Passage

Romans 8

• Glossary Term

  Abba

  Preserve the Aramaic transliteration in Romans 8:15; a brief explanatory note on its intimate, filial meaning is needed, as this is not part of everyday Nepali vocabulary.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Glossary Term

  Adoption

  धर्मपुत्र (the common colloquial term for an adopted son) again carries the loaded धर्म root; दत्तक पुत्रता is preferred, emphasizing full son-status with complete inheritance rights.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Adoption into God's Family

  Full son-status with complete inheritance rights.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Assurance of Salvation

  Assurance rests in God's unchanging character, not the uncertain, gradual progress toward liberation across possibly many lifetimes shared by Hindu and Buddhist frameworks.

  ROM.8.1, ROM.8.28-39

• Glossary Term

  Called

  Context-sensitive: Romans 1:1 = called to apostleship; 1:7 = called to be saints; 8:28-30 = effectual calling to salvation.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Calling

  Noun form for the act or state of being called by God.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

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

  ROM.8.1

• Doctrine

  Divine Calling

  God's sovereign call must be distinguished from self-initiated spiritual seeking and from karma-determined destiny shared by both Nepali Hindu and Buddhist frameworks.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Doctrine

  Effectual Calling

  God's sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the called; not karma-determined destiny or fatalism.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Election

  God's sovereign, personal choice; not karma-determined fate.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Father

  God as personal Father.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: never अवतार.

  ROM.8.3

• Glossary Term

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: NEVER use अवतार.

  ROM.8.3

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Prayer on behalf of others before God.

  ROM.8.26-27

• Glossary Term

  Peace

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

  ROM.8.6

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

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

  ROM.8.6

• 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.8.26-27

• Doctrine

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive care; not भाग्य (fate) or the impersonal law of karma shared by Hindu and Buddhist frameworks.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance; never भाग्य (fate) or कर्मको नियम (the law of karma).

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER use पुनर्जन्म.

  ROM.8.11

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.8.11

• Glossary Term

  Son Of God

  CRITICAL: full phrase required.

  ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29

• Doctrine

  Sonship of Christ

  CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship; not metaphorical or adoptive sonship, and not a recognized reincarnate-lineage relationship as in the Tibetan Buddhist tulku tradition present in Nepal's Himalayan communities.

  ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29