Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Proclamation and witness, not confrontation; sensitive given both Hindu-nationalist and Jain-community concerns about conversion.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust placed in Christ specifically, not the devotional reverence (bhakti/shraddha) a devotee might direct toward any chosen deity or Tirthankara.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ; શ્રદ્ધા and ભક્તિ both carry devotional-reverence connotations from Gujarat's strong bhakti (Swaminarayan, Vaishnav) tradition that do not require the specific object of trust that વિશ્વાસ requires.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear, one-time historical fulfillment, not the cyclical cosmic time shared by both Hindu yuga cycles and Jain cosmology's beginningless, endless wheel of rising and falling ages.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples; વિદેશીઓ (foreigners) is too narrowly national.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
સુવાર્તા must be distinguished from any general positive news.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Gujarati Christian term (su- 'good' + vārtā 'news').
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer on behalf of others; standard term.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established form.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
ઈસુ is the Gujarati Christian standard; ઈસા is associated with Muslim/Urdu usage.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required; a forensic declaration, not a felt experience of forgiveness or merit accumulated (પુણ્ય કમાવું).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
Torah/Mosaic law.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
CRITICAL: must convey a living, presently reigning sovereign.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9's confession is of a living, presently reigning Lord — contrast explicitly with the Jain siddha, a liberated soul permanently withdrawn to the top of the universe in eternal non-interaction.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God through Christ, not ritual worship (puja) directed at an idol or veneration offered before a Tirthankara image in a Jain derasar.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological forecasting (ભવિષ્યફળ).
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: never ધર્મ.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: never મોક્ષ, મુક્તિ, કેવલજ્ઞાન, or સિદ્ધત્વ.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER મોક્ષ or મુક્તિ (Hindu liberation from samsara).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste and community-based spiritual hierarchy; must be translated with full clarity, not softened.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No caste, community, or spiritual-attainment barrier to the gospel; a pointed claim in a state where caste identity remains socially significant across both Hindu and Jain communities.
ROM.10.12-13