Passage

Romans 14

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Context-sensitive: نصیحت کول (nasihat kawul, to admonish) for beseeching; هڅول (to encourage) for building up.

  ROM.14.19

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  CRITICAL: as in Persian, the small Pashto Christian community has settled on 'Isa' with no competing 'Yeshua'-style alternative, since the Pashto-speaking region never had a comparable pre-Islamic native Christian community the way the Fertile Crescent did.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Kingdom Mission

  God's spiritual reign advancing through the gospel, distinct from competing claims to political-religious sovereignty in the region's recent history.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Kingdom Of God

  Distinguish God's spiritual reign from competing claims to political-religious sovereignty in the region's recent history, including explicit 'Islamic Emirate' state framing.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  CRITICAL: مالک (malik, owner/master) is too transactional and undershoots the claim.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: applying supreme Lordship to Jesus (Romans 10:9) is the deity claim itself and must never be softened to mere leadership or ownership.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

  Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.

  ROM.14.19

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Shukr is also a major Islamic virtue; broadly compatible, low risk.

  ROM.14.6

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Shukr is also a major Islamic virtue; broadly compatible, low risk.

  ROM.14.6