Passage

Romans 13

• Glossary Term

  Imputed Righteousness

  Righteousness credited by God, not earned.

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• Glossary Term

  Justification

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

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• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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