Passage

Romans 5

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ specifically; not generic religious devoutness (虔诚) that could be directed at any deity or practice.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Personal trust placed in Christ specifically; object of faith must be stated in context.

  ROM.5.1-2

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor directly contradicts the Buddhist merit-accounting worldview (功德, 阴德) present in Chinese folk religion, where good outcomes are earned through accumulated good deeds.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: NEVER use 功德 (gōngdé) — Buddhist accumulated merit earned through good deeds, transferable and quantifiable.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Real, physical human nature, not a temporary manifestation-body (化身) that a deity could shed or exchange for another form.

  ROM.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  平安 is also the everyday greeting/blessing word (e.g.

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational, covenantal peace through justification, not the generic well-wishing sense of 平安 used on protective amulets and everyday greetings.

  ROM.5.1