Passage
Romans 11
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Glossary Term
Apostle
Established Nepali Christian term: an authorized, sent-out messenger with delegated apostolic authority.
ROM.11.13
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Doctrine
Apostleship
Risk of reducing apostleship to a generic guru or lama-style spiritual teacher role.
ROM.11.13
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Doctrine
Effectual Calling
God's sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the called; not karma-determined destiny or fatalism.
ROM.11.29
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Glossary Term
Election
God's sovereign, personal choice; not karma-determined fate.
ROM.11.29
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples generally; established Nepali Bible term.
ROM.11.17-24
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Doctrine
Grace
Unmerited favor directly contradicts the karma-merit accounting shared by Nepali Hindu and Buddhist ethical frameworks; must always reinforce "apart from human merit."
ROM.11.5-6
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Glossary Term
Grace
Unmerited favor apart from human merit.
ROM.11.5-6
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Glossary Term
Israel
Established proper-name form.
ROM.11.17-24
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required for the forensic, declared-righteous sense; never abbreviate to माफी (forgiveness) alone.
ROM.11.11
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Doctrine
Providence
God's personal, purposive care; not भाग्य (fate) or the impersonal law of karma shared by Hindu and Buddhist frameworks.
ROM.11.33-36
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Glossary Term
Providence
God's personal, purposive governance; never भाग्य (fate) or कर्मको नियम (the law of karma).
ROM.11.33-36
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: NEVER use धर्म.
ROM.11.11
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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.11.11
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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.11.11
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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.11.17-24