Core Glossary
Core Glossary: 1 Peter (English–Urdu)
Curriculum: 1 Peter | Destination language: Urdu (Perso-Arabic/Nastaliq script)
Governing authority: Extends the baseline Romans/Galatians translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json. Terms already recorded there are marked [Baseline] and reused exactly; all other terms are new to this curriculum and proposed here for promotion into translation memory.
Risk tiers follow the baseline’s doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions (Critical/High require human theologian review; Medium requires native speaker review; Low requires automated review only).
Glossary Table
| # | English term | Greek (translit.) | Urdu rendering | Risk | Doctrine link | Status | Translation risk note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God | θεός | خدا | Critical | (all) | [Baseline] | Never اللہ; see baseline god entry. |
| 2 | Lord | κύριος | خداوند | Critical | Lordship of Christ | [Baseline] | Exclusive supreme Lordship, never softened. |
| 3 | Jesus Christ | Ἰησοῦς Χριστός | یسوع مسیح | Critical | (all) | [Baseline] | Never bare عیسیٰ. |
| 4 | Holy Spirit | πνεῦμα ἅγιον | روح القدس | Critical | Sanctification | [Baseline] | Distinct from Qur’anic ruh al-qudus = angel Jibreel. |
| 5 | Father | πατήρ | باپ | Critical | Adoption | [Baseline] | |
| 6 | Faith | πίστις | ایمان | High | Faith | [Baseline] | Object must be recoverable: trust in Christ. |
| 7 | Grace | χάρις | فضل | High | Grace | [Baseline] | Unmerited, apart from works. |
| 8 | Salvation | σωτηρία | نجات | Critical | Salvation | [Baseline] | Shared word, two mechanisms; contrastive teaching mandatory every occurrence — especially dense in 1 Pet 1:5, 1:9-10, 4:18. |
| 9 | Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη | راستبازی | Critical | Justification/Salvation | [Baseline] | Central to “suffering for righteousness’ sake” (3:14). |
| 10 | Resurrection (of Christ) | ἀνάστασις | قیامت | Critical | Living Hope of the Resurrection | [Baseline] | Always with qualifying phrase “مُردوں میں سے جی اُٹھنا.” Foundational to 1:3, 1:21, 3:21. |
| 11 | Cross / crucifixion | σταυρός / ξύλον | صلیب / مصلوب | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | [Baseline] | ξύλον (2:24) rendered consistently as صلیب. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence; direct Qur’an 4:157 collision. |
| 12 | Flesh | σάρξ | جسم | High | Holiness in Conduct; Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | [Baseline] | Not body-negation; used both of sinful desire (2:11, 4:2) and of Christ’s death “in the flesh” (3:18, 4:1). |
| 13 | Idolatry | εἰδωλολατρία | بت پرستی | High | Holiness in Conduct | [Baseline] | 4:3. |
| 14 | Election / chosen | ἐκλεκτός / ἐκλογή | منتخب / خدا کا انتخاب | High | Living Hope; Church as Priesthood | [Baseline, extended] | Never تقدیر. Applies to 1:1’s “elect exiles” and 2:9’s “chosen race.” |
| 15 | Fellowship / sharing | κοινωνία / κοινωνέω | رفاقت | Low–High (context-dependent) | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | [Baseline, extended] | Low as general term; High when applied to “sharing Christ’s sufferings” (4:13) — must not imply adding to the atonement. |
| 16 | Heir / inheritance (status) | κληρονόμος | وارث | Medium | Living Hope of the Resurrection | [Baseline] | 3:7’s “fellow heirs of the grace of life.” |
| 17 | Power of God | δύναμις θεοῦ | خدا کی قدرت | High | Living Hope; Elders and Humility | [Baseline] | Safe shared vocabulary. |
| 18 | Eternal (life/dominion) | αἰώνιος | ابدی | High–Low | Living Hope; closing doxology | [Baseline] | 5:11’s “eternal dominion”; reuse ابدی root from Galatians eternal_life. |
| 19 | Regeneration / born again | ἀναγεννάω | از سرِ نو پیدا کیا / دوبارہ پیدا کیا | High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | New | No Islamic ontological-rebirth category exists; distinguish from tawbah (moral turning) and from any reincarnation reading. 1:3, 1:23. |
| 20 | Living hope | ἐλπὶς ζῶσα | زندہ امید | High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | New | Anchor to Christ’s accomplished resurrection, not generic hope in mercy at judgment. 1:3. |
| 21 | Inheritance (the thing itself) | κληρονομία | میراث | High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | New | Collides with the Qur’anic fixed-shares inheritance-law system (Qur’an 4:11-12); this inheritance is undivided and identical for all believers, not apportioned by formula. 1:4. |
| 22 | Mercy | ἔλεος | رحمت | Medium–High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | New | Genuine shared divine attribute (al-Rahman, al-Rahim); here operates as sole, sufficient cause of regeneration apart from deeds — must be distinguished from Islamic mercy-within-mizan framework, per baseline’s grace entry logic. 1:3. |
| 23 | Last time / last days | καιρὸς ἔσχατος | آخری زمانہ | Medium–High | Living Hope of the Resurrection | New | Never آخرت (the specific Islamic Hereafter/judgment-realm term). 1:5, 1:20. |
| 24 | Trial(s) | πειρασμός | آزمائش | Medium | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | New | Safe shared vocabulary (cf. bala’/fitnah); frame as purposive/refining, not arbitrary fate. 1:6, 4:12. |
| 25 | Genuineness/testedness (of faith) | δοκίμιον | کسوٹی پر آزمائی گئی سچائی | Medium | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | New | Faith proven, not manufactured, by trial; guard against merit-reading. 1:7. |
| 26 | Revelation/appearing (of Christ) | ἀποκάλυψις | (یسوع مسیح کا) ظاہر ہونا | High | Living Hope; distinct from other ἀποκάλυψις senses | New | Disambiguate from Galatians’ apostolic-revelation sense and 1 Pet 1:5’s salvation-unveiling sense. 1:7, 1:13, 4:13. |
| 27 | Soul | ψυχή | جان | Medium | Living Hope of the Resurrection | New | Kept distinct from روح (spirit/Holy Spirit) to avoid confusion. 1:9, 1:22, 2:11, 2:25, 3:20, 4:19. |
| 28 | Elect exiles / sojourners | παρεπίδημος / πάροικος | پردیسی / مسافر | High | Living Hope; Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | New | Genuine, positive diaspora-resonance bridge for Urdu-speaking minority-context readers; frame as spiritual, not merely social/political, status. 1:1, 2:11. |
