా ఉండే విశ్వాసం	prēma dvārā kriyāśīlaṁgā uṇḍē viśvāsaṁ	High	Faith Working through Love	5	—	Love is faith’s fruit/expression, not a supplementary ground of justification; careless rendering risks reintroducing works-righteousness.
23	love (fruit sense)	ἀγάπη / agapē	ప్రేమ	prēma	Medium	Fruit of the Spirit; Faith Working through Love	5	—	Broad Telugu word covering romantic/familial/agape senses; context must anchor the self-giving, Spirit-produced meaning.
24	bear one another’s burdens	βαστάζετε τὰ βάρη ἀλλήλων	ఒకరి భారములు ఒకరు భరించండి	okari bhāramulu okaru bharin̄caṇḍi	Medium	Bearing One Another’s Burdens	6	—	Must retain link to gentle restoration of a struggling believer (6:1), not read as generic helpfulness.
25	law of Christ	ὁ νόμος τοῦ Χριστοῦ	క్రీస్తు నియమము	Krīstu niyamamu	High	Bearing One Another’s Burdens	6	క్రీస్తు ధర్మశాస్త్రము	ధర్మశాస్త్రము is locked to the Mosaic Torah in this curriculum; using it here would blur Paul’s distinction between the Mosaic law and Christ’s governing principle of love.
26	new creation	καινὴ κτίσις	నూతన సృష్టి	nūtana sṛṣṭi	High	Circumcision and the New Creation	6	—	Definitive, once-for-all transformation, not a repeatable cosmic-cycle renewal nor mere moral self-improvement.
27	marks of Jesus	τὰ στίγματα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ	గురుతులు	guruthulu	High	Paul’s Apostleship (closing)	6	—	Risk of collision with Vaishnava tapta-mudra ritual branding; must be framed as suffering-scars, not devotional marking.
28	transgressor	παραβάτης / parabatēs	అతిక్రమించువాడు	atikraminchuvāḍu	High	Crucified with Christ (2:18)	2	పాపి (too generic)	Specific law-violator sense carries the verse’s logical force; must not collapse into the general “sinner” term.
29	crucified with Christ	συνεσταυρώθη / synestaurōmai	క్రీస్తుతో కూడ సిలువ వేయబడితిని	Krīstutō kūḍa siluva vēyabaḍitini	Critical	Crucified with Christ (2:20)	2	సిలువ వేయబడితిని (alone)	Dropping “with Christ” (కూడ) risks misreading as Paul’s own separate execution rather than union with Christ’s crucifixion.
30	gave himself for me	παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ	తన్నుతానే అర్పించుకొనిన	tannutānē arpin̄chukonina	Critical	Crucified with Christ (2:20)	2	సహాయపడిన (helped)	Must retain the substitutionary, vicarious “for me” dimension; a generic “helped/served” flattens the atonement content.
31	nullify (grace)	ἀθετέω / athetō	నిరాకరించు	nirākarin̄chu	Medium-High	Law and Grace (2:21)	2	పట్టించుకోకపోవు (too weak)	Must retain “actively invalidate something established,” not “merely ignore.”
32	died for no purpose	δωρεὰν ἀπέθανεν	వ్యర్థంగా మరణించెను	vyarthamgā maraṇin̄cenu	High	Law and Grace (2:21)	2	—	Conditional-hypothetical logical force (“if X, then Christ’s death would have been pointless”) must survive translation.
33	pillars (apostles)	στῦλοι / styloi	స్తంభములు	stambhamulu	Low	Paul’s Apostleship	2	—	Clear architectural metaphor.
34	false brothers	ψευδάδελφοι	కపట సోదరులు	kapaṭa sōdarulu	Medium	True Gospel vs. False Gospels	2	—	Deceptive infiltration from within, not mere outside disagreement.
35	hypocrisy	ὑπόκρισις / hypokrisis	కపటత్వం	kapaṭatvaṁ	Medium	Law and Grace (Peter’s withdrawal)	2	—	Gap between confessed truth and practiced behavior.
36	uncircumcision	ἀκροβυστία	సున్నతిలేనితనం	sunnatilēnitanaṁ	Medium	Circumcision and the New Creation	2	—	Paired ritual-status descriptor with circumcision.
37	seed / offspring	σπέρμα / sperma	సంతానం / వంశము	santānaṁ / vaṁśamu	High	Abrahamic Covenant and Promise	3	—	Must preserve Paul’s singular-then-corporate argument (one Seed, Christ; then all in him).
38	neither Jew nor Greek… (unity formula)	Ἰουδαῖος/Ἕλλην, δοῦλος/ἐλεύθερος, ἄρσεν/θῆλυ	(see full phrase rendering, ch. 3 table)	—	High	Abrahamic Covenant and Promise / Unity	3	any softened/qualified rendering	Must remain fully unqualified, per baseline’s universality-claim precedent, given direct resonance with this community’s own history.
39	fullness of time	πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου	కాలము పరిపూర్ణమైనప్పుడు	kālamu paripūrṇamainappuḍu	Medium	Adoption and Sonship	4	విధి-adjacent fatalistic phrasing	God’s sovereign, purposeful timing, not impersonal fate.
40	zealous	ζηλωτής / ζῆλος	ఆసక్తిగలవాడు	āsaktigalavāḍu	Medium	Paul’s Apostleship (background) / False Gospels	1, 4	—	Context-sensitive: Paul’s own pre-conversion zeal (positive-but-misguided) vs. false teachers’ manipulative courting (negative).

