Passage

Romans 10

• Doctrine

  Evangelism

  Frame in terms of proclamation and witness within community; be attentive to Hong Kong's current political and social climate around public religious expression.

  ROM.10.14-15

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ specifically, not the confidence commonly placed in fortune-telling and palm-reading services.

  ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Personal trust placed in Christ specifically.

  ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear, one-time historical fulfillment (OT to NT), not the cyclical fortune-forecast framework (運程) of yearly feng shui predictions familiar from Hong Kong almanac culture.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Avoid colloquial Cantonese insider/outsider terms like 外江佬 (a dated, mildly derogatory term for non-Cantonese/non-local Chinese) or clan-outsider framing (鄉下人 used dismissively) — using either would import a local ethnic/clan hierarchy into a term meant to erase, not reinforce, insider/outsider distinctions.

  ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  福音 is established and unambiguous as a word, but Hong Kong's commercial prosperity-and-luck culture (e.g.

  ROM.10.15-16

• Glossary Term

  Gospel

  Shared written form with Mandarin 福音, but heard through Hong Kong/Guangdong commercial-luck culture, where 福 (fuk1, fortune) is the anchor of the New Year greeting 恭喜發財 (gong1 hei2 faat3 coi4, 'wishing you prosperity').

  ROM.10.15-16

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Prayer on behalf of others addressed directly to God.

  ROM.10.1

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Proper name; established form shared across Chinese-character Bible traditions.

  ROM.10.12

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  Standard transliteration shared with Mandarin written form, pronounced in Cantonese (Jyutping je4 sou1).

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  CRITICAL: forensic declaration ('reckoned righteous'), not a process.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Law

  The Mosaic Law.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  Established term.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 — 耶穌是主 is the salvation confession.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Prayer and Intercession

  Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from drawing a temple fortune-stick (求籤) or consulting a spirit-medium (問米) on someone else's behalf.

  ROM.10.1

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration; distinguish from 求籤 (kau4 chim1, drawing a temple fortune-stick, extremely common at Hong Kong temples including Wong Tai Sin) and from date-selection by feng shui/almanac (睇風水擇日).

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  CRITICAL: 義 is a Confucian Five Constant Virtue — a social-loyalty-and-duty ethic still culturally reinforced in Cantonese popular media (loyalty-and-brotherhood themes, e.g.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: NEVER 解脫 (Buddhist liberation from samsara) or 超度 (a posthumous release rite).

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: NEVER use 解脫 (Buddhist liberation from samsara) or 超度 (a monk's ritual rite releasing the dead from suffering).

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

  Directly challenges any lingering local/outsider or clan-based hierarchy; must translate with theological clarity rather than softened diplomatic language.

  ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Universal Scope of the Gospel

  No local/outsider or clan-based barrier to the gospel; must resist framing that echoes Cantonese insider/outsider or clan-village distinctions.

  ROM.10.12-13