Passage

Romans 3

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ specifically; secular Czech commonly uses 'víra' for generic belief or self-confidence with no religious referent assumed.

  ROM.3.22-28

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ.

  ROM.3.22-28

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament) requires OT narrative background that cannot be assumed for a general secular readership.

  ROM.3.21

• 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.3.29-30

• 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.3.24

• Glossary Term

  Grace

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

  ROM.3.24

• 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.3.29-30

• Glossary Term

  Law

  The Mosaic law/Torah; also the ordinary word for civil law/legislation, requiring context to keep Paul's specific argument about Mosaic law distinct from law-in-general.

  ROM.3.21

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration, not fortune-telling or trend prediction.

  ROM.3.21

• Glossary Term

  Sin

  Czech colloquially uses 'hřích' in a weakened idiomatic sense close to 'what a shame/pity' about mundane matters (wasted food, missed opportunities).

  ROM.3.23

• 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.3.29-30

• Doctrine

  Universal Human Accountability

  All humanity equally guilty before God; must be built up against the colloquially weakened, low-stakes everyday use of 'hřích' (sin) as a mild idiom for 'a shame' or 'a pity.'

  ROM.3.23