Passage

Romans 16

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ, not merely ethnic or bumiputera-linked community solidarity (persaudaraan-style belonging).

  ROM.16.3-16

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Gereja (from early Portuguese colonial contact, 'igreja') is an established, unambiguous Malay word for the Christian church specifically, distinct from masjid (mosque) and the more religiously generic jemaah.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a state-recognized religious body subject to the same civil/Syariah dual-jurisdiction distinctions that structure religious life in Malaysia.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  Persekutuan is the established, well-understood Malay Christian term for shared participation in Christ.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience flowing from a faith relationship already secured by grace, not ketaatan agama (generic religious duty-performance) that itself establishes standing before God.

  ROM.16.26

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.16.26

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term shared with everyday gratitude-to-God vocabulary; low doctrinal risk and a genuine point of resonance.

  ROM.16.4

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term shared with everyday Islamic-influenced gratitude vocabulary (bersyukur, alhamdulillah-style piety).

  ROM.16.4