Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- 聖徒
- Transliteration
- sing3 tou4
- Rejected alternatives
- 神仙, 得道高人
Saints
NEVER use 神仙 (san4 sin1, a Daoist immortal/transcendent being) or 得道高人 (‘an accomplished master who has attained the Way’) — both name a rare, elevated spiritual-achiever class. 聖徒 applies corporately to all ordinary believers (Romans 1:7).