Passage

Romans 15

• Doctrine

  Christ-Centered Ministry

  Ministry done in Christ's name, by his power, for his glory, not humanitarian service divorced from the gospel or generic religious instruction.

  ROM.15.17-21

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ, not merely social or caste-community association.

  ROM.15.24

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Never देऊळ or मंदिर (Hindu temple).

  ROM.15.26

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a ritual institution or a caste-segregated assembly.

  ROM.15.26

• Glossary Term

  Covenant

  करार is the established Konkani/Marathi Bible term for covenant (as in 'जुनो करार'/'नवो करार', Old/New Testament), distinct from Hindi's वाचा.

  ROM.15.12

• Glossary Term

  David

  Established Konkani/Marathi Bible proper-name spelling, distinct from Hindi's दाऊद.

  ROM.15.12

• Doctrine

  Davidic Covenant

  Requires explicit Old Testament background explanation; no analogous royal-lineage covenant concept exists in regional Hindu tradition.

  ROM.15.12

• Doctrine

  Evangelism

  Given the historical memory of Inquisition-era coercive conversion, evangelism must be framed as gentle proclamation and witness, never confrontation or pressure -- this is a sharper sensitivity in Konkani than the generic caution applied elsewhere in this pipeline.

  ROM.15.20

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Context-sensitive: use विनवणी (entreaty) for beseeching; उत्तेजन देणें (give encouragement) for building up.

  ROM.15.2

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ; इश्टागत (friendship) and समाज (society) are both too generic for this theological sense.

  ROM.15.24

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear historical fulfillment (OT to NT), not the cyclical cosmic pattern of repeated avatar-descent found in Goan temple devotional narrative.

  ROM.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Non-Jews; established Konkani/Marathi Bible term.

  ROM.15.7-12

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  Must be distinguished from ordinary good news.

  ROM.15.19-20

• Glossary Term

  Gospel

  Established Konkani/Marathi-family Bible term (distinct from Hindi's सुसमाचार).

  ROM.15.19-20

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  पवित्र = set apart for God, morally pure.

  ROM.15.16

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: Never ब्रह्म (impersonal Absolute Reality of Vedantic philosophy) or परमात्मा alone (universal Self).

  ROM.15.16

• Doctrine

  Inspiration of Scripture

  Distinguish God-breathed Scripture from the Puranic literary tradition Goan Hindus and, historically, Konkani Catholics both drew on -- notably Thomas Stephens' 1616 Kristapurana, which deliberately presented the Gospel narrative using Puranic poetic conventions (ovi meter) to reach a Hindu audience.

  ROM.15.4

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Prayer offered on behalf of others through Christ as sole mediator; शिफारस (recommendation/patronage-favor) is too socially transactional for this theological sense.

  ROM.15.30-32

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Proper name; established Bible-translation form.

  ROM.15.7-12

• Doctrine

  Kingdom Mission

  God's reign advancing through the gospel, not a political or colonial-era kingdom, a sensitive association given Goa's own contested colonial history.

  ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21

• Glossary Term

  Kingdom Of God

  God's sovereign reign, distinguished from political-kingdom associations -- a sensitive area given Goa's own history of contested colonial and pre-colonial rule.

  ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21

• Glossary Term

  Law

  Torah/Mosaic law.

  ROM.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Messiah

  Transliterated term.

  ROM.15.8-12

• Doctrine

  Messianic Promise

  CRITICAL: Messiah is a specific Jewish Old Testament concept fulfilled exclusively in Jesus.

  ROM.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Mission

  Describes the activity plainly.

  ROM.15.15-24

• Doctrine

  Mission to the Nations

  Cultural sensitivity is unusually high here: Goa's history includes coercive conversion under the Portuguese-era Goa Inquisition (established 1560), including temple destruction.

  ROM.15.15-24

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

  Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.

  ROM.15.2

• Doctrine

  Prayer and Intercession

  Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from ritual worship (puja) directed at an image and, for Catholic-background readers, from petitions directed to saints.

  ROM.15.30-32

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological prediction (भविष्यफळ).

  ROM.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Prophet

  Established Konkani/Marathi Bible term for God's spokesperson (distinct from Hindi's भविष्यद्वक्ता); distinguish from an astrologer/fortune-teller (ज्योतिषी).

  ROM.15.4

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's work of making believers holy, not ritual purification or ascetic self-discipline.

  ROM.15.16

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, distinct from ritual purification.

  ROM.15.16

• Glossary Term

  Seed Of David

  Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and OT covenant fulfillment.

  ROM.15.12

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with world-renunciation (sannyasa) associated with regional Hindu ascetic practice.

  ROM.15.16

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

  Directly challenges caste-based spiritual hierarchy present in Goan Hindu social structure (including Goud Saraswat Brahmin and other caste groupings) and any lingering Hindu-Catholic communal division.

  ROM.15.7-12