C. Doctrine-to-Term Cross-Reference (Curriculum Doctrines)

Curriculum Doctrine	Primary Terms (Telugu)	Primary Chapters
Justification by Faith	నీతిమంతులుగా తీర్చడం, నీతి, విశ్వాసం, ధర్మశాస్త్ర క్రియలు, ఆపాదింపబడిన నీతి	2, 3
The True Gospel versus False Gospels	సువార్త, వేరొక సువార్త, శపించబడినవాడు, కపట సోదరులు, ఈ ప్రస్తుత దుష్టకాలము	1, 2
Paul’s Apostleship	అపొస్తలుడు, ప్రకటన, పితరుల పారంపర్యాచారములు, స్తంభములు, గురుతులు	1, 2, 6
Law and Grace	ధర్మశాస్త్రము, కృప, కపటత్వం, నిరాకరించు, వ్యర్థంగా మరణించెను	2, 3
Crucified with Christ	క్రీస్తుతో కూడ సిలువ వేయబడితిని, తన్నుతానే అర్పించుకొనిన, అతిక్రమించువాడు	2
The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise	వాగ్దానం, నిబంధన, సంతానం/వంశము, వారసుడు	3
The Law’s Purpose	ధర్మశాస్త్రము, శాపం, విమోచించు, పర్యవేక్షకుడు	3
Adoption and Sonship	దత్తపుత్రత్వం, అబ్బా తండ్రి, వారసుడు, కాలము పరిపూర్ణమైనప్పుడు	3, 4
Freedom in Christ	స్వాతంత్ర్యం, ఈ లోక మూలసూత్రములు, దాస్యం, దాస్యపు కాడి	2, 4, 5
Circumcision and the New Creation	సున్నతి, సున్నతిలేనితనం, నూతన సృష్టి	2, 5, 6
Flesh versus Spirit	శరీరం / శరీర స్వభావం, పరిశుద్ధాత్మ, శరీర క్రియలు, విగ్రహారాధన, మంత్రవిద్య	5
Fruit of the Spirit	ఆత్మ ఫలము, ప్రేమ, శాంతి	5
Faith Working through Love	ప్రేమ ద్వారా క్రియాశీలంగా ఉండే విశ్వాసం, ప్రేమ, విశ్వాసం	5
Bearing One Another’s Burdens	ఒకరి భారములు ఒకరు భరించండి, క్రీస్తు నియమము, మరల నిలబెట్టుట	6

D. Chapter Coverage Confirmation

Chapter	New Terms Introduced	Status
1	✅ (వేరొక సువార్త, శపించబడినవాడు, ప్రకటన, పితరుల పారంపర్యాచారములు, ఈ ప్రస్తుత దుష్టకాలము, ఆసక్తిగలవాడు)	Reviewed
2	✅ (సున్నతి, సున్నతిలేనితనం, కపట సోదరులు, స్తంభములు, స్వాతంత్ర్యం, కపటత్వం, plus full core-passage verse-by-verse: ధర్మశాస్త్ర క్రియలు, అతిక్రమించువాడు, క్రీస్తుతో కూడ సిలువ వేయబడితిని, తన్నుతానే అర్పించుకొనిన, నిరాకరించు, వ్యర్థంగా మరణించెను)	Reviewed — core passage
3	✅ (వాగ్దానం, సంతానం/వంశము, శాపం, విమోచించు, పర్యవేక్షకుడు, వారసుడు, unity formula)	Reviewed
4	✅ (కాలము పరిపూర్ణమైనప్పుడు, ఈ లోక మూలసూత్రములు, దాస్యం, ఉపమానరీతిగా, ధరించడం)	Reviewed
5	✅ (దాస్యపు కాడి, శరీర స్వభావం, శరీర వాంఛలు, శరీర క్రియలు, విగ్రహారాధన, మంత్రవిద్య, ఆత్మ ఫలము, ప్రేమ ద్వారా క్రియాశీలంగా ఉండే విశ్వాసం, ప్రేమ)	Reviewed
6	✅ (ఒకరి భారములు ఒకరు భరించండి, క్రీస్తు నియమము, మరల నిలబెట్టుట, నూతన సృష్టి, అతిశయము, గురుతులు, విత్తుట/కొయ్యుట, శోధన)	Reviewed

No chapter of Galatians is without new load-bearing vocabulary or a new theological application of existing baseline vocabulary; full-book coverage is confirmed per PRD Phase 1 mandate.

Critical Risk Terms

Jesus

Approved rendering: యేసు
Transliteration: Yēsu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Shared standard across Telugu Protestant and Catholic usage. Relevant throughout chs. 1-6.

God

Approved rendering: దేవుడు
Transliteration: Dēvuḍu
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: భగవంతుడు
Original: θεός
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Never భగవంతుడు in doctrinally precise contexts. Relevant throughout chs. 1-6.

