Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Culturally sensitive, particularly in Bangladesh where public proselytizing directed at Muslims carries real social and sometimes legal risk.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ, not creedal affirmation of tawhid (ঈমান) or generalized devotional reverence (শ্রদ্ধা).
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament), not the cyclical cosmic ages of Hindu cosmology.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples generally; established Bengali Bible term.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from ইঞ্জিল (the Qur'anic term for a presumed lost scripture) and from generic positive announcements.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Bengali Christian term ("good news").
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer on behalf of others before God.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Established proper-name form.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
CRITICAL: Use the established Bengali Christian form যীশু.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required; no single Bengali word carries the forensic "declared righteous" sense.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
Established Bengali Christian term.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9's confession is the salvation confession.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological prediction (গণনা).
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: NEVER use ধর্ম.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: never মুক্তি, মোক্ষ, or নাজাত.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER use মুক্তি or মোক্ষ — these carry the Hindu sense of liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste and communal-identity hierarchy; must be translated with full theological clarity, not softened into vague tolerance language.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No caste, class, or religious-community barrier to the gospel; especially pointed where Hindu caste residue and Hindu/Muslim communal identity lines both still shape social status.
ROM.10.12-13