Passage

Romans 14

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Standard term for encouraging/urging fellow believers.

  ROM.14.19

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  CUV standard transliteration, used uniformly across all Chinese Bible traditions.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Kingdom Mission

  God's reign advancing through the gospel, not a this-worldly political order framed as 天下 ('all under heaven') or dynastic succession.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Kingdom Of God

  Avoid 天下 ('all under heaven'), the classical term for the unified earthly realm under a single legitimate ruler — it risks framing God's kingdom as a this-worldly political/dynastic order rather than God's sovereign spiritual reign.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  Established term.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 — '耶稣是主' is the salvation confession.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

  Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.

  ROM.14.19

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term; minor risk of generic secular gratitude without reference to God specifically.

  ROM.14.6

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.14.6