Holy Spirit

Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధాత్మ
Transliteration: pariśuddhātma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: పరమాత్మ, పవిత్రాత్మ
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον / τὸ Πνεῦμα
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 3:2-5, 4:6, and 5:16-25 make the Spirit’s personal, indwelling activity a major structural theme, heightening the risk that పరిశుద్ధాత్మ could be softened toward an impersonal life-force reading via the letter’s flesh/Spirit contrast. Never పరమాత్మ. Relevant chs. 3, 4, 5, 6.

Father

Approved rendering: తండ్రి
Transliteration: Tandri
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: సృష్టికర్త
Original: πατήρ
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Central to Galatians 4:6’s Abba-cry. Relevant chs. 1, 4.

Son Of God

Approved rendering: దేవుని కుమారుడు
Transliteration: Dēvuni Kumāruḍu
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: అవతారపురుషుడు
Original: υἱὸς θεοῦ
Category: Christology

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 2:20 (“faith in the Son of God”) and 4:4 (“God sent forth his Son”) both require the full phrase, never a reduced or honorary-sonship rendering. Relevant chs. 2, 4.

Imputed Righteousness

Approved rendering: ఆపాదింపబడిన నీతి
Transliteration: āpādimpabaḍina nīti
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: స్వార్జిత నీతి
Original: ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 3:6 directly quotes the same Genesis 15:6 formula used in Romans 4:3; must be rendered identically in both curricula for cross-document consistency. Relevant chs. 2, 3.

Lord

Approved rendering: ప్రభువు
Transliteration: prabhuvu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: స్వామి

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Appears in the Galatians 1:3 salutation (“grace… and the Lord Jesus Christ”); must convey exclusive, supreme, presently-reigning Lordship. Relevant ch. 1.

Resurrection

Approved rendering: పునరుత్థానం
Transliteration: punarutthānam
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: పునర్జన్మ

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 1:1 grounds Paul’s apostleship in God “who raised him from the dead”; NEVER పునర్జన్మ. Relevant ch. 1.

Christ

Approved rendering: క్రీస్తు
Transliteration: Krīstu
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Rejected alternatives: మెస్సీయ (reserved for the specific OT-promised-deliverer sense, not the running-text name/title)
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology

NEW for this curriculum. Not a separate baseline translation_memory key, but fixed by the AI Translation Requirements’ transliteration standard (Christ = క్రీస్తు). Used constantly throughout Galatians, both as proper name (“Christ Jesus”) and in the union formula “in Christ” (3:28) and “Christ lives in me” (2:20). Critical because it anchors every occurrence of the union-with-Christ and crucified-with-Christ language central to this letter.

Cross

Approved rendering: సిలువ
Transliteration: siluva
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Rejected alternatives: ఉరికొయ్య (generic execution-post; loses the atoning-sacrifice association)
Original: σταυρός / σταυρόω
Category: Christology

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 3:1, 5:11, 5:24, 6:12, and 6:14 (“far be it from me to boast except in the cross”) make the cross a central image. Critical because it is the anchor noun for the Critical-tier “crucified with Christ” compound (2:20) and for 6:14’s climactic boasting-antithesis. Relevant chs. 2, 3, 5, 6.

Curse Of The Law

Approved rendering: శాపం
Transliteration: śāpaṁ
Doctrine: The Law’s Purpose
Original: κατάρα
Category: Covenant

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 3:10,13. Direct collision risk with the pervasive Telugu/Hindu Puranic sage/deity curse concept (personal, magical, removable by counter-ritual). Here the curse is the law’s own judicial verdict on covenant-breakers, removed only by Christ’s substitutionary curse-bearing. Requires human theologian review per atonement-adjacent escalation rules. Relevant ch. 3.

Redeem

Approved rendering: విమోచించు
Transliteration: vimōchin̄chu
Doctrine: The Law’s Purpose
Rejected alternatives: రక్షించు (too generic)
Original: ἐξαγοράζω
Category: Salvation

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 3:13 and 4:5. Established Telugu Christian redemption vocabulary (cf. విమోచన, విమోచకుడు); must retain the costly, substitutionary, one-time sense; never confused with the baseline-forbidden మోక్షం/ముక్తి. Relevant ch. 3.

Elemental Principles

Approved rendering: ఈ లోక మూలసూత్రములు
Transliteration: ī lōka mūlasūtramulu
Doctrine: Freedom in Christ
Rejected alternatives: లోక శక్తులు
Original: τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου
Category: Freedom

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 4:3,9. Must NOT be rendered with a term suggesting elemental or planetary spirit-powers (గ్రహాలు, భూతములు) that require appeasement, live folk-religious categories in Telugu culture; this preserves the “elementary teaching/rule” reading. Flag every occurrence for theologian review. Relevant ch. 4.

Idolatry

Approved rendering: విగ్రహారాధన
Transliteration: vigrahārādhana
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sin

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 5:20 vice list. Direct, unavoidable collision with the prevalence of murti/image worship in surrounding Telugu Hindu culture; per the baseline’s universality-claim precedent, must remain clear and unsoftened, with pastoral (not lexical) framing distinguishing this from a blanket condemnation of individual Hindu neighbors. Relevant ch. 5.

