Passage

Romans 1

• Glossary Term

  Apostle

  A descriptive phrase ('one who has been sent') conveys authorized, commissioned ministry.

  ROM.1.1

• Doctrine

  Apostleship

  Risk of reducing apostleship to a generic religious-teacher role rather than a unique, Christ-commissioned sent office.

  ROM.1.1

• Glossary Term

  Called

  Context-sensitive: in 1:1 = called to apostleship; in 1:7 = called to be saints; in 8:28-30 = effectual calling to salvation.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7

• Glossary Term

  Calling

  Noun form for the act/state of being called, kept structurally parallel to सद्देआ होया (called).

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ; not merely social or clan association.

  ROM.1.12

• Glossary Term

  Covenant

  Relational covenant bond; समझौता is too close to the negotiated-exchange sense this Language Package guards against elsewhere (e.g.

  ROM.1.3

• Glossary Term

  David

  Standard proper-name form, consistent with regional Bible-translation convention.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Davidic Covenant

  Requires explicit Old Testament background; resonates naturally with Dogra Rajput culture's strong lineage-consciousness, but that resonance must not be allowed to reduce the covenant to a mere genealogical honor claim.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Deity of Christ

  CRITICAL: full, co-equal divine nature; must not be softened into 'a great avatar' or 'a favored royal-patronized deity.'

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Divine Calling

  God's sovereign call must be distinguished from human-initiated pilgrimage vows or from किस्मत-style destiny language.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Context-sensitive: use बिनती करना (entreaty) for beseeching; हौसला देना (encourage) for building up.

  ROM.1.12

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ; the object of faith must always be specified, distinct from generalized religious devotion (shraddha) directed at any of the region's actively worshipped deities.

  ROM.1.17

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  भरोसा (trust/confidence) is preferred over श्रद्धा because it more naturally takes a specific personal object in everyday Dogri usage.

  ROM.1.17

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  संगत (a word with resonance across Punjabi and Dogri for gathered, purposeful companionship) conveys shared participation in Christ better than casual friendship terms.

  ROM.1.12

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament); not a cyclical cosmic pattern and not analogous to a vow-and-boon fulfillment cycle.

  ROM.1.2-4

• Glossary Term

  Glory

  God's radiant presence and honor.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  God

  परमेश्वर is preferred for doctrinal precision over भगवान, which carries broad Hindu deity usage and, in the Duggar context specifically, could evoke any of the region's actively worshipped deities (Rama at Raghunath Mandir, Kali/Bawe Wali Mata at Bahu Fort, or the goddess at Vaishno Devi) rather than the one God of Romans.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  Must be distinguished from general positive news and from the specific 'good news' of a granted wish at a shrine; the gospel is the unique proclamation of salvation through Christ crucified and risen.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Gospel

  खरी खबर ('true/good news,' using Dogri's own everyday word for 'true/genuine') is preferred over borrowing सुसमाचार directly from Hindi Christian usage.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Real, physical human nature, not a temporary appearance-form as in an avatar-descent narrative.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: the eternal Son permanently taking on human nature, once.

  ROM.1.3

• Glossary Term

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: NEVER use अवतार.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Inspiration of Scripture

  Distinguish God-breathed Scripture from the Sanskrit textual tradition historically commissioned and patronized by the Dogra royal court, which reflects royal literary patronage rather than a claim of unique divine authorship.

  ROM.1.2

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  यीशु follows regional North Indian Bible-translation convention; confirm against the BSI Dogri Bible for the exact settled form.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  CRITICAL: a compound phrase is required to carry the forensic, once-for-all legal-declaration sense; it must never be abbreviated to mere forgiveness, which loses the 'declared righteous' dimension central to Romans 4.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Law

  The Mosaic Law/Torah.

  ROM.1.2-4

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  CRITICAL: प्रभु is preferred over महाराजा (maharaja), the title of the historic Dogra rulers who patronized the Raghunath Mandir and Bahu Fort temple; using a dynastic royal title for Christ risks framing his Lordship as a political-historical kind of rule rather than exclusive, supreme divine Lordship.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: exclusive, supreme Lordship.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  Messiah

  Transliterated term, established across regional Bible translation.

