Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Given the region's strong Vaishnava/Shaiva devotional identity and comparatively small Christian presence, evangelism must be framed as gentle proclamation and witness, not confrontation.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically, not the region's Ram-Sita or Shiva bhakti devotional reverence, however sincere.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Trust placed in a specific person (Christ), not generalized devotional reverence.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (OT to NT), not the cyclical cosmic pattern (yuga cycles) in which a deity periodically descends to restore dharma, as in the region's own Ram-avatar narrative.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jews.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from ordinary good news.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Sanskrit tatsama term shared across Maithili and Hindi religious registers; retained because it is already the rendering used in the limited existing Maithili Scripture portions.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer offered on behalf of others through Christ as sole mediator.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; follows established Bible-translation form.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
Standard form in the limited existing Maithili Scripture portions, following North Indian Bible-translation precedent.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required, built on the native Maithili passive construction (कएल जाएब) rather than a borrowed Hindi passive, so the phrase reads as Maithili rather than transplanted Hindi.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
Torah/Mosaic law.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
Established Christian term across North Indian Bible traditions, including the limited existing Maithili Scripture portions.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 -- 'Jesus is Lord' is the salvation confession, rendered with the honorific verb form (छथि) appropriate to God.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from ritual worship (puja) directed at an image or shrine.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological prediction (भविष्यफल).
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: Never धर्म (cosmic/social duty) and never सतीत्व (the chastity/wifely-virtue ideal embodied by Sita, Mithila's most culturally cherished moral exemplar).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: Never मुक्ति or मोक्ष.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER मुक्ति or मोक्ष -- these carry the standard North Indian Hindu liberation-from-rebirth meaning shared across Maithil Vaishnava and Shaiva practice.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste and lineage-based spiritual hierarchy embedded in Maithil Brahmin social structure.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No caste or lineage barrier to the gospel.
ROM.10.12-13