Passage

Romans 11

• Glossary Term

  Apostle

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

  ROM.11.13

• 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.11.13

• Doctrine

  Effectual Calling

  God's sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the called; distinguish from ਕਿਸਮਤ (impersonal fate) and from generic submission to divine order.

  ROM.11.29

• Glossary Term

  Election

  God's sovereign, personal choice; never ਕਿਸਮਤ (fate), a Perso-Arabic loanword used constantly in everyday Punjabi regardless of the speaker's religion.

  ROM.11.29

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Non-Jewish peoples generally.

  ROM.11.17-24

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Sikh ਕਿਰਪਾ/ਨਦਰ theology is genuinely gift-oriented, unlike Hindu karma-merit, but is received through the Guru's mediation and Naam-simran rather than through faith in Christ alone; every occurrence must keep the source of grace explicitly Christ-centered.

  ROM.11.5-6

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Sikh theology already has a developed grace vocabulary (ਕਿਰਪਾ/ਨਦਰ, God's gracious glance) that is genuinely gift-like, unlike Hindu karma-merit accounting — but Sikh kirpa is received through the Guru's mediation and a life of Naam-simran (meditation on the divine Name), not through faith in Christ's atoning work alone.

  ROM.11.5-6

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Established proper-name form.

  ROM.11.17-24

• 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.11.11

• Doctrine

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive care.

  ROM.11.33-36

• Glossary Term

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance.

  ROM.11.33-36

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  CRITICAL: NEVER use ਧਰਮ.

  ROM.11.11

• 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.11.11

• 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.11.11

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

  Directly challenges caste and communal-identity hierarchy; must be translated with full theological clarity.

  ROM.11.17-24