Passage
Romans 15
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Doctrine
Christ-Centered Ministry
Ministry done in Christ's name, by his power, for his glory; not institutional or denominational prestige, a live concern given Kerala Christianity's well-developed institutional structures (schools, hospitals, church bureaucracies).
ROM.15.17-21
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Doctrine
Christian Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ; കൂട്ടായ്മ is a warm, well-established, low-ambiguity term across every Malayalam Christian denomination.
ROM.15.24
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Glossary Term
Church
സഭ (assembly/congregation) is the established term for the doctrinal Church, distinct from പള്ളി (the physical church building) and never അമ്പലം (Hindu temple).
ROM.15.26
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Doctrine
Church as God's People
New covenant community, not a caste-segregated or denomination-exclusive assembly.
ROM.15.26
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Glossary Term
Covenant
Relational covenant bond, more than a legal contract (കരാര്).
ROM.15.12
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Glossary Term
David
Established Malayalam Bible proper-name form.
ROM.15.12
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Doctrine
Davidic Covenant
Requires Old Testament background explanation; established Malayalam Bible vocabulary already exists for covenant concepts generally.
ROM.15.12
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Kerala's churches have long-established, socially accepted evangelistic and mission traditions; risk here is comparatively lower than in most other languages in this pipeline.
ROM.15.20
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Glossary Term
Exhort
Context-sensitive: അപേക്ഷിക്കുക (entreaty) for beseeching; പ്രോത്സാഹിപ്പിക്കുക (encourage) for building up.
ROM.15.2
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Glossary Term
Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ, widely and warmly used across every Malayalam Christian denomination.
ROM.15.24
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament); an established doctrinal framework in Malayalam Christian teaching with low ambiguity.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
NEVER ജാതികള് for this doctrinal sense, despite its use in some older Bible translations: ജാതി is also the ordinary Malayalam word for "caste," and Kerala's own social history includes some of India's most rigid historical caste stratification.
ROM.15.7-12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Vocabulary is settled and unambiguous, but the doctrine's consequence if mistranslated remains severe enough to require theologian review; the operative risk is AI-generated paraphrase drift, not competing religious vocabulary.
ROM.15.19-20
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established across all Malayalam Christian traditions (Syro-Malabar, Malankara Orthodox, Latin Catholic, and Protestant/Evangelical), reflecting over a millennium of continuous Christian presence in Kerala.
ROM.15.19-20
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Glossary Term
Holy
Set apart for God and morally pure.
ROM.15.16
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Glossary Term
Holy Spirit
CRITICAL: never ബ്രഹ്മം (the Hindu Absolute) or പരമാത്മാവ് alone (the universal Self).
ROM.15.16
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Doctrine
Inspiration of Scripture
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture, written by human authors under divine guidance, from Hindu shruti (heard by sages) and from generic devotional literature.
ROM.15.4
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Romans 8:26-27 describes the Spirit's direct intercession for believers.
ROM.15.30-32
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Glossary Term
Israel
Established proper-name form.
ROM.15.7-12
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Doctrine
Kingdom Mission
God's reign advancing through the gospel, not a political or denominational institution.
ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21
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Glossary Term
Kingdom Of God
God's sovereign reign, not a territorial or political kingdom.
ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law; an established, long-settled Malayalam Bible term.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Messiah
CRITICAL: ക്രിസ്തു (Greek-derived, not Sanskrit-derived, reflecting the church's Greek/Syriac transmission route) is the standard rendering.
ROM.15.8-12
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Doctrine
Messianic Promise
CRITICAL: a specific Jewish Old Testament promise fulfilled exclusively in Jesus.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Mission
Proclamation of the gospel; Kerala's churches have one of South Asia's longest continuous mission-sending traditions, so this term carries positive institutional weight rather than colonial-era baggage.
ROM.15.15-24
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Doctrine
Mission to the Nations
Kerala's churches have one of South Asia's longest continuous mission-sending traditions, giving this term positive institutional weight rather than colonial-era baggage.
ROM.15.15-24
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Doctrine
Mutual Edification
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
ROM.15.2
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Romans emphasizes the Spirit's direct intercession; note the Catholic/Orthodox Malayalam tradition's parallel practice of seeking intercession through Mary and canonized saints as an internal denominational-emphasis distinction to teach, not a doctrinal error to correct.
ROM.15.30-32
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Prophet
God's spokesperson; established term.
ROM.15.4
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Doctrine
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; an established, low-ambiguity term.
ROM.15.16
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Glossary Term
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; an established, low-risk term in Malayalam.
ROM.15.16
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and fulfillment of the Old Testament covenant promise to David.
ROM.15.12
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Doctrine
Separation unto God's Service
Biblical separation is devotion to God while remaining fully engaged in ordinary life, distinct from a monastic or ascetic-renunciate ideal.
ROM.15.16
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Use ജനതകള്, not ജാതികള് (which reads as "castes"), given Kerala's own caste history and the documented internal caste-heritage stratification within Malayalam Christianity itself.
ROM.15.7-12