| 29 | Dispersion | διασπορά | پراگندگی / شتات | Medium | (contextual) | New | Requires footnote on OT/Jewish background now applied to the church. 1:1. |
| 30 | Foreknowledge (of God) | πρόγνωσις | (خدا کا) پیشگی علم | High | Living Hope; adjacent to Providence | New | Adjacent to taqdir/qadar debate; engage directly, never substitute تقدیر. 1:2. |
| 31 | Sprinkling of blood | ῥαντισμὸς αἵματος | خون کا چھڑکاؤ | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | New | Presupposes historical shedding of Christ’s blood (his death); mandatory theologian review. 1:2. |
| 32 | Spirit of Christ | πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ | مسیح کی روح | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering; Deity of Christ (baseline) | New | Implies Christ’s pre-incarnate divine identity; compounds two Critical baseline doctrines. 1:11. |
| 33 | Sufferings [of Christ] / glories | παθήματα / δόξαι | (مسیح کے) دکھ / جلال | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering; Living Hope | New | Suffering-then-glory sequence structures the whole letter; presupposes real crucifixion. 1:11. |
| 34 | Conduct / way of life | ἀναστροφή | چال چلن | Medium | Holiness in Conduct | New | Whole-of-life holiness, not isolated ritual acts; distinct from tahara categories. 1:15, 1:18, 2:12, 3:1-2, 3:16. |
| 35 | Redemption / ransomed | λυτρόω / λύτρωσις | چھڑایا / چھٹکارا | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | [Baseline term reused, new Greek root] | Distinct from Islamic fidyah’s compensatory logic. 1:18. |
| 36 | Lamb without blemish | ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος καὶ ἄσπιλος | بے عیب اور بے داغ برّہ | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | New | Genuine qurbani/Eid al-Adha bridge point, but must be qualified: once-for-all substitutionary atonement, not repeatable ritual sacrifice. Mandatory theologian review. 1:19. |
| 37 | Living word of God | λόγος Θεοῦ ζῶν | خدا کا زندہ کلام | High | Holiness in Conduct; Living Hope | New | کلام also names the Qur’an’s own uncreated-speech doctrine in classical Islamic theology; here it is the gospel proclamation, not a claim about an eternal book. 1:23, 1:25. |
| 38 | Brotherly love | φιλαδελφία | برادرانہ محبت | Medium | Holiness in Conduct | New | Church-family love, distinct from ummah-brotherhood. 1:22, 2:17, 3:8. |
| 39 | Living stone | λίθος ζῶν | زندہ پتھر | Medium | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | New | Christological building-metaphor; preserve زندہ motif. 2:4-5. |
| 40 | Spiritual house | οἶκος πνευματικός | روحانی گھر | Medium | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | New | Corporate ecclesiology. 2:5. |
| 41 | Holy / royal priesthood | ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον / βασίλειον | مقدس کہانت / شاہی کہانت | High | Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | New | Corporate, not clerical-elite; distinguish from pre-Islamic kāhin (soothsayer) association; genuine bridge point with Islam’s own no-priestly-intermediary structure. 2:5, 2:9. Mandatory theologian review recommended given doctrine-title status. |
| 42 | Chosen race / holy nation | γένος ἐκλεκτόν / ἔθνος ἅγιον | منتخب نسل / مقدس قوم | High | Church as Holy and Royal Priesthood | New | قوم kept distinct from ummah. 2:9. |
| 43 | Submission (to authority) | ὑποτάσσω | تابع ہونا / اطاعت کرنا | High | Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance | New | اطاعت shares no root with اسلام; still requires mandatory pastoral framing — voluntary, Christ-honoring, never blanket political-religious endorsement, never fatalistic passivity toward injustice. 2:13, 2:18, 3:1, 3:5, 5:5. |
| 44 | Suffering unjustly / for doing good | πάσχειν ἀδίκως / ἀγαθοποιοῦντες | ناحق دکھ اٹھانا / نیکی کرتے ہوئے دکھ اٹھانا | High | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | New | Never encourage courting persecution; commend steadfast endurance modeled on Christ, not suffering as inherently virtuous. 2:19-20. |
| 45 | Example / pattern | ὑπογραμμός | نمونہ | Low | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | New | 2:21. |
| 46 | Bore [sin] in his body on the tree | ἀνήνεγκεν…ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον | (اپنے بدن میں) صلیب پر اٹھایا | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | New (uses baseline صلیب) | Single densest Critical statement of substitutionary suffering in the book; mandatory theologian review every occurrence. 2:24. |
| 47 | By his wounds healed | μώλωψ…ἰάθητε | زخموں سے شفا پانا | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | New | Isaiah 53 fulfillment-link; compounds fulfillment-of-prophecy and crucifixion risks. 2:24. |
| 48 | Shepherd / overseer | ποιμήν / ἐπίσκοπος | چرواہا / نگران | Medium | Elders and Humility | New | نگران deliberately NOT نگہبان (Galatians’ paidagogos term) — avoids implying Christ’s/elders’ oversight is a temporary custodial office. 2:25, 5:1-4. |
| 49 | Gentle and quiet spirit | πραῢ καὶ ἡσύχιον πνεῦμα | حلیم اور خاموش روح | Low–Medium | Elders and Humility | New | حلیم is a genuine shared virtue-term (cf. al-Halim); safe bridge. 3:4. |
| 50 | Humility / humble-minded | ταπεινοφροσύνη / ταπεινόφρων | تواضع / فروتنی | Low–Medium | Elders and Humility | New | Genuine shared Islamic ethical virtue; anchor specifically to Christ’s own self-humbling pattern. 3:8, 5:5-6. |
| 51 | Reasoned defense / answer | ἀπολογία | جواب / دفاع | Medium | Submission to Authority; Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | New | Frame as gentle, non-confrontational, given real social risk around religious conversation. 3:15. |
| 52 | Good conscience | συνείδησις ἀγαθή | نیک ضمیر | Low | Holiness in Conduct; Baptism | New | ضمیر is safe, shared ethical-category vocabulary. 3:16, 3:21. |
| 53 | Christ suffered once for sins | Χριστὸς ἅπαξ…ἔπαθεν | مسیح نے ایک ہی بار گناہوں کے لیے دکھ اٹھایا | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | New | ἅπαξ (“once for all”) must never be diluted toward repeatable-ritual framing. Mandatory theologian review. 3:18. |
| 54 | Righteous for the unrighteous | δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων | راستباز…بے انصافوں کے بدلے | High | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | New | Preposition must carry substitutionary (“in place of”), not merely beneficiary, force. 3:18. |
