Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Culturally sensitive given strong Sikh and Hindu communal-religious identity in Punjab; use language of witness and proclamation, not confrontation.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically; not generalized devotional reverence (ਸ਼ਰਧਾ) or Sufi-idiom steadfastness (ਸਿਦਕ).
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
The Punjabi Bible Society's standard rendering: personal trust in Christ.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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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.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples generally.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement.
ROM.10.15-16
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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.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Mediating prayer on behalf of others before God.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Established proper-name form.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
CRITICAL: use the established Punjabi Christian form ਯਿਸੂ.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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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.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
Established Punjabi Christian term.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 is the salvation confession.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name, distinct from petitioning through a Guru's mediation or at a Sant's dera.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: NEVER use ਧਰਮ.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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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.10.1, ROM.10.10
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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.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste and communal-identity hierarchy; must be translated with full theological clarity.
ROM.10.12
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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.10.12-13