Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not caste lineage, Panjikaran-verified ancestry, or accumulated devotional merit.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor directly contradicts a karma-merit worldview and must also resist being explained through Sita's self-sacrificial virtue, which is an achieved-merit exemplar rather than a picture of unearned favor.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Must convey unmerited favor apart from human merit, directly countering the karma-merit worldview common to Maithil Vaishnava and Shaiva devotional practice alike.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  पवित्र = set apart for God, morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

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

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER पुनर्जन्म (rebirth within the cycle of रोकल-मुक्ति/samsara).

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: Bodily, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's work of making believers holy, not the region's संस्कार purification rites or lineage-purity concerns tied to Panjikaran.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  Process of being made holy by the Spirit, distinct from the region's संस्कार life-cycle purification rites and from Panjikaran-linked lineage-purity concerns.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the region's monastic and ascetic renunciation traditions attached to Mithila's Shaiva and Vaishnava maths (monastic centers).

  ROM.6.22