Passage

Romans 5

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ specifically, not the devotional surrender (bhakti) practiced toward any chosen deity within the Ekasarana naam tradition.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Personal trust placed in a specific object (Christ/God); must always be tied to its object in context.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor directly contradicts both a karma-merit worldview and the boon-for-devotion transaction (বৰ) common in Puranic narrative.

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

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from human merit.

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

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Real, physical human nature, not a temporary appearance or illusory form as some Puranic avatar narratives describe a deity's assumed body.

  ROM.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  In Romans 5:1, relational peace with God through justification, not the meditative calm sought through naam-kirtan or japa.

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational covenant peace through justification, not the meditative or devotional calm sought through naam-kirtan and japa.

  ROM.5.1