Fruit Of The Spirit

Approved rendering: ఆత్మ ఫలము
Transliteration: ātma phalamu
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Rejected alternatives: ఫలము (alone), ఆత్మీయ వరములు
Original: καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματος
Category: Sanctification

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 5:22-23. The compound must always appear in full; bare ఫలము risks resonance with కర్మఫలం (“fruit of one’s karma/actions”), the same collision the Romans baseline explicitly guards against for a structurally identical reason. Must also stay visibly distinct from ఆత్మీయ వరములు (plural spiritual gifts) — Paul’s singular/plural contrast must not be erased. Relevant ch. 5.

Crucified With Christ

Approved rendering: క్రీస్తుతో కూడ సిలువ వేయబడితిని
Transliteration: Krīstutō kūḍa siluva vēyabaḍitini
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Rejected alternatives: సిలువ వేయబడితిని (alone)
Original: Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι
Category: Christology

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:20, the core passage’s central image (echoed in 6:14). The compound “with Christ” (కూడ) must never be dropped; alone the phrase misreads as Paul’s own separate execution rather than Spirit-wrought union with Christ’s one crucifixion. Requires human theologian review per escalation rules for crucifixion/atonement-adjacent language. Relevant chs. 2, 6.

Gave Himself For Me

Approved rendering: నన్ను ప్రేమించి, నా కొరకు తన్నుతానే అర్పించుకొనిన
Transliteration: nannu prēmin̄chi, nā koraku tannutānē arpin̄chukonina
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Rejected alternatives: సహాయపడిన (helped)
Original: παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ
Category: Salvation

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:20, core passage. The vicarious “for me” dimension must survive translation; a flattened “helped me” or “served me” would destroy the substitutionary-atonement content. Requires human theologian review per atonement/propitiation-adjacent escalation rules. Relevant ch. 2.

High Risk Terms

Grace

Approved rendering: కృప
Transliteration: kṛpa
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: పుణ్యం, కర్మఫలం
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 2:21 and 5:4 make grace-versus-works-of-the-law the letter’s central polemic; never let కృప drift toward a merit-adjacent sense. Relevant chs. 1, 2, 5, 6.

Righteousness

Approved rendering: నీతి
Transliteration: nīti
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ధర్మం
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 2:21 and 3:21 sharpen this into a direct antithesis with ధర్మశాస్త్రము; must never drift toward dutiful legal compliance in this letter’s polemical context. Relevant chs. 2, 3, 5.

Justification

Approved rendering: నీతిమంతులుగా తీర్చడం
Transliteration: nītimantulugā tīrchaḍam
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: క్షమాపణ పొందడం
Original: δικαιόω / δικαίωσις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. This is the doctrinal fulcrum of the core passage (Gal 2:15-21); must retain the forensic-declarative sense, never collapsing into “forgiven” or “made moral.” Relevant chs. 2, 3, 5.

Holy

Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధ
Transliteration: pariśuddha
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: పవిత్ర, శుద్ధ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. This curriculum continues locking పరిశుద్ధ (not పవిత్ర) for cross-package consistency. Relevant ch. 5.

Sanctification

Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధపరచడం
Transliteration: pariśuddhaparachaḍam
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: శుద్ధీకరణ
Original: ἁγιασμός
Category: Sanctification

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians grounds this specifically in the flesh/Spirit contrast (5:16-25) rather than in ritual law-observance. Relevant ch. 5.

Adoption

Approved rendering: దత్తపుత్రత్వం
Transliteration: dattaputratvam
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: దత్తత తీసుకోవడం
Original: υἱοθεσία
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 4:5-7 is this doctrine’s fullest NT statement outside Romans 8, tied directly to అబ్బా, తండ్రి and వారసుడు. Relevant chs. 3, 4.

Sin

Approved rendering: పాపం
Transliteration: pāpam
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: అధర్మం
Original: ἁμαρτία / ἁμαρτωλός
Category: Sin

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 2:15,17 additionally requires the agentive form పాపులు (“sinners”), retaining personal-God-accountability sense. Relevant chs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6.

Covenant

Approved rendering: నిబంధన
Transliteration: nibandhana
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: ఒప్పందం
Original: διαθήκη
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 3:15-17 and 4:24 apply this to the Abrahamic covenant and, allegorically, to the two covenants of Hagar and Sarah. Relevant chs. 3, 4.

Church

Approved rendering: సంఘము
Transliteration: sanghamu
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: దేవాలయం, సభ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 1:2,22 uses the term for regional congregations; continues locking సంఘము, never దేవాలయం or సభ. Relevant ch. 1.

Abba

Approved rendering: అబ్బా
Transliteration: Abbā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Original: Ἀββά
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 4:6 is one of only two NT occurrences (with Romans 8:15); render identically for cross-curriculum consistency. Relevant ch. 4.

Election

Approved rendering: దేవుని ఏర్పాటు
Transliteration: Dēvuni Ērpāṭu
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: విధి, కర్మ
Original: ἐκλογή (conceptual background)
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Background concept in Galatians 1:15 (“who had set me apart before I was born”) and the Abrahamic-line argument of ch. 4. Relevant chs. 1, 3.

