Passage

Romans 16

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ, not merely a caste, business, or community association, all strong organizing categories in Gujarati social life.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Established Gujarati Christian term for the congregation.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  A new covenant community, not a caste-segregated assembly or a ritual institution centered on a building (mandir/derasar).

  ROM.16.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ, not merely social friendship (મિત્રતા).

  ROM.16.3-16

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience flowing from faith already granted, not obedience as the vrata (religious vow) by which a Jain or Hindu devotee builds spiritual standing.

  ROM.16.26

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.16.26

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term; minor risk of being read as ritual gratitude offered as part of a devotional exchange.

  ROM.16.4

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.16.4