| 55 | Put to death in flesh, made alive in spirit | θανατωθεὶς σαρκί, ζωοποιηθεὶς πνεύματι | جسم میں مار ڈالا گیا، روح میں زندہ کیا گیا | Critical | Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering; Living Hope | New | Compounds crucifixion-denial and resurrection risks in a single clause. 3:18. |
| 56 | Proclamation to the spirits [in prison] | πνεύμασιν…ἐκήρυξεν | روحوں کے پاس جا کر منادی کی | High | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (3:18-22) | New | Interpretively complex/debated even within Christian orthodoxy; render as openly as the Greek; mandatory theologian review; disambiguate روح (human spirits) from روح القدس. 3:19. |
| 57 | Baptism (as antitype) | ἀντίτυπον βάπτισμα | بپتسمہ | High | Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits; Church as Priesthood | New | Distinguish from wudu/ghusl ritual washing; explicitly “not removal of dirt…but appeal for a good conscience”; highest real-world social/legal sensitivity as a visible conversion-marker — apply baseline’s apostasy_and_persecution_risk pastoral pattern. 3:21. |
| 58 | God’s right hand / cosmic subjection | δεξιὰ Θεοῦ / ὑποταγέντων | خدا کا دہنا ہاتھ / تابع ہو گئے | Medium | Lordship of Christ (baseline) | New | Exaltation/Lordship claim; ties to baseline Critical Lordship doctrine. 3:22. |
| 59 | Will of God | θέλημα Θεοῦ | خدا کی مرضی | Low–Medium | Holiness in Conduct | New | Genuine shared vocabulary (ridā/submission-to-will); specify content (holiness, love, gospel) rather than leaving generic. 4:2, 4:19. |
| 60 | Christian (the name) | Χριστιανός | مسیحی | Low | Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | New | Standard, safe, established Urdu term. 4:16. |
| 61 | Judgment begins at God’s house / scarcely saved | κρίμα…/δίκαιος μόλις σώζεται | عدالت کا آغاز خدا کے گھر سے / راستباز مشکل سے نجات پاتا ہے | High | Salvation (baseline); Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | New | Rhetorical a fortiori argument; must be read in harmony with, not against, the letter’s own assurance-of-salvation statements. 4:17-18. |
| 62 | Creator | κτίστης | خالق | Low–Medium | Providence (baseline, extended) | New | Genuine shared divine-attribute term (al-Khaliq); anchor to the triune God of this letter. 4:19. |
| 63 | Elder | πρεσβύτερος | بزرگ | Medium-High | Elders and Humility | New | Plural, shared-oversight, servant-leadership office; distinguish from clerical-authority figures (imam/maulvi/mufti/pir) and from Sufi venerated-elite status. 5:1, 5:5. |
| 64 | Chief Shepherd | ἀρχιποίμην | اعلیٰ چرواہا | Medium | Elders and Humility | New | Christological title grounding all human eldership. 5:4. |
| 65 | Not by compulsion, not for shameful gain, not domineering | μὴ ἀναγκαστῶς…μηδὲ αἰσχροκερδῶς…μηδὲ κατακυριεύοντες | مجبوری سے نہیں…ناجائز فائدے کے لیے نہیں…حکم رانی نہیں کرتے | Low–Medium | Elders and Humility | New | The passage’s own explicit safeguard against clerical/authoritarian collision; worth highlighting in teaching material. 5:2-3. |
| 66 | Crown of glory | στέφανος τῆς δόξης | جلال کا تاج | Low | Elders and Humility | New | Reuses جلال (baseline High). 5:4. |
| 67 | God gives grace to the humble (citation) | ὁ Θεὸς…δίδωσιν χάριν | خدا…تواضع کرنے والوں کو فضل دیتا ہے | Low–Medium | Elders and Humility | New | Direct Proverbs 3:34 (LXX) citation; note explicitly as OT quotation. 5:5. |
| 68 | Adversary, the devil | ἀντίδικος διάβολος | شیطان | Low–Medium | (contextual) | New | Prefer شیطان over ابلیس to avoid importing the specific Qur’anic Iblis angelic/jinn-nature debate. 5:8. |
| 69 | God of all grace…will restore, confirm, strengthen, establish | ὁ Θεὸς πάσης χάριτος…καταρτίσει… | خدا…بحال کرے گا، قائم کرے گا، طاقت دے گا، مضبوط بنیاد ڈالے گا | Low–Medium | Living Hope; closing assurance | New | Capstone assurance statement; flag for consistency with baseline’s assurance_of_salvation doctrine. 5:10. |
| 70 | Babylon (coded for Rome) | Βαβυλών | بابل | Low–Medium | (contextual) | New | Requires footnote clarifying likely symbolic reference, not literal OT Babylon. 5:13. |
| 71 | Kiss of love | φίλημα ἀγάπης | محبت کا بوسہ | Low–Medium | (contextual/cultural) | New | Cultural-adaptation note needed re: South Asian greeting norms; not romantic. 5:14. |
Cross-Reference to Governing Doctrines
| Curriculum doctrine | Primary glossary terms | Highest risk tier present |
|---|---|---|
| The Living Hope of the Resurrection | #10, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 30 | Critical |
| Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake | #9, 24, 25, 34, 43, 44, 51, 60, 61 | Critical |
| The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood | #39, 40, 41, 42, 57 | High |
| Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance | #43, 44, 48 | High |
| Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering | #11, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 46, 47, 53, 54, 55 | Critical |
| Holiness in Conduct | #12, 13, 34, 37, 38, 59 | High |
| Elders and Humility | #48, 49, 50, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 | Medium-High |
| Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (1 Peter 3:18-22) | #53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 | Critical/High |
Recommended Promotions to translation_memory.json
All 53 “New” entries above (items 19–71) are recommended for formal promotion into the shared translation memory at Phase 2, each carrying the risk tier and translation-risk note recorded in this table. Items flagged Critical (19–21 combined context, 31, 32, 33, 36, 46, 53, 55) require mandatory human theologian review before promotion is finalized, consistent with the baseline’s escalation priority order (Critical → High → Forbidden Substitutions → Medium → Low).
Critical Risk Terms
Salvation
Approved rendering: نجات
Transliteration: najāt
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: مکتی
Original: σωτηρία
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Unusually dense in 1 Peter (1:5, 1:9, 1:10, 2:2, 3:20-21, 4:18); every occurrence requires the same mandatory contrastive teaching as the baseline (mercy-weighed-at-judgment vs. Christ’s atonement).
