Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in group-belonging/harmony status (和) or social role performance.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Japan's on-giri reciprocal-obligation system (恩・義理) risks processing grace as a favor that creates a repayment debt rather than an unconditional, unearned gift.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Japanese social ethics run on 恩 (on, a debt of gratitude/obligation incurred when one receives a favor) and 義理 (giri, the felt duty to repay it) — the on-giri reciprocity system.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God, morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: always use the compound 聖霊; NEVER use 霊 (rei) alone.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  NEVER use 輪廻転生 (rinne tenshou, the Buddhist cycle of reincarnation).

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  NEVER 輪廻転生 (reincarnation cycle).

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  Spirit-wrought process, distinguished from ascetic training (修行) and sudden Buddhist enlightenment (悟り).

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work in a believer already justified by faith.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with ascetic withdrawal for spiritual training (修行) or Shinto ritual purification (禊, misogi).

  ROM.6.22