Passage

Romans 11

• Glossary Term

  Covenant

  A binding, relational agreement; standard term.

  ROM.11.28-29

• Glossary Term

  David

  Proper name; standard Nguni Bible transliteration.

  ROM.11.28-29

• Glossary Term

  Election

  God's sovereign, personal choice; must not be rendered with a term implying fate or destiny assigned impersonally by ancestral forces.

  ROM.11.28-29

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Non-Jewish nations/peoples; established Nguni Bible term.

  ROM.11.11-13

• Glossary Term

  Glory

  'Udumo' (renown/glory) and 'inkazimulo' (radiance/splendor) are both attested; 'udumo' is preferred here for its stronger established use in Nguni Bible tradition for God's glory specifically.

  ROM.11.33-36

• Glossary Term

  God

  CRITICAL: the established Nguni term for the Supreme Being.

  ROM.11.33-36

• Doctrine

  God's Calling and Election

  God's own sovereign summons, distinct from an ancestral spirit's call to take up mediumship, a recognized and culturally significant vocation.

  ROM.11.28-29

• Doctrine

  Mission to the Gentiles

  The gospel's extension beyond Israel to all nations; standard term with moderate ambiguity risk.

  ROM.11.11-13

• Glossary Term

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance of all things (Romans 8:28); keep distinct from fatalistic acceptance of circumstance.

  ROM.11.33-36

• Doctrine

  Sovereignty of God

  uNkulunkulu's sovereign rule over all creation and history must be taught as direct and personal, not mediated through amadlozi; Romans 9's language of God's sovereign choice must not be flattened into fatalism.

  ROM.11.33-36