Passage
Romans 15
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Doctrine
Christ-Centered Ministry
Ministry done in Christ's name, by his power, for his glory — not generic humanitarian relief divorced from the gospel, a real risk given how much Bengali Christian institutional presence is expressed through NGO-style development work.
ROM.15.17-21
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Doctrine
Christian Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ, not merely the social neighborhood-association bonds (para culture) common in Bengali community life.
ROM.15.24
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Glossary Term
Church
মণ্ডলী (assembly/congregation) is the established term for the doctrinal Church.
ROM.15.26
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Doctrine
Church as God's People
New covenant community, not a caste-segregated assembly or a purely ritual institution.
ROM.15.26
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Glossary Term
Covenant
Relational covenant bond, more than a legal contract (চুক্তি).
ROM.15.12
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Glossary Term
David
Established Bengali Bible proper-name form.
ROM.15.12
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Doctrine
Davidic Covenant
Requires Old Testament background explanation.
ROM.15.12
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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.15.20
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Glossary Term
Exhort
Context-sensitive: বিনতি (entreaty) for beseeching; উৎসাহিত করা (encourage) for building up.
ROM.15.2
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Glossary Term
Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ and his body; বন্ধুত্ব (friendship) is too casual/social for the doctrinal sense.
ROM.15.24
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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.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples generally; established Bengali Bible term.
ROM.15.7-12
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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.15.19-20
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Bengali Christian term ("good news").
ROM.15.19-20
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Glossary Term
Holy
Set apart for God and morally pure.
ROM.15.16
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Glossary Term
Holy Spirit
CRITICAL: Never ব্রহ্ম (the impersonal Hindu Absolute) or পরমাত্মা (the universal Self).
ROM.15.16
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Doctrine
Inspiration of Scripture
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture, written in each human author's own voice, from the Islamic doctrine of the Qur'an's verbal dictation and from the Hindu concept of shruti heard by sages.
ROM.15.4
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer on behalf of others before God.
ROM.15.30-32
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Glossary Term
Israel
Established proper-name form.
ROM.15.7-12
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Doctrine
Kingdom Mission
God's reign advancing through the gospel, not a political or territorial kingdom — a sensitive association to avoid in a religiously plural nation-state context.
ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21
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Glossary Term
Kingdom Of God
God's sovereign reign, not a territorial or political kingdom.
ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Messiah
CRITICAL: Use খ্রীষ্ট, the established NT rendering.
ROM.15.8-12
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Doctrine
Messianic Promise
CRITICAL: a specific Jewish Old Testament promise fulfilled exclusively in Jesus.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Mission
"Proclamation of the gospel" is the natural Bengali description; use contextually alongside মিশন where a loanword is appropriate.
ROM.15.15-24
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Doctrine
Mission to the Nations
Open evangelistic mission language carries real social risk in Bangladesh's Muslim-majority context and social friction in Hindu-majority West Bengal; tone requires native-speaker judgment.
ROM.15.15-24
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Doctrine
Mutual Edification
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
ROM.15.2
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name.
ROM.15.30-32
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological prediction (গণনা).
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Prophet
God's spokesperson; established Bengali Christian term.
ROM.15.4
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Doctrine
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, not Hindu ritual purification (shuddhi) or Islamic ritual cleanliness (taharah).
ROM.15.16
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Glossary Term
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; distinct from Hindu ritual purification (shuddhi).
ROM.15.16
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and fulfillment of the Old Testament covenant promise to David.
ROM.15.12
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Doctrine
Separation unto God's Service
Must not be confused with Hindu sannyasa (world-renunciation) or Sufi ascetic withdrawal.
ROM.15.16
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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.15.7-12