Passage

Romans 16

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ, not merely social or caste-community association.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Established Odia Christian term for the congregation.

  ROM.16.1-16

• 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.16.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ, not mere social friendship (ମିତ୍ରତା).

  ROM.16.3-16

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience flowing from faith already granted, not ritual-service obligation (seba dharma) or duty-based compliance that itself builds standing before God.

  ROM.16.26

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.16.26

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term; minor risk of over-ritualization.

  ROM.16.4

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.16.4