Passage
Romans 3
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ, not inherited cultural religiosity ('nací católico/cristiano') or devotional loyalty to a saint or the Virgin.
ROM.3.22-28
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically, not the inherited cultural religiosity ('soy católico/cristiano de nacimiento') common in nominally Christian Spanish-speaking contexts, and not devotional loyalty to a saint or the Virgin.
ROM.3.22-28
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament); low syncretism risk in Hispanic Christian culture, but requires OT background many nominal believers were never catechized in.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Standard term; avoid 'paganos,' which carries a derogatory charge in contemporary usage.
ROM.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Grace
Unmerited favor received by faith alone.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Grace
Gracia is standard across all Spanish Bible traditions, but Catholic catechesis historically frames grace as infused and increased through sacramental cooperation and merit, while Reina-Valera (Reformation-descended) usage stresses unmerited favor received by faith alone.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Israel
Standard proper name.
ROM.3.29-30
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law/Torah; standard and unambiguous across Spanish Bible traditions.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, not astrology or esoteric prediction.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Sin
Moral transgression before a personal God; avoid the softening euphemism 'falta,' which reduces sin's weight in casual usage.
ROM.3.23
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Must translate with full theological clarity; no direct caste analogue in Hispanic culture, but regional and racial hierarchies (particularly around indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Latin America) make the 'no distinction' claim socially significant, not merely doctrinal.
ROM.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
All humanity equally guilty before God; retain universal, unqualified language rather than softening it toward relative degrees of guilt.
ROM.3.23