Righteousness
Approved rendering: راستبازی
Transliteration: rāstbāzī
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: نیکی, تقویٰ
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Central to 1 Peter 3:14 (‘suffer for righteousness’ sake’) and 2:24 (‘live to righteousness’); must not collapse into achieved personal piety.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: قیامت
Transliteration: qiyāmat
Doctrine: Resurrection of Christ
Rejected alternatives: پنر جنم
Original: ἀνάστασις
Category: Eschatology
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Foundational to 1 Peter 1:3, 1:21, 3:21. Always with the mandatory qualifying phrase ‘مُردوں میں سے جی اُٹھنا’; distinguished from the general qiyamat all humanity still awaits, itself affirmed doctrine in Islam.
Cross Crucifixion
Approved rendering: صلیب / مصلوب
Transliteration: ṣalīb / maṣlūb
Doctrine: Crucified with Christ
Original: σταυρός / ξύλον
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans/Galatians package, unchanged. ξύλον (‘tree,’ 2:24) rendered consistently as صلیب, never a literal tree-word. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence; direct Qur’an 4:157 collision, densest at 1 Peter 2:24 and 3:18.
Messiah
Approved rendering: مسیح
Transliteration: masīḥ
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Used throughout 1 Peter as یسوع مسیح; content behind the shared Qur’anic title (al-Masih) must always be taught as exceeding the Quranic Isa al-Masih.
Sprinkling Of Blood
Approved rendering: خون کا چھڑکاؤ
Transliteration: khūn kā chhirkāo
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ῥαντισμὸς αἵματος
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 1:2, alluding to Exodus 24’s Sinai covenant-sealing rite, applied to Christ’s own blood. Presupposes the historical shedding (death) of Christ’s blood; never soften to a merely symbolic reading. Mandatory theologian review.
Spirit Of Christ
Approved rendering: مسیح کی روح
Transliteration: masīḥ kī rūḥ
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ
Category: Christology
New for 1 Peter. 1:11. Implies Christ’s pre-incarnate divine identity, compounding the baseline’s Critical deity-of-Christ and Holy-Spirit-identity doctrines. Requires the same eternal-not-begotten annotation used for Sonship material.
Sufferings And Glories Of Christ
Approved rendering: مسیح کے دکھ اور اس کے بعد کا جلال
Transliteration: masīḥ ke dukh aur us ke ba’d kā jalāl
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: παθήματα…δόξαι
Category: Christology
New for 1 Peter. 1:11. Presupposes the historical crucifixion (Qur’an 4:157); must always be taught together with, never separated from, the resurrection/glory that follows — the pattern structuring the whole letter.
Lamb Without Blemish
Approved rendering: خدا کا بے عیب اور بے داغ برّہ
Transliteration: k͟hudā kā be-‘aib aur be-dāgh barrah
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ἀμνὸς ἄμωμος καὶ ἄσπιλος
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 1:19. Genuine positive bridge with qurbani/Eid al-Adha sacrificial practice, but must be immediately qualified: a single, final, substitutionary atonement, not a repeatable ritual offering; presupposes Christ’s historical death. Mandatory theologian review.
Bore Sin On The Tree
Approved rendering: (اپنے بدن میں) صلیب پر اٹھایا
Transliteration: (apne badan meṇ) ṣalīb par uṭhāyā
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ἀνήνεγκεν…ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 2:24, densest single substitutionary statement in the book. ξύλον rendered consistently as صلیب. Mandatory theologian review every occurrence; direct Qur’an 4:157 collision at maximal doctrinal density.
Christ Suffered Once For Sins
Approved rendering: مسیح نے ایک ہی بار گناہوں کے لیے دکھ اٹھایا
Transliteration: masīḥ ne ek hī bār gunāhoṇ ke liye dukh uṭhāyā
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: Χριστὸς ἅπαξ περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν ἔπαθεν
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 3:18, the letter’s clearest single statement of the doctrine. ἅπαξ (‘once for all,’ ایک ہی بار) must never be diluted toward repeatable-ritual framing; presupposes the historical death Qur’an 4:157 denies. Mandatory theologian review.
Put To Death In Flesh Made Alive In Spirit
Approved rendering: جسم میں مار ڈالا گیا، روح میں زندہ کیا گیا
Transliteration: jism meṇ mār ḏālā gayā, rūḥ meṇ zindā kiyā gayā
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: θανατωθεὶς σαρκί, ζωοποιηθεὶς πνεύματι
Category: Christology
New for 1 Peter. 3:18. Compounds the crucifixion-denial risk (death) with the resurrection doctrine in a single clause; mandatory theologian review, consistent with 1:3’s treatment.
High Risk Terms
Gospel
Approved rendering: خوش خبری
Transliteration: khush khabrī
Doctrine: Gospel
Rejected alternatives: انجیل شریف کی تعلیم
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Relevant to 1 Peter 1:12, 1:25 (‘the good news preached to you’); keep distinct from انجیل used alone (Qur’anic taḥrīf-corruption association).
Grace
Approved rendering: فضل
Transliteration: faz̤l
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: رحمت, احسان, کرم
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:2, 3:7, 4:10, 5:5, 5:10, 5:12 (‘the true grace of God’). Distinguish from رحمت (see new ‘mercy’ entry, Section B) and from Islamic mercy-within-mizan framework.
Faith
Approved rendering: ایمان
Transliteration: īmān
Doctrine: Faith
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:5, 1:7-9, 1:21, 5:9 (‘firm in your faith’); object must remain recoverable as trust in Christ, not creedal assent to the six articles of Islamic iman.
Flesh
Approved rendering: جسم
Transliteration: jism
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Rejected alternatives: نفس
Original: σάρξ
Category: Sin
Inherited from Galatians package, unchanged. 1 Peter carries TWO distinct senses under this one term: sinful desire (2:11, 4:2) and Christ’s own human nature ‘put to death’ (3:18, 4:1) — both senses must remain visible and undistinguished in wording but disambiguated in teaching notes.
Sin
Approved rendering: گناہ
Transliteration: gunāh
Doctrine: Universal Human Accountability
Original: ἁμαρτία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 2:22, 2:24, 3:18, 4:1, 4:8. Adds the substitutionary-bearing dimension (2:24) beyond Romans’ individual-accountability framing.
Glory
Approved rendering: جلال
Transliteration: jalāl
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: δόξα
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:7-8, 1:11, 1:21, 4:11, 4:13-14, 5:1, 5:4, 5:10. Must remain anchored to Christ/God, never a generic honor-concept.
Holy
Approved rendering: پاک
Transliteration: pāk
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: طاہر
Original: ἅγιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:15-16 (citing Leviticus 11:44), 2:5, 2:9, 3:15. Whole-of-life moral/relational holiness, never ritual-purity (tahara).
