Passage

Romans 16

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ; 'κοινωνία' is also the standard word for both 'society' and 'Holy Communion,' so Romans' general fellowship sense needs active disambiguation from both dominant modern senses.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Same NT word (originally 'assembly, called-out ones'), but Modern Greek usage foregrounds either the institutional national Church ('η Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος') or the physical church building.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  The new covenant community gathered around Christ, distinct from the institutional national-Church sense or the physical building sense of 'εκκλησία.'

  ROM.16.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  Same NT word, but in Modern Greek 'κοινωνία' primarily and most commonly means either 'society' (the whole social order) or 'Holy Communion' (receiving the sacrament, 'πήγα να κοινωνήσω,' 'I went to receive communion').

  ROM.16.3-16

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience flowing from faith, not independent moral or ecclesiastical compliance.

  ROM.16.26

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.16.26

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Same word root as the Eucharist itself; ensure Romans' general sense of gratitude is not narrowed to the specific sacramental reference, an ambiguity essentially unique to Greek.

  ROM.16.4

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Same word root as the Eucharist itself (Θεία Ευχαριστία, the sacrament of Holy Communion).

  ROM.16.4