Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Sensitive in a context where conversion from Buddhism carries real social and family cost; use language of witness and proclamation, not confrontational framing.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
A cognate concept (သဒ္ဓါ, confidence built through verified experience of the Triple Gem) already exists, which lowers the risk of total incomprehension but requires care that faith is presented as trust in a person, not experiential confidence in a teaching.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Object of faith must always be specified as Christ, not left generic.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear, one-time historical fulfillment (OT to NT), not the cyclical cosmology of repeating world-ages found in Buddhist cosmology.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jews; established term.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from any generic pleasant announcement.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Myanmar Bible term meaning 'good news'.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Imputed Righteousness
Righteousness credited by God, not earned.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer on behalf of others addressed to God directly, not petitioning through the 37 nats (guardian spirits) as in Burmese folk practice.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established Myanmar Bible form.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
Standard Myanmar Bible form since the Judson translation.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required; no single Burmese word carries the forensic sense.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
Mosaic Law.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
In Romans 10:9 the confession 'Jesus is Lord' = ယေရှုသည် သခင်ဖြစ်တော်မူ၏.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9's confession is the salvation-defining statement.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from propitiating or petitioning the 37 nats (guardian spirits) for protection or favor.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological forecasting (ဗေဒင်).
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: Never use ကုသိုလ်ကံ (merit-karma) or သီလ (moral precepts kept for merit).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: Never နိဗ္ဗာန်ရောက်ခြင်း (attaining nirvana).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER use နိဗ္ဗာန်ရောက်ခြင်း (attaining nirvana/neikban, the Buddhist extinguishing of craving and escape from samsara).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Challenges any notion that being Buddhist and Burman carries inherent religious priority over minority ethnic or religious groups; must be rendered with full theological clarity.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No ethnic or social barrier to the gospel; must retain unqualified universality despite Burma's own ethnic-majority/minority tensions surrounding Buddhist national identity.
ROM.10.12-13