Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not caste heritage, denominational-community status, or family lineage — including the specific case of caste-like distinctions between older Syrian Christian and more recent Dalit-convert communities within Malayalam Christianity.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  കൃപ is shared vocabulary with Kerala's Hindu bhakti devotional tradition, where a deity's favor toward a devotee is also understood as gift-like; every occurrence must keep the source of grace explicitly Christ's finished work, not cumulative devotion.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  കൃപ is the settled Malayalam Christian term, but it is a Sanskrit-derived word also used in Kerala's Hindu bhakti devotional tradition for a deity's favor toward a devotee.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God and morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: never ബ്രഹ്മം (the Hindu Absolute) or പരമാത്മാവ് alone (the universal Self).

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER use പുനര്‍ജന്മം (reincarnation).

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; an established, low-ambiguity term.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; an established, low-risk term in Malayalam.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• 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.6.22