Core Glossary
Core Glossary: Titus — English → Telugu
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing theological term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, drawn from every chapter of Titus (1:1–3:15). Terms already present in the Romans baseline translation_memory.json are marked [BASELINE-LOCKED] and reused verbatim with no deviation. New terms proposed for this curriculum are marked [NEW] and are candidates for addition to an updated translation memory in a subsequent step, pending the risk-tier review routing already established by the baseline doctrine_risk_registry.json conventions (Critical/High → human theologian; Medium → native speaker; Low → automated).
A. Terms Reused Exactly from the Romans Baseline [BASELINE-LOCKED]
| Term (EN) | Greek | Telugu | Transliteration | Risk | Locations in Titus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace | χάρις | కృప | kṛpa | High | 1:4; 2:11; 3:7; 3:15 |
| God | θεός | దేవుడు | Dēvuḍu | Critical | throughout |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | యేసు | Yēsu | Critical | 1:1,4; 2:13; 3:6 |
| Christ | Χριστός | క్రీస్తు | Krīstu | Critical | 1:1,4; 2:13; 3:6 |
| Lord | κύριος | ప్రభువు | prabhuvu | Critical | 1:4 (implied); household/authority contexts |
| Holy Spirit | πνεῦμα ἅγιον | పరిశుద్ధాత్మ | pariśuddhātma | Critical | 3:5 |
| Faith | πίστις | విశ్వాసం | viswāsam | Medium | 1:1,4,13; 2:2,10; 3:15 |
| Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη | నీతి | nīti | High | 2:12; 3:5 |
| Justification | δικαιόω | నీతిమంతులుగా తీర్చడం | nītimantulugā tīrchaḍam | Critical | 3:7 |
| Salvation / saved | σωτηρία / σῴζω | రక్షణ / రక్షించు | rakshana / rakshin̄chu | Critical | 2:11; 3:5 |
| Sin | ἁμαρτία | పాపం | pāpam | High | 3:11 |
| Law | νόμος | ధర్మశాస్త్రము | dharmaśāstramu | Medium | 3:9 |
| Church | ἐκκλησία | సంఘము | sanghamu | High | (implicit; underlies “elder” compounds) |
| Apostle | ἀπόστολος | అపొస్తలుడు | apostaluḍu | Medium | 1:1 |
| Holy | ἅγιος | పరిశుద్ధ | pariśuddha | High | 3:5 (Spirit); underlies ὅσιος/ἁγνός/ἱεροπρεπής distinctions in ch.2 |
| Election / elect | ἐκλεκτός | దేవుని ఏర్పరచబడినవారు | Dēvuni ērparachabaḍinavāru | High | 1:1 |
| Gentiles / peoples | — | (not directly present; universal scope language applies) | — | High (doctrine) | 2:11; 3:2 |
B. New Terms Proposed for This Curriculum [NEW]
| Term (EN) | Greek | Transliteration (Greek) | Telugu (proposed) | Transliteration (Telugu) | Risk | Doctrine | Key locations | Rejected alternatives | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regeneration / new birth | παλιγγενεσία | palingenesia | నూతన జననము | nūtana jananamu | Critical | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | 3:5 | పునర్జన్మ (rebirth/reincarnation) | CRITICAL FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION: NEVER పునర్జన్మ. The most literal Telugu compound for “again-birth” would closely resemble the baseline’s permanently forbidden term for reincarnation (already forbidden for ἀνάστασις). Titus’s regeneration is a one-time, non-repeatable, Spirit-wrought new birth into eternal life, the theological opposite of rebirth within an ongoing cycle. Requires mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence. |
| Renewal (ongoing) | ἀνακαίνωσις | anakainōsis | నూతనపరచుట | nūtanaparachuṭa | High | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | 3:5 | పరిశుద్ధపరచడం (sanctification, a related but distinct locked term) | Must be kept distinct from both παλιγγενεσία (one-time new birth, above) and the locked sanctification term; names the Spirit’s ongoing renewing work as a third related concept. |
| Appearing / Epiphany (of grace / of glory / of kindness) | ἐπιφαίνω / ἐπιφάνεια | epiphainō / epiphaneia | ప్రత్యక్షమైంది / ప్రత్యక్షత | prakaṭamayindi / prakaṭata | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living; Deity/Lordship of Christ (2nd coming) | 2:11, 13; 3:4 | అవతారం (avatar-descent) | Must never suggest a repeatable divine avatar-descent; this is Titus’s book-specific extension of the baseline’s incarnation/avatar guard, applied to the “grace has appeared” and “glory will appear” motifs, not only to the incarnation proper. |
| Age / this present age | αἰών | aiōn | యుగం (with caution) / ఈ లోకకాలము (periphrasis) | yugam / ī lōkakālamu | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | 1:2; 2:12 | — | యుగం is the exact term for the Hindu cosmological Yugas in a cyclical time scheme; biblical αἰών is linear-historical (between Christ’s two comings), not cyclical. Recommend periphrasis where the cyclical association is a live catechetical risk; flag every occurrence. |
| Godliness | εὐσέβεια | eusebeia | దైవభక్తి | daivabhakti | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | 1:1; 2:12 | — (భక్తి itself was rejected only as a rendering of πίστις/faith, not of εὐσέβεια, where it is correct) | Shares the భక్తి root the baseline rejected for “faith” due to Vaishnava bhakti-devotion connotations; for godliness (a distinct Greek word) this root is correct, but curriculum materials must explicitly teach విశ్వాసం (faith, the root) → దైవభక్తి (godliness, the fruit) to prevent collapsing trust-in-Christ and pious devotion into a single merit-generating concept. |
| Ungodliness | ἀσέβεια | asebeia | దైవభక్తిహీనత | daivabhakti-hīnata | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | 2:12 | — | Direct antonym of దైవభక్తి above; keep the pairing visible. |
| Savior (agent noun) | σωτήρ | sōtēr | రక్షకుడు | rakṣakuḍu | Critical | Salvation; Deity of Christ | 1:3,4; 2:10,13; 3:4,6 | ముక్తిదాత, మోక్షప్రదాత | Derivative of the locked రక్షణ root; must never suggest a guru/avatar-liberator figure. Applied to both the Father (1:3; 3:4) and the Son (2:13; 3:6) — a compact Trinitarian pattern requiring theologian review. |
