Passage

Romans 14

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Standard term for encouraging/urging fellow believers.

  ROM.14.19

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  イエス is the modern Protestant/ecumenical standard, phonetically close to Greek/English.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Kingdom Mission

  God's reign advancing through the gospel; the exact phrase 神の国 was the slogan of pre-1945 State Shinto ultranationalism (神国日本), so materials must anchor the doctrinal sense clearly to avoid unwanted political-historical resonance.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Kingdom Of God

  This exact phrase was the slogan of pre-1945 State Shinto ultranationalist ideology (神国日本, 'divine-nation Japan,' the doctrine that Japan itself was a sacred land under a divine emperor) — a 2000-era prime ministerial remark reviving this phrase caused significant public controversy.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  Established term.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 — イエスは主です is the salvation confession.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

  Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.

  ROM.14.19

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term; minor risk of generic secular gratitude without reference to God specifically.

  ROM.14.6

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.14.6