Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

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

  ROM.6.1-11

• 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.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from human merit.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God and morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: never ब्रह्म (the impersonal Hindu Absolute) or परमात्मा alone (the universal Self).

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER use पुनर्जन्म.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; not Hindu ritual purification nor Buddhist meditative self-purification through disciplined practice.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; distinct from ritual purification.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• 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.6.22