Passage

Romans 15

• Doctrine

  Christ-Centered Ministry

  Ministry done in Christ's name, by his power, for his glory — distinct from ਸੇਵਾ in the general Sikh sense of selfless communal service, which is a virtuous practice but not itself the gospel.

  ROM.15.17-21

• 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.15.24

• Glossary Term

  Church

  ਮੰਡਲੀ (assembly/congregation) is the established term for the doctrinal Church.

  ROM.15.26

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a caste-segregated assembly or a Gurdwara-style institution.

  ROM.15.26

• Glossary Term

  Covenant

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

  ROM.15.12

• Glossary Term

  David

  Established Punjabi Bible proper-name form.

  ROM.15.12

• Doctrine

  Davidic Covenant

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

  ROM.15.12

• Doctrine

  Evangelism

  Culturally sensitive given strong Sikh and Hindu communal-religious identity in Punjab; use language of witness and proclamation, not confrontation.

  ROM.15.20

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

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

  ROM.15.2

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

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

  ROM.15.24

• 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.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Non-Jewish peoples generally.

  ROM.15.7-12

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement.

  ROM.15.19-20

• 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.15.19-20

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God and morally pure.

  ROM.15.16

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: never ਬ੍ਰਹਮ (the Hindu Absolute).

  ROM.15.16

• 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.15.4

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Mediating prayer on behalf of others before God.

  ROM.15.30-32

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Established proper-name form.

  ROM.15.7-12

• Doctrine

  Kingdom Mission

  God's reign advancing through the gospel, not the political-sovereignty aspiration voiced in the Khalsa Raj tradition.

  ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21

• Glossary Term

  Kingdom Of God

  God's sovereign reign.

  ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21

• Glossary Term

  Law

  The Mosaic law.

  ROM.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Messiah

  Transliterated term, established across Punjabi Bible traditions.

  ROM.15.8-12

• 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.15.8-12

• Glossary Term

  Mission

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

  ROM.15.15-24

• 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.15.15-24

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

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

  ROM.15.2

• 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.15.30-32

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration.

  ROM.15.8-12

• 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.15.4

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; distinct from ritual purification practices.

  ROM.15.16

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; distinct from ritual purification.

  ROM.15.16

• Glossary Term

  Seed Of David

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

  ROM.15.12

• 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.15.16

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

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

  ROM.15.7-12