| Good works | καλὸν/ἀγαθὸν ἔργον | kalon/agathon ergon | సత్కార్యములు | satkāryamulu | High | Sound Doctrine and Good Works; Salvation by Grace not Works | 1:16; 2:7,14; 3:1,8,14 | క్రియలు (bare, insufficiently specific) | The single most-repeated load-bearing phrase in Titus. Every occurrence must be checked against 3:5’s explicit works-exclusion to ensure grace-produces-works (fruit), never works-produce-grace (cause), mirroring the Romans 4:4–5/11:5–6 grace-merit rule. |
| Works of righteousness | ἔργα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ | erga en dikaiosynē | నీతిక్రియలు | nītikriyalu | Critical | Salvation by Grace not Works | 3:5 | — | The clearest single works-exclusion statement in Titus; requires unambiguous negation (“not by…”) preserved in translation. |
| Mercy | ἔλεος | eleos | కనికరము | kanikaramu | High | Salvation by Grace not Works | 3:5 | — | Distinguish from the locked కృప (grace): mercy names compassion toward those in misery/need; grace names unmerited favor generally. Both essential, not interchangeable. |
| Redeem / ransom | λυτρόω | lytroō | విమోచించు | vimōchin̄chu | High | Salvation by Grace not Works | 2:14 | విడుదల (mere release, no price-paid nuance) | Must retain the “price paid” ransom nuance; must not be assimilated to moksha/mukti-style liberation from a cosmic cycle. |
| Lawlessness | ἀνομία | anomia | అధర్మం | adharmam | Medium | Salvation by Grace not Works | 2:14 | — | Distinct Greek word from ἁμαρτία (locked పాపం, “sin”); అధర్మం was rejected as an alternative for πాపం in the baseline precisely because it under-specifies personal guilt — but here it is the correct word since the Greek itself specifies lawlessness, not general sin. Do not confuse the two Greek terms. |
| Purify / cleanse | καθαρίζω | katharizō | శుద్ధిచేయు | śuddhicheyu | Medium | Salvation by Grace not Works | 2:14 | పరిశుద్ధపరచడం (sanctification — a related but distinct locked term) | Keep distinct from the locked sanctification term so Titus’s decisive cleansing-purchase is not confused with the Spirit’s ongoing sanctifying work. |
| A people for God’s own possession | λαὸς περιούσιος | laos periousios | స్వకీయ ప్రజలు | svakīya prajalu | High | Church as God’s People; Universal Scope of the Gospel | 2:14 | — | Must not suggest a privileged ethnic/social elite; resonant with the baseline’s universal_scope_of_gospel note on Telugu Dalit Christian mass-movement history — every believer belongs equally. |
| Training / disciplining (of grace) | παιδεύω | paideuō | శిక్షణ ఇచ్చుట | śikṣaṇa ivvuṭa | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living | 2:12 | — | Anchor term for the curriculum’s namesake doctrine. Risk that శిక్షణ reads as punitive military/penal discipline; must be framed relationally so grace’s training is not misread as punishment for merit-failure. |
| Elder (church office) | πρεσβύτερος | presbyteros | సంఘ పెద్దలు | sangha peddalu | High | Qualifications for Elders | 1:5 | పెద్దలు (bare — too easily read as generic community/caste elders) | Must be disambiguated from πρεσβύτης (“older man,” 2:2, no office) and from generic Indian community/caste-council “elders.” The సంఘ- prefix (reusing locked సంఘము) is required. |
| Overseer / bishop | ἐπίσκοπος | episkopos | సంఘాధ్యక్షుడు | sanghādhyakṣuḍu | High | Qualifications for Elders | 1:7 | బిషప్ (imports a modern denominational office not in view) | Same office as πρεσβύτερος in Titus 1:5-7 (two names, one office) — a genuine cross-denominational-consistency risk (episcopal vs. congregational traditions read this differently); curriculum materials must state explicitly that the two Greek terms name the same office here. |
| Older man (demographic) | πρεσβύτης | presbytēs | వృద్ధులు | vṛddhulu | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works (household code) | 2:2 | — | Must be visibly distinct from సంఘ పెద్దలు (the elder office, 1:5) despite the shared Greek root. |
| Older woman (demographic) | πρεσβῦτις | presbytis | వృద్ధురాండ్రు | vṛddhurāṇḍru | Low | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | 2:3 | — | Parallel demographic term, no office. |
| Sound / healthy doctrine | ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία | hygiainousa didaskalia | హితబోధ | hitabōdha | High | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | 1:9,13; 2:1,2,8 | సరైన బోధ (merely “correct,” loses the health-metaphor) | Anchor term for the curriculum’s namesake doctrine; render consistently across all five occurrences so the book-spanning medical metaphor (health-giving vs. disease-producing teaching) remains visible. |
| Reverent demeanor (befitting holiness) | ἱεροπρεπής | hieroprepēs | పరిశుద్ధతకు తగిన నడవడిక గలవారు | pariśuddhatakku tagina naḍavaḍika galavāru | High | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | 2:3 | అర్చకత్వ-based vocabulary (priestly office) | Literal root risks a priestly/temple-office connotation; must be rendered as demeanor only, not an office or ritual role. |
| Pure / chaste | ἁγνός | hagnos | పవిత్రమైన / నిష్కళంకమైన | pavitramaina / niṣkalaṅkamaina | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | 2:5 | పరిశుద్ధ (locked term for hagios — a distinct Greek word) | Distinguish from the locked పరిశుద్ధ (hagios, corporate set-apartness); ἁγνός names specific moral/sexual purity. |
| Devout (personal piety) | ὅσιος | hosios | పవిత్రప్రవర్తనగలవాడు | pavitrapravartana galavāḍu | Medium | Qualifications for Elders | 1:8 | పరిశుద్ధ (would duplicate ἅγιος in the same list) | Near-synonym of ἅγιος; use a distinct phrase to avoid redundant collision within the same elder-qualification list. |
| Adorn (the teaching) | κοσμέω | kosmeō | బోధను అలంకరించు | bōdhanu alaṅkarin̄chu | Medium-High | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | 2:10 | — | Not decorative/superficial “polishing”; conduct that renders the gospel’s claims credible before outsiders. |
| Submit / be subject to | ὑποτάσσω | hypotassō | లోబడుట | lōbaḍuṭa | High | Submission to Authority | 2:5,9; 3:1 | ధార్మిక కర్తవ్యం (merit-earning duty — already rejected in baseline for a related term) | One verb spanning household (wives, bondservants) and civic (rulers) spheres; render consistently while keeping context clear which relationship is meant; must not read as merit-earning obligation. |