Saints
Approved rendering: مقدس لوگ
Transliteration: muqaddas log
Doctrine: Sainthood
Rejected alternatives: ولی
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Background doctrine for 1 Peter’s corporate holiness/priesthood material (2:5, 2:9); never an ascetic elite (Sufi wali).
Sanctification
Approved rendering: تقدیس
Transliteration: taqdīs
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: پاکیزگی
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:2 (‘sanctification of the Spirit’), Trinitarianly located alongside foreknowledge and sprinkled blood.
Election
Approved rendering: خدا کا انتخاب
Transliteration: k͟hudā kā intik͟hāb
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: تقدیر
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Never تقدیر (see also new ‘foreknowledge’ entry, Section B, for the closely adjacent risk in 1 Peter 1:2). Distinct from new ‘elect_chosen’ entry (adjectival sense applied to persons, 1:1, 2:9).
Power Of God
Approved rendering: خدا کی قدرت
Transliteration: k͟hudā kī qudrat
Doctrine: Power of God for Salvation
Original: δύναμις θεοῦ
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:5, ‘guarded by the power of God.’ Safe shared divine-attribute vocabulary.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: ابدی زندگی
Transliteration: abadī zindagī
Doctrine: Bearing One Another’s Burdens
Inherited from Galatians package, unchanged. ابدی root reused in new ‘eternal_dominion’ compound (Section B, 1 Peter 5:11).
Works Of The Flesh Idolatry
Approved rendering: بت پرستی
Transliteration: but-parastī
Doctrine: Flesh versus Spirit
Original: εἰδωλολατρία
Category: Sin
Inherited from Galatians package, unchanged. 1 Peter 4:3, listed among former Gentile vices. Genuine overlap with shirk-condemnation though definitions differ; do not soften.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: ایمان کی فرمانبرداری
Transliteration: īmān kī farmānbardārī
Doctrine: Obedience of Faith
Rejected alternatives: اسلام
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Background for 1 Peter 1:2, 1:14, 1:22’s obedience language. Never اسلام.
Redemption
Approved rendering: چھڑایا / چھٹکارا
Transliteration: chhuṛāyā / chhuṭkārā
Doctrine: The Law’s Purpose
Rejected alternatives: فدیہ
Inherited from Galatians package, unchanged. Reused for 1 Peter 1:18’s λυτρόω root (see new ‘redemption_ransomed’ entry, Section B, for the 1-Peter-specific compound); distinct from Islamic fidyah’s compensatory-payment logic.
Called
Approved rendering: بلایا گیا
Transliteration: bulāyā gayā
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: دعوت دی گئی
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:15, 2:9, 2:21, 3:9, 5:10, God’s sovereign summons to holiness, suffering-endurance, and glory.
Calling
Approved rendering: بلاہٹ
Transliteration: bulāhaṭ
Doctrine: Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: دعوت
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Noun form; avoid دعوت (da’wah conflation).
Providence
Approved rendering: خدا کی تدبیر
Transliteration: k͟hudā kī tadbīr
Doctrine: Providence
Rejected alternatives: تقدیر
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Background doctrine for 1 Peter 4:19 (‘entrust your souls to the Creator’) and 1:2’s foreknowledge; never تقدیر, engaged directly.
Adoption
Approved rendering: لے پالک بنانا
Transliteration: le-pālak banānā
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Background doctrine underlying 1 Peter 3:7’s ‘fellow heirs.’ Framed relationally, not per Islamic law’s lineage-restricted adoption category (Qur’an 33:4-5).
Covenant
Approved rendering: عہد
Transliteration: ahd
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: معاہدہ
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Background for 1 Peter 1:2’s sprinkling-of-blood covenant allusion (Exodus 24).
Elect Chosen
Approved rendering: منتخب
Transliteration: muntakhab
Doctrine: Elect-Exile Identity
Rejected alternatives: تقدیر
New for 1 Peter. Adjectival sense of ἐκλεκτός applied to persons/the community (1:1 ‘elect exiles,’ 2:9 ‘chosen race’), distinct from the baseline ‘election’ entry’s noun sense (God’s sovereign choice, خدا کا انتخاب). Never تقدیر.
Fellowship In Sufferings
Approved rendering: مسیح کے دکھوں میں شریک ہونا
Transliteration: masīḥ ke dukhoṇ meṇ sharīk honā
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
New for 1 Peter. 4:13, κοινωνία applied specifically to sharing Christ’s sufferings. Must not imply believers add to or repeat Christ’s unique, sufficient atoning suffering (contrast 3:18’s ἅπαξ); believers share the pattern and experience of suffering-for-righteousness only.
Regeneration Born Again
Approved rendering: از سرِ نو پیدا کیا / دوبارہ پیدا کیا
Transliteration: az sar-e-nau paidā kiyā / dobārah paidā kiyā
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: توبہ, تبدیلی, ہدایت
Original: ἀναγεννάω
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 1:3, 1:23. True lexical gap: no Islamic theological category names an ontological second birth performed by God on a passive recipient; nearest adjacent concept (tawbah) is a moral self-correction achieved by the individual. Must never suggest reincarnation or repeated physical birth.
Living Hope
Approved rendering: زندہ امید
Transliteration: zindah ummīd
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Original: ἐλπὶς ζῶσα
Category: Eschatology
New for 1 Peter. 1:3. Distinguish from generic hope in Allah’s mercy at an undetermined future judgment (rajā’); this hope is fixed on Christ’s already-accomplished, historical resurrection. Preserve the زندہ (living) motif visibly with 1:23 and 2:4-5.
Inheritance Object
Approved rendering: میراث
Transliteration: mīrās̤
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Original: κληρονομία
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 1:4. میراث is also the precise Islamic legal term for fixed-share inheritance (Qur’an 4:11-12); this heavenly inheritance is whole, undivided, identical for every believer, not apportioned by legal formula. Note required at first occurrence.
Revelation Appearing Of Christ
Approved rendering: یسوع مسیح کا ظاہر ہونا
Transliteration: yasū’ masīḥ kā zāhir honā
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Original: ἀποκάλυψις
Category: Christology
New for 1 Peter. 1:7, 1:13, 4:13. Must be disambiguated in translation notes from the Galatians sense of ἀποκάλυψις (Paul’s personal past revelation) and from 1 Peter 1:5’s sense (salvation’s future unveiling) — three distinct referents share one Greek word family.
