Passage
Romans 3
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically; not the devotional reverence (bhakti/shraddha) a Warkari devotee directs toward Vitthal, nor confidence placed in a teaching or path as in Buddhist practice.
ROM.3.22-28
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in a specific object (Christ); श्रद्धा and भक्ति both carry devotional-reverence connotations from Warkari and broader bhakti practice that do not require a specific, exclusive object of trust.
ROM.3.22-28
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear, one-time historical fulfillment; not the cyclical cosmic time of Hindu yuga cycles, nor the Buddhist wheel of dependent-origination (pratityasamutpada) in which no single historical moment carries unrepeatable, final significance.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples; विदेशी (foreigners) is too narrowly national.
ROM.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Grace
Warkari bhakti already has a devotional grace vocabulary (Vitthal's कृपा on the devotee), which makes this term feel too familiar; every occurrence must reinforce that grace is unearned and Christ-specific.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Grace
CRITICAL: कृपा already names devotional favor in Warkari bhakti (Vitthal's कृपा on a devotee), so it reads as familiar — every occurrence must make explicit that this favor is unearned and given through Christ alone, not cultivated through bhakti devotion.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established form.
ROM.3.29-30
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Glossary Term
Law
Torah/Mosaic law.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological forecasting.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Sin
Moral transgression before a personal God.
ROM.3.23
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste-based spiritual hierarchy; must be translated with full theological clarity, not softened.
ROM.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
All humanity equally guilty and equally invited, regardless of caste.
ROM.3.23