Passage
Romans 3
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically, not the confidence commonly placed in fortune-telling and palm-reading services.
ROM.3.22-28
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust placed in Christ specifically.
ROM.3.22-28
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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.3.21
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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.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Grace
Unmerited favor directly contradicts the vow-and-offering transactional exchange modeled by Hong Kong's most popular temple worship (e.g.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Grace
CRITICAL: NEVER frame grace as 福氣 (fuk1 hei3, good fortune) obtained the way Hong Kong temple-goers seek it — most visibly at Wong Tai Sin Temple (黃大仙祠), famous for the saying 「有求必應」('whatever you ask, you shall receive'), a transactional vow-and-offering exchange with a deity.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established form shared across Chinese-character Bible traditions.
ROM.3.29-30
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic Law.
ROM.3.21
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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.3.21
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Glossary Term
Sin
罪 also carries criminal-guilt sense and, in folk usage, connects to 報應 (karmic retribution affecting fortune).
ROM.3.23
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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.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
All humanity equally guilty before God, regardless of social standing or 'face'; retain universal language without softening toward a status-graded reading.
ROM.3.23