Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Raised above Medium risk for Nepali specifically: Nepal's 2017 Muluki Criminal Code contains provisions restricting religious conversion and proselytizing, a live, current legal risk distinct from the more purely social sensitivity this doctrine carries in other languages in this pipeline.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ; distinguish from generalized Hindu/Buddhist devotional reverence (श्रद्धा, भक्ति).
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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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.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples generally; established Nepali Bible term.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Nepali Christian term.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer on behalf of others before God.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Established proper-name form.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
CRITICAL: established Nepali Christian standard form across all major Nepali Bible translations.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required for the forensic, declared-righteous sense; never abbreviate to माफी (forgiveness) alone.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
Established Nepali Christian term.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 is the salvation confession.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name, distinct from ritual puja worship or intercessory offerings made through a priest at a shrine.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological prediction.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: NEVER use धर्म.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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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.10.1, ROM.10.10
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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.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste-based spiritual hierarchy, a legally enforced structure in Nepal within living memory.
ROM.10.12
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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.10.12-13