Passage

Romans 10

• Doctrine

  Evangelism

  Sensitive in a Muslim-majority society; use language of witness and proclamation, not confrontational or conversion-pressure framing.

  ROM.10.14-15

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Pitados functions reasonably well for personal trust once the object of faith, Christ, is clearly specified in context.

  ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Object of faith must always be specified as Christ.

  ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear, one-time historical fulfillment (OT to NT), not the recurring cyclical pattern of Javanese prophetic tradition (as in the Jayabaya prophecies), where figures and eras are expected to recur.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Non-Jews; established descriptive term for the theological category of other nations.

  ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  Injil is well established across both Javanese Muslim and Christian usage; the remaining task is keeping its content specific to the proclamation of salvation through Christ rather than a generic term for religious teaching.

  ROM.10.15-16

• Glossary Term

  Gospel

  Established term shared across Indonesian-archipelago Christian usage.

  ROM.10.15-16

• Glossary Term

  Imputed Righteousness

  Righteousness credited by God, not earned.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Prayer on behalf of others addressed to God directly, not nyuwun berkah ing kuburan (seeking blessing at a grave), a common practice at Wali Songo tomb pilgrimage sites.

  ROM.10.1

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Proper name; established form.

  ROM.10.12

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  CRITICAL: Never use Nabi Isa, the Islamic framing of Jesus as one prophet among a line culminating in Muhammad.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  Compound phrase required; no single Javanese word carries the forensic sense of being declared, not made, righteous.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Law

  Mosaic Law, anchored to Toret (Torah) specifically.

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  In Romans 10:9 the confession 'Jesus is Lord' = Gusti Yesus punika Gustinipun.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  Romans 10:9's confession is the salvation-defining statement.

  ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Prayer and Intercession

  Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from seeking blessing at a wali's grave or petitioning a village guardian spirit (danyang).

  ROM.10.1

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration, distinct from primbon (the Javanese astrological-numerological divination almanac tradition).

  ROM.10.11

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  Never use kasampurnan (a state of spiritual perfection attained through Javanese mystical ascetic practice).

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: Kaslametan is the established, linguistically natural term, but it shares its root with slametan, the ritual meal held to secure protection from misfortune and spirits.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: Kaslametan is the linguistically natural word for salvation (from slamet, safe) and is the term established Javanese Bibles use, but it shares its root with slametan, the communal ritual meal held to ward off misfortune and secure protection from ancestral and territorial spirits.

  ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

  Challenges any lingering social hierarchy inherited from the traditional Javanese priyayi (aristocratic) and wong cilik (commoner) class distinction; must be rendered with full theological clarity.

  ROM.10.12

• Doctrine

  Universal Scope of the Gospel

  No ethnic, social, or caste-like priyayi/wong cilik class barrier to the gospel; must retain unqualified universality.

  ROM.10.12-13