Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity is found in union with Christ while remaining a distinct person in relationship with him, not caste, community, or progress toward eventual dissolution of the self.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Established Kannada Christian term for the congregation (an assembly of people).

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  A new covenant community, not a caste-segregated assembly or a ritual institution built around a temple building.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Interestingly, Lingayat kayaka theology (sacred, dignified work as worship, rejecting renunciation) is culturally closer to biblical 'separation while remaining in the world' than classic ascetic withdrawal is — but the risk is the opposite direction here: kayaka's this-worldly diligence must not be read as itself the source of holiness, which in Romans is God's declaration and the Spirit's ongoing work, not the fruit of disciplined labor.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablement; not merit-earned powers or yogic siddhi.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Always use the compound; ವರ alone (a deity's boon) and ಸಿದ್ಧಿ (a yogic attained power) both wrongly suggest a merit-earned or self-attained ability.

  ROM.12.6-8