Passage

Romans 10

• Doctrine

  Evangelism

  In a strongly secular, pluralistic public culture, evangelism language must be framed as respectful proclamation and witness rather than pressure.

  ROM.10.14-15

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ, not generic pluralistic religiosity.

  ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  The Netherlands is one of the most secularized countries in Western Europe; 'geloof' increasingly reads as a generic, pluralistic term for any religion rather than assumed Christian content.

  ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear historical fulfillment (OT to NT); low OT literacy among secular readers requires explicit cross-referencing.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Carries a pejorative 'uncivilized/irreligious' secular connotation similar to German 'Heiden' and French 'païens'.

  ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  Stable term shared across Reformed and Catholic Dutch Bibles; the word itself is not disputed, though the Netherlands' strong secularization means content can no longer be assumed as common knowledge.

  ROM.10.15-16

• Glossary Term

  Gospel

  Shared, stable term across Reformed (Statenvertaling) and Catholic (Willibrordvertaling) Dutch Bibles.

  ROM.10.15-16

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Standard liturgical term across Dutch Protestant and Catholic traditions.

  ROM.10.1

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Dutch orthodox Reformed circles have a notably strong tradition of Christian Zionism (e.g.

  ROM.10.12

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  Stable across all Dutch traditions.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  CRITICAL: 'rechtvaardiging door het geloof' is a core confessional term; Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 23 (Q&A 60-61) is devoted entirely to this doctrine, making it unusually load-bearing in Dutch Reformed catechesis specifically.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Law

  Capitalize as 'de Wet' for Torah/Mosaic law to distinguish from everyday civil 'wet'.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  Romans 10:9 'Jezus is Heer.' Modern Dutch has shifted the everyday polite title to 'meneer', leaving 'Heer' more exclusively religious/formal register than German 'Herr' — a lower but still present flattening risk.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  Romans 10:9's confession must not read as one lord among several; 'Heer' retains more exclusively religious register in modern Dutch than German 'Herr' does, but the exclusive-Lordship claim still requires deliberate, unqualified rendering.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Prayer and Intercession

  Direct access to God in Christ's name; Dutch usefully distinguishes 'voorbede' from Catholic 'voorspraak' (saints'/Mary's advocacy), lowering ambiguity risk relative to French or Italian.

  ROM.10.1

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  CRITICAL: 'gerechtigheid van God' (Romans 1:17) is a right standing given and credited through faith, not human moral virtue ('deugd').

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  HIGH RISK: a genuine three-way register split (verlossing / behoud / zaligheid) means the choice of word signals tradition and generation as much as meaning; reviewers must confirm the chosen register fits the passage and audience.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  HIGH RISK: Dutch has a three-way register split.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

  Requires historically aware handling given the Netherlands' own WWII history and its strong contemporary strand of Reformed Christian Zionism, both of which shape how this pairing is heard.

  ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Universal Scope of the Gospel

  No ethnic or national barrier to the gospel; retain unqualified universality without softening.

  ROM.10.12-13