Passage
Romans 1
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Glossary Term
Apostle
Established Nepali Christian term: an authorized, sent-out messenger with delegated apostolic authority.
ROM.1.1
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Doctrine
Apostleship
Risk of reducing apostleship to a generic guru or lama-style spiritual teacher role.
ROM.1.1
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Glossary Term
Called
Context-sensitive: Romans 1:1 = called to apostleship; 1:7 = called to be saints; 8:28-30 = effectual calling to salvation.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Glossary Term
Calling
Noun form for the act or state of being called by God.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Doctrine
Christian Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ.
ROM.1.12
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Glossary Term
Covenant
Established Nepali Bible term (नयाँ करार = New Testament/New Covenant), distinct from Hindi's वाचा.
ROM.1.3
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Glossary Term
David
Established Nepali Bible proper-name form.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Davidic Covenant
Requires Old Testament background explanation; no analogous covenantal-promise concept exists in Hindu or Buddhist tradition.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Deity of Christ
CRITICAL: co-equal divine nature; must not be softened toward the avatar framework, especially given how recently Nepal's own head of state carried divine-avatar status.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Divine Calling
God's sovereign call must be distinguished from self-initiated spiritual seeking and from karma-determined destiny shared by both Nepali Hindu and Buddhist frameworks.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Glossary Term
Exhort
Context-sensitive: बिन्ती गर्नु (entreaty) for beseeching; उत्साहित पार्नु (encourage) for building up.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ; distinguish from generalized Hindu/Buddhist devotional reverence (श्रद्धा, भक्ति).
ROM.1.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically.
ROM.1.17
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Glossary Term
Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament), not the cyclical cosmic frame shared by Hindu yuga cosmology and Buddhist cycles of rebirth.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Glory
God's radiant honor and presence.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
God
CRITICAL: never भगवान.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Nepali Christian term.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Humanity of Christ
Real, physical human nature; not an illusion, and not a temporary manifestation as in some Hindu/Buddhist frameworks.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Incarnation
CRITICAL: never अवतार.
ROM.1.3
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Glossary Term
Incarnation
CRITICAL: NEVER use अवतार.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Inspiration of Scripture
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture from the Hindu concept of shruti (heard by sages) and from Buddhist sutra tradition, both understood very differently from divine authorship through human writers.
ROM.1.2
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Glossary Term
Jesus
CRITICAL: established Nepali Christian standard form across all major Nepali Bible translations.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required for the forensic, declared-righteous sense; never abbreviate to माफी (forgiveness) alone.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Lord
Established Nepali Christian term.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 is the salvation confession.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Messiah
Transliterated term, established across Nepali Bible tradition.
ROM.1.3-4
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Doctrine
Messianic Promise
CRITICAL: a specific Jewish Old Testament promise fulfilled exclusively in Jesus, not one of several avatars or enlightened teachers.
ROM.1.3-4
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Glossary Term
Mission
Distinct from other languages in this pipeline: open evangelism in Nepal carries concrete, current legal risk under provisions of the 2017 Muluki Criminal Code restricting religious conversion, not merely social or cultural sensitivity.
ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14
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Doctrine
Mission to the Nations
Frame mission as witness and proclamation; open recruitment-style language carries real social sensitivity given Nepal's history as a declared Hindu Kingdom.
ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14
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Doctrine
Mutual Edification
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Obedience of Faith
Obedience flowing from faith, not works-based religious duty that earns standing.
ROM.1.5
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Glossary Term
Obedience Of Faith
Romans 1:5 and 16:26.
ROM.1.5
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Glossary Term
Power Of God
NEVER शक्ति.
ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Power of God for Salvation
सामर्थ्य required, never शक्ति, given the still-practiced Newar Tantric Shakta tradition centered in the Kathmandu Valley.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological prediction.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Prophet
God's spokesperson; established Nepali Christian term.
ROM.1.2
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Glossary Term
Resurrection
CRITICAL: NEVER use पुनर्जन्म.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Resurrection of Christ
CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: NEVER use धर्म.
ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Sainthood (Called to be Holy)
All believers are पवित्र जन, not an ascetic elite.
ROM.1.7
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL, DUAL-FRONT: never मुक्ति/मोक्ष (Hindu liberation from rebirth) AND never निर्वाण (the Buddhist cessation of craving and self, held by Nepal's Newar and Himalayan Buddhist communities).
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL AND DUAL-FRONT, DISTINCT FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: Nepali must guard against two separate wrong frames at once.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and fulfillment of the Old Testament covenant promise to David.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Separation unto God's Service
Must not be confused with the sadhu/renunciate ideal still visibly honored at national shrines such as Pashupatinath, nor with Buddhist monastic withdrawal.
ROM.1.1
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Glossary Term
Sin
Moral transgression before a personal God.
ROM.1.18
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Glossary Term
Son Of God
CRITICAL: full phrase required.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Sonship of Christ
CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship; not metaphorical or adoptive sonship, and not a recognized reincarnate-lineage relationship as in the Tibetan Buddhist tulku tradition present in Nepal's Himalayan communities.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Spiritual Gifts
Spirit-given enablements, not merit-earned powers or tantric siddhi (supernatural attainments), which carry particular cultural currency in the Kathmandu Valley.
ROM.1.11
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Glossary Term
Spiritual Gifts
वरदान alone means "boon," familiar from Hindu deity-grants-a-boon narratives.
ROM.1.11
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Doctrine
Thanksgiving
Standard term.
ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21
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Glossary Term
Thanksgiving
Standard term.
ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
All humanity equally guilty before God undermines caste-based spiritual hierarchy, formerly codified in Nepali state law.
ROM.1.18
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No caste barrier to the gospel — directly relevant given caste hierarchy was, until 1963, formally codified in Nepal's own state legal code (the Muluki Ain).
ROM.1.16