Power Of God

Approved rendering: దేవుని సామర్థ్యం
Transliteration: Dēvuni Sāmarthyam
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Rejected alternatives: శక్తి
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ (conceptual background)
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. The forbidden-substitution rule (never శక్తి) applies identically given the same Shakta-tradition collision risk. Relevant ch. 5 (Spirit’s power vs. flesh).

Providence

Approved rendering: దేవుని పరిపాలన
Transliteration: Dēvuni Paripālana
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: విధి, కర్మసిద్ధాంతం
Original: conceptual background (cf. Gal 4:4 “fullness of time”)
Category: God

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Underlies “fullness of time” (4:4) — God’s sovereign, purposive timing, not fatalism. Relevant ch. 4.

Glory

Approved rendering: మహిమ
Transliteration: mahima
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: తేజస్సు

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 1:5’s closing doxology (“to whom be the glory forever”); avoid light-only imagery merging with generic divine-radiance devotional associations. Relevant ch. 1.

A Different Gospel

Approved rendering: వేరొక సువార్త
Transliteration: vēroka suvārta
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Rejected alternatives: ఇతర సువార్త
Original: ἕτερον εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 1:6-7, the letter’s opening polemical thrust. Must convey a counterfeit message, not a mere variant teaching emphasis; a Telugu reader accustomed to peaceful denominational plurality may otherwise hear ordinary doctrinal diversity rather than Paul’s sharp antithesis. Relevant ch. 1.

Accursed

Approved rendering: శపించబడినవాడు
Transliteration: śapin̄chabaḍinavāḍu
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Rejected alternatives: తిట్టబడినవాడు (folk-curse register)
Original: ἀνάθεμα
Category: Sin

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 1:8-9’s double pronouncement is extremely strong covenantal language; must retain the weight of a formal divine judgment, not a casual insult or folk-curse idiom. Relevant ch. 1.

Revelation

Approved rendering: ప్రకటన
Transliteration: prakaṭana
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: దర్శనం
Original: ἀποκάλυψις
Category: Apostleship

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 1:12 grounds Paul’s apostolic authority in a sovereign, one-time divine disclosure. Must be kept distinct from దర్శనం, which carries strong association with the Hindu devotional concept of darshan (an achieved/experienced sight of a deity). Relevant ch. 1.

Traditions Of The Fathers

Approved rendering: పితరుల పారంపర్యాచారములు
Transliteration: pitarula pāramparyācāramulu
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: కుల ధర్మం-adjacent phrasing
Original: πατρικαὶ παραδόσεις
Category: Covenant

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 1:14, Paul’s pre-conversion zeal for ancestral Jewish custom. Risks resonance with కుల ధర్మం (caste-based ancestral duty) or పితృ ఋణం (debt to ancestors); must be framed clearly as Paul’s specific pre-conversion Jewish formation, not endorsed as an ongoing positive category. Relevant ch. 1.

Present Evil Age

Approved rendering: ఈ ప్రస్తుత దుష్టకాలము
Transliteration: ī prastuta duṣṭakālamu
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Rejected alternatives: యుగము-based rendering
Original: ὁ αἰὼν ὁ ἐνεστὼς πονηρός
Category: Eschatology

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 1:4. αἰών/“age” must NOT be rendered యుగము, the Hindu cyclical-cosmology term (Kali Yuga etc.); కాలము preserves the linear biblical timeline culminating in Christ’s decisive, one-time deliverance. Relevant ch. 1.

Circumcision

Approved rendering: సున్నతి
Transliteration: sunnati
Doctrine: Circumcision and the New Creation
Original: περιτομή
Category: Covenant

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:3-9, 5:2-6,11, 6:12-15. సున్నతి is the established, widely-understood Telugu word for the rite; risk lies in cultural familiarity with obligatory rites in general (e.g., upanayanam) flattening Paul’s argument into “which ritual is correct” rather than the deeper justification-by-faith-alone question. Relevant chs. 2, 5, 6.

Freedom

Approved rendering: స్వాతంత్ర్యం
Transliteration: swātantryaṁ
Doctrine: Freedom in Christ
Rejected alternatives: విడుదల, స్వేచ్ఛ
Original: ἐλευθερία
Category: Freedom

NEW for this curriculum. స్వాతంత్ర్యం is established in Telugu evangelical usage (“క్రీస్తులో స్వాతంత్ర్యం”) but is also India’s primary word for national political independence (స్వాతంత్ర్య దినోత్సవం); context must keep the spiritual referent unmistakable. Never confuse with the baseline-forbidden మోక్షం. Relevant chs. 2, 4, 5.

Works Of The Law

Approved rendering: ధర్మశాస్త్ర క్రియలు
Transliteration: dharmaśāstra kriyalu
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: ధార్మిక కర్తవ్యం
Original: ἔργα νόμου
Category: Salvation

NEW for this curriculum. Central to the core passage (Gal 2:16). Must be kept distinct from శరీర క్రియలు (“works of the flesh,” ch. 5) and must not soften into “religious duty.” Relevant chs. 2, 3.

