Passage

Romans 16

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ, not merely the social neighborhood-association bonds (para culture) common in Bengali community life.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Glossary Term

  Church

  মণ্ডলী (assembly/congregation) is the established term for the doctrinal Church.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a caste-segregated assembly or a purely ritual institution.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ and his body; বন্ধুত্ব (friendship) is too casual/social for the doctrinal sense.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience that flows from faith, not works-based religious duty that earns standing before God.

  ROM.16.26

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.16.26

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.16.4

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.16.4