Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not caste, hereditary temple-service status, or regional-cultural identity built around Jagannath devotion, however deeply that devotion is woven into Odia cultural life.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Established Odia Christian term for the congregation.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  A new covenant community, not a caste-segregated assembly or a ritual institution built around a temple building (never ଦେଉଳ, the word for the Puri temple itself).

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the hereditary, caste-linked ritual service (seba) roles of Jagannath temple functionaries, which are inherited职务-like duties rather than a personal calling to holy living; biblical separation is devotion to God available to every believer, not a hereditary ritual office.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablement; not a deity's boon granted in exchange for devotion or offering.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Always use the compound; ବର alone (a deity's boon) wrongly suggests a merit-earned or ritually-obtained favor.

  ROM.12.6-8