Passage

Romans 14

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Context-sensitive: use ವಿನಂತಿ for entreaty; ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹ for encouragement/building up.

  ROM.14.19

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  ಯೇಸು is the Kannada Christian standard; ಈಸಾ is associated with Muslim/Urdu usage.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Kingdom Mission

  God's reign advancing through the gospel; not a political kingdom or a regional religious-reform movement, however admirable its social aims.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Kingdom Of God

  God's sovereign reign, not a territorial or political kingdom.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  CRITICAL: ಸ್ವಾಮಿ is the common address for a guru or the Lingayat ಜಂಗಮ teacher-office and can suggest one honored teacher among several.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: Romans 10:9's confession is of a living, presently reigning, exclusive Lord who remains distinct from the believer in ongoing relationship — not a lord whose devotee's ultimate destiny is to merge into and lose distinction from him, as in the Veerashaiva Aikya state.

  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 over-ritualization.

  ROM.14.6

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.14.6