Passage

Romans 16

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ; 'gemeenschap' also plainly means secular community, requiring context to keep the koinonia sense specific.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Glossary Term

  Church

  HIGH RISK: Reformed Dutch tradition prefers 'gemeente' (the local gathered congregation) for the NT ekklesia sense, reserving 'kerk' more for the institution, denomination, or building (as in the actual denominational names Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, Gereformeerde Kerken); Catholics use 'kerk' for both building and universal institution.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not the institutional 'kerk' alone; Reformed tradition's 'gemeente' vocabulary better captures the NT sense.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  The Apostles' Creed's 'gemeenschap der heiligen' (communion of saints) is the classic confessional phrase; 'gemeenschap' is also the ordinary secular word for community (e.g.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience flowing from faith, not works-based obedience earning standing before God.

  ROM.16.26

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5, 16:26.

  ROM.16.26

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.16.4

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.16.4