| Rulers, authorities | ἀρχή, ἐξουσία | archē, exousia | అధికారులు, అధికారములు | adhikārulu, adhikāramulu | High | Submission to Authority | 3:1 | — | Human civil government; distinguish from ἐπιταγή (apostolic/church authority, 2:15). |
| Obey (authority) | πειθαρχέω | peitharcheō | విధేయులై యుండు | vidhēyulai uṇḍu | Medium | Submission to Authority | 3:1 | — | Cognate with the locked విశ్వాస విధేయత family; practical civic outworking of faith-obedience. |
| Heirs | κληρονόμος | klēronomos | వారసులు | vārasulu | High | Salvation by Grace not Works (inheritance) | 3:7 | — | Extends the locked దత్తపుత్రత్వం (adoption) doctrine’s logic without duplicating its term; must convey inheritance as God’s children, not secular property-inheritance or karma-merited inheritance. |
| Hope | ἐλπίς | elpis | నిరీక్షణ | nirīkṣaṇa | High | Grace That Trains for Godly Living; Regeneration | 1:2; 2:13; 3:7 | ఆశ (mere wish/desire, lacks certainty) | Confident expectation grounded in God’s character, not uncertain wishing. |
| Eternal life | ζωὴ αἰώνιος | zōē aiōnios | నిత్యజీవం | nityajīvam | High | Regeneration by the Holy Spirit | 1:2; 3:7 | — | Must convey unending personal, relational, bodily-resurrection life with God, guarding against a moksha-adjacent misreading (impersonal merging with the absolute) parallel to the guard already placed on రక్షణ/salvation. |
| Divisive/factious person | αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος | hairetikos anthrōpos | భేదోత్పాదకుడు | bhēdōtpādakuḍu | Medium-High | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | 3:10 | మతభ్రష్టుడు (imports the later, fully technical “heretic” sense) | Root of English “heretic,” but here (pre-technical usage) names relational factiousness/party-spirit, not exclusively formal doctrinal heresy. |
| Foolish controversies / questions | μωραὶ ζητήσεις | mōrai zētēseis | మూఢమైన తర్కములు/వివాదములు | mūḍhamaina tarkamulu/vivādamulu | Medium-High | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | 3:9 | — | Pointless speculative wrangling, not legitimate theological inquiry; deliberately contrasted with 3:8’s “good and profitable” good works. |
| Genealogies (as controversy) | γενεαλογία | genealogia | వంశావళులు | vamśāvaḷulu | Medium | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | 3:9 | — | Context-specific to unproductive lineage disputes here; not a blanket judgment on all biblical genealogical material. |
| Quarrels about the law | ἔρεις καὶ μάχαι νομικαί | ereis kai machai nomikai | ధర్మశాస్త్రమును గూర్చిన వాదములు | dharmaśāstramunu gūrchina vādamulu | Medium | Avoiding Divisive Controversies | 3:9 | — | Reuses locked ధర్మశాస్త్రము; echoes the “circumcision party” controversy of 1:10. |
| Kindness | χρηστότης | chrēstotēs | దయ / మంచితనం | daya / man̄chitanam | Medium | Salvation by Grace not Works | 3:4 | — | Distinct from but closely related to grace (κρప); God’s active benevolent disposition in action. |
| Love for mankind / philanthropy | φιλανθρωπία | philanthrōpia | మానవుల యెడల ప్రేమ | mānavula yeḍala prēma | Medium | Salvation by Grace not Works | 3:4 | — | Rare NT word; God’s own posture of love toward humanity, not secular humanitarianism detached from God. |
| Slave/bondservant of God | δοῦλος θεοῦ | doulos theou | దేవుని దాసుడు | Dēvuni dāsuḍu | Medium | (Paul’s self-identification) | 1:1 | — | Total ownership-belonging, not diminished status. |
| Full/experiential knowledge of the truth | ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας | epignōsis alētheias | సత్యమును గూర్చిన అనుభవపూర్వక జ్ఞానం | satyamunu gūrchina anubhavapūrvaka jñānam | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | 1:1 | — | ἐπίγνωσις (intensified, experiential) vs. mere γνῶσις (information). |
| Devoted to / practice diligently | προΐστημι | proistēmi | ముందుండి నడిపించు/అభ్యసించు | munduṇḍi naḍipin̄chu/abhyasin̄chu | Medium | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | 3:8,14 | — | Careful, ongoing, deliberate engagement in good works — the letter’s structural bookend to 2:14. |
| Adversary / opponent | ὁ ἐξ ἐναντίας | ho ex enantias | విరోధి | virōdhi | Low | Sound Doctrine and Good Works | 2:8 | — | Outward-facing critic of the gospel witness. |
| Faithful saying | Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος | Pistos ho logos | ఈ వాక్యము నమ్మదగినది | ī vākyamu nammadaginadi | Low | (formulaic marker) | 3:8 | — | Pauline formula marking a creed-like doctrinal summary (cf. 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11). |
C. Chapters Reviewed with No Additional New Terms
- Titus 3:12–15 — reviewed explicitly; contains only proper names (Artemas, Tychicus, Zenas, Apollos, Nicopolis, transliterated per established Telugu Bible convention) and a repetition of already-catalogued terms (good works, grace). No new theological vocabulary.
D. Cross-Reference Notes for Phase 2 Enforcement
- παλιγγενεσία (regeneration) is the single highest-priority new-term flag in this glossary. It must be added to the translation memory with the same “CRITICAL FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION” status the baseline already gives to మోక్షం/ముక్తి (salvation) and పునర్జన్మ (resurrection): here too, పునర్జన్మ is absolutely forbidden.
- εὐσέβεια/godliness (దైవభక్తి) requires an explicit companion teaching note in every lesson where it appears, distinguishing it from విశ్వాసం/faith, given the shared భక్తి root the baseline already flagged as risky in a different (though related) context.
- πρεσβύτερος/ἐπίσκοπος (elder/overseer) requires a standardized explanatory note for cross-denominational learners that Titus 1:5–7 uses both terms for one office — this is a new denominational-consistency risk not present in the Romans package, analogous to (but distinct from) the baseline’s Holy Spirit/Church locks.
