Passage
Romans 15
-
Doctrine
Christ-Centered Ministry
Ministry done in Christ's name and by his power for his glory, not humanitarian service performed to accumulate pahala (merit).
ROM.15.17-21
-
Doctrine
Christian Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ; minimal doctrinal risk.
ROM.15.24
-
Glossary Term
Church
Jemaat (the gathered congregation, the people themselves) is preferred over gereja when the text refers to the body of believers rather than a building or institution.
ROM.15.26
-
Doctrine
Church as God's People
A new-covenant community, not merely one more officially registered religious organization (ormas keagamaan) among others.
ROM.15.26
-
Glossary Term
Covenant
A relational, binding bond initiated by God; needs context to carry more weight than an ordinary negotiated agreement (perjanjian is also the everyday word for 'contract').
ROM.15.12
-
Glossary Term
David
Established Indonesian Bible proper-name form.
ROM.15.12
-
Doctrine
Davidic Covenant
Requires explicit OT background teaching; Islamic tradition venerates Daud (David) as a prophet-king but does not carry the specific messianic royal-line covenant promise developed in the OT.
ROM.15.12
-
Doctrine
Evangelism
Evangelism toward those registered under a different official religion carries real legal and social sensitivity in Indonesia; use language of witness and proclamation, never framing that could read as targeting conversion by inducement.
ROM.15.20
-
Glossary Term
Exhort
Context-sensitive: use memohon for entreaty and menasihati for building up in encouragement.
ROM.15.2
-
Glossary Term
Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ; standard, well-established term.
ROM.15.24
-
Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Historical, redemptive-historical fulfillment (OT to NT); should not be read through the lens of Islamic prophetic succession culminating in Muhammad.
ROM.15.8-12
-
Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jews; never use orang kafir (unbeliever/infidel, a loaded Islamic theological category), which imports an entirely different classification than the New Testament's ethnic Jew/Gentile distinction.
ROM.15.7-12
-
Doctrine
Gospel
Injil is also the Quranic name for a scripture Muslims believe was given to Isa and later lost or corrupted; must be anchored specifically to the New Testament proclamation of Christ crucified and risen.
ROM.15.19-20
-
Glossary Term
Gospel
Injil is the established Indonesian Bible term, but it is also the Quranic name for the revelation Muslims believe was given to Isa (Jesus) and later lost or corrupted.
ROM.15.19-20
-
Glossary Term
Holy
Kudus is the established Bible term for moral and relational holiness; suci leans toward ritual purity or ceremonial cleanliness and is used more broadly across Indonesian religious contexts generally.
ROM.15.16
-
Glossary Term
Holy Spirit
CRITICAL: Islamic theology has its own 'Ruh al-Qudus' (Holy Spirit), but this typically identifies the angel Gabriel who delivered revelation to Muhammad, a created being, not a divine Person of the Trinity.
ROM.15.16
-
Doctrine
Inspiration of Scripture
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture, written by chosen human authors under the Spirit's guidance, from the Islamic doctrine of direct verbatim revelation (wahyu) dictated to a single final prophet.
ROM.15.4
-
Glossary Term
Intercession
CRITICAL: Syafaat is specifically the Islamic doctrine of intercession, primarily associated with Muhammad's intercession for believers on judgment day.
ROM.15.30-32
-
Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established form.
ROM.15.7-12
-
Doctrine
Kingdom Mission
God's reign advancing through gospel proclamation; not a political project or claim about national religious identity.
ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21
-
Glossary Term
Kingdom Of God
God's sovereign reign; standard, well-established term.
ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21
-
Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic Law, anchored to Taurat (Torah).
ROM.15.8-12
-
Glossary Term
Messiah
CRITICAL: The Quran also names Jesus 'Al-Masih' (Isa al-Masih), but as a great prophet, not the divine incarnate Son who died and rose for sin.
ROM.15.8-12
-
Doctrine
Messianic Promise
CRITICAL: The Quran's Isa al-Masih is a great prophet, not the divine incarnate Son who died and rose for sin.
ROM.15.8-12
-
Glossary Term
Mission
Misi carries colonial-era Dutch missionary-society connotation in Indonesian historical memory; pekabaran Injil (proclamation of the gospel) keeps the focus on the message rather than the historical institution.
ROM.15.15-24
-
Doctrine
Mission to the Nations
Use pekabaran Injil rather than misi, which carries colonial-era Dutch missionary-society connotations in Indonesian historical memory.
ROM.15.15-24
-
Doctrine
Mutual Edification
Building one another up in faith; minimal doctrinal risk.
ROM.15.2
-
Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
CRITICAL: Syafaat is a specific, named Islamic doctrine tied to Muhammad's future intercession at judgment.
ROM.15.30-32
-
Glossary Term
Prophecy
A distinctively biblical-Indonesian term with less Islamic vocabulary overlap than 'prophet' itself; low risk.
ROM.15.8-12
-
Glossary Term
Prophet
Nabi is shared vocabulary with Islam's doctrine of a closed line of prophets ending with Muhammad (khatam an-nabiyyin).
ROM.15.4
-
Doctrine
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; a well-established Indonesian Christian concept with comparatively low syncretism risk.
ROM.15.16
-
Glossary Term
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy.
ROM.15.16
-
Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and fulfillment of the Davidic covenant promise.
ROM.15.12
-
Doctrine
Separation unto God's Service
Must not be confused with formal religious devotion practices (ibadah) understood as ritual obligations; biblical separation is devoted service to God flowing from relationship, not ritual compliance.
ROM.15.16
-
Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Must never be rendered with orang kafir (infidel/unbeliever), which imports a loaded Islamic theological category rather than the New Testament's ethnic Jew/Gentile distinction.
ROM.15.7-12