Passage

Romans 5

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ; distinguish from generalized Hindu/Buddhist devotional reverence (श्रद्धा, भक्ति).

  ROM.5.1-2

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ specifically.

  ROM.5.1-2

• 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.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from human merit.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Real, physical human nature; not an illusion, and not a temporary manifestation as in some Hindu/Buddhist frameworks.

  ROM.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  In Romans 5:1, relational peace with God through justification, not merely psychological calm or meditative equanimity.

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational, covenantal peace secured through justification, not meditative equanimity achieved through disciplined practice.

  ROM.5.1