- ὑποτάσσω (submission) must be tracked across all three occurrences (2:5 wives, 2:9 bondservants, 3:1 citizens/rulers) for terminological consistency, since Phase 2 workers may process these in different files/segments.
- All good-works vocabulary (సత్కార్యములు and its surrounding argument) must be checked against Titus 3:5’s works-exclusion clause at every occurrence to preserve the grace→works (fruit, not cause) sequence, exactly as the baseline’s Romans 4:4–5/11:5–6 rule already requires.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: దేవుడు
Transliteration: Dēvuḍu
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: భగవంతుడు
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. In Titus 2:13 and 3:4, θεός is directly applied to both Christ and the Father in a compact Trinitarian pattern; never భగవంతుడు in any doctrinally precise context.
Jesus
Approved rendering: యేసు
Transliteration: Yēsu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Occurs at Titus 1:1,4; 2:13; 3:6.
Lord
Approved rendering: ప్రభువు
Transliteration: prabhuvu
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: స్వామి
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Underlies the household and civic submission instructions in Titus (2:5,9; 3:1), where Christ’s exclusive Lordship grounds voluntary submission.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధాత్మ
Transliteration: pariśuddhātma
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: పరమాత్మ, పవిత్రాత్మ
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. The agent of both regeneration and renewal in Titus 3:5; never పరమాత్మ. This curriculum continues the Romans lock on పరిశుద్ధాత్మ over పవిత్రాత్మ.
Salvation
Approved rendering: రక్షణ
Transliteration: rakshana
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: మోక్షం, ముక్తి
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. NEVER మోక్షం or ముక్తి. In Titus 2:11 grace itself is σωτήριος (salvation-bringing) to all people; in 3:5 God ‘saved us’ by mercy, not works.
Imputed Righteousness
Approved rendering: ఆపాదింపబడిన నీతి
Transliteration: āpādimpabaḍina nīti
Doctrine: Justification by Faith
Rejected alternatives: స్వార్జిత నీతి
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Retained as the direct doctrinal parallel to Titus 3:5’s ‘works_of_righteousness’ exclusion clause (నీతిక్రియలు వలన కాదు) — both guard the same grace-not-merit boundary.
Christ
Approved rendering: క్రీస్తు
Transliteration: Krīstu
Doctrine: Deity and Saviorhood of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
NEW formal entry for this curriculum. Not a separate translation_memory entry in the Romans baseline, but an established, denomination-neutral Telugu Bible transliteration used consistently alongside యేసు throughout Titus (1:1,4; 2:13; 3:6). Never substitute a title from a different religious tradition’s account of this figure.
Savior
Approved rendering: రక్షకుడు
Transliteration: rakṣakuḍu
Doctrine: Deity and Saviorhood of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ముక్తిదాత, మోక్షప్రదాత
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Salvation
NEW, derivative agent-noun of the baseline-locked రక్షణ root. Applied in Titus to both the Father (1:3; 3:4) and the Son (2:13; 3:6) — a compact Trinitarian title pattern. Must never suggest a guru/avatar-liberator figure.
Great God And Savior
Approved rendering: మహా దేవుడును మన రక్షకుడైన యేసు క్రీస్తు
Transliteration: mahā Dēvuḍunu mana rakṣakuḍaina Yēsu Krīstu
Doctrine: Deity and Saviorhood of Christ
Rejected alternatives: ప్రభువైన దేవుడు, మరియు వేరుగా మన రక్షకుడైన యేసు క్రీస్తు (a softened two-figure reading)
Original: τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Category: Christology
NEW, load-bearing composite for Titus 2:13’s single-article Greek construction (Sharp’s rule), in which ‘great God’ and ‘Savior’ both name one referent, Jesus Christ. Telugu syntax must preserve the single-referent reading; mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence.
Regeneration
Approved rendering: నూతన జననము
Transliteration: nūtana jananamu
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: పునర్జన్మ, మరుజన్మ
Original: παλιγγενεσία
Category: Salvation
CRITICAL FORBIDDEN SUBSTITUTION: NEVER పునర్జన్మ. The single highest-priority new-term flag in this curriculum. The most literal Telugu compound for Greek ‘again-birth’ (παλιγγενεσία, Titus 3:5) closely resembles పునర్జన్మ, the term the Romans baseline permanently forbids for resurrection because it denotes Hindu reincarnation within a cyclical samsara. Titus’s regeneration is a one-time, non-repeatable, Spirit-wrought new birth into eternal life — the theological opposite. Mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence, on par with the baseline’s Critical resurrection/incarnation terms.
Works Of Righteousness
Approved rendering: నీతిక్రియలు
Transliteration: nītikriyalu
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Original: ἔργα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ
Category: Salvation
NEW, built on baseline-locked నీతి. Renders ἔργα τῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ (Titus 3:5), the clearest single works-exclusion statement in Titus. The negation (‘not by…’) must remain unambiguous in every rendering; mandatory theologian review.
High Risk Terms
Grace
Approved rendering: కృప
Transliteration: kṛpa
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: పుణ్యం, కర్మఫలం
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. In Titus this term forms a grace-inclusio spanning 2:11 (grace appeared) through 3:7 (justified by his grace) and 3:15 (closing benediction); the rendering must remain identical at every occurrence across the letter.
Father
Approved rendering: తండ్రి
Transliteration: Tandri
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: సృష్టికర్త
Original: πατήρ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Named alongside Christ Jesus our Savior in the greeting of Titus 1:4.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: నీతి
Transliteration: nīti
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: ధర్మం
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Root for నీతిక్రియలు (works of righteousness, Titus 3:5) and నీతిగా (righteously, 2:12).
Justification
Approved rendering: నీతిమంతులుగా తీర్చడం
Transliteration: nītimantulugā tīrchaḍam
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: క్షమాపణ పొందడం
Original: δικαιόω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Titus 3:7’s ‘being justified by his grace’ reuses this exact compound; do not shorten to a term implying mere forgiveness.
Sin
Approved rendering: పాపం
Transliteration: pāpam
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Rejected alternatives: అధర్మం
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Must not be confused with the distinct Greek term ἀνομία (lawlessness, Titus 2:14), rendered separately as అధర్మం in this curriculum’s new-term set.