Promise

Approved rendering: వాగ్దానం
Transliteration: vāgdānaṁ
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Rejected alternatives: వరం
Original: ἐπαγγελία
Category: Covenant

NEW for this curriculum. Central to Galatians 3:14-29. Must be distinguished from a generic boon or vow (వరం) associated with devotional bargaining in folk religious practice; this is God’s unilateral, unconditional pledge to Abraham. Relevant chs. 3, 4.

Guardian

Approved rendering: పర్యవేక్షకుడు
Transliteration: paryavēkṣakuḍu
Doctrine: The Law’s Purpose
Rejected alternatives: గురువు
Original: παιδαγωγός
Category: Covenant

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 3:24-25. Must NOT be rendered గురువు, which implies an ongoing, revered spiritual-teacher relationship of continuing authority; the law’s supervisory role was temporary and has now ended for those in Christ. Relevant ch. 3.

Slavery

Approved rendering: దాస్యం
Transliteration: dāsyaṁ
Doctrine: Freedom in Christ
Original: δουλεία
Category: Freedom

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 4:3,9,24-25; 5:1. Figurative-spiritual metaphor; must not be read as endorsing or trivializing literal historical slavery/bonded-labor realities still socially sensitive in the Telugu context. Relevant chs. 4, 5.

Flesh

Approved rendering: శరీరం / శరీర స్వభావం
Transliteration: śarīraṁ / śarīra svabhāvaṁ
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Rejected alternatives: శరీరం used uniformly across all three Pauline senses (would flatten the sin-nature meaning)
Original: σάρξ
Category: Sanctification

NEW for this curriculum. Multivalent across Galatians: (1) physical descent, (2) ordinary embodied life, (3) the sinful, self-oriented nature opposed to the Spirit (5:16-24). శరీరం serves senses 1-2; శరీర స్వభావం is reserved for sense 3 so the three are never flattened into one physical-body reading. Relevant chs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

Sorcery

Approved rendering: మంత్రవిద్య / క్షుద్రవిద్య
Transliteration: mantravidya / kṣudravidya
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Rejected alternatives: మేజిక్ (magic tricks)
Original: φαρμακεία
Category: Sin

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 5:20 vice list. Names a still-living folk-occult practice (mantra-tantra, black magic) in many Telugu rural contexts; must be rendered plainly, not softened into “superstition.” Relevant ch. 5.

Faith Working Through Love

Approved rendering: ప్రేమ ద్వారా క్రియాశీలంగా ఉండే విశ్వాసం
Transliteration: prēma dvārā kriyāśīlaṁgā uṇḍē viśvāsaṁ
Doctrine: Faith Working through Love
Original: πίστις δι᾽ ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη
Category: Faith

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 5:6, the letter’s positive summary after its polemic against law-works. Love here is faith’s fruit and expression, never a supplementary means of earning righteousness alongside faith; ద్వారా must remain unambiguously instrumental. Relevant ch. 5.

Law Of Christ

Approved rendering: క్రీస్తు నియమము
Transliteration: Krīstu niyamamu
Doctrine: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Rejected alternatives: క్రీస్తు ధర్మశాస్త్రము
Original: ὁ νόμος τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Covenant

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 6:2. ధర్మశాస్త్రము is locked exclusively to the Mosaic Torah in this curriculum; using it here would blur Paul’s careful distinction between the superseded Mosaic law and this new governing principle of Christ. Use నియమము, never ధర్మశాస్త్రము. Relevant ch. 6.

New Creation

Approved rendering: నూతన సృష్టి
Transliteration: nūtana sṛṣṭi
Doctrine: Circumcision and the New Creation
Original: καινὴ κτίσις
Category: Salvation

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 6:15, climaxing the circumcision/new-creation argument. Established Telugu Christian phrase (cf. 2 Corinthians 5:17); must convey a once-for-all, Spirit-wrought transformation, not a repeatable cosmic renewal within a cyclical worldview (the yuga-cycle risk flagged for “age” in ch. 1) nor mere moral self-improvement. Relevant ch. 6.

Marks Of Jesus

Approved rendering: గురుతులు
Transliteration: guruthulu
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Original: τὰ στίγματα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
Category: Apostleship

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 6:17, Paul’s closing defense of his authenticity. Risks visual/conceptual collision with the Vaishnava devotional practice of tapta-mudra (heated ritual branding with Vishnu’s conch/discus marks) and other bodily religious markings (tilaka); must be framed clearly as persecution scars, not devotional bodily marking. Relevant ch. 6.

Transgressor

Approved rendering: అతిక్రమించువాడు
Transliteration: atikraminchuvāḍu
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Rejected alternatives: పాపి (too generic)
Original: παραβάτης
Category: Sin

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:18, part of the core passage. Must be kept distinct from the general పాపి (sinner); the specific law-violator nuance carries the verse’s logical force. Relevant ch. 2.

Nullify Grace

Approved rendering: నిరాకరించను
Transliteration: nirākarin̄chanu
Doctrine: Law and Grace
Rejected alternatives: పట్టించుకోకపోవు (too weak)
Original: ἀθετέω
Category: Salvation

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:21, core passage. Must retain the sense of actively rejecting/invalidating something of established value, not merely “ignore” or “forget.” Relevant ch. 2.

