Passage

Romans 11

• Glossary Term

  Apostle

  Established, stable term, though the underlying concept of a specially authorized emissary of Christ may need brief explanation for readers unfamiliar with the New Testament narrative.

  ROM.11.13

• Doctrine

  Apostleship

  Apoštol is stable and unambiguous; risk is unfamiliarity with the New Testament narrative role, not mistranslation.

  ROM.11.13

• Doctrine

  Effectual Calling

  God's sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the called; must be distinguished from the secular-vocational sense of 'povolání' and the competitive-selection sense of 'vyvolení.'

  ROM.11.29

• Glossary Term

  Election

  God's sovereign, gracious choice.

  ROM.11.29

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  As with Polish 'poganie' and Hungarian 'pogányok,' 'pohané' literally means 'pagans,' carrying a stronger charge than the neutral English 'Gentiles'; use 'národy' (nations) where a more neutral sense is intended.

  ROM.11.17-24

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor received by faith; 'milost' is also the ordinary word for judicial clemency, requiring explicit unpacking of the theological sense rather than assuming it will be inferred.

  ROM.11.5-6

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Established Kralice-tradition term, still used in ordinary Czech for judicial mercy/clemency (e.g.

  ROM.11.5-6

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Standard proper name; also the name of the modern nation-state, so ensure Romans 9-11's discussion of Israel as a people in salvation history is not read as a claim about contemporary Middle East politics, a live and potentially distracting association for a general secular readership.

  ROM.11.17-24

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  CRITICAL: in everyday Czech, 'ospravedlnění' simply means justifying or excusing an action ('ospravedlnění pozdního příchodu,' 'justifying being late') — a low-stakes, mundane word with essentially zero inherited theological weight.

  ROM.11.11

• Doctrine

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive care; avoid the fatalistic, impersonal folk-secular framing of 'osud' (fate) or 'štěstí' (luck), the more common contemporary Czech way of describing unexplained life events.

  ROM.11.33-36

• Glossary Term

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance; avoid the fatalistic, impersonal folk-secular framing of 'osud' (fate) or 'štěstí' (luck/fortune), the more common ways contemporary secular Czechs describe unexplained life events.

  ROM.11.33-36

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  'Spravedlnost' is the ordinary Czech word for justice/fairness in courts and society.

  ROM.11.11

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: the greatest single risk in this Language Package.

  ROM.11.11

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: 'spasení' is a genuine Kralice Bible-tradition term, but in one of the most secular societies in Europe it now registers to most readers as an archaic, quasi-literary word (comparable to how 'thee/thou' sounds to English speakers) rather than a live category of meaning.

  ROM.11.11

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

  Must be translated with full theological clarity; no direct social-hierarchy analogue assumed in general secular Czech culture, though the doctrine carries pastoral weight given the Czech lands' own complex Jewish history.

  ROM.11.17-24