Passage

Romans 16

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ; not a ritualized sworn-brotherhood pact (结拜) or mere social association.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Established term.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a temple-based ritual institution (庙/寺/道观) or a clan association.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  团契 is a Chinese Christian coinage for shared participation in Christ.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience that flows from faith already given, not filial-duty obedience (孝顺) discharged as a debt owed to a superior.

  ROM.16.26

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.16.26

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

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

  ROM.16.4

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.16.4