Passage

Romans 10

• Doctrine

  Evangelism

  Use language of witness and proclamation; comparatively lower social sensitivity than in this Language Package's Muslim-majority or Buddhist-majority contexts, but still requires care given denominational sensitivities within Philippine Christianity.

  ROM.10.14-15

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ; well-established term with comparatively low ambiguity risk.

  ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Object of faith must always be specified as Christ; standard, well-established term.

  ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear, one-time historical fulfillment (OT to NT); comparatively low syncretism risk in this Language Package.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Non-Jews; established, transliterated Bible term.

  ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  Well-established term across Catholic and Protestant usage; comparatively low syncretism risk in this Language Package.

  ROM.10.15-16

• Glossary Term

  Gospel

  Established Filipino Bible term ('good news').

  ROM.10.15-16

• Glossary Term

  Imputed Righteousness

  Righteousness credited by God, not earned.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  CRITICAL: Pamamagitan ng mga santo (intercession of the saints), praying through Mary or a particular saint as a go-between for specific needs, is a central and extremely common devotional practice in Filipino folk Catholicism.

  ROM.10.1

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Proper name; established form.

  ROM.10.12

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  Jesus is the standard Filipino Protestant Bible spelling (Hesus is the common Catholic-tradition spelling); this Language Package follows the Protestant register used across this pipeline.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  Literally 'being declared without guilt.' Compound phrase required; conveys the forensic, legal-declaration sense the doctrine needs.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Law

  Mosaic Law; standard, well-established term with no significant unwanted folk-religious connotation.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  In Romans 10:9 the confession 'Jesus is Lord' = Si Jesus ay Panginoon.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  Romans 10:9's confession is the salvation-defining statement; must not be diluted by devotional attention shared broadly with Mary and the saints.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Prayer and Intercession

  CRITICAL: Pamamagitan ng mga santo (intercession of the saints and Mary as a go-between for specific needs) is a central, extremely common devotional practice.

  ROM.10.1

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration; standard, well-established term.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  Right standing before God received by faith.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: Folk-Catholic practice can treat salvation as mechanically secured through receiving the sacraments apart from genuine faith.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: Kaligtasan is the established term, but folk-Catholic practice can treat salvation as mechanically secured through receiving the sacraments (baptism, confession, last rites) apart from genuine faith.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

  Requires OT/NT background teaching; comparatively low direct cultural-analogue risk in the Filipino context.

  ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Universal Scope of the Gospel

  No ethnic, social, or regional (Luzon/Visayas/Mindanao) barrier to the gospel; must retain unqualified universality.

  ROM.10.12-13