Passage

Romans 14

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Context-sensitive: use baryid (entreat/beseech) for pleading; dhiirigelin (embolden/encourage) for building up.

  ROM.14.19

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  CRITICAL: Ciise is the shared Somali/Qur'anic name for Jesus and alone signals only the Qur'anic prophet-Jesus to most readers.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Kingdom Mission

  God's reign advancing through the gospel, not a literal government (dawladda) — a fraught category in a country that has lacked a fully functioning central state for decades.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Kingdom Of God

  God's sovereign reign, not a literal government.

  ROM.14.17

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  Established Somali Bible term.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 — Ciise waa Rabbiga is the salvation confession and must be rendered without qualification.

  ROM.14.9

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

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

  ROM.14.19

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term shared with everyday gratitude-to-God vocabulary; low doctrinal risk and a genuine point of resonance.

  ROM.14.6

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term shared with everyday Islamic-influenced gratitude vocabulary (mahad Alle).

  ROM.14.6