Church
Approved rendering: సంఘము
Transliteration: sanghamu
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: దేవాలయం, సభ
Original: ἐκκλησία
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Root for the required సంఘ- prefix on the elder/overseer office terms in Titus 1:5-7 (సంఘ పెద్దలు, సంఘాధ్యక్షుడు). Never దేవాలయం or సభ.
Holy
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధ
Transliteration: pariśuddha
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: పవిత్ర, శుద్ధ
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Reserve strictly for ἅγιος/Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5). Titus introduces three related-but-distinct Greek words (ὅσιος, ἁγνός, ἱεροπρεπής) that must each receive their OWN distinct Telugu phrase (see devout_personal_piety, pure_chaste, reverent_demeanor below) and must never default to పరిశుద్ధ.
Election
Approved rendering: దేవుని ఏర్పాటు
Transliteration: Dēvuni Ērpāṭu
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: విధి, కర్మ
Original: ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered (abstract-noun root form). See gods_elect below for the Titus 1:1 substantival-adjective derivative (‘God’s elect’) built on this same root.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధపరచడం
Transliteration: pariśuddhaparachaḍam
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: శుద్ధీకరణ
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Retained here as the necessary contrast term for Titus 3:5: this curriculum’s new terms ‘renewal’ (నూతనపరచుట) and ‘purify_cleanse’ (శుద్ధిచేయు) must each be kept terminologically distinct from this locked sanctification term, naming three related-but-different works.
Adoption
Approved rendering: దత్తపుత్రత్వం
Transliteration: dattaputratvam
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Rejected alternatives: దత్తత తీసుకోవడం
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Retained as the doctrinal background against which Titus 3:7’s ‘heirs’ (వారసులు, new term below) must be understood — Titus does not reuse this exact term but presupposes its family-inheritance logic.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: విశ్వాస విధేయత
Transliteration: viswāsa vidhēyata
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: ధార్మిక కర్తవ్యం
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Retained as the doctrinal frame for Titus’s civic ‘obey_authority’ (విధేయులై యుండు, 3:1) and the ‘disobedient’ vice-list term of 3:3 — obedience flowing from faith already granted, never merit-earning ధార్మిక కర్తవ్యం.
Gods Elect
Approved rendering: దేవుని ఏర్పరచబడినవారు
Transliteration: Dēvuni ērparachabaḍinavāru
Doctrine: Apostolic Commission and Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: విధి, కర్మ
NEW derivative grammatical form of the baseline-locked election root (దేవుని ఏర్పాటు). Renders κατὰ πίστιν ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ, ‘the faith of God’s elect’ (Titus 1:1) — a substantival adjective naming God’s sovereignly chosen people, distinct from the abstract noun form. Must not be rendered with a term for impersonal fate or karma-determined destiny.
Epiphany Appearing
Approved rendering: ప్రత్యక్షమైంది / ప్రత్యక్షత
Transliteration: prakaṭamayindi / prakaṭata
Doctrine: Epiphany of Grace and Glory
Rejected alternatives: అవతారం, అవతరించింది
Original: ἐπιφαίνω / ἐπιφάνεια
Category: Christology
NEW. Renders ἐπιφαίνω/ἐπιφάνεια, the decisive, historical, once-for-all ‘shining forth’ of grace (2:11), Christ’s future glory (2:13), and God’s kindness (3:4). Built from ప్రత్యక్ష (‘visible/manifest before the eyes’), never from an అవతార- root. Tirupati’s Venkateswara (Balaji) temple keeps repeatable avatar-descent theology culturally live; this motif recurs three times in the core passage and every occurrence must be kept visibly distinct from that framework.
Renewal
Approved rendering: నూతనపరచుట
Transliteration: nūtanaparachuṭa
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: పరిశుద్ధపరచడం (sanctification, a related but distinct locked term)
Original: ἀνακαίνωσις
Category: Salvation
NEW. The Holy Spirit’s ongoing renewing work of the whole person (Titus 3:5), paired with but distinct from the one-time new birth (regeneration) and from sanctification. Keep all three terminologically distinct.
Godliness
Approved rendering: దైవభక్తి
Transliteration: daivabhakti
Doctrine: Godliness and Ungodliness
Rejected alternatives: భక్తి (bare, without దైవ- prefix)
Original: εὐσέβεια
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Renders εὐσέβεια, Titus’s central positive character-goal (1:1; 2:12). Shares its భక్తి root with the term the baseline explicitly rejected as an alternative for faith (విశ్వాసం) due to Vaishnava/Shaiva devotional connotations. For godliness — a distinct Greek word — this root is correct, but every occurrence requires a companion note distinguishing విశ్వాసం (trust, root) from దైవభక్తి (godliness, fruit).
Ungodliness
Approved rendering: దైవభక్తిహీనత
Transliteration: daivabhakti-hīnata
Doctrine: Godliness and Ungodliness
Original: ἀσέβεια
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Direct antonym of దైవభక్తి (Titus 2:12); keep the దైవభక్తి root visible so the antonym pairing remains legible to learners.
Age Present Age
Approved rendering: యుగం (with caution) / ఈ లోకకాలము
Transliteration: yugam / ī lōkakālamu
Doctrine: Blessed Hope and Eternal Life
Rejected alternatives: యుగం used unguarded, without periphrasis or catechetical framing
Original: αἰών
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Renders αἰών (1:2 ‘before the ages’; 2:12 ‘the present age’). యుగం is also the exact term for the Hindu cosmological Yugas, a cyclical, declining-and-renewing time scheme. Biblical αἰών is strictly linear-historical. Prefer the periphrasis ఈ లోకకాలము wherever the cyclical association is a live risk; flag every occurrence.
Good Works
Approved rendering: సత్కార్యములు
Transliteration: satkāryamulu
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: క్రియలు (bare, insufficiently specific)
Original: καλὸν / ἀγαθὸν ἔργον
Category: Ethics
NEW. The single most-repeated load-bearing phrase in Titus (1:16; 2:7,14; 3:1,8,14). Every occurrence must be checked against 3:5’s explicit works-exclusion clause to preserve the sequence grace → works (fruit, never cause), mirroring the baseline’s Romans 4:4-5/11:5-6 grace-merit rule.
Mercy
Approved rendering: కనికరము
Transliteration: kanikaramu
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
NEW. Renders ἔλεος, the stated basis of salvation in Titus 3:5. Must be kept distinct from baseline-locked కృప (grace): mercy names compassion toward those in misery/need (cf. 3:3’s vice list immediately prior); grace names unmerited favor generally. Both essential, not interchangeable.
