Passage

Romans 1

• Glossary Term

  Apostle

  ਰਸੂਲ (a Perso-Arabic loanword shared with Punjabi Sufi and Christian usage) conveys an authorized, sent messenger.

  ROM.1.1

• Doctrine

  Apostleship

  Raised to High risk specifically for Punjabi: the available near-synonym ਗੁਰੂ is not a loose stylistic alternative but a reserved title for the Ten Gurus and the Guru Granth Sahib.

  ROM.1.1

• Glossary Term

  Called

  Context-sensitive: Romans 1:1 = called to apostleship; 1:7 = called to be saints; 8:28-30 = effectual calling to salvation.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7

• Glossary Term

  Calling

  Noun form for the act or state of being called by God.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  OPPORTUNITY: ਸੰਗਤ already means a gathered faith community in everyday Punjabi religious usage, giving this doctrine an unusually natural and positive vocabulary fit.

  ROM.1.12

• Glossary Term

  Covenant

  Relational covenant bond, more than a legal agreement (ਸਮਝੌਤਾ).

  ROM.1.3

• Glossary Term

  David

  Established Punjabi Bible proper-name form.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Davidic Covenant

  Requires Old Testament background explanation; no analogous covenantal-promise concept exists in Sikh or Hindu tradition.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Deity of Christ

  CRITICAL: co-equal divine nature.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Divine Calling

  God's sovereign, personal call must be distinguished from a devotee's self-initiated spiritual seeking and from impersonal ਕਿਸਮਤ (fate).

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Context-sensitive: ਬੇਨਤੀ (entreaty) for beseeching; ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਿਤ ਕਰਨਾ (encourage) for building up.

  ROM.1.12

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ specifically; not generalized devotional reverence (ਸ਼ਰਧਾ) or Sufi-idiom steadfastness (ਸਿਦਕ).

  ROM.1.17

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  The Punjabi Bible Society's standard rendering: personal trust in Christ.

  ROM.1.17

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  OPPORTUNITY: ਸੰਗਤ (the gathered faith community) is one of the most positive, natural-fit terms in this glossary.

  ROM.1.12

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament), not a cyclical cosmic frame drawn from either Hindu yuga cosmology or the cycle of ਆਵਾਗਵਣ.

  ROM.1.2-4

• Glossary Term

  Glory

  God's radiant honor and presence.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  God

  CRITICAL: NEVER use ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ, despite it being the single most natural, warm, and common Punjabi word for God in daily Sikh speech.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Gospel

  Established Punjabi Christian term, "good news." Distinguish from any generic positive announcement; the gospel is the specific proclamation of salvation through Christ crucified and risen.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Real, physical human nature; not an illusory or purely symbolic appearance.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: never ਅਵਤਾਰ.

  ROM.1.3

• Glossary Term

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: NEVER use ਅਵਤਾਰ.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Inspiration of Scripture

  Distinguish God-breathed Scripture, written by human authors under divine guidance, from the Sikh doctrine of the Guru Granth Sahib as the eternal, living Guru whose authority is understood very differently.

  ROM.1.2

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  CRITICAL: use the established Punjabi Christian form ਯਿਸੂ.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  Compound phrase required for the forensic, declared-righteous sense; never abbreviate to ਮਾਫ਼ੀ (forgiveness) alone, which loses the legal-declaration dimension.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Law

  The Mosaic law.

  ROM.1.2-4

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  Established Punjabi Christian term.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 is the salvation confession.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  Messiah

  Transliterated term, established across Punjabi Bible traditions.

  ROM.1.3-4

• Doctrine

  Messianic Promise

  CRITICAL: a specific Jewish Old Testament promise fulfilled exclusively in Jesus, not one of several avatars, prophets, or gurus in a lineage of divine messengers.

  ROM.1.3-4

• Glossary Term

  Mission

  Proclamation of the gospel; use alongside ਮਿਸ਼ਨ where a loanword is contextually appropriate.

  ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14

• Doctrine

  Mission to the Nations

  Use ਕੌਮਾਂ generically for "nations/peoples"; ensure it is not misread as a reference to a specific qaum-identity group given the term's significance in Sikh political theology.

  ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

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

  ROM.1.12

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience flowing from faith, not works-based religious duty (ਧਾਰਮਿਕ ਫ਼ਰਜ਼) that earns standing before God.

  ROM.1.5

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.1.5

• Glossary Term

  Power Of God

  NEVER ਸ਼ਕਤੀ, which carries a Hindu goddess-power association relevant to Punjab's significant Hindu population.

  ROM.1.16

• Doctrine

  Power of God for Salvation

  ਸਮਰੱਥਾ required, never ਸ਼ਕਤੀ (Hindu goddess-power association).

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration.

  ROM.1.2-4

• Glossary Term

  Prophet

  Perso-Arabic loanword shared with Punjabi Islamic and Sufi usage; established and unambiguous in Punjabi Christian usage as God's spokesperson.

  ROM.1.2

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER use ਪੁਨਰ-ਜਨਮ or ਆਵਾਗਵਣ — the latter is the specific Gurbani term for the cycle of transmigration from which Sikh ਮੁਕਤੀ liberates.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  CRITICAL: NEVER use ਧਰਮ.

  ROM.1.16

• Doctrine

  Sainthood (Called to be Holy)

  All believers are ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਲੋਕ, not an enlightened elite.

  ROM.1.7

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  CRITICAL AND DISTINCT FROM OTHER LANGUAGES IN THIS PIPELINE: the established Punjabi Bible tradition already uses ਮੁਕਤੀ, the same word Sikh theology uses for liberation from the transmigration cycle and merger with Waheguru.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  CRITICAL AND DISTINCT FROM OTHER LANGUAGES: unlike Hindi, where मुक्ति is rejected outright, the established Punjabi Bible translation tradition itself already uses ਮੁਕਤੀ for salvation, and generations of Punjabi Christians know this word from hymns and preaching.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Seed Of David

  Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and fulfillment of the Old Testament covenant promise to David.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Biblical separation is devotion to God while remaining fully engaged in ordinary life and family, distinct from any renunciate ideal.

  ROM.1.1

• Glossary Term

  Sin

  Moral transgression before a personal God, distinct from ritual impurity or accumulated bad karma.

  ROM.1.18

• Glossary Term

  Son Of God

  CRITICAL: full phrase required.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Sonship of Christ

  CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship, not metaphorical or adoptive sonship, and not a spiritual lineage relationship analogous to a Guru's chosen successor.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements, not merit-earned powers or attainments from spiritual practice.

  ROM.1.11

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements.

  ROM.1.11

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21

• Doctrine

  Universal Human Accountability

  All humanity equally guilty before God undermines residual caste hierarchy and any sense that religious-community membership alone confers safety.

  ROM.1.18

• Doctrine

  Universal Scope of the Gospel

  No caste or religious-community barrier to the gospel; significant in Punjab where caste distinctions persist even within Sikh community life despite Sikhism's own formal rejection of caste.

  ROM.1.16