Passage
Romans 3
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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.3.22-28
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Glossary Term
Faith
भरोसा (trust/confidence) is preferred over श्रद्धा because it more naturally takes a specific personal object in everyday Dogri usage.
ROM.3.22-28
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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.3.21
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples; established descriptive rendering.
ROM.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Grace
Unmerited favor must be distinguished from the mannat (vow) economy surrounding the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, in which a wish is granted in exchange for a vow or offering -- an unusually concrete, currently active transactional model in this region.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Grace
CRITICAL: a descriptive compound ('favor given without being earned') is required because Duggar popular devotion has an unusually concrete and active transactional model close at hand: the mannat (vow) economy surrounding the Vaishno Devi shrine, where devotees pledge offerings or pilgrimages in exchange for a granted wish.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; standard transliteration.
ROM.3.29-30
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic Law/Torah.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration; distinct from astrological prediction.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Sin
Moral transgression before a personal God, distinguished from भिट्ट, ritual impurity addressed through purification rites before temple worship.
ROM.3.23
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste and lineage-based spiritual hierarchy; must be translated with theological clarity, not softened to accommodate honor-culture sensitivities.
ROM.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
All humanity equally guilty before God undermines Dogra Rajput lineage-based honor hierarchy; retain universal language without softening.
ROM.3.23