Redeem Ransom
Approved rendering: విమోచించు
Transliteration: vimōchin̄chu
Doctrine: Redemption and Purification from Sin
Rejected alternatives: విడుదల (mere release, no price-paid nuance)
Original: λυτρόω
Category: Salvation
NEW. Renders λυτρόω (Titus 2:14), Christ’s atoning death as a costly ransom. Must retain the ‘price paid’ nuance; must not be assimilated to moksha/mukti-style liberation from a cosmic rebirth cycle — the same underlying concern the baseline documents for రక్షణ.
People For Gods Possession
Approved rendering: స్వకీయ ప్రజలు
Transliteration: svakīya prajalu
Doctrine: Universal Scope of Grace
Original: λαὸς περιούσιος
Category: Church
NEW. Renders λαὸς περιούσιος (Titus 2:14), echoing Exodus 19:5 covenant language. Must not suggest a privileged ethnic/social elite or caste-like hierarchy of belonging; every believer belongs equally, directly resonant with the baseline’s Dalit Christian mass-movement history note.
Training Grace
Approved rendering: శిక్షణ ఇచ్చుట
Transliteration: śikṣaṇa ivvuṭa
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: παιδεύω
Category: Sanctification
NEW. Anchor verb (παιδεύω, Titus 2:12) for the curriculum’s namesake doctrine. Risk: శిక్షణ carries a harsh disciplinary/penal or military-training connotation in everyday Telugu; must be framed relationally (grace forming character out of love) so it is never misread as punishment for merit-failure, which would contradict the same passage’s grace-not-works doctrine.
Elder
Approved rendering: సంఘ పెద్దలు
Transliteration: sangha peddalu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: పెద్దలు (bare — too easily read as generic community/caste elders)
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church
NEW, built on baseline-locked సంఘము. Renders πρεσβύτερος (Titus 1:5), the appointed office of spiritual oversight. Must be disambiguated from πρεσβύτης, ‘older man’ (2:2, no office), and from generic Indian village/caste-council ‘పెద్దలు,’ which carries no ecclesial ordination sense. The సంఘ- prefix is mandatory and non-optional.
Overseer Bishop
Approved rendering: సంఘాధ్యక్షుడు
Transliteration: sanghādhyakṣuḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: బిషప్ (imports a modern denominational office not in view)
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Church
NEW. Renders ἐπίσκοπος (Titus 1:7), used interchangeably with πρεσβύτερος for the very same office. Genuine cross-denominational-consistency risk: episcopal-tradition readers (CSI/Anglican-descended, Lutheran) may hear a distinct, higher hierarchical office, while Baptist/independent-tradition readers correctly read it as a simple synonym. Curriculum materials must state explicitly that both Greek terms name one office in Titus 1:5-7.
Sound Doctrine
Approved rendering: హితబోధ
Transliteration: hitabōdha
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: సరైన బోధ (merely ‘correct,’ loses the health-metaphor)
Original: ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία
Category: Doctrine
NEW. Anchor term (ὑγιαίνουσα διδασκαλία) for the curriculum’s namesake doctrine, occurring five times (1:9,13; 2:1,2,8). Must be rendered identically across all five occurrences so the book-spanning medical metaphor (health-giving vs. disease-producing teaching) stays visible.
Reverent Demeanor
Approved rendering: పరిశుద్ధతకు తగిన నడవడిక గలవారు
Transliteration: pariśuddhatakku tagina naḍavaḍika galavāru
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: అర్చకత్వ-based vocabulary (priestly/temple-office connotation)
Original: ἱεροπρεπής
Category: Ethics
NEW. Renders ἱεροπρεπής (Titus 2:3). The literal root (ἱερός, ‘sacred/temple’) risks a priestly/temple-office connotation Titus does not intend for these women; rendered strictly as demeanor, not office or ritual role.
Submit Be Subject
Approved rendering: లోబడుట
Transliteration: lōbaḍuṭa
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Rejected alternatives: ధార్మిక కర్తవ్యం (merit-earning duty)
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Authority
NEW. Renders ὑποτάσσω, one Greek verb spanning wives (2:5), bondservants (2:9), and citizens before rulers (3:1). Must be rendered consistently across all three occurrences while remaining contextually clear which relationship is meant; must not read as merit-earning obligation, since biblical submission is voluntary gospel witness.
Rulers Authorities
Approved rendering: అధికారులు / అధికారములు
Transliteration: adhikārulu / adhikāramulu
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ἀρχή, ἐξουσία
Category: Authority
NEW. Renders ἀρχή/ἐξουσία (Titus 3:1), human civil government. Must be kept distinct from ἐπιταγή (authoritative_command, Titus’s own derived teaching authority, 2:15) so civil and ecclesial authority are never conflated.
Heirs
Approved rendering: వారసులు
Transliteration: vārasulu
Doctrine: Heirs and Inheritance
Original: κληρονόμος
Category: Salvation
NEW. Renders κληρονόμος (Titus 3:7), extending the logic of the baseline-locked దత్తపుత్రత్వం (adoption) doctrine without duplicating its term. Must convey inheritance as God’s own children, not a merely legal/secular property sense, and not a karma-merited inheritance.
Hope
Approved rendering: నిరీక్షణ
Transliteration: nirīkṣaṇa
Doctrine: Blessed Hope and Eternal Life
Rejected alternatives: ఆశ (mere wish/desire, lacks certainty)
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Renders ἐλπίς (1:2; 2:13 ‘blessed hope’; 3:7 ‘hope of eternal life’), confident expectation grounded in God’s character. Must not collapse into ఆశ, which in everyday Telugu reads as uncertain wishing.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: నిత్యజీవం
Transliteration: nityajīvam
Doctrine: Blessed Hope and Eternal Life
Original: ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Eschatology
NEW. Renders ζωὴ αἰώνιος (1:2; 3:7). Must convey unending, personal, relational, bodily-resurrection life with God, guarding against a moksha-adjacent misreading (impersonal absorption or release from rebirth) — the same underlying concern the baseline documents for రక్షణ.
