Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, distinct from national, ethnic, or religious identity markers that carry unusually high personal and social cost to depart from in the Iranian context.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  امت (ommat) is the loaded pan-Islamic community term and must never substitute.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not primarily a physical building - Persian-language congregational worship for Muslim-background believers is heavily restricted in Iran, so this doctrine must be taught with the underground house-church reality in view.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with Sufi zuhd (world-renunciation) practiced in Persian 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 pair with روحانی so the phrase is not read as ordinary talent.

  ROM.12.6-8