Elect Exiles Sojourners
Approved rendering: پردیسی / مسافر
Transliteration: pardesī / musāfir
Doctrine: Elect-Exile Identity
Original: ἐκλεκτοῖς παρεπιδήμοις / πάροικοι
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 1:1, 2:11. Genuine, positive diaspora-resonance for Urdu-speaking minority-context readers; must read as a spiritual status conferred by God’s election, not merely social/political displacement or a coded political statement.
Foreknowledge
Approved rendering: خدا باپ کا پیشگی علم
Transliteration: k͟hudā bāp kā peshgī ilm
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: تقدیر
Original: πρόγνωσις
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 1:2. Sits directly adjacent to the taqdir/qadar debate already flagged in the baseline’s providence and election entries; engage directly in teaching notes, never substitute تقدیر.
Redemption Ransomed
Approved rendering: چھڑایا / چھٹکارا
Transliteration: chhuṛāyā / chhuṭkārā
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Rejected alternatives: فدیہ
Original: λυτρόω / λύτρωσις
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter (extends baseline redemption entry to a new Greek root, λυτρόω, 1:18). Release from a ‘futile way of life,’ secured by Christ’s precious blood, not silver/gold; distinct from Islamic fidyah’s compensatory-payment logic.
Living Word Of God
Approved rendering: خدا کا زندہ کلام
Transliteration: k͟hudā kā zindā kalām
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Original: λόγος Θεοῦ ζῶν / ῥῆμα Κυρίου
Category: Sanctification
New for 1 Peter. 1:23-25 (citing Isaiah 40). کلام also names the Qur’an’s own uncreated-speech doctrine (Ash’ari/Mu’tazila kalam-Allah dispute); this usage refers to the gospel proclamation about Christ, not a claim about an eternal, uncreated book. Note required at first occurrence.
Holy Royal Priesthood
Approved rendering: مقدس کہانت / شاہی کہانت
Transliteration: muqaddas kahānat / shāhī kahānat
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον / βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 2:5, 2:9. کہانت anchored to the OT Levitical-sacrificial background, never the pre-Islamic kāhin (soothsayer/diviner) association. Genuine bridge with Islam’s own lack of an ordained priestly-intercessor class, but doctrine is explicitly corporate (‘you’ plural), never a new clerical elite. Recommend mandatory theologian review given doctrine-title status.
Chosen Race Holy Nation
Approved rendering: منتخب نسل / مقدس قوم
Transliteration: muntakhab nasl / muqaddas qaum
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: γένος ἐκλεκτόν / ἔθνος ἅγιον / λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 2:9 (echoing Exodus 19:5-6, Isaiah). قوم kept distinct from امت; نسل names a spiritual, cross-ethnic family, not a bloodline.
Submission To Authority
Approved rendering: تابع ہونا / اطاعت کرنا
Transliteration: tābi’ honā / itā’at karnā
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: ὑποτάσσω
Category: Ethics
New for 1 Peter. 2:13-17, 2:18-20, 3:1, 3:5, 5:5. اطاعت shares no Arabic root with اسلام (ط-و-ع vs. س-ل-م), not a forbidden substitution, but requires mandatory pastoral framing: voluntary, Christ-honoring, never blanket endorsement of a ruler’s religious-political authority, never fatalistic passivity toward injustice.
Suffering Unjustly
Approved rendering: ناحق دکھ اٹھانا / نیکی کرتے ہوئے دکھ اٹھانا
Transliteration: nāhaq dukh uthānā / nekī karte hu’e dukh uthānā
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: πάσχειν ἀδίκως / ἀγαθοποιοῦντες πάσχητε
Category: Suffering
New for 1 Peter. 2:19-20. Must never encourage courting persecution or passive acceptance of abuse as inherently virtuous; commends Christlike endurance specifically for doing good, never suffering as an end in itself.
Healed By His Wounds
Approved rendering: زخموں سے شفا پانا
Transliteration: zakhmoṇ se shifā pānā
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: μώλωπι ἰάθητε
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 2:24, quoting Isaiah 53:5. Ties substitutionary suffering to Isaiah 53 fulfillment; compounds fulfillment-of-prophecy and crucifixion-denial risks.
Righteous For Unrighteous
Approved rendering: راستباز…بے انصافوں کے بدلے
Transliteration: rāstbāz…be-inṣāfoṇ ke badle
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Rejected alternatives: کے لیے (bare beneficiary sense)
Original: δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 3:18. Preposition must carry substitutionary force (کے بدلے, ‘in place of’), never the weaker beneficiary sense (کے لیے alone), or the exchange-of-status logic central to this doctrine is lost.
Proclamation To Spirits
Approved rendering: روحوں کے پاس جا کر منادی کی
Transliteration: rūhoṇ ke pās jā kar munādī kī
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (1 Peter 3:18-22)
Original: πνεύμασιν…πορευθεὶς ἐκήρυξεν
Category: Christology
New for 1 Peter. 3:19-20. Flag for mandatory theologian review primarily on interpretive-complexity grounds (genuinely contested even within Christian orthodoxy), not Qur’anic collision. Render as interpretively open as the Greek; disambiguate روح (human disembodied spirits) from روح القدس (Holy Spirit).
Baptism
Approved rendering: بپتسمہ
Transliteration: baptismah
Doctrine: Christ’s Proclamation to the Spirits (1 Peter 3:18-22)
Rejected alternatives: وضو, غسل
Original: ἀντίτυπον…βάπτισμα
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 3:20-21. Explicitly ‘not a removal of dirt from the body…but an appeal to God for a good conscience’ — distinguished from Islamic wudu/ghusl. Frequently the single most socially/legally consequential visible conversion-marker in Pakistani/North Indian contexts; teach meaning without encouraging premature public disclosure, per the baseline’s apostasy_and_persecution_risk pattern.
Judgment Begins At Gods House
Approved rendering: عدالت کا آغاز خدا کے گھر سے / راستباز مشکل سے نجات پاتا ہے
Transliteration: adālat kā āghāz k͟hudā ke ghar se / rāstbāz mushkil se najāt pātā hai
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: κρίμα ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ / δίκαιος μόλις σώζεται
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 4:17-18 (citing Proverbs 11:31). μόλις (‘scarcely’) is rhetorical intensification within an a fortiori argument, not doctrinal uncertainty; must be read in harmony with the letter’s own assurance passages (1:3-5, 18-19).
Eternal Dominion
Approved rendering: ابدی حکومت / قدرت
Transliteration: abadī hukūmat / qudrat
Doctrine: God’s Sustaining Grace and Assurance
Original: αἰώνιον κράτος
Category: Eschatology
New for 1 Peter (compound extending the baseline’s ابدی root). 5:11, closing doxology echoing 1:3’s opening doxology.