Died For No Purpose

Approved rendering: వ్యర్థంగా మరణించెను
Transliteration: vyarthamgā maraṇin̄cenu
Doctrine: Law and Grace
Original: δωρεὰν ἀπέθανεν
Category: Salvation

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:21, closing the core passage. Must not suggest Christ’s death was deficient or accidental; the conditional-hypothetical logical force (“if righteousness were through the law, then Christ’s death would have been pointless”) must survive translation. Relevant ch. 2.

Seed Of Abraham

Approved rendering: సంతానం / వంశము
Transliteration: santānaṁ / vaṁśamu
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Original: σπέρμα
Category: Covenant

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 3:16,29. Must preserve Paul’s singular-then-corporate move (one Seed, Christ; then all who are in him), not flatten into undifferentiated plural “descendants” from the outset; the Telugu noun itself is number-ambiguous and requires supporting teaching apparatus. Relevant ch. 3.

Unity Formula

Approved rendering: యూదులైనను గ్రీసు వారైనను, దాసులైనను స్వతంత్రులైనను, పురుషులైనను స్త్రీలైనను… అందరు క్రీస్తునందు ఒక్కటే
Transliteration: Yūdulainanu Grīsu vārainanu, dāsulainanu swatantrulainanu, puruṣulainanu strīlainanu… andaru Krīstunandu okkaṭē
Doctrine: The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise
Rejected alternatives: any softened/qualified rendering
Original: Ἰουδαῖος ἢ Ἕλλην, δοῦλος ἢ ἐλεύθερος, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ
Category: Church

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 3:28. Directly parallels the Romans doctrines of Unity of Jews and Gentiles and Universal Scope of the Gospel, and carries direct historical resonance for Telugu Christian communities descended from 19th-century mass movements seeking equality across caste lines. Must be rendered with full, unqualified inclusiveness, with no softening that could leave room for caste-based spiritual hierarchy. Relevant ch. 3.

Medium Risk Terms

Gospel

Approved rendering: సువార్త
Transliteration: suvārta
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: వార్త
Original: εὐαγγέλιον
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. In Galatians the emphasis shifts from proclamation to purity/singularity of the one true gospel (1:6-9); must be held clearly distinct from వేరొక సువార్త (“a different gospel”). Relevant chs. 1, 2.

Faith

Approved rendering: విశ్వాసం
Transliteration: viswāsam
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: భక్తి
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 2:16 and 3:1-14 hinge the whole justification argument on this term; note the subjective/objective genitive ambiguity in 2:16 and 2:20 (“faith of/in Jesus Christ”) requiring a translator note. Relevant chs. 2, 3, 5.

Apostle

Approved rendering: అపొస్తలుడు
Transliteration: apostaluḍu
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: గురువు
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Apostleship

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 1:1 sharpens the term: Paul’s apostleship is explicitly “not from men nor through man” — an authority claim under direct attack in this letter. Relevant chs. 1, 2.

Called

Approved rendering: పిలువబడిన
Transliteration: piluvabaḍina
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: ఆహ్వానించబడిన
Original: κλητός / καλέω
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 1:6 (“called you in the grace of Christ”) ties the term directly to grace; must not drift toward human self-initiated seeking. Relevant chs. 1, 4.

Calling

Approved rendering: పిలుపు
Transliteration: pilupu
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: ఆహ్వానం
Original: κλῆσις
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Noun form paired with the participle పిలువబడిన. Relevant chs. 1, 4.

Law

Approved rendering: ధర్మశాస్త్రము
Transliteration: dharmaśāstramu
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians uses this far more polemically than Romans (Law contrasted with promise, faith, and Spirit throughout chs. 2-5); must never be conflated with క్రీస్తు నియమము (“law of Christ,” 6:2), which deliberately uses a different Telugu word. Relevant chs. 2, 3, 4, 5.

Gentiles

Approved rendering: అన్యజనులు
Transliteration: anyajanulu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: విదేశీయులు
Original: ἔθνη
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 2:7-9 and 3:8 use the term in the context of Paul’s Gentile mission and the Abrahamic promise’s scope. Relevant chs. 2, 3.

Peace

Approved rendering: శాంతి
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: మనశ్శాంతి
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. In Galatians 5:22 must additionally read naturally as one item in the singular “fruit of the Spirit” list; also in the 1:3 salutation. Relevant chs. 1, 5, 6.

Kingdom Of God

Approved rendering: దేవుని రాజ్యం
Transliteration: Dēvuni Rājyam
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 5:21 (“will not inherit the kingdom of God”), closing the works-of-the-flesh vice list. Relevant ch. 5.

Israel

Approved rendering: ఇశ్రాయేలు
Transliteration: Iśrāyēlu
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 6:16’s closing blessing, “the Israel of God.” Relevant ch. 6.

Judaism

Approved rendering: యూదమతం
Transliteration: Yūdamataṁ
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Original: Ἰουδαϊσμός
Category: Covenant

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 1:13-14, Paul’s descriptor for his pre-conversion life. Low doctrinal ambiguity risk beyond ensuring it reads as Paul’s past identity, not an ongoing category the letter condemns as such. Relevant ch. 1.

