Passage

Romans 5

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Islamic iman is primarily creedal assent to six articles of belief, paired with practice; Pauline faith is personal trust/reliance in Christ specifically.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Iman is one of Islam's six articles of belief - primarily creedal assent paired with practice (islam) and excellence (ihsan).

  ROM.5.1-2

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Islamic fadl and rahmah both function as favor responsive to obedience.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  الفضل (Allah's bounty) and الرحمة (mercy, one of Allah's 99 names) both function in Islamic theology as favor responsive to obedience, not favor totally apart from merit.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Real, physical human nature - not an illusion.

  ROM.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  In Romans 5:1, relational and legal peace secured through justification, not the greeting-word sense of al-salam nor الطمأنينة's Sufi/Quranic sense of subjective heart-tranquility attained through dhikr (remembrance).

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational, legal peace secured through justification - not the Sufi/Quranic sense of subjective heart-tranquility (tuma'ninah) reached through dhikr.

  ROM.5.1