Medium Risk Terms
Heir Inheritance
Approved rendering: وارث
Transliteration: wāris
Doctrine: Adoption and Sonship
Inherited from Galatians package, unchanged. 1 Peter 3:7, ‘fellow heirs of the grace of life’ — grounds marital mutuality in shared, equal standing before God.
Apostle
Approved rendering: رسول
Transliteration: rasūl
Doctrine: Apostleship
Rejected alternatives: نبی
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:1, Peter’s own self-designation. Distinguish from the Quranic scripture-bearing messenger-prophet paradigm.
Peace
Approved rendering: صلح
Transliteration: ṣulḥ
Doctrine: Peace with God
Rejected alternatives: سلامتی
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:2, 5:14, greeting/benediction usage.
Spiritual Gifts
Approved rendering: روحانی نعمتیں
Transliteration: rūḥānī ni’matẽ
Doctrine: Spiritual Gifts
Rejected alternatives: کرامات
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 4:10-11, gifts for stewardship in the church. Avoid کرامات (Sufi saint-attributed favors).
Gentiles
Approved rendering: غیر قوموں
Transliteration: g͟hair qaumõ
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: کافر
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 2:12, 4:3, ‘conduct among the Gentiles.’ Never کافر.
Church
Approved rendering: کلیسیا
Transliteration: kalīsiyā
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: مسجد, امت
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Background ecclesiology for 1 Peter’s ‘spiritual house’ / ‘royal priesthood’ material (2:4-10); never مسجد or امت.
Trial
Approved rendering: آزمائش
Transliteration: āzmā’ish
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Rejected alternatives: فتنہ
Original: πειρασμός
Category: Suffering
New for 1 Peter. 1:6, 4:12. Safe, shared vocabulary (bala’/fitnah); avoid فتنہ specifically for its modern journalistic ‘sedition/civil-strife’ connotation. Frame as purposive and refining, never arbitrary fate.
Genuineness Of Faith
Approved rendering: ایمان کی کسوٹی پر آزمائی گئی سچائی
Transliteration: īmān kī kasautī par āzmā’ī ga’ī sachā’ī
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: δοκίμιον
Category: Faith
New for 1 Peter. 1:7. True lexical gap (no single noun); touchstone-metaphor paraphrase required. Faith is revealed as genuine by trial, not manufactured or increased by works of endurance — guard against a merit-reading.
Soul
Approved rendering: جان
Transliteration: jān
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: نفس, روح
Original: ψυχή
Category: Anthropology
New for 1 Peter. 1:9, 1:22, 2:11, 2:25, 3:20, 4:19. Kept deliberately distinct from روح (spirit/Holy Spirit) to prevent ‘salvation of souls’ being misread as a statement about the Spirit; نفس avoided to prevent importing the Sufi nafs-discipline system.
Dispersion
Approved rendering: پراگندگی / شتات
Transliteration: parāgandagī / shatāt
Doctrine: Elect-Exile Identity
Original: διασπορά
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 1:1. Requires a contextual footnote on the OT/Jewish diaspora background now applied metaphorically to the scattered church.
Conduct Way Of Life
Approved rendering: چال چلن
Transliteration: chāl chalan
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Original: ἀναστροφή
Category: Sanctification
New for 1 Peter. 1:15, 1:18, 2:12, 3:1-2, 3:16, 3:1-6. Established, safe Urdu idiom for whole-of-life comportment; risk only in ensuring it is read as whole-of-life holiness, not isolated ritual acts (tahara categories).
Brotherly Love
Approved rendering: برادرانہ محبت
Transliteration: birādarānā muhabbat
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Original: φιλαδελφία / ἀγάπη ἀδελφική
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 1:22, 2:17, 3:8, 4:8-9. Church-family love, deliberately distinct from the Islamic ummah-brotherhood concept.
Living Stone
Approved rendering: زندہ پتھر
Transliteration: zindah patthar
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: λίθος ζῶν
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 2:4-5. Continues the letter’s ζάω/ζῶν motif; preserve زندہ visibly across 1:3, 1:23, 2:4-5.
Spiritual House
Approved rendering: روحانی گھر
Transliteration: rūḥānī ghar
Doctrine: The Church as a Holy and Royal Priesthood
Original: οἶκος πνευματικός
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 2:5. Corporate ecclesiology; believers together, not individually, constitute God’s dwelling.
Shepherd Overseer
Approved rendering: چرواہا / نگران
Transliteration: charwāhā / nigrān
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Rejected alternatives: نگہبان
Original: ποιμὴν καὶ ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Christology
New for 1 Peter. 2:25, anticipating 5:1-4. نگران deliberately NOT نگہبان (Galatians’ expiring paidagogos-guardian term) — avoids implying Christ’s/elders’ oversight is a temporary custodial office.
Reasoned Defense
Approved rendering: جواب / دفاع
Transliteration: jawāb / difā’
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: ἀπολογία
Category: Ethics
New for 1 Peter. 3:15. Frame per the verse’s own instruction, ‘with gentleness and respect,’ never confrontational apologetics, given real social risk around religious conversation.
Chief Shepherd
Approved rendering: اعلیٰ چرواہا
Transliteration: a’lā charwāhā
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ἀρχιποίμην
Category: Christology
New for 1 Peter. 5:4. Christological title grounding all human eldership in Christ’s own prior, superior shepherding office.
Low Risk Terms
Fellowship
Approved rendering: رفاقت
Transliteration: rifāqat
Doctrine: Christian Fellowship
Rejected alternatives: امت
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. General sense in 1 Peter (e.g. 4:9’s hospitality context); see new ‘fellowship_in_sufferings’ entry (Section B) for the High-risk specific sense of ‘sharing Christ’s sufferings’ (4:13).
Prophet
Approved rendering: نبی
Transliteration: nabī
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Original: προφήτης
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 1:10, OT prophets inquiring about the grace to come. Shared vocabulary with Islamic nabi; safe.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: پیشن گوئی
Transliteration: peshan go’ī
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. Background for the new ‘sufferings_and_glories_of_christ’ entry (Section B), 1 Peter 1:10-12.
Exhort
Approved rendering: نصیحت کرنا
Transliteration: naṣīḥat karnā
Doctrine: Mutual Edification
Inherited from Romans package, unchanged. 1 Peter 5:12, ‘exhorting and declaring.‘
Example Pattern
Approved rendering: نمونہ
Transliteration: namūna
Doctrine: Christ’s Substitutionary Suffering
Original: ὑπογραμμός
Category: Christology
New for 1 Peter. 2:21, writing-copy metaphor; Christ’s suffering is both substitutionary and exemplary.