Heir

Approved rendering: వారసుడు
Transliteration: vārasuḍu
Doctrine: Adoption and Sonship
Original: κληρονόμος
Category: Salvation

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 3:29, 4:1,7. Ties directly to దత్తపుత్రత్వం (adoption); must preserve full legal-inheritance-rights sense, always co-located with దత్తపుత్రత్వం or దేవుని కుటుంబం so it does not read as ordinary secular inheritance law. Relevant chs. 3, 4.

Yoke Of Slavery

Approved rendering: దాస్యపు కాడి
Transliteration: dāsyapu kāḍi
Doctrine: Freedom in Christ
Original: ζυγὸς δουλείας
Category: Freedom

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 5:1. Natural agrarian metaphor in Telugu farming culture; must retain the “again”/relapse sense of Paul’s warning against renewed bondage. Relevant ch. 5.

Works Of The Flesh

Approved rendering: శరీర క్రియలు
Transliteration: śarīra kriyalu
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Original: ἔργα τῆς σαρκός
Category: Sin

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 5:19-21 vice list. Must be kept structurally and doctrinally distinct from ధర్మశాస్త్ర క్రియలు (“works of the law,” 2:16), despite the parallel grammatical form. Relevant ch. 5.

Love

Approved rendering: ప్రేమ
Transliteration: prēma
Doctrine: Fruit of the Spirit
Original: ἀγάπη
Category: Sanctification

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 5:14,22. The standard, broad Telugu word covering romantic, familial, and agape senses; context must make clear this is self-giving, Spirit-produced love, not romantic sentiment. Relevant ch. 5.

Bear One Anothers Burdens

Approved rendering: ఒకరి భారములు ఒకరు భరించండి
Transliteration: okari bhāramulu okaru bharin̄caṇḍi
Doctrine: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Original: βαστάζετε τὰ βάρη ἀλλήλων
Category: Church

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 6:2, following the restoration-of-a-sinning-brother instruction (6:1). Must retain the connection to gentle restoration of a struggling believer, not read as generic helpfulness. Relevant ch. 6.

False Brothers

Approved rendering: కపట సోదరులు
Transliteration: kapaṭa sōdarulu
Doctrine: The True Gospel versus False Gospels
Original: ψευδάδελφοι
Category: Church

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:4. Must convey deceptive infiltration from within the professing community, not simply theological disagreement from outsiders. Relevant ch. 2.

Hypocrisy

Approved rendering: కపటత్వం
Transliteration: kapaṭatvaṁ
Doctrine: Law and Grace
Original: ὑπόκρισις
Category: Church

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:13, describing Peter’s and Barnabas’s withdrawal from Gentile table-fellowship. Must retain the sense of a gap between confessed gospel-truth and practiced behavior. Relevant ch. 2.

Uncircumcision

Approved rendering: సున్నతిలేనితనం
Transliteration: sunnatilēnitanaṁ
Doctrine: Circumcision and the New Creation
Original: ἀκροβυστία
Category: Covenant

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:7. Must be understood as a ritual-status descriptor paired with సున్నతి, not confused with the broader baseline term అన్యజనులు. Relevant chs. 2, 5.

Fullness Of Time

Approved rendering: కాలము పరిపూర్ణమైనప్పుడు
Transliteration: kālamu paripūrṇamainappuḍu
Doctrine: Adoption and Sonship
Rejected alternatives: విధి-adjacent fatalistic phrasing
Original: τὸ πλήρωμα τοῦ χρόνου
Category: Christology

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 4:4. Must convey God’s sovereign, purposeful timing, not an impersonal fated moment; avoid any fatalistic విధి-adjacent idiom. Relevant ch. 4.

Zealous

Approved rendering: ఆసక్తిగలవాడు
Transliteration: āsaktigalavāḍu
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Original: ζηλωτής / ζῆλος
Category: Faith

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 1:14 (Paul’s own pre-conversion zeal) vs. 4:17-18 (false teachers’ self-serving courting of the Galatians) — context-sensitive, parallel to the baseline’s note on “called.” Relevant chs. 1, 4.

Low Risk Terms

Fellowship

Approved rendering: సహవాసం
Transliteration: sahavāsam
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: స్నేహం
Original: κοινωνία
Category: Church

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Galatians 2:9 uses the concrete idiom “the right hand of fellowship.” Relevant ch. 2.

Exhort

Approved rendering: ప్రోత్సహించడం
Transliteration: prōtsahin̄chaḍam
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Faith

Inherited from Romans package, copied exactly. Relevant to the mutual-restoration tone of Galatians 6:1-2. Relevant ch. 6.

Pillars

Approved rendering: స్తంభములు
Transliteration: stambhamulu
Doctrine: Paul’s Apostleship
Original: στῦλοι
Category: Church

NEW for this curriculum. Galatians 2:9, referring to James, Cephas, and John. Clear architectural metaphor with a natural Telugu equivalent. Relevant ch. 2.

Library content is free and openly licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — share and adapt it for non-commercial use, with attribution to tri-bible.ai.