Divisive Person
Approved rendering: భేదోత్పాదకుడు
Transliteration: bhēdōtpādakuḍu
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Rejected alternatives: మతభ్రష్టుడు (imports the later, fully technical ‘heretic’ sense)
Original: αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Church Discipline
NEW. Renders αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος (Titus 3:10), root of English ‘heretic,’ but here (pre-technical usage) names relational factiousness/party-spirit, not exclusively formal doctrinal heresy. Has real church-discipline stakes for living congregations.
Husband Of One Wife
Approved rendering: ఏకపత్నీ భర్త
Transliteration: ēkapatnī bharta
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα
Category: Church
NEW. Renders μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα (Titus 1:6), a marital-fidelity qualification for the elder office. Handle with pastoral sensitivity across the varied marital and family histories represented among Telugu learners.
Profession Versus Practice
Approved rendering: దేవుని ఎరుగుదుమని ఒప్పుకొనుచు, క్రియలచేత ఆయనను ఎరుగమని చెప్పుచున్నారు
Transliteration: Dēvuni erugudumani oppukon̄uchu, kriyalachēta āyananu erugamani cheppuchunnāru
Doctrine: Confronting False Teaching
Original: ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι τὸν θεόν, τοῖς δὲ ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται
Category: Doctrine
NEW. Renders Titus 1:16’s sharp irony (‘they profess to know God but by their works deny him’), load-bearing for the whole book’s argument. Must not be softened into a milder ‘inconsistency.‘
Medium Risk Terms
Faith
Approved rendering: విశ్వాసం
Transliteration: viswāsam
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: భక్తి
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. In Titus, every occurrence of దైవభక్తి (godliness) must be explicitly distinguished from విశ్వాసం so that trust-in-Christ (root) and godly devotion (fruit) are never collapsed into one merit-generating piety concept.
Law
Approved rendering: ధర్మశాస్త్రము
Transliteration: dharmaśāstramu
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Subject of the unproductive quarrels named in Titus 3:9 and the ‘circumcision party’ controversy of 1:10. Do not coin a niyama-based alternative.
Apostle
Approved rendering: అపొస్తలుడు
Transliteration: apostaluḍu
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: గురువు
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Paul’s self-identification, Titus 1:1.
Peace
Approved rendering: శాంతి
Transliteration: śānti
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: మనశ్శాంతి
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unaltered. Paired with grace in the letter’s opening greeting, Titus 1:4.
Lawlessness
Approved rendering: అధర్మం
Transliteration: adharmam
Doctrine: Redemption and Purification from Sin
Original: ἀνομία
Category: Sin
NEW. Renders ἀνομία (Titus 2:14), distinct from ἁμαρτία (baseline-locked పాపం, sin generally). The baseline rejected అధర్మం as a rendering for sin precisely because it under-specifies personal guilt before a personal God; here it is the CORRECT word because the Greek itself specifies lawlessness. Do not confuse the two distinct Greek terms.
Purify Cleanse
Approved rendering: శుద్ధిచేయు
Transliteration: śuddhicheyu
Doctrine: Redemption and Purification from Sin
Rejected alternatives: పరిశుద్ధపరచడం (sanctification, related but distinct locked term)
Original: καθαρίζω
Category: Salvation
NEW. Renders καθαρίζω (Titus 2:14), Christ’s decisive one-time cleansing-purchase. Keep terminologically distinct from baseline-locked sanctification so this purchase-event is never confused with the Spirit’s ongoing sanctifying work.
Older Man
Approved rendering: వృద్ధులు
Transliteration: vṛddhulu
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: πρεσβύτης
Category: Ethics
NEW. Renders πρεσβύτης (Titus 2:2), a general age-demographic term, NOT the office of elder, despite sharing the same Greek root as πρεσβύτερος. Must be kept visibly distinct from సంఘ పెద్దలు.
Pure Chaste
Approved rendering: పవిత్రమైన / నిష్కళంకమైన
Transliteration: pavitramaina / niṣkalaṅkamaina
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: పరిశుద్ధ (would duplicate ἅγιος, the locked term for a different Greek word)
Original: ἁγνός
Category: Ethics
NEW. Renders ἁγνός (Titus 2:5), moral/sexual purity and chastity specifically, a near-synonym of but distinct from ἅγιος (corporate set-apartness).
Devout Personal Piety
Approved rendering: పవిత్రప్రవర్తనగలవాడు
Transliteration: pavitrapravartana galavāḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: పరిశుద్ధ (would duplicate ἅγιος within the same elder-qualification list)
Original: ὅσιος
Category: Church
NEW. Renders ὅσιος (Titus 1:8), personal devoutness, a near-synonym of ἅγιος emphasizing individual piety rather than corporate set-apart status. Requires its own distinct phrase to avoid redundant collision within the same list.
Adorn The Teaching
Approved rendering: బోధను అలంకరించు
Transliteration: bōdhanu alaṅkarin̄chu
Doctrine: Gospel Credibility Before Outsiders
Original: κοσμέω
Category: Doctrine
NEW. Renders κοσμέω (Titus 2:10). Must not be read as decorative/superficial ‘polishing’; the sense is that consistent godly conduct renders the gospel’s claims credible and winsome before outsiders.
Obey Authority
Approved rendering: విధేయులై యుండు
Transliteration: vidhēyulai uṇḍu
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: πειθαρχέω
Category: Authority
NEW. Renders πειθαρχέω (Titus 3:1), practical compliance with legitimate civil authority. Cognate with baseline-locked విశ్వాస విధేయత family; frames civic obedience as an expression of faith-produced obedience, not independent merit-earning duty.
Foolish Controversies
Approved rendering: మూఢమైన తర్కములు / వివాదములు
Transliteration: mūḍhamaina tarkamulu / vivādamulu
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: μωραὶ ζητήσεις
Category: Church Discipline
NEW. Renders μωραὶ ζητήσεις (Titus 3:9). Must convey pointless speculative wrangling, deliberately contrasted with 3:8’s ‘good and profitable’ good works — not legitimate theological inquiry.
Genealogies As Controversy
Approved rendering: వంశావళులు
Transliteration: vamśāvaḷulu
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: γενεαλογία
Category: Church Discipline
NEW. Renders γενεαλογία (Titus 3:9). Context-specific to unproductive lineage disputes in Crete; not a blanket judgment on all biblical genealogical material (e.g., Matthew 1).