Good Conscience
Approved rendering: نیک ضمیر
Transliteration: nek zamīr
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Original: συνείδησις ἀγαθή
Category: Ethics
New for 1 Peter. 3:16, 3:21. ضمیر is safe, standard, shared ethical-category vocabulary.
Christian Name
Approved rendering: مسیحی
Transliteration: masīḥī
Doctrine: Suffering for Righteousness’ Sake
Original: Χριστιανός
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 4:16. Established, standard, safe Urdu word already in wide use; no competing sense.
Crown Of Glory
Approved rendering: جلال کا تاج
Transliteration: jalāl kā tāj
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: στέφανον τῆς δόξης
Category: Eschatology
New for 1 Peter. 5:4. Reuses جلال (baseline High) in a reward-metaphor.
Medium-High Risk Terms
Mercy
Approved rendering: رحمت
Transliteration: rahmat
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 1:3, 2:10. Genuine shared divine attribute (al-Rahman, al-Rahim); here it is the sole, sufficient cause of the new birth apart from any deeds, unlike Islamic rahmat operating within the mizan (deeds-weighed) framework. Must be taught explicitly, not assumed shared.
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Approved rendering: آخری زمانہ
Transliteration: ākhrī zamānā
Doctrine: The Living Hope of the Resurrection
Rejected alternatives: آخرت
Original: καιρὸς ἔσχατος
Category: Eschatology
New for 1 Peter. 1:5, 1:20. NEVER آخرت (the specific Islamic Hereafter/judgment-realm doctrine) — this phrase names a time period, not a distinct afterlife-realm doctrine.
Cosmic Subjection To Christ
Approved rendering: خدا کا دہنا ہاتھ / تابع ہو گئے
Transliteration: k͟hudā kā dahnā hāth / tābi’ ho ga’e
Doctrine: Lordship and Cosmic Exaltation of Christ
Original: δεξιᾷ Θεοῦ…ὑποταγέντων ἀγγέλων καὶ ἐξουσιῶν καὶ δυνάμεων
Category: Christology
New for 1 Peter. 3:22. Christ’s post-resurrection exaltation with angels, authorities, powers subjected to him — ties directly to baseline’s Critical Lordship-of-Christ doctrine; never softened.
Elder
Approved rendering: بزرگ
Transliteration: buzurg
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Rejected alternatives: عالم, مولوی, مفتی, پیر, شیخ
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 5:1, 5:5. Must be read as a plural, shared-oversight, servant-leadership office, distinguished from clerical-authority figures (imam, maulvi, mufti) and Sufi venerated-elite status (pir/sheikh), several of which carry juridical authority or veneration the passage explicitly excludes (5:3).
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Gentle And Quiet Spirit
Approved rendering: حلیم اور خاموش روح
Transliteration: halīm aur khāmosh rūḥ
Doctrine: Submission to Authority and Christlike Endurance
Original: πραέος καὶ ἡσυχίου πνεύματος
Category: Ethics
New for 1 Peter. 3:4. حلیم is a genuine shared virtue-term (cf. al-Halim); here describes a human disposition, not a divine attribute.
Humility
Approved rendering: تواضع / فروتنی
Transliteration: tawāzu’ / farotanī
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: ταπεινοφροσύνη / ταπεινόφρων
Category: Ethics
New for 1 Peter. 3:8, 5:5-6. Genuine shared Islamic ethical virtue; anchor to Christ’s own self-humbling pattern (2:21-24), not a stand-alone achieved virtue.
Will Of God
Approved rendering: خدا کی مرضی
Transliteration: k͟hudā kī marzī
Doctrine: Holiness in Conduct
Original: θέλημα Θεοῦ
Category: Ethics
New for 1 Peter. 4:2, 4:19. مرضی/رضا is genuinely shared theological vocabulary (submission to Allah’s will); specify content (holiness, love, gospel proclamation) rather than leaving generic.
Creator
Approved rendering: خالق
Transliteration: k͟hāliq
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness as Creator
Original: κτίστης
Category: God
New for 1 Peter. 4:19. Genuine shared divine-attribute term (al-Khaliq); always anchor explicitly to the triune God of this letter, not left as an unqualified generic reference.
Eldership Negative Qualifications
Approved rendering: مجبوری سے نہیں…ناجائز فائدے کے لیے نہیں…حکم رانی نہیں کرتے
Transliteration: majbūrī se nahīṇ…nājā’iz fā’ide ke liye nahīṇ…hukmrānī nahīṇ karte
Doctrine: Elders and Humility
Original: μὴ ἀναγκαστῶς…μηδὲ αἰσχροκερδῶς…μηδὲ κατακυριεύοντες
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 5:2-3. The passage’s own explicit safeguard against clerical-authoritarian collision; should be highlighted in teaching material, not glossed over.
Adversary Devil
Approved rendering: شیطان
Transliteration: shaitān
Doctrine: Spiritual Warfare and Vigilance
Rejected alternatives: ابلیس
Original: ἀντίδικος…διάβολος ὡς λέων ὠρυόμενος
Category: Sin
New for 1 Peter. 5:8. Prefer شیطان over ابلیس to avoid importing the specific Qur’anic Iblis angelic/jinn-nature debate (Qur’an 7:11-12, 18:50), irrelevant to this passage’s pastoral point of sober vigilance.
God Of All Grace Restoration
Approved rendering: خدا…بحال کرے گا، قائم کرے گا، طاقت دے گا، مضبوط بنیاد ڈالے گا
Transliteration: k͟hudā…bahāl karegā, qā’im karegā, tāqat degā, mazbūt bunyād ḏālegā
Doctrine: God’s Sustaining Grace and Assurance
Original: ὁ Θεὸς πάσης χάριτος…καταρτίσει, στηρίξει, σθενώσει, θεμελιώσει
Category: Salvation
New for 1 Peter. 5:10. Capstone assurance statement closing the letter’s suffering-theme; flag for consistency with the baseline’s assurance_of_salvation doctrine.
Babylon Coded
Approved rendering: بابل
Transliteration: bābil
Doctrine: Closing Greetings and Fellowship
Original: Βαβυλών
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 5:13. Requires a contextual footnote clarifying the likely symbolic (Rome-as-Babylon) rather than literal geographic OT-Babylon reference.
Kiss Of Love
Approved rendering: محبت کا بوسہ
Transliteration: muhabbat kā bosah
Doctrine: Closing Greetings and Fellowship
Original: φίλημα ἀγάπης
Category: Church
New for 1 Peter. 5:14. Cultural-adaptation note required re: differing South Asian gender-greeting norms; first-century Christian familial affection, never romantic.
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