Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not caste, Dogra Rajput lineage, or honor-rank (izzat) status.

  ROM.6.1-11

• 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.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• 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.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  पवित्तर = set apart for God, morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: पवित्तर आत्मा must always be used in full.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• 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.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

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

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  Spirit's work of making believers holy; not ritual purification undertaken before temple worship or pilgrimage.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, distinct from ritual purification undertaken before temple worship or pilgrimage (e.g.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

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

  ROM.6.22