Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Frame in terms of gospel-motivated proclamation and witness, not numbers-driven achievement culture.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically, not superstitious belief (미신) or confidence placed in fortune-telling/astrology practices still common in Korean folk life.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust placed in Christ specifically.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear, one-time historical fulfillment (OT to NT), not a fortune-telling prediction (점, 사주팔자 예측) coming true by chance.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Avoid framing through Korea's historically powerful ethnic-nationalist self-conception of 단일민족 (danil minjok, 'a single, homogeneous ethnic nation'), which risks reinforcing an ethnic-insider/foreigner (외국인) reading rather than the specific redemptive-historical Jew/non-Jew category Romans addresses.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
복음 is established and unambiguous as a word, but its root character 복 (fortune/blessing) sits inside the same semantic field targeted by 기복신앙 ('fortune-seeking faith') critique; teaching must be explicit the gospel announces salvation, not forecasted prosperity.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established KRV term, literally 'blessing-news' (福音).
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer on behalf of others addressed directly to God through Christ.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established form.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
Standard KRV transliteration.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
CRITICAL: established KRV compound, a forensic declaration ('being made/declared righteous'), not a process.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic Law.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
Established term with required honorific suffix 님 (nim).
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 — 예수는 주님이시다 is the salvation confession.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from a mudang's ritual mediation between the living and spirits during a gut ceremony.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration; distinguish from 점 (fortune-telling divination) and from 사주팔자 (saju-paljja) astrological prediction, both widely practiced in Korean folk culture.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
의 also anchors 의리 (uiri), a Korean ethical concept of loyalty and faithfulness in relationships prominent in Korean social ethics and popular culture (e.g.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER 해탈 (Buddhist liberation from samsara).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER use 해탈 (haetal, Buddhist liberation from samsara) or describe salvation as 윤회에서 벗어남 ('escaping the cycle of rebirth').
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges any lingering ethnic-insider framing; must translate with theological clarity rather than softened diplomatic language.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No ethnic barrier to the gospel; must resist framing that echoes Korea's ethnic-nationalist 단일민족 ('single ethnic nation') self-conception.
ROM.10.12-13