Quarrels About Law
Approved rendering: ధర్మశాస్త్రమును గూర్చిన వాదములు
Transliteration: dharmaśāstramunu gūrchina vādamulu
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: ἔρεις καὶ μάχαι νομικαί
Category: Covenant
NEW, reusing baseline-locked ధర్మశాస్త్రము. Renders ἔρεις καὶ μάχαι νομικαί (Titus 3:9), echoing the ‘circumcision party’ controversy of 1:10.
Kindness
Approved rendering: దయ / మంచితనం
Transliteration: daya / man̄chitanam
Doctrine: Mercy, Kindness, and the Saving Work of God
Original: χρηστότης
Category: God
NEW. Renders χρηστότης (Titus 3:4), God’s active benevolent disposition in action, distinct from but closely related to grace. The turning-point word of 3:4’s ‘But when…’.
Philanthropy Love For Mankind
Approved rendering: మానవుల యెడల ప్రేమ
Transliteration: mānavula yeḍala prēma
Doctrine: Mercy, Kindness, and the Saving Work of God
Original: φιλανθρωπία
Category: God
NEW. Renders φιλανθρωπία (Titus 3:4), a rare NT word. Must not be read as secular humanitarianism detached from God; names God’s own posture of love toward humanity generally.
Slave Of God
Approved rendering: దేవుని దాసుడు
Transliteration: Dēvuni dāsuḍu
Doctrine: Apostolic Commission and Divine Calling
Original: δοῦλος θεοῦ
Category: Ministry
NEW. Renders δοῦλος θεοῦ (Titus 1:1), Paul’s self-identification as wholly belonging to God. Total, willing ownership-belonging, not a diminished or degrading status.
Experiential Knowledge Of Truth
Approved rendering: సత్యమును గూర్చిన అనుభవపూర్వక జ్ఞానం
Transliteration: satyamunu gūrchina anubhavapūrvaka jñānam
Doctrine: Apostolic Commission and Divine Calling
Original: ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας
Category: Faith
NEW. Renders ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας (Titus 1:1), a deepening, experiential grasp of gospel truth, distinct from mere information (γνῶσις).
Devoted To Good Works
Approved rendering: ముందుండి నడిపించు / అభ్యసించు
Transliteration: munduṇḍi naḍipin̄chu / abhyasin̄chu
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: προΐστημι / φροντίζω
Category: Ethics
NEW. Renders προΐστημι/φροντίζω (Titus 3:8,14), careful, ongoing, deliberate engagement in good works — the letter’s structural bookend to 2:14’s ‘zealous for good works.‘
Rebuke Reprove
Approved rendering: ఖండించు
Transliteration: khaṇḍin̄chu
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἐλέγχω
Category: Ministry
NEW. Renders ἐλέγχω (Titus 1:9,13; 2:15), authoritative correction that exposes error, paired with exhortation as a dual pastoral task. Must convey pastoral, authoritative correction, not harsh personal insult.
Authoritative Command
Approved rendering: ఆజ్ఞాధికారము
Transliteration: ājñādhikāramu
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: ἐπιταγή
Category: Ministry
NEW. Renders ἐπιταγή (Titus 2:15; also 1:3 of God’s own command), Titus’s derived, delegated apostolic-teaching authority. Must be distinguished from అధికారులు/అధికారములు (civil rulers, 3:1).
Blameless
Approved rendering: నిందారహితుడు
Transliteration: nindārahituḍu
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἀνέγκλητος
Category: Church
NEW. Renders ἀνέγκλητος (Titus 1:6-7), the governing qualification-word for the whole elder-qualification list.
Divisive Teachers Judaizing
Approved rendering: సున్నతి పక్షమువారు
Transliteration: sunnati pakṣamuvāru
Doctrine: Confronting False Teaching
Original: οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς
Category: Church Discipline
NEW. Renders οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς (Titus 1:10), the specific Judaizing legalism opposed in Titus. Must be framed as a historical Judaizing controversy, not a general statement about Jewish people.
Insubordinate Deceivers
Approved rendering: అవిధేయులు / వ్యర్థమాటలాడువారు / మనసులను మోసపరచువారు
Transliteration: avidhēyulu / vyarthamāṭalāḍuvāru / manasulanu mōsaparachuvāru
Doctrine: Confronting False Teaching
Original: ἀνυπότακτοι, ματαιολόγοι, φρεναπάται
Category: Church Discipline
NEW. Renders ἀνυπότακτοι, ματαιολόγοι, φρεναπάται (Titus 1:10), the disruptive false-teacher profile setting up ‘Avoiding Divisive Controversies.‘
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Older Woman
Approved rendering: వృద్ధురాండ్రు
Transliteration: vṛddhurāṇḍru
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: πρεσβῦτις
Category: Ethics
NEW. Renders πρεσβῦτις (Titus 2:3), the parallel demographic term to πρεσβύτης, feminine; no office implied.
Faithful Saying
Approved rendering: ఈ వాక్యము నమ్మదగినది
Transliteration: ī vākyamu nammadaginadi
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος
Category: Doctrine
NEW. Renders Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος (Titus 3:8), a Pauline formulaic marker (cf. 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11) flagging 3:4-7 as a reliable, creed-like gospel summary.
Defiled
Approved rendering: అపవిత్రపరచబడినవారు
Transliteration: apavitraparachabaḍinavāru
Doctrine: Confronting False Teaching
Original: μιαίνω (μεμιαμμένοις)
Category: Sin
NEW. Renders μεμιαμμένοις (Titus 1:15), morally/spiritually contaminated — the opposite pole of the holy/pure vocabulary family.
Mind And Conscience
Approved rendering: మనసు మరియు మనఃసాక్షి
Transliteration: manasu mariyu manaḥsākṣi
Doctrine: Confronting False Teaching
Original: νοῦς καὶ ἡ συνείδησις
Category: Anthropology
NEW. Renders νοῦς καὶ ἡ συνείδησις (Titus 1:15), the inner faculties corrupted by false teaching in view.
Cretan Poet Quotation
Approved rendering: (retain as attributed quotation; no fixed coined term)
Transliteration: —
Doctrine: Confronting False Teaching
Original: Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται, κακὰ θηρία, γαστέρες ἀργαί
Category: Scripture
NEW. Renders the Epimenides quotation (Titus 1:12). A footnote clarifying this is an attributed citation of a non-Christian Cretan poet (not Paul’s own novel insult) is recommended for learner materials.
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