Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in tribal genealogy (qawm/khel) or the honor-code standing that otherwise anchors Pashtun social identity.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  CRITICAL: امت carries the loaded pan-Islamic community sense and must never substitute.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  CRITICAL: new covenant community, essentially never a public building in much of the Pashto-speaking world given severe restrictions on Muslim-background Christian gathering; this doctrine must be taught with a dispersed, often secret community in view.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with Sufi withdrawal-from-the-world practices found in regional mystical tradition; biblical separation is devoted engagement with the world, not withdrawal from it.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Must retain the 'spiritual' qualifier so it is not read as ordinary talent.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Always retain روحاني (spiritual) so the phrase is not read as ordinary talent.

  ROM.12.6-8