Passage

Romans 5

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ, not generalized loyalty or self-belief in the modern secular psychological sense.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ specifically.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Doctrine

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Modern Greek 'χάρη' has broadened into everyday senses of personal charm and legal pardon; Romans' unmerited-favor argument (4:4-5; 11:5-6) must be anchored explicitly against both secular senses.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: same word as the NT's χάρις, but Modern Greek has substantially broadened its everyday secular use — 'χάρη' now commonly means personal charm or gracefulness ('έχει χάρη,' 'she's charming') or a legal pardon/clemency ('απονομή χάριτος,' a presidential pardon).

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Real physical human nature; well-supported by Greek Orthodox iconographic tradition, which insists on Christ's full, depictable humanity.

  ROM.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  Relational peace with God through justification (Romans 5:1).

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational, covenantal peace through justification; distinguish from the Hesychast mystical-contemplative sense of inner stillness (ἡσυχία).

  ROM.5.1