Passage
Romans 1
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Glossary Term
Apostle
A Greek-derived transliteration, established since the earliest Tamil Bible translation work.
ROM.1.1
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Doctrine
Apostleship
Raised above the Medium level typical elsewhere in this pipeline for two Tamil-specific reasons: the available near-synonym குரு carries real weight in Tamil guru-sishya tradition, and Tamil Nadu's own ancient apostolic-heritage claim (the apostle Thomas's traditional martyrdom at Mylapore) makes teaching this doctrine correctly a matter of regional significance, not just translation accuracy.
ROM.1.1
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Glossary Term
Called
Context-sensitive: Romans 1:1 = called to apostleship; 1:7 = called to be saints; 8:28-30 = effectual calling to salvation.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Glossary Term
Calling
Noun form for the act or state of being called by God.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Doctrine
Christian Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ; established, low-ambiguity, widely used term.
ROM.1.12
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Glossary Term
Covenant
Relational covenant bond, more than a legal agreement (ஒப்பந்தம்).
ROM.1.3
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Glossary Term
David
Established Tamil Bible proper-name form.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Davidic Covenant
Requires Old Testament background explanation; no analogous covenantal-promise concept exists in Tamil Hindu or Jain tradition.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Deity of Christ
CRITICAL: co-equal divine nature; connects directly to the God-word decision (கடவுள் over தேவன்) recorded in translation_memory.json — Christ's deity must be as unambiguously monotheistic as the term used for God the Father, or the doctrine is undermined at its foundation.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Divine Calling
God's sovereign, personal call must be distinguished from fatalistic idioms (தலைவிதி) and karma-determined destiny (ஊழ்வினை) common in Tamil popular thought.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Glossary Term
Exhort
Context-sensitive: வேண்டுகோள் (entreaty) for beseeching; உற்சாகப்படுத்துதல் (encourage) for building up.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ; distinguish from பக்தி (bhakti), an unusually richly developed devotional category in Tamil Shaiva and Vaishnava poetic tradition.
ROM.1.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically.
ROM.1.17
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Glossary Term
Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament), not a cyclical cosmic frame drawn from Hindu or Jain cosmology.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Glory
God's radiant honor and presence; established, low-ambiguity term.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
God
CRITICAL, DISTINCT STRATEGY FROM OTHER LANGUAGES IN THIS PIPELINE: established Tamil Bible tradition (the Tamil Old Version and many hymns) actually uses தேவன் for "God" throughout, e.g.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Tamil Christian term, dating to the earliest Tamil Bible translation work (Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, 1714) and Tamil Catholic tradition before it.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Humanity of Christ
Real, physical human nature; not an illusion or a temporary avatar-manifestation.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Incarnation
CRITICAL: never அவதாரம்.
ROM.1.3
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Glossary Term
Incarnation
CRITICAL: NEVER use அவதாரம்.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Inspiration of Scripture
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture, written by human authors under divine guidance, from the Tamil Siddhar and classical devotional-poet traditions where inspired composition is understood very differently.
ROM.1.2
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Glossary Term
Jesus
CRITICAL: established Tamil Christian standard form since the earliest Tamil Bible translation work.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound required for the forensic, declared-righteous sense; never abbreviate to மன்னிப்பு (forgiveness) alone, which loses the legal-declaration dimension.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law; established Tamil Bible term.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Lord
Established Tamil Bible term since Ziegenbalg's earliest translation.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 is the salvation confession.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Messiah
Transliterated term used alongside கிறிஸ்து (Christ).
ROM.1.3-4
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Doctrine
Messianic Promise
CRITICAL: a specific Jewish Old Testament promise fulfilled exclusively in Jesus, not one of Vishnu's ten avatars or another divine figure in a recognized lineage of incarnations.
ROM.1.3-4
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Glossary Term
Mission
Proclamation of the gospel; ஊழியம் here means "service/ministry" and should not be confused with the unrelated-sounding but doctrinally distinct ஊழ் (fate) rejected under Providence.
ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14
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Doctrine
Mission to the Nations
Tamil Nadu has a long, socially established Protestant and Catholic mission history dating to the early 18th century; frame proclamation positively rather than assuming colonial-era baggage dominates the reader's association.
ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14
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Doctrine
Mutual Edification
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Obedience of Faith
Obedience flowing from faith, not generic religious-path duty (மார்க்கக் கடமை).
ROM.1.5
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Glossary Term
Obedience Of Faith
Romans 1:5 and 16:26.
ROM.1.5
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Glossary Term
Power Of God
NEVER சக்தி.
ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Power of God for Salvation
வல்லமை required, never சக்தி, given Tamil Nadu's vivid, grassroots-level village Amman goddess tradition (Mariamman, Angalamman, and others).
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological prediction.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Prophet
God's spokesperson; established term.
ROM.1.2
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Glossary Term
Resurrection
CRITICAL: NEVER use மறுபிறவி (rebirth/reincarnation), a concept shared by both Tamil Hindu tradition and Tamil Nadu's historically significant Jain communities, whose classical-era influence on Tamil literature and religious vocabulary runs deep.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Resurrection of Christ
CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: NEVER use தர்மம் (the Tamil cognate of Sanskrit dharma, carrying the same cosmic-duty connotation).
ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Sainthood (Called to be Holy)
All believers are பரிசுத்தவான்கள், not an ascetic or attained-master elite.
ROM.1.7
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: never மோட்சம் or முக்தி.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER use மோட்சம் or முக்தி — Hindu liberation from the rebirth cycle.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and fulfillment of the Old Testament covenant promise to David.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Separation unto God's Service
Must not be confused with the Tamil Siddhar or ascetic-renunciate ideal.
ROM.1.1
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Glossary Term
Sin
Moral transgression before a personal God, distinct from தீவினை (bad karmic action, a category from the impersonal karma-accounting framework shared by Tamil Hindu and Jain thought).
ROM.1.18
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Glossary Term
Son Of God
CRITICAL: full phrase required.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Sonship of Christ
CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship; தேவனுடைய குமாரன் required, never தெய்வப்புத்திரன் (which implies one divine offspring among many).
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Spiritual Gifts
Spirit-given enablements, not merit-earned powers or the yogic/alchemical siddhis associated with the Tamil Siddhar tradition.
ROM.1.11
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Glossary Term
Spiritual Gifts
வரம் alone means "boon," familiar from Tamil devotional and folk-narrative tradition of a deity granting a boon.
ROM.1.11
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Doctrine
Thanksgiving
Standard, warmly established term.
ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21
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Glossary Term
Thanksgiving
Established, warm devotional term in everyday Tamil Christian usage (e.g.
ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
All humanity equally guilty before God undermines caste-based spiritual hierarchy, a live and politically significant claim in the Tamil Nadu context.
ROM.1.18
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No caste barrier to the gospel.
ROM.1.16