Passage

Romans 8

• Glossary Term

  Abba

  Aramaic term of intimacy preserved as a transliteration in Romans 8:15, following regional Bible-translation pattern.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Glossary Term

  Adoption

  A descriptive compound stressing full son-status and inheritance rights, chosen to guard against a reduced-status reading of 'adopted,' which could otherwise sit uneasily against Dogra Rajput culture's strong emphasis on lineage-based honor (izzat) and legitimate birthright.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Adoption into God's Family

  Full son-status with complete inheritance rights; guard against a reduced-status reading given Dogra Rajput culture's strong lineage-based honor (izzat) and legitimate-birthright expectations.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Assurance of Salvation

  Assurance based on God's unchanging character; not on maintaining an ongoing cycle of vows and offerings to secure divine favor.

  ROM.8.1, ROM.8.28-39

• 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.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Calling

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

  ROM.8.28-30

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

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

  ROM.8.1

• Doctrine

  Divine Calling

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

  ROM.8.28-30

• Doctrine

  Effectual Calling

  God's sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the called; not किस्मत (impersonal fate) and not the outcome of a pilgrimage vow.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Election

  God's sovereign, personal choice; must be distinguished from किस्मत (impersonal fate) and from the outcome-of-a-vow logic of the mannat economy.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Father

  God as personal Father; standard term, chosen for warmth and intimacy over any dynastic or deity-elder honorific.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Incarnation

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

  ROM.8.3

• Glossary Term

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: NEVER use अवतार.

  ROM.8.3

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Prayer made on behalf of others; must be kept distinct from the mediated petitionary practice associated with pilgrimage vows at regional shrines.

  ROM.8.26-27

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  In Romans 5:1, relational peace with God through justification, not the sense of a wish or worry resolved through a granted vow at a shrine.

  ROM.8.6

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational, judicial peace through justification, not the resolution of a personal worry through a granted vow.

  ROM.8.6

• Doctrine

  Prayer and Intercession

  Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from mediated petitionary practice associated with pilgrimage and shrine vows.

  ROM.8.26-27

• Doctrine

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive care; never किस्मत (fate).

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance; never किस्मत (fate).

  ROM.8.28-30

• 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.8.11

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

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

  ROM.8.11

• Glossary Term

  Son Of God

  CRITICAL: full phrase required.

  ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29

• Doctrine

  Sonship of Christ

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

  ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29