Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- utakaso
- Transliteration
- utakaso
- Rejected alternatives
- utakatifu (reserve for the state of holiness itself, not the process), usafi wa kidini (religious/ritual purification)
Sanctification
utakaso names the process of being made holy by the Spirit (Romans 6-8). usafi wa kidini (religious/ritual purification) must be avoided as a substitute; it evokes both Islamic ritual purification and traditional African cleansing rites performed by a healer (mganga) to remove spiritual defilement, which are external ritual acts distinct from the Spirit’s internal moral transformation Paul describes.