  ROM.1.3-4

• Doctrine

  Messianic Promise

  CRITICAL: Messiah is a specific Jewish Old Testament category fulfilled exclusively in Jesus, not one of several avatar-figures or locally venerated deities.

  ROM.1.3-4

• Glossary Term

  Mission

  'The work of proclamation.' Use with awareness of colonial-era mission associations from Christian mission schools historically operating in the Jammu region.

  ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14

• Doctrine

  Mission to the Nations

  Cultural sensitivity: mission carries colonial-era school and administration associations in the Jammu region; frame as the church's own ongoing calling.

  ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

  Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.

  ROM.1.12

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience flowing from faith, not the observance of inherited Dogra Rajput social and ritual custom (rīt-rivāj) or honor obligation (izzat).

  ROM.1.5

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.1.5

• Glossary Term

  Power Of God

  सामर्थ is preferred; शक्ति carries strong Shakta goddess-power associations given the prominence of Bahu Fort's Kali shrine and the nearby Vaishno Devi shrine in Duggar popular devotion.

  ROM.1.16

• Doctrine

  Power of God for Salvation

  सामर्थ required; never शक्ति, given the strong local Shakta association of divine feminine power with Vaishno Devi and the Bahu Fort Kali shrine.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration; distinct from astrological prediction.

  ROM.1.2-4

• Glossary Term

  Prophet

  God's spokesperson; must not be confused with ज्योतषी, an astrological fortune-teller, a widely consulted figure in regional folk practice.

  ROM.1.2

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: a descriptive phrase ('coming back to life from among the dead') avoids पुनर्जन्म, the standard North Indian term for reincarnation.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection, not पुनर्जन्म (reincarnation).

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  CRITICAL: धरमीपन must be explicitly taught as right standing before God received through faith, not धरम in the sense of the inherited social and lineage-bound duties historically associated with Dogra Rajput identity and honor (izzat).

  ROM.1.16

• Doctrine

  Sainthood (Called to be Holy)

  All believers are saints; not an ascetic elite class.

  ROM.1.7

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: never मुक्ति (liberation from rebirth) and never framed as a wish granted through a shrine vow.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: उद्धार (deliverance by God through Christ) must never collapse into मुक्ति (liberation from samsara) or into the boon-granting logic of the Vaishno Devi mannat economy, in which a wish is fulfilled in exchange for a vow or pilgrimage.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Seed Of David

  Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage, resonating with the strong lineage-consciousness of Dogra Rajput culture, but requires explicit Old Testament covenant background to avoid being read as merely a genealogical honor claim.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the ritual separations undertaken before pilgrimage (e.g.

  ROM.1.1

• Glossary Term

  Sin

  Moral transgression before a personal God, distinguished from भिट्ट, ritual impurity addressed through purification rites before temple worship.

  ROM.1.18

• Glossary Term

  Son Of God

  CRITICAL: full phrase required.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Sonship of Christ

  CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship, not metaphorical or adoptive sonship, and not one avatar among Vishnu's many recognized avatars.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements; not वरदान (a boon granted in exchange for devotion or a vow).

  ROM.1.11

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  आत्मिक दान ('gift of the Spirit') must be kept distinct from वरदान, a boon granted by a deity in response to devotion or a vow -- the exact transactional logic this Language Package is guarding grace and salvation against elsewhere.

  ROM.1.11

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21

• Doctrine

  Universal Human Accountability

  All humanity equally guilty before God undermines Dogra Rajput lineage-based honor hierarchy; retain universal language without softening.

  ROM.1.18

• Doctrine

  Universal Scope of the Gospel

  No caste, lineage, or honor-rank barrier to the gospel; retain unqualified universality even against Dogra Rajput culture's strong lineage-honor (izzat) stratification.

  ROM.1.16