Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not caste, ethnic heritage, or accumulated karmic status.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  मण्डली (assembly/congregation) is the established term for the doctrinal Church.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a caste-segregated assembly or ritual institution.

  ROM.12.4-5

• 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.12.1-2

• 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.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  वरदान alone means "boon," familiar from Hindu deity-grants-a-